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Xilinx Discusses Stacked Silicon Interconnect Technologies and Demonstrates Newest 28nm 7 Series FPGAs at DesignCon 2012

January 26, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced participation at DesignCon 2012 in Santa Clara, from January 30 – Feburary 2, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Booth #732. Xilinx Corporate Vice President, FPGA Development and Silicon Technology, Liam Madden, will jumpstart Xilinx’s activities by discussing the benefits and drawbacks of 3D IC standards in the Why Do We Need 3D Design Standards? panel. Xilinx industry experts will also present papers on Stacked Silicon interposer technology and the design benefits of using the Zynq™-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP). Throughout the week, Xilinx … Read More → "Xilinx Discusses Stacked Silicon Interconnect Technologies and Demonstrates Newest 28nm 7 Series FPGAs at DesignCon 2012"

LPI Joins the Linux Foundation

January 26, 2012

(Sacramento, CA, USA: January 26, 2012) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced that it had become a member of the Linux Foundation (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/).

“LPI represents many Linux professionals from around the globe and we have been promoting the professional use of Linux and Open Source since < … Read More → "LPI Joins the Linux Foundation"

Elliptic Technologies Debuts Security Engine For 4G LTE Mobile Backhaul Applications

January 26, 2012

January 25, 2012 – Ottawa, Canada: Elliptic Technologies, a leading supplier of security semiconductor IP and software has announced the release of its IPsec Security Protocol Processor, SPP-230, to address the security needs of the 4G LTE mobile backhaul networks. This unique security engine accelerates IPsec packet processing to allow for multi Gbps performance by providing complete IPv6 ESP and AH packet transforms support.

“Elliptic is delivering yet another highly integrated security product targeted at IP/Ethernet based mobile backhaul applications”, said Elliptic President … Read More → "Elliptic Technologies Debuts Security Engine For 4G LTE Mobile Backhaul Applications"

Agilent Technologies Introduces Add-In Extensions for Compliance Application Software

January 26, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2012 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a product enhancement designed to help engineers extend the capabilities of compliance applications on the company’s Infiniium real-time oscilloscopes.

The enhancement to Agilent’s N5467A user-defined application software gives engineers the ability to develop extensions that they can plug into existing compliance applications for USB, PCIe®, DDR, SATA, HDMI, MIPI, Ethernet and other technologies. This add-in capability allows engineers to rapidly automate custom measurements on Infiniium oscilloscopes, which saves time and effort.

Add-ins may be designed … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Add-In Extensions for Compliance Application Software"

Cypress’s New Tx-Boost™ Feature for TrueTouch® Touchscreen Controllers Delivers Three Times Higher Signal-to-Noise Ratio Without Using Digital Filters

January 26, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 26, 2012 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today unveiled a breakthrough feature for its Gen4 TrueTouch^® touchscreen controllers that dramatically improves system performance without added cost. Cypress has developed a new proprietary technology based on Gen4’s patent-pending high-voltage Tx drivers. Tx-Boost™ extends Gen4’s performance leadership by delivering three times higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) than previously possible. This is accomplished without the use of performance-robbing digital filters or external components, enabling manufacturer’s to produce the industry’ … Read More → "Cypress’s New Tx-Boost™ Feature for TrueTouch® Touchscreen Controllers Delivers Three Times Higher Signal-to-Noise Ratio Without Using Digital Filters"

Apache Sponsors Chip-Packaage-System Workshops at DesignCon

January 26, 2012

Apache Design, Inc., a subsidiary of ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS), today announced it will be sponsoring two complimentaryChip-Package-System (CPS) Workshops during DesignCon, at the Santa Clara Convention Center on February 1, in Santa Clara, California. These interactive sessions will bring together leading semiconductor companies and system houses to share their expert perspectives and best practices on chip and package modeling, and system-level verification for signal integrity, power … Read More → "Apache Sponsors Chip-Packaage-System Workshops at DesignCon"

Synopsys Collaborates with Sigrity to Accelerate Signal Integrity Analysis

January 26, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, and Sigrity, Inc., a market leader in signal and power integrity solutions, today unveiled an enhanced solution that accelerates signal integrity simulation of high-speed systems. In the latest release of the HSPICE® circuit simulator, Synopsys has employed in-memory communication to deliver deeper integration with Sigrity’s signal integrity analysis offerings. In addition, the HSPICE 2011.09 release provides enhanced multi-core simulation performance, improved accuracy in statistical eye-diagram analysis, and new multi-core enabled … Read More → "Synopsys Collaborates with Sigrity to Accelerate Signal Integrity Analysis"

Digi-Key Corporation Signs Global Distribution Agreement with LEMO

January 26, 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012 – THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., USA – Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation Signs Global Distribution Agreement with LEMO"

Compact, low-cost and fast hyperspectral imaging solution

January 25, 2012

San Francisco, Calif. , and Leuven, Belgium – January 24, 2012 – Today at SPIE Photonics West 2012, imec has demonstrated a hyperspectral camera solution based on a system-on-chip image sensor with an integrated hyperspectral sensor. Imec’s solution is fast and enables small and cost-efficient camera-solutions. It targets multiple industrial vision applications.

Hyperspectral cameras combine spectroscopy and imaging, and by doing this, they can e.g. discriminate between different objects that cannot be accurately distinguished using traditional RGB (red-green-blue) imaging methods. The technology can be very useful in many application domains such as crop screening, food … Read More → "Compact, low-cost and fast hyperspectral imaging solution"

Visure Solutions’ IRQA Offers Requirements Engineering Solution for Embedded Systems

January 25, 2012

Madrid, Spain and Bowie, MA, January 25, 2012–Visure Solutions, the market leader in Requirements Engineering, today announced the release of IRQA Systems Engineering Template, an IRQA extension designed to address the challenges of increasingly complex embedded software systems. Embedded systems raise a plethora of design issues—diversity of platforms and architecture, increased regulatory compliance, mechanical constraints—that create a complex requirements … Read More → "Visure Solutions’ IRQA Offers Requirements Engineering Solution for Embedded Systems"