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Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Its First Analog Devices Alternate Source Part: The TSA7887 – A 12-bit, 125-ksps ADC

December 5, 2012

MILPITAS, Calif. – Dec. 5, 2012 – Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, low power analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced the immediate availability of the TSA7887, its first Analog Devices alternate source IC. The new TSA7887 is a two-channel, 12-bit, 125-ksps analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that can be used as a drop-in replacement for the Analog Devices AD7887.

Priced at $1.25 in 1,000-piece quantities, the new Touchstone TSA7887 is $3 less expensive, pin-compatible, specification-identical, and functionally identical to the Analog Devices’ AD7887. Touchstone … Read More → "Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Its First Analog Devices Alternate Source Part: The TSA7887 – A 12-bit, 125-ksps ADC"

Cyntech’s new Blueberry Case for the Raspberry Pi computer is now distributed by CPC

December 5, 2012

Milton Keynes, UK, December 5, 2012: Cyntech Components, a specialist supplier of electro-mechanical components and power supplies, has just released a new colour variant of its custom-designed Raspberry Pi computer enclosure. Offered in a vibrant deep blue, this distinctive alternative to the original raspberry coloured case retains all the benefits of the original design, providing a compact, low-cost enclosure, tailored to the Raspberry Pi board and with full access to all connectors and indicators. As a member of the Premier Farnell Group, CPC is an authorised UK and worldwide distributor for the Raspberry Pi computer, and will be stocking both … Read More → "Cyntech’s new Blueberry Case for the Raspberry Pi computer is now distributed by CPC"

Elliptic Offers Highest Protection for Premium Content with HDCP 2.2 Compliant Solutions

December 5, 2012

December 5, 2012 – Ottawa, Canada: Elliptic Technologies, a leading provider of embedded security and content protection for mobile devices, the digital home and many other applications, today announced support for the recently released High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection 2.2 (HDCP 2.2) specification for premium content delivery and distribution. The ElliptictVault™ HDCP solution supports HDCP 2.2 and enables the delivery of highly robust and hardware secured delivery and distribution of premium content to … Read More → "Elliptic Offers Highest Protection for Premium Content with HDCP 2.2 Compliant Solutions"

KLA-TENCOR Launches ICOS® WI-2280 Wafer Inspector For LED And Adjacent Markets

December 5, 2012

MILPITAS, Calif. (Dec. 4, 2012)—KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced its next-generation light-emitting diode (LED) patterned wafer inspection tool, the ICOS WI-2280. Designed specifically for defect inspection and 2D metrology for LED applications, the ICOS WI-2280 also provides enhanced inspection capabilities and increased flexibility for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and semiconductor wafers spanning two inches to eight inches in size.

The ICOS WI-2280 represents KLA-Tencor’s fourth generation LED wafer inspection system that is built on its market-leading WI-22xx platform, delivering sensitivity with increased throughput for reduced cost of … Read More → "KLA-TENCOR Launches ICOS® WI-2280 Wafer Inspector For LED And Adjacent Markets"

Imec and UGent Unveil Breakthrough in Augmented Reality Contact Lens

December 5, 2012

Leuven and Ghent (Belgium) – December 5, 2012 –- The Centre of Microsystems Technology (CMST), imec’s associated laboratory at Ghent University (Belgium), announced today it has developed an innovative spherical curved LCD display, which can be embedded in contact lenses. The first step toward fully pixelated contact lens displays, this achievement has potential wide-spread applications in medical and cosmetic domains.

Unlike LED-based contact lenses online displays, which are limited to a few small pixels, imec’s innovative LCD-based technology permits the use of the entire display surface. By adapting the patterning … Read More → "Imec and UGent Unveil Breakthrough in Augmented Reality Contact Lens"

AMD Embedded G-Series APU Augments Windows® Embedded Compact 7 Real-time Operating System Support with Windows® Embedded CE 6.0

December 5, 2012

AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that its AMD Embedded G-Series processor platform now supports Windows® Embedded CE 6.0, Microsoft’s real-time operating system for a wide range of small-footprint consumer and enterprise devices. In March, AMD announced AMD Embedded G-Series processor platform support for Windows Embedded Compact 7, the next evolution of the Windows® Embedded CE real-time operating system. Today’s announcement addresses the needs of developers who are committed to solutions using Windows CE 6.0.

With AMD’s G-Series support, CE 6.0 enables board, module and system OEMs to apply AMD … Read More → "AMD Embedded G-Series APU Augments Windows® Embedded Compact 7 Real-time Operating System Support with Windows® Embedded CE 6.0"

Red Hat Signs Americas Distribution Agreement with Avnet Embedded

December 4, 2012

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec 03, 2012 — Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it is expanding the reach of its embedded software program through a new partnership with Avnet Embedded, a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc.. Avnet Embedded will offer flexible, integrated systems based on Red Hat Embedded Linux and Red Hat JBoss Middleware solutions to its large base of OEM and independent software vendor (ISV) partners throughout the Americas.

As a Red Hat distributor in the Americas, Avnet Embedded plans to become a … Read More → "Red Hat Signs Americas Distribution Agreement with Avnet Embedded"

Handheld Tektronix Spectrum Analyzers Use DPX to Track Elusive Signals in the Field

December 4, 2012

BEAVERTON, Ore., Dec. 4, 2012 – Tektronix, Inc., a leading innovator of signal generation and analysis solutions required for the microwave and RF industry, today announced the H500 and SA2500 Handheld Spectrum Analyzers <http://www.tektronix.com/H500-SA2500> that include DPX™ waveform image processor technology to provide a live RF view of the spectrum. With unique DPX technology along with built-in mapping and signal classification features in a compact, ruggedized package, the instruments are designed to allow spectrum regulators to efficiently manage and monitor spectrum … Read More → "Handheld Tektronix Spectrum Analyzers Use DPX to Track Elusive Signals in the Field"

MetaEdit+ 5.0 integrates rich graphical DSLs with Eclipse and Visual Studio

December 4, 2012

Jyvaskyla, Finland—December 4, 2012—MetaCase (www.metacase.com), the leading provider of Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM) tools, has announced the release of a new, feature rich version of their flagship software development tool, MetaEdit+^®.

MetaEdit+ 5.0 lets you create top-notch graphical domain-specific languages and code generators in a few hours. The rich graphical notations go beyond plain icons and links: they can change on the fly depending on model data, be nested to unlimited depth, retrieved from libraries, and have a fixed or dynamically varying number of ports to … Read More → "MetaEdit+ 5.0 integrates rich graphical DSLs with Eclipse and Visual Studio"

Kilopass First to Demonstrate Antifuse Non-Volatile Memory IP With Successful Test Chips on TSMC 20nm Process

December 4, 2012

Santa Clara, Calif. — December 4, 2012 — Kilopass Technology Inc. (www.kilopass.com), a leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today announced that its NVM IP is the first antifuse technology to achieve successful test chips on TSMC’s 20nm process. Analysis of the test chips containing Kilopass NVM IP memory modules validated manufacturability, process control tolerance and cell programming characteristics.

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