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Entropic Completes Integration of Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall(TM) Security Cores

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (International Consumer Electronics Show) — Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR), a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home and Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), today announced Entropic has completed the integration of the Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall(TM) security core technology into its advanced line of multimedia set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) products. By incorporating CRI’s technology into its SoCs, Entropic can help ensure its products protect against signal theft and … Read More → "Entropic Completes Integration of Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall(TM) Security Cores"

Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry’s First USB 3.0 SSIC and MIPI CSI-3 Protocol-Decoding Software for Oscilloscopes

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 8, 2014 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the industry’s first software for decoding USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Inter-Chip (SSIC) and MIPI Camera Serial Interface 3 (CSI-3) protocols on oscilloscopes. The new protocol decoders provide design and validation engineers with a fast, easy way to validate and debug their SSIC and CSI-3 interfaces.

SSIC is used for point-to-point communication between chips using the USB 3.0 protocol. The SSIC standard was developed by the USB-IF standards body, leveraging the MIPI™ Alliance MIPI M-PHY electrical layer to transfer USB 3.0 protocol. It allows USB 3.0 intellectual property and designs to be … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry’s First USB 3.0 SSIC and MIPI CSI-3 Protocol-Decoding Software for Oscilloscopes"

Fairview Microwave Announces New Line of Variable RF Switch Attenuators

January  9, 2014 – Allen, TX – Fairview Microwave, Inc. a preeminent supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, has released a new line of compact hot-switchable variable attenuators. RF attenuators are used to reduce the amplitude of an electronic signature in many common electronic scenarios including lab testing equipment, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and power and signal monitoring systems.

Fairview Microwave’s new line of variable switch attenuators come in 3 and 6 GHz frequency models and several different connector configurations including SMA and N type connectors with side or rear mount positions.  Several of these attenuators are hot-switchable, … Read More → "Fairview Microwave Announces New Line of Variable RF Switch Attenuators"

DSP Group’s DECT SoC Enables CAT-iq 2.0 in Home Gateways

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DSP Group(R), (Nasdaq:DSPG), a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications, announced today that DSP Group’s DECT/CAT-iq 2.0 DCX81 System-on-a-Chip (SoC) is integrated in Swisscom’s new gateway products.

DSP Group’s DCX family of highly-integrated single-chip DECT solutions cost effectively delivers full home coverage with multi-line, multi-handset support and crystal clear high definition voice (HD Voice). The SoC is embedded with certified CAT-iq 2.0 firmware, offering … Read More → "DSP Group’s DECT SoC Enables CAT-iq 2.0 in Home Gateways"

Quintic to Demonstrate the Industry’s Top Performance for Bluetooth Smart Wearable Platforms at CES

Las Vegas, NV. – CES – Jan. 7, 2014 – Quintic, the leading developer of integrated nano-power wearable platforms, is demonstrating its wearable platform’s superior capabilities at CES. The demonstrations will highlight Quintic’s new 9020 Bluetooth Smart wearable platform and will showcase some enhanced wearable applications driven by synergistic co-developments with Quintic’s reference design partner, Linear Dimensions Semiconductor. The 9020 provides the industry’s lowest power consumption, highest wireless performance, and best processing capabilities. 

The 9020 is Quintic’s first product from its wearable platform roadmap. The 9020,as well as Quintic’s proceeding … Read More → "Quintic to Demonstrate the Industry’s Top Performance for Bluetooth Smart Wearable Platforms at CES"

What are the challenges for MEMS sensors in the next 5 years?

Lyon, France – January 9, 2013: Yole Développement organizes a MEMS & Imaging Technology Seminar in Korea on January 16, 2014. Dedicated to MEMS devices & manufacturing technologies areas, followed by Imaging, the seminar is made up of Yole Développement presentations on the related market area, System Plus Consulting tools presentations (Reverse Costing and Cost Simulation). The French consulting company also invites industrials speakers to present their vision of the Industry: Bosch Sensortec, CMOSIS and GMEMS.

Discover below Yole Technology Seminar’s agenda and register now on www.i-micronews.com or click < … Read More → "What are the challenges for MEMS sensors in the next 5 years?"

HBM Adds Real Time Data Calculation Capabilities (True RMS) to its 1kV Card

Marlborough, Massachusetts  — January 6, 2014 — HBM, Inc. (www.hbm.com), a leading manufacturer of data acquisition systems, analysis and calibration software, strain gauges, and transducers and sensors, has added real time data calculation capabilities to its 1kV card.  A new isolated 1kV data acquisition card lets the data recorders perform real time calculations on the fly, while allowing users to view results immediately. In contrast, other devices require the use of post-processing software to view analysis results later rather than in real-time.

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New 3U CompactPCI Serial Carrier Card from MEN Micro Integrates M-Module Functionality

BLUE BELL, Pa. January 2014 – MEN Micro Inc., a world-renowned provider of embedded computing and I/O solutions for mission-critical industrial, mobile and harsh environment applications, recently released the G204, a 3U CompactPCI Serial carrier card with an M-Module slot

An easy way to integrate flexible I/O, the M-Module slot provides users with the ability to interchange more than 30 I/O functions within a system. The … Read More → "New 3U CompactPCI Serial Carrier Card from MEN Micro Integrates M-Module Functionality"

Saelig Introduces Low Cost SMD Antennas

Fairport, NY: Saelig Company, Inc. announces the availability of the Proant OnBoard™ SMD 2400(2.4GHz band) and SMD GPS (GPS and Glonass) miniature surface-mount antennas for mobile wireless products. The OnBoard series moves embedded antenna integration one step ahead by combining high performance and low cost in this new OnBoard™ SMD family.

Traditionally, small low cost antennas for printed circuit board assembly have been manufactured with a dielectric substrate as the base for the radiating structure. With this approach, the antenna is normally a rectangular block, which means that the PCB area below the antenna is unavailable for … Read More → "Saelig Introduces Low Cost SMD Antennas"

Samsung Electronics and Cryptography Research Extend Technology Relationship to Improve Device Security

SEOUL, KOREA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA — January 5, 2014 — Samsung Electronics and Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), today announced an extended relationship, enabling further integration of CRI’s DPA countermeasure technologies across a variety of Samsung semiconductor and system devices. This agreement allows Samsung to provide protection against side channel attacks in devices such as smartphones, payment chips, content protection systems, and enterprise applications. Also today, Samsung and Rambus announced they have extended their architecture licensing relationship for 10 years, until 2023.

“DPA countermeasure technologies have been essential to Samsung’s smart card products,” said … Read More → "Samsung Electronics and Cryptography Research Extend Technology Relationship to Improve Device Security"

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