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Multimedia IP leader Imagination Technologies enters the HEVC arena with a focus on image quality and multi-standard capability

June 21, 2013

London, UK – 20 June 2013 – Imagination Technologies (IMG.L), a leading multimedia, processor, communications and cloud technologies company, announces that it is driving adoption of the HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) standard with its PowerVR Series5 HEVC-enabled encoder and decoder families. For HEVC, the new PowerVR D5500 decoder core is based on a new architecture designed for the higher resolutions, frame rates and bitrates of 4K Ultra HD while optimizing silicon area and bandwidth usage. With full multi-standard decode, class-leading performance, ultra-low power consumption, industry-leading colour fidelity, enhanced colour depth and easy … Read More → "Multimedia IP leader Imagination Technologies enters the HEVC arena with a focus on image quality and multi-standard capability"

60VIN /80VOUT LED Driver with Internal PWM Generator

June 21, 2013

MILPITAS, CA – June 20, 2013 – The LT3955, a DC/DC converter designed to operate as a constant-current source and constant-voltage regulator with an internal 3.5A switch, is now available from Linear Technology. The device’s internal PWM dimming generator makes it ideal for driving high current LEDs, and it also has features suitable for charging batteries and supercapacitors. The LT3955’s 4.5V to 60V input voltage range suits a wide … Read More → "60VIN /80VOUT LED Driver with Internal PWM Generator"

SKTA Innopartners LLC sponsors, judges hardware hackathon

June 21, 2013

Sunnyvale, California – June 18, 2013 – SKTA Innopartners LLC, a high-tech Open Innovation Program for tech leaders and early stage startups, today announced that Angel Orrantia, founding business development director, will serve as a judge for the 2^nd annual Open Compute Project (OCP) hardware hackathon, being held at the Facebook campus. Innopartners LLC is also a first-time sponsor of the event.

Orrantia is one in a panel of five judges including: Giovanni Coglitore, angel investor; John Kenevey, Facebook; and executives from Upverter and the Open Compute Project.

Since this hackathon will focus on “ideas for hardware … Read More → "SKTA Innopartners LLC sponsors, judges hardware hackathon"

IEEE 1149.1™-2013 Designed to Slash Electronics Industry Costs By Allowing Test Re-UseThroughout Integrated Circuit Lifecycle

June 21, 2013

PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 17 June 2013 – IEEE, the world’s largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced IEEE 1149.1™-2013 “Standard for Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture.” IEEE 1149.1-2013—commonly known in the industry as “JTAG,” for “Joint Test Action Group”—is intended to dramatically lower electronics industry costs by enabling test re-use across all phases of the integrated circuit (IC) lifecycle viavendor-independent, hierarchical test languages.

The revision of IEEE 1149.1, the first for the standard since 2001, allows critical domain expertise for intellectual property (IP)—how to configure a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) for loopback testing, for … Read More → "IEEE 1149.1™-2013 Designed to Slash Electronics Industry Costs By Allowing Test Re-UseThroughout Integrated Circuit Lifecycle"

Medical Imaging in Focus on Mouser Electronics Medical Site

June 20, 2013

June 19, 2013 – Mouser Electronics, Inc. has released an enhanced version of its Medical Applications site. … Read More → "Medical Imaging in Focus on Mouser Electronics Medical Site"

QuickLogic Enables Easy Integration of SDIO-Based Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Peripheral Devices with USB-Based Processors

June 20, 2013

Allows SDIO-limited CPUs to connect to additional native SDIO Wi-Fi/Bluetooth devices
Enables developers of healthcare, industrial and infrastructure devices to easily integrate SDIO-based Wi-Fi/Bluetooth peripherals designed for smartphone and tablet applications
Shortens time-to-market by enabling use of pre-certified SDIO-based Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modules

Sunnyvale, CA – June 20, 2013 – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the innovator of ultra-low-power programmable Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), today announced the availability of an SDIO-to-USB catalog CSSP solution that enables SDIO-based peripheral devices to connect to processors through a USB port. SDIO-based peripheral devices such as Wi-Fi®, … Read More → "QuickLogic Enables Easy Integration of SDIO-Based Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Peripheral Devices with USB-Based Processors"

eSOL’s eT-Kernel Real-Time OS Platform Now Available for Renesas’ RZ/A MPU Series

June 20, 2013

Tokyo, Japan, June 20, 2013 ? eSOL, a leading developer of real-time embedded software solutions, today announced that the eT-Kernel Real-Time OS Platform now supports Renesas’ ARMR Cortex?-A9-based RZ/A series microprocessor units (MPU). The RZ/A series MPUs combine ARM cores with Renesas’ unique technologies to offer high performance and low power consumption. The eT-Kernel Platform has enabled software developers to add real-time capabilities and high reliability to the RZ/A series MPU-based systems more rapidly and at lower cost across automotive, factory automation (FA), industrial, … Read More → "eSOL’s eT-Kernel Real-Time OS Platform Now Available for Renesas’ RZ/A MPU Series"

Diodes Incorporated Adds Shift Registers and Decoders to Enhanced CMOS Logic Families

June 20, 2013

Plano, Texas – June 20th, 2013 – Diodes Incorporated has announced the addition of standard shift register and decoder logic ICs to its enhanced 74HC, 74HCT, 74AHC and 74AHCT CMOS logic families.

Based on the company’s updated 5V CMOS process, the popular 595, 594 and 138 logic functions offer improvements over industry-standard alternatives in terms of power-to-performance ratio and ESD protection, making them suitable for smart domestic appliances, data communication, and residential and industrial control applications.

The 8-bit shift register with 8-bit storage … Read More → "Diodes Incorporated Adds Shift Registers and Decoders to Enhanced CMOS Logic Families"

Cadence to Showcase Comprehensive PCI Express IP and Verification Solutions at PCI-SIG 2013

June 20, 2013

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – June 20, 2013) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced its participation at PCI-SIG Developers Conference 2013, an annual conference that provides comprehensive training on all aspects of the PCI (peripheral component interconnect) standard.

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Agilent Technologies Announces Industry’s First MIPI M-PHY Receiver and Transmitter Tests with Switch Automation

June 19, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 18, 2013 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the industry’s first MIPI^TM M-PHY physical layer receiver and transmitter tests with switch automation. The tests are designed to accelerate the turn-on and debug of MIPI M-PHY-based systems and to provide design engineers an efficient way to ensure their M-PHY devices will interoperate with the application processor.

The new offerings from Agilent and solution partner BitifEye provide an efficient means of testing multilane devices. Engineers can use them to easily resolve signal-integrity issues and conduct in-depth conformance tests and product validation and … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Announces Industry’s First MIPI M-PHY Receiver and Transmitter Tests with Switch Automation"