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Silicon Craft Technology Launches Revolutionary “NFC Enabler” Tag

June 12, 2013

Silicon Craft Technology, having successfully marketed the NFC product worldwide, has recently introduced and will soon launch the NFC Enabler (SIC4310), a dual-interface NFC tag that is compliant to ISO 14443A.

The SIC4310 is designed to be a protocol converter in relaying signals between RFID and the embedded world through UART interface. This device avails system designers to make existing UART devices NFC- enabled and provide a full bi-directional communication between them.

The SIC4310 is a fully integrated dual-interface NFC tag that is accessed by NFC/RFID devices and implantable … Read More → "Silicon Craft Technology Launches Revolutionary “NFC Enabler” Tag"

Xilinx Spotlights 100G & 400G Solutions for Smarter Networks at WDM Conference 2013

June 12, 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2013 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) will demonstrate 400G (4x100G) OTN single-chip applications  based  on its All Programmable Virtex®-7 FPGAs and SmartCORE™ IP portfolio.  These demonstrations highlight Xilinx’s commitment to helping customers scale their networks and deliver significant end-product differentiation. Optimized for high speed and low power, Xilinx OTN solutions make it possible for networks to be ever smarter and more programmable, configurable and adaptable. Visit Xilinx (stand #21) … Read More → "Xilinx Spotlights 100G & 400G Solutions for Smarter Networks at WDM Conference 2013"

Huanor Adopts Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3™ Peripheral Controller For USB 3.0 Industrial Camera Development Kit

June 12, 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2013, – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that Beijing Huanor-Mingke Electronic Tech Center has selected Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3™ solution for the Huanor U3CAMEN USB 3.0 industrial camera development kit. The kit provides a complete hardware and software solution to accelerate designs with a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), USB firmware, and device driver, enabling rapid development of 5-Megapixel USB 3.0 industrial cameras. The FX3 solution provides the kit with 5 Gbps USB 3.0 bandwidth, enabling streaming of high-definition images.

The Huanor U3CAMEN … Read More → "Huanor Adopts Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3™ Peripheral Controller For USB 3.0 Industrial Camera Development Kit"

Synopsys Announces Design Kit Optimized for All SoC Processor Cores

June 12, 2013

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

  • One design kit for optimizing all processor cores on an SoC that includes an ultra-high density memory compiler and more than 125 new standard cells and memory instances
  • Delivers up to 10 percent performance improvement on host CPU cores and up to 25 percent lower power with 10 percent area reduction on GPU cores such as the Imagination Technology PowerVR Series6 IP core
  • Developed in close collaboration with key … Read More → "Synopsys Announces Design Kit Optimized for All SoC Processor Cores"

Micro Digital Announces WiFi Direct™ and SoftAP for smxWiFi™

June 12, 2013

Costa Mesa, California, June 12, 2013 – Micro Digital is pleased to announce WiFi Direct™ and SoftAP for smxWiFi™. These allow easy, direct connection among WiFi devices, anywhere. There is no need for an Access Point. Through negotiation, one device becomes the Group Owner and the other the client. Connection is designed to be quick and easy, often with just the push of a button. WiFi Direct and SoftAP do not require addition of new hardware, allowing existing smxWiFi users to add them to their products with just a software update. Similarly, for new projects, users can rest assured that these capabilities … Read More → "Micro Digital Announces WiFi Direct™ and SoftAP for smxWiFi™"

ERCOM Closes the Gap between Commercial LTE Networks and Lab Emulation for MNOs at LTE World Summit

June 11, 2013

Paris, 11 June 2013 – ERCOM, the leading provider of commercial 4G LTE emulation, validation and optimization solutions, will show how Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) can close the gap between real life LTE and lab emulation, at this month’s LTE World Summit. This comes at a time when more than 424 operators in 126 countries worldwide are now investing in LTE*, making it one of the fastest developing technologies within the mobile ecosystem.

For MNOs, the transition to 4G LTE is … Read More → "ERCOM Closes the Gap between Commercial LTE Networks and Lab Emulation for MNOs at LTE World Summit"

Synopsys Unveils New Synthesis-Based Test Technology Delivering Up to 3X Higher Compression

June 11, 2013

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today unveiled a new, innovative test technology to further reduce the cost of testing silicon devices by delivering up to 3x higher test compression and minimizing the time required to test each silicon die. The new technology also uses fewer pins and higher-frequency on-chip design-for-test (DFT) circuitry, enabling design teams to test several die in parallel and use the maximum performance of their tester equipment to achieve additional reduction in test time and … Read More → "Synopsys Unveils New Synthesis-Based Test Technology Delivering Up to 3X Higher Compression"

Saelig Introduces 3GHz Spectrum Analyzer/RF Trainer Combo

June 11, 2013

Fairport, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc.(www.saelig.com) has introduced the GW RF Trainer Bundle, consisting of a GWInstek GSP-730 – an entry-level 3 GHz Spectrum Analyzer, and aGWInstek GRF-1300 – an RF test signal generator, forming a basic RF communication experimental trainer. This is an economical educational tool for introducing frequency domain, time domain, and spectrum analyzer basic principles, and has been developed to meet the … Read More → "Saelig Introduces 3GHz Spectrum Analyzer/RF Trainer Combo"

TI introduces industry’s smallest low-power, dual-channel push-button reset controllers for portable applications

June 11, 2013

DALLAS (June 11, 2013) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two tiny push-button reset controllers for space-constrained, power-sensitive applications such as pedometers, fitness bands, cell phones and tablets. The dual-channel TPS3420 and TPS3421 feature low power consumption and a selectable reset time delay to improve system stability. For more information, samples and evaluation modules, visit www.ti.com/tps3420-pr.

… Read More → "TI introduces industry’s smallest low-power, dual-channel push-button reset controllers for portable applications"

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