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STMicroelectronics Ships Three Billionth MEMS Chip and Reinforces Its Lead in Motion Sensors for Phones, Tablets and Other Consumer Devices

February 1, 2013

Geneva, January 31, 2013 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced it has shipped three billion MEMS sensors to date—laid side by side, these chips would exceed the height of Mt Everest^[1]. The achievement reconfirms ST’s position as the clear leader in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) devices for consumer and portable applications^[2].

According to … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Ships Three Billionth MEMS Chip and Reinforces Its Lead in Motion Sensors for Phones, Tablets and Other Consumer Devices"

SWS Licenses its Spectrometer Technology to Hamamatsu Photonics

February 1, 2013

CAIRO, Egypt – February 4, 2013 – Si-Ware Systems (SWS), a premier provider of IC- and MEMS-based solutions for industrial and consumer applications, has licensed its MEMS FT-IR spectrometer technology to Hamamatsu Photonics of Japan.

Hamamatsu is the world leading supplier of optoelectronics components. The company announced its new FT-IR spectrometer last month.

The FT-IR spectrometer developed by SWS and licensed to Hamamatsu is the world’s first single-chip spectrometer. All of the optical components of the spectrometer are monolithically integrated on one chip using SWS’s proprietary MEMS technology.

“The partnership with Hamamatsu Photonics is a … Read More → "SWS Licenses its Spectrometer Technology to Hamamatsu Photonics"

Microsemi Introduces SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGA Starter Kits to Speed Product-Development Efforts

February 1, 2013

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—February 1, 2013—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the availability of its SmartFusion®2 Starter Kit, providing designers with a basic prototyping platform for the company’s SmartFusion2 system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

The SmartFusion2 Starter Kit supports industry-standard interfaces including Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C and UART and includes a comprehensive breadboard to support unique design requirements. The kit can be used with Microsemi’s Libero SoC v11.0 beta software, which includes a free Libero Gold license … Read More → "Microsemi Introduces SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGA Starter Kits to Speed Product-Development Efforts"

Xilinx Stays a Generation Ahead with Multiple 20nm Firsts

January 31, 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced three major milestones in the execution and introduction of its next generation 20nm All Programmable Devices. The 20nm portfolio builds upon Xilinx breakthroughs proven at 28nm to provide an extra generation of system performance, lower power and programmable system integration. The 20nm portfolio will address a wide range of next generation systems and provides the most compelling programmable alternative ever to ASICs and ASSPs.

“Xilinx went ‘all in’ to move a generation ahead at 28nm, and is … Read More → "Xilinx Stays a Generation Ahead with Multiple 20nm Firsts"

KLA-Tencor Announces New eS805™ Electron-Beam Inspection System

January 31, 2013

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced the eS805™, a new electron-beam inspection system for leading-edge chip manufacturers. Benefiting from more than twenty years of KLA-Tencor’s e-beam inspection development and manufacturing expertise, the eS805 offers strong capability in detection of very small defects and defects that cause electrical problems in the integrated circuit, such as opens, shorts or reliability issues. The eS805 is also designed to provide supplementary information to the fab’s optical inspection systems, with the goal of boosting the ability of the optical … Read More → "KLA-Tencor Announces New eS805™ Electron-Beam Inspection System"

Cadence Releases Verification IP for USB SuperSpeed Inter-Chip Specification

January 31, 2013

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – January 31, 2013) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced production-proven verification IP (VIP) for the new USB SuperSpeed Inter-Chip (SSIC)specification, enabling customers to thoroughly verify designs deploying the latest extension of the USB 3.0 protocol.

The SSIC specification combines the MIPI Alliance physical … Read More → "Cadence Releases Verification IP for USB SuperSpeed Inter-Chip Specification"

Imec First to Introduce Hyperpectral CMOS Camera for Snapshot and Video

January 31, 2013

San Francisco (USA) and Leuven (Belgium) – January 31, 2013 – At SPIE Photonics West 2013, imec presents a prototype hyperspectral imager for snapshot and video acquisition. Being fast, compact and cost-efficient, imec’s CMOS-based imaging systems with integrated hyperspectral filters are suited for multiple industrial vision applications. Imec is currently sampling the line scan version of its hyperspectral imaging solution, offering a ready-to-use evaluation kit to the industry to line scan and analyze specific sample material.

Imec’s prototype hyperspectral imager for snapshot and video captures an entire multispectral image at one discrete point in time. The imager … Read More → "Imec First to Introduce Hyperpectral CMOS Camera for Snapshot and Video"

Imagination Technologies ships Caustic Series2 R2500 and R2100 ray tracing acceleration boards

January 31, 2013

January 31^st 2013: Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia technologies company, is now shipping its Caustic Series2 PC boards, the R2500 and R2100, which accelerate PowerVR OpenRL applications including the Caustic Visualizer™ viewport plug-ins for Autodesk® Maya® and 3ds Max® and the Neon viewport inRhinoceros 5 from Robert McNeel and Associates.

The Caustic Series2 is the first family of high performance ray tracing accelerator PC boards using Imagination’s unique ray tracing technologies in the world’s first chipset dedicated to high performance, fully interactive ray tracing in a workstation environment.

The Caustic R2500 OpenRL PC … Read More → "Imagination Technologies ships Caustic Series2 R2500 and R2100 ray tracing acceleration boards"

ITTIA DB SQL Leverages New Features of Qt 5.0

January 31, 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013 — Bellevue, WA — The ITTIA DB SQL Qt driver is now compatible with Qt 5.0.0, a major renovation of the popular application development framework. The integration of these technologies allows software developers for embedded systems and devices to take advantage of flexible embedded data management software and an elegant GUI framework. Features such as replication, data distribution, concurrency, logging, and change notification offer applications a unique competitive edge and enable rapid development of user-friendly data-driven applications with a level of performance that is only possible in native code.

With this update, the Qt driver for ITTIA DB … Read More → "ITTIA DB SQL Leverages New Features of Qt 5.0"

EEMBC® Undertakes Development of Industry-Standard Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller Benchmarks

January 30, 2013

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — January 30, 2013 — The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) today announced its intent to create a standardized, industry-endorsed method to evaluate the energy efficiency of ultra-low power (ULP) microcontrollers. To date, the industry has lacked a common method to test, validate, and compare the real-world energy consumption of these microcontrollers that target applications such as portable medical devices, security systems, building automation, smart metering, and also applications using energy harvesting devices.

EEMBC was formed in 1997 to develop performance … Read More → "EEMBC® Undertakes Development of Industry-Standard Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller Benchmarks"

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