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Traxxas Selects Cypress’s WirelessUSB-LP™ Radio Solution For World’s Fastest Ready-To-Run Radio Controlled Car

July 13, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 11, 2012 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that Traxxas, one of the leading providers of ready-to-run (RTR) radio controlled hobby vehicles, has selected Cypress’s WirelessUSB-LP™ 2.4-GHz radio-on-a chip for their new XO-1 radio controlled supercar.

The XO-1 RTR car is capable of going from 0 to 100 MPH in just 4.9 seconds. It won the 2012 Readers’ Choice Award for the Best Electric On-Road Car and the Best Innovation from RC Car Action Magazine. It employs the TQi, a 2.4-GHz high-output radio system with a two-channel transmitter, a five-channel receiver and an internal antenna. … Read More → "Traxxas Selects Cypress’s WirelessUSB-LP™ Radio Solution For World’s Fastest Ready-To-Run Radio Controlled Car"

ACE’s CoSy compiler framework outperforms LLVM for the ARM9 processor

July 13, 2012

Amsterdam, July 12th, 2012. ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv has announced that the 2012 CoSy® compiler development system delivers better performance than the latest LLVM 3.0 compiler on the ubiquitous ARM9 processor.

The 2012 version of the advanced CoSy compiler framework has unleashed more than 15% extra performance from the ARM9 processor in the industry-standard Livermore benchmark loops and 25% in MiBench against LLVM 3.0. Using the same base configuration the CoSy compiler framework is more than 7% ahead of LLVM on the EEMBC® CoreMark™ benchmark. The off-the-shelf CoSy performance is above LLVM across the board on many industry-standard benchmarks with an out-of-the-box configuration.

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M2M Industry Leaders Launch Global M2M Challenge

July 13, 2012

Munich, Germany – July 13, 2012 – In a strong initiative sponsored globally by telecom industry giants Swisscom andEricsson, and segment leaders Read More → "M2M Industry Leaders Launch Global M2M Challenge"

Keithley Publishes E-Guide on Making Ultra-Fast I-V Measurements

July 13, 2012

Cleveland, Ohio, July 13, 2012 * * * Keithley Instruments, Inc <http://www.keithley.com/> ., a world leader in advanced electrical test <http://www.keithley.com/products> instruments and systems, has published an informative e-guide titled “Ultra-Fast I?V Applications for the Model 4225-PMU Ultra-Fast I-V Module.” A free copy is downloadable upon request from Keithley at: http://www.keithley.com/promo/pr/1107& … Read More → "Keithley Publishes E-Guide on Making Ultra-Fast I-V Measurements"

Extreme Performance ATCA Blade with Dual Intel® Xeon® Processors E5-2658 and E2648L

July 13, 2012

July 10, 2012 – SAN JOSE, CA – ADLINK Technology, Inc. (TAIEX:6166), a leading provider of trusted telecom computing products, today announced availability of the aTCA-6250, an AdvancedTCA® (ATCA) processor blade with robust computing power, high throughput connectivity, and accelerated packet processing capabilities. Featuring dual 8-c … Read More → "Extreme Performance ATCA Blade with Dual Intel® Xeon® Processors E5-2658 and E2648L"

Lattice Semiconductor And Leopard Imaging, Texas Instruments Design Network Members, Announce Dual Camera Kit For Black Box Car Drive Recorders

July 13, 2012

HILLSBORO, OR – July 12, 2012 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) and Leopard Imaging today announced the release of a dual camera module kit that allows the DaVinci™ TMS320DM368 video processor from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) to interface to two 720p image sensors. This kit is ideal for customers who are designing black box car drive recorders or other applications that require two cameras. For black box car drive recorder applications, one camera can be pointed out the front of the vehicle, … Read More → "Lattice Semiconductor And Leopard Imaging, Texas Instruments Design Network Members, Announce Dual Camera Kit For Black Box Car Drive Recorders"

Xylon now shipping upgraded logiCAN CAN2.0B Bus Controller IP Core

July 13, 2012

Zagreb, Croatia, July 13, 2012 – Xylon d.o.o., a leading provider of advanced FPGA application solutions and IP cores, has upgraded the logiCAN CAN2.0B Compatible Network Controller with new features. The logiCAN IP core now has ARM® AXI4-Lite bus interface which allows easy implementation on the latest Xilinx FPGA families, including the 7 series Artix®-7, Kintex®-7 and Virtex®-7 devices. It can be also used in Xilinx ZynqTM-7000 EPP devices integrating < … Read More → "Xylon now shipping upgraded logiCAN CAN2.0B Bus Controller IP Core"

New Cree XLamp® XP-G2 LEDs Deliver 20 Percent Efficiency Increase in the XP Footprint

July 13, 2012

DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the XLamp® XP-G2 LED to deliver luminaire manufacturers up to 20 percent more lumens per watt and 2.5 times the lumens-per-dollar over the original XP-G LED. The brighter, more efficient XP-G2 LED provides customers an immediate boost in performance and enables manufacturers to use fewer LEDs to get the same brightness at lower cost or increase brightness levels using the same LED count and power.

Characterized and binned at 85°C, the new XP-G2 LED leverages the same footprint (3.45mm x 3.45mm) and is compatible optically with the original XP-G … Read More → "New Cree XLamp® XP-G2 LEDs Deliver 20 Percent Efficiency Increase in the XP Footprint"

Ricoh Adopts EVE’s ZeBu to Enable ESL Co-Emulation for Early Development of Embedded Software

July 12, 2012

SAN JOSE, CALIF. –– July 11, 2012 –– EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, today announced that Ricoh Company, Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan, has selected its ZeBu hardware-assisted verification platform to accelerate its application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and system-on-chip (SoC) development.

ZeBu systems are being combined with Synopsys® Virtualizer™-based virtual prototypes to create a co-emulation environment that enables early embedded software development.

The increase in size and complexity of … Read More → "Ricoh Adopts EVE’s ZeBu to Enable ESL Co-Emulation for Early Development of Embedded Software"

Avnet Embedded and Intel Present Technical Training on the Intel® Xeon® E5 Family of Processors to Americas Customers

July 12, 2012

PHOENIX — Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), joins Intel in an in-depth technical training session on the new Intel Xeon® E5 family of processors. This free, Web-based training covers the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600/2400 families including a platform overview and technical highlights of each. This training … Read More → "Avnet Embedded and Intel Present Technical Training on the Intel® Xeon® E5 Family of Processors to Americas Customers"