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Altera and TSMC Collaborate to Bring Advanced Packaging Technology to Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs

April 21, 2014

San Jose, Calif. And Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C., April 21, 2014 – Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) and TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced the two companies have worked together to bring TSMC’s patented, fine-pitch copper bump-based packaging technology to Altera’s 20 nmArria®10 FPGAs and SoCs. Altera is the first company to adopt this technology in commercial production to deliver improved quality, reliability and performance to Altera’s 20 nm device family.

“TSMC has provideda very advanced and robust integrated package solution for … Read More → "Altera and TSMC Collaborate to Bring Advanced Packaging Technology to Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs"

Agilent Technologies Announces Certification of HDMI 2.0 Test Solution for HDMI 2.0 Compliance Test, With Widest Coverage of Test Items

April 18, 2014

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 17, 2014 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the Agilent HDMI 2.0 test solution has been certified by the HDMI Forum as an official compliance test tool. The solution has the widest coverage for HDMI Physical layer compliance test. Certification was achieved with the collaborative framework of Panasonic; the solution will be used at the Panasonic Authorized Test Center, in Osaka, Japan.

As an HDMI Forum member, Agilent collaborated on the development of official test standards and specifications with Panasonic Corp.

In the new HDMI 2.0 specification, the transmission bandwidth of 18 Gbps is … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Announces Certification of HDMI 2.0 Test Solution for HDMI 2.0 Compliance Test, With Widest Coverage of Test Items"

Honeywell’s new Basic Compensated Unamplified Board Mount Pressure Sensors Provide High Durability, Sensitivity and Flexibility

April 17, 2014

Allows OEMS to Manage Amplification to Maximize Resolution
Widest Pressure Range Enables OEMs to Maximize Sensitivity
Small Size and Package Options Simplify Installation
Low Current Consumption Allows for use in Battery-powered Applications
Global Supply Chain Expertise Provides Fast Delivery

MINNEAPOLIS – April 16, 2014 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced its new Basic Board Mount Pressure Sensors, Compensated, Unamplified, TBP Series. These new sensors are designed for customers who require a simple, high quality, cost-effective, basic performance, mV output sensor … Read More → "Honeywell’s new Basic Compensated Unamplified Board Mount Pressure Sensors Provide High Durability, Sensitivity and Flexibility"

Tanner EDA Announces All-New Digital Place and Route Tool in Release v16.1 of HiPer Silicon Design Suite

April 17, 2014

MONROVIA, California – April 16, 2014 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation and leader for design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs) and (ASICs), has released version 16.1 of the company’s HiPer Silicon™ design suite, including an all-new digital place and route tool, HiPer P&R™. HiPer P&R is optimized for the needs of big-Analog/little-Digital mixed signal designs on typical analog process nodes. The new addition HiPer P&R completes Tanner EDA’s end-to-end flow for analog/mixed signal designs.

HiPer P&R features:

Altia Releases Altia Design 11.1 – New GUI Development Editor

April 17, 2014

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – April 17, 2014 –Today Altia, Inc. announces the release of Altia Design 11.1, the centerpiece of Altia’s user interface development tool suite. With the new features rolled into Altia Design 11.1, users are equipped to develop better GUIs than ever before – with exciting new content.

Altia offers a GUI editor and graphics code generator that enable development teams to build completely custom user interface models with graphics created from scratch or imported from industry-standard design programs like Adobe Photoshop. The Altia GUI can be connected to a variety of simulation tools … Read More → "Altia Releases Altia Design 11.1 – New GUI Development Editor"

The Embedded Software Store Expands Its Site in Support of CPU Architectures Beyond the ARM Architecture

April 17, 2014

PHOENIX— April 17, 2014— Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Read More → "The Embedded Software Store Expands Its Site in Support of CPU Architectures Beyond the ARM Architecture"

Altium Joins AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture

April 17, 2014

Sydney, Australia – April 17, 2014 A ltium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING), has joined theAUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) development partnership. TASKING is a leading provider of compiler solutions to software developers within the micro-controller market. TASKING’s development tools are highly regarded by high-end suppliers, particularly within the automotive … Read More → "Altium Joins AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture"

17V, 2.25MHz, Synchronous Step-Down Regulator Delivers 2A & Requires Only 3.5µA of Quiescent Current

April 17, 2014

MILPITAS, CA – April 17, 2014 – The LTC3624 is a high efficiency, 17V input capable synchronous buck regulator from Linear Technology that delivers up to 2A of continuous output … Read More → "17V, 2.25MHz, Synchronous Step-Down Regulator Delivers 2A & Requires Only 3.5µA of Quiescent Current"

ATopTech’s Aprisa and Apogee Physical Implementation Tools Certified by TSMC for V1.0 16nm FinFET Process

April 16, 2014

SANTA CLARA, CA – April 14, 2014 – Aprisa™ and Apogee^TM, ATopTech’s place and route solutions, have been certified for the version 1.0 Design Rule Manual (DRM) of TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process . ATopTech, a leader in next generation physical design solutions, continued their ongoing collaboration with TSMC to optimize ATopTech physical implementation tools to support advanced designs in TSMC 16nm FinFET (16FF). The rigorous … Read More → "ATopTech’s Aprisa and Apogee Physical Implementation Tools Certified by TSMC for V1.0 16nm FinFET Process"

Agilent Technologies Offers First User-Extensible Recorder Application for Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers

April 16, 2014

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 15, 2014 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of the option RTR, the industry’s first real-time spectrum recorder and analyzer application example for real-time spectrum analyzers (RTSAs).

Option RTR enhances the RTSA capabilities currently available for the Agilent PXA and MXA signal analyzers. Option RTR enables engineers … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Offers First User-Extensible Recorder Application for Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers"