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Microchip’s New Op Amps Extend Battery Life With Exceptionally Low Power Consumption

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 18, 2013 [NASDAQ:  MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced a new nine-member low-power, general-purpose operational amplifier (op amp) family—the MCP647X/8X/9X.  These op amps provide among the industry’s best power consumption for a given gain-bandwidth product, including low quiescent current, to extend battery lifetimes.  Additionally, they have exceptionally low leakage current over temperature, up to 125°C, which reduces errors in applications such as sensor conditioning.  … Read More → "Microchip’s New Op Amps Extend Battery Life With Exceptionally Low Power Consumption"

ADLINK Introduces Two Channel 200 MS/s 14-Bit PCI Express Digitizer

June 19, 2013 – SAN JOSE, CA – ADLINK Technology, Inc. announces the release of its new high-speed PCI Express digitizer, the PCIe-9852, featuring two simultaneously sampled 200 MS/s input channels with 14-bit resolution, 90 MHz bandwidth, and up to 1 GB DDR3 onboard memory. Highly accurate measurement, up to 800 MB/s data streaming, and onboard signal-averaging technology combine to make the PCIe-9852 ideal for long-term, high-speed data recording applications such as distributed temperature sensing, radar signal testing, and atmospheric science research.

“ADLINK’s PCIe-9852 benefits Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) applications by enabling significantly increased accuracy in temperature … Read More → "ADLINK Introduces Two Channel 200 MS/s 14-Bit PCI Express Digitizer"

FormFactor’s Advanced Copper Pillar Probing Solutions Selected by Leading Semiconductor Foundries for Volume Production

LIVERMORE, Calif. — June 18, 2013— FormFactor Inc. (Nasdaq: FORM) announced today that it has shipped multiple units of ApolloTM MF100 probe cards to two leading semiconductor foundries.   Following an extensive engineering evaluation, the foundries selected the ApolloTM MF100 to test advanced 28nm System-on-Chip products, utilizing copper pillar packaging technology, in volume production.

The transition to copper pillars is happening fast as semiconductor manufacturers deploy the new interconnect structure for its technology and cost advantages.  By 2014, more than 50% of bumped wafers for Flip-Chip will be equipped with Cu pillars,  and Cu pillar Flip-Chip is … Read More → "FormFactor’s Advanced Copper Pillar Probing Solutions Selected by Leading Semiconductor Foundries for Volume Production"

Atrenta Announces Design Service Alliance Network in Israel

EVEN YEHUDA, Israel — Jun 19, 2013 — Atrenta Inc., the leading provider of SoC Realization solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, today announced an alliance program with several design service providers in Israel. The goal of the program is to bring the benefits of Atrenta’s SpyGlass RTL platform to a wider range of customers. The terms of the alliance will be managed as part of Atrenta’sS … Read More → "Atrenta Announces Design Service Alliance Network in Israel"

Leti to Present its Views of the Future at SEMICON West 2013

GRENOBLE, France – June 19, 2013 – CEA-Leti will host a workshop at SEMICON West 2013 on major technology developments in the next 10 years.

“Inventing the Future Together” is the topic of Leti Day, set for 5-6:10 p.m., July 9 at the W Hotel, 3rd and Howard streets, San Francisco,Calif. A cocktail reception à la française will follow that event.

On July 10, Leti CEO Laurent Malier will participate in the R&D panel: “A Conversation on the Future of Semiconductor Technology”.

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Creanord Service Delivery and Aggregation Switches with True SLA for Business and Wholesale make NIDs redundant in Critical Communications

Singapore – June 19th, 2013. As ever more mission-critical applications spread across diverse industries, the performance and SLA requirements placed on connectivity services continue to evolve and get stricter. Customers who really need high quality are too often frustrated with their providers. One reason is that SLA demarcation devices and NIDs no longer meet the service delivery requirements – failing to impress with the networking capabilities required by demanding customers. To meet this demand, the new CreaNODE family empowers service providers to deliver high capacity services with virtually any topology including fiber … Read More → "Creanord Service Delivery and Aggregation Switches with True SLA for Business and Wholesale make NIDs redundant in Critical Communications"

OCZ Technology Group Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare IP and Synopsys Professional Services

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

  • OCZ achieved first-pass silicon success for its NAND flash Vector SSD with Synopsys’ DesignWare DDR2/3-Lite PHY, Embedded Memories and STAR Memory System
  • Met performance and time-to-market goals with IP integration and physical design assistance from Synopsys’ experienced design consultants
  • Reduced design iterations and accelerated tape-out schedule using Synopsys’ Lynx Design System

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate … Read More → "OCZ Technology Group Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare IP and Synopsys Professional Services"

Energy Micro MCU combines complex data processing with low power operation in diabetes management solution

Oslo, Norway, 19 June 2013 – Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, announces its role in enabling an all-in-one solution for the management of diabetes. Brighter One™ is the world’s first pocket-sized product that integrates all the functions needed to monitor blood glucose and inject insulin. This patented solution logs insulin doses and glucose levels automatically and offers diabetics an easier and more convenient way to manage their daily routines and enjoy healthier and longer lives.

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STMicroelectronics Reveals New Technology Platform for RF Front End of Wireless Devices

Geneva, June 19, 2013 – Booming demand for faster wireless broadband connections is calling for increasingly complex circuitry inside devices such as smartphones and tablets. STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is addressing that demand by perfecting an advanced component process technology specifically optimized to increase performance and reduce the size of the RF (radio frequency) front-end of mobile devices.

In wireless devices, the RF front-end circuit is typically built using individual amplifiers, switches and tuners. As new high-speed standards such as 4G mobile and Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11ac) use multiple frequency … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Reveals New Technology Platform for RF Front End of Wireless Devices"

Zonoff Opens Home Automation Platform With Launch of Open Device SDK

MALVERN, PA, June 13, 2013 — Zonoff, Inc., creators of the Zonoff Connected Home Platform, today announced the availability of their Open Device Software Development Kit for qualified partners who are currently (or will soon be) manufacturing connected devices. The new SDK enables device OEMs to take advantage of rapidly developing innovation within the “Internet of Things” space, in order to deliver compelling connected home solutions to consumers.

Whether they are manufacturer-specific wireless protocols, differentiated devices features on open protocols, … Read More → "Zonoff Opens Home Automation Platform With Launch of Open Device SDK"

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