SUNNYVALE, California, February 25, 2013 – InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE: INVN), the leading provider of MotionTracking™ devices, announced its third generation 9-axis MotionTracking device with the lowest power and best-in-class performance. The world’s smallest 9-axis solution, the MPU-9350 combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, and electronic compass into a 3x3x1mm QFN package. At 6.7mW, the MPU-9350 has 28% lower power consumption than its predecessor and comes with the industry’s only integrated Digital Motion Processor™ (DMP). The DMP, together with an embedded FIFO, offloads high-frequency motion … Read More → "InvenSense® Introduces the World’s Lowest Power 9-Axis MotionTracking Device"

SAN JOSE, Calif.– DigitalOptics Corporation (DigitalOptics or DOC^TM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (TSRA), today introduced mems|cam^™, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) autofocus camera module for smartphones.

The mems|cam modules harness the performance advantages of MEMS technology to deliver dramatically improved speed, power, and precision in smartphone cameras. DigitalOptics has demonstrated that mems|camoffers significantly faster autofocus, at 1 percent of the power consumption of traditional voice coil motor (VCM) autofocus technology. DOC’s mems|cam components provide micron-level … Read More → "DigitalOptics Corporation Launches mems|cam"

SUNNYVALE, California, February 25, 2013 – InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE: INVN), the leading provider of MotionTracking™ devices, announced the world’s lowest profile and lowest power 3-axis MEMS gyroscope designed for Smartphones, Tablets, Smart TVs, and Gaming devices. The trend toward thinner devices in the consumer electronics market has created demand for components with a maximum height of 0.8mm to allow flexible board placement. Low profile components also offer the advantage of allowing for thicker batteries with extended operating time. The ITG-3501, with an industry first 0.75 … Read More → "InvenSense® Unveils World’s Lowest Profile 3-Axis Gyroscope for MotionTracking Applications"

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – March 4, 2013 – Skorpios Technologies, Inc., an innovator in silicon photonic technology, today announced demonstration of a full C-band tunable CMOS photonic laser manufactured in a commercial foundry utilizing its proprietary STAB process. The application of this wafer scale integration process results in a photonic CMOS Integrated Circuit (IC) that is planar and hermetically encapsulated. Additionally, the Skorpios CMOS laser IC does not require any costly post-fabrication assembly processes such as flip-chip bonding, turning mirrors, lenses or active alignments. Characterization of the initial devices demonstrates that the laser performance is appropriate for applications from datacenter interconnects to the … Read More → "Skorpios Technologies Demonstrates CMOS Tunable Laser"

CHICAGO – Feb. 20, 2013 –The BeagleBone is one of the most popular open source hardware platforms ever developed, and its legion of fans around the world are now able to get their first look at the next generation board at the element14 engineering community.

Offering higher performance and more memory, the next generation BeagleBone’s lower cost will be especially attractive to students and hobbyists.  Availability is slated for late April, but enthusiasts can queue now by registering their interest at Read More → "Next generation BeagleBone previews at element14"