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QuickLogic Announces Orion Reference Design Supporting TI’s Sitara™ ARM® Cortex™ Processor-based Mobile Enterprise Products

Sunnyvale, CA – September 10, 2012 — QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the innovator in low-power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), is proud to announce the immediate availability of its new Orion Reference Design.  This CSSP-enabled reference design improves connectivity between the Sitara™ ARM® Cortex™ processors from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and peripherals based on Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) and High Speed Protocol Secure Access Module (HSP SAM) standards.

Portable Data Terminals, Handheld Scanners and Industrial Tablets

Mobile enterprise products tend to have an excess … Read More → "QuickLogic Announces Orion Reference Design Supporting TI’s Sitara™ ARM® Cortex™ Processor-based Mobile Enterprise Products"

Kalray Announces First Samples of MPPA-256 Processor in 28nm

(Orsay, Paris, France) September 10, 2012 — Kalray SA, today announced the availability of first samples of the 28 nanometer (nm) MPPA-256 processor targeting embedded applications among them Imaging and signal processing. This resulted from the 28nM development and production partnership established with GUC and TSMC

First products to be ramped in volume will be processors for signal processing in an imaging application. Product qualification is scheduled for completion in Nov 2012.

Created in 2008, Kalray is a fabless semiconductor and software company which develops, markets & sells a new generation of manycore processors for Imaging, Telecommunication infrastructures, Data Security & … Read More → "Kalray Announces First Samples of MPPA-256 Processor in 28nm"

Nordic Semiconductor low cost battery-powered eval kit frees engineers to test wireless accessory and sensor applications in real-world operating environments

Oslo, Norway – September 10, 2012 – Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces a low cost, battery-powered evaluation (eval) kit for its latest nRF51 Series of ULP 2.4GHz integrated circuits (ICs) that supports real-world environmental testing of ANT™ / ANT+™, Bluetooth® low energy (including Bluetooth Smart), and proprietary 2.4GHz ULP wireless sensors and accessories. 

The nRF51 Series eval kit is applicable to both of the first two ICs to debut in the nRF51 Series: the nRF51822 multiprotocol Bluetooth low energy / 2.4GHz proprietary RF System-on-Chip (SoC), and the nRF51422 – the … Read More → "Nordic Semiconductor low cost battery-powered eval kit frees engineers to test wireless accessory and sensor applications in real-world operating environments"

Dual 13A or Single 26A DC/DC µModule Step-Down Regulator with Integrated Heat Sink Delivers up to 100A

MILPITAS, CA – September 10, 2012 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM4620, a dual 13A per output or single 26A output DC/DC µModule® (pronounced micromodule) step-down regulator that delivers up to 100A when four devices are current shared. The LTM4620 is a complete DC/DC regulator system in a 15mm x 15mm x 4.41mm LGA package, including inductors, power stages and all control circuits. … Read More → "Dual 13A or Single 26A DC/DC µModule Step-Down Regulator with Integrated Heat Sink Delivers up to 100A"

ASSET integrates ScanWorks with Teradyne’s PXI Express instruments for robust JTAG and boundary-scan test and device programming on large-scale testers

Richardson, TX, and North Reading, MA (September 10, 2012) – ASSET® InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), the leading supplier of tools for embedded instrumentation, and Teradyne (www.teradyne.com), the leading supplier of automatic test equipment (ATE), have extended the integration of the JTAG and boundary-scan test capabilities of ASSET’s ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments into Teradyne’s PXI Express-based High Speed Subsystem (HSSub). 

Last year, ASSET and Teradyne collaborated to integrate Scanworks … Read More → "ASSET integrates ScanWorks with Teradyne’s PXI Express instruments for robust JTAG and boundary-scan test and device programming on large-scale testers"

Premier Farnell partners with Sony UK Technology Centre to manufacture the Raspberry Pi in the UK

6th September 2012 – London, UK, Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), a leading global high service electronics distributor, has agreed a multi-million pound deal with Sony UK Technology Centre (UKTec) that will see the revolutionary Raspberry Pi computer manufactured in the UK for the first time.

This deal is a major coup for the UK manufacturing industry and represents a return home for the innovative British-designed Raspberry Pi, which to … Read More → "Premier Farnell partners with Sony UK Technology Centre to manufacture the Raspberry Pi in the UK"

Xilinx and Barco Silex Ease Video Over IP Development With Launch of All Programmable Solutions and Design Services at IBC 2012

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 6, 2012 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and its Certified Xilinx Alliance Program Member, Barco Silex, announced today at IBC 2012 (Hall 10, Stand #10.B25) their collaboration to ease the development of video over IP  solutions with a comprehensive platform combining hardware-validated IP, reference designs and systems integration services supporting Xilinx’s All Programmable FPGAs and SoCs. The new initiative will enable broadcast equipment OEMs to accelerate product development and add the latest video over IP capabilities to their existing products and those currently in development.

“The broadcaster’s migration to IP-based infrastructures is complicated as industry standards are in … Read More → "Xilinx and Barco Silex Ease Video Over IP Development With Launch of All Programmable Solutions and Design Services at IBC 2012"

Saelig Introduces Novel Sensor For Low-cost Automotive Detection Systems

Pittsford, NY: Saelig Co. Inc.announces the availability of thePS25203 EPIC Sensor (Electric Potential Integrated Circuit) for a wide range of contactless ECG and movement sensing in automotive applications, including driver fatigue monitoring and seat occupancy. The EPIC sensor is a completely new, award winning, patented sensor that can rapidly measure electric potential sources such as electrophysiological signals or spatial electric fields.

The EPIC Sensor revolutionizes the way movement sensing, medical ECG/EEG/EOG, proximity non-touch switching, or even gesture recognition signals are taken in vehicles. It can be used as a dry contact ECG sensor without … Read More → "Saelig Introduces Novel Sensor For Low-cost Automotive Detection Systems"

Xilinx and OmniTek Launch the Era of All Programmable SoCs for Broadcast Equipment Makers at IBC 2012

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 6, 2012 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and Certified Xilinx Alliance Program Member, OmniTek, launched a ground-breaking real-time video processing platform at IBC 2012 (Hall 10, Stand #10.B25) today that gives broadcast equipment OEMs new opportunities to accelerate their design productivity while reaching higher levels of performance through programmable system integration. Powered by Xilinx’s ARM®-based Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoC, the OmniTek Zynq-7000 SoC Broadcast Development Kit represents a tremendous opportunity for broadcast OEMs to now combine their own hardware and software IP (intellectual property) … Read More → "Xilinx and OmniTek Launch the Era of All Programmable SoCs for Broadcast Equipment Makers at IBC 2012"

Synopsys’ RSoft OptSim Accelerates Design of Next-Generation Optical Communication Systems

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

  • Expands support for modulation formats used in next-generation optical networks
  • Accelerates design development with an expanded model library
  • Speeds evaluation of optical signal propagation in data communication systems
  • Increases user productivity with application examples

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced the availability of the latest release of its RSoft™ Optical Communication Design Suite, which includes OptSim™ … Read More → "Synopsys’ RSoft OptSim Accelerates Design of Next-Generation Optical Communication Systems"

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