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Kuwait University and imec to Collaborate on Advanced Silicon Solar Cell Technology

December 19, 2012

December 19, 2012 (Leuven, Kuwait) – World-leading nanotechnology research centre imec (Belgium) and Kuwait University signed a long term collaboration agreement for research and development on innovative silicon solar cell technologies. The agreement has been signed on Wednesday, Dec.19, 2012, in Kuwait City during a ceremony in the presence of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Deputy-Prime Minister, Didier Reynders, and Kuwait University President, Prof. Abdullatif Al-Bader, and Director General of Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences, Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin.

The basis of the collaboration between imec and Kuwait University is imec’s wafer-based silicon solar cell industrial … Read More → "Kuwait University and imec to Collaborate on Advanced Silicon Solar Cell Technology"

GreenPeak facilitates Green Power

December 19, 2012

19 December 2012 – Utrecht – The Netherlands – GreenPeak Technologies, a leading Smart Home RF-communication semiconductor company, today announced its support for the ZigBee PRO Green Power feature, which adds support for energy harvesting and battery-free applications as part of the ZigBee 2012 standard. GreenPeak also announces achieving ZigBee Certified and Golden Unit status for its Green Power product.

Green Power is the newest feature for the ZigBee PRO feature set. Green Power gives battery-free, energy-harvesting devices the ability to join ZigBee PRO 2012 … Read More → "GreenPeak facilitates Green Power"

Eclipse IDE now available for users of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM

December 19, 2012

Uppsala, Sweden—December 19, 2012—Today, IAR Systems® announced that a complete integration with the Eclipse IDE is available for the high-performance development tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®. With this integration, IAR Systems offers Eclipse support as an alternative to the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE, providing its customers with the possibility to use its world-leading build tools and debugger within the Eclipse IDE.

While the proprietary IAR Embedded Workbench IDE is tailor-made for embedded development, intuitive and easy-to-use, the open-source Eclipse IDE provides flexibility through its extensible framework and the ability to interoperate … Read More → "Eclipse IDE now available for users of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM"

Agilent Technologies Unveils New IC-CAP Platform for Device Characterization and Modeling Software Includes Angelov-GaN Modeling and Python Scripting

December 19, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec.18, 2012 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the latest release of its device modeling software platform, the Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP).

With IC-CAP 2013.01, Agilent introduces major improvements to its flagship product for high-frequency device modeling. One key improvement is turnkey extraction of the Angelov-GaN model, the industry standard compact device model for GaN semiconductor devices.

GaN technology is becoming commonplace in today’s high-power RF communication … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Unveils New IC-CAP Platform for Device Characterization and Modeling Software Includes Angelov-GaN Modeling and Python Scripting"

DSM Computer’s slot CPU brings Intel® Core™ i7 power to the PICMG 1.0 bus

December 19, 2012

Munich, December 2012 – DSM Computer’s new industrial slot CPU 96M4297o conforms to the long-proven PICMG 1.0 standard still used in many applications. To provide high computing and graphical performance on this standard bus (16-bit ISA / 32-bit PCI), the compact plug-in card is equipped with high-performance second generation Intel® Core™ processors.

The industrial slot CPU 96M4297o integrates the Intel® Core™ i7-2600 (3.4 GHz) processor with four computer cores in the highest-performance variant. Alternatively, the slot CPU can also be equipped with the Intel® Core™ i5-2400 (3.1 … Read More → "DSM Computer’s slot CPU brings Intel® Core™ i7 power to the PICMG 1.0 bus"

Digia launches Qt 5 cross-platform application development and UI framework

December 19, 2012

December 19, 2012 — Digia has announced the launch of Qt 5.0, a major new version of the popular cross-platform application and user interface development framework for desktop, embedded and mobile applications. Qt 5 delivers a step function increase in performance, functionality and ease of use and will be the platform on which full Android and iOS support will be delivered during the coming year. 

Digia has stated its intention to make Qt the world’ … Read More → "Digia launches Qt 5 cross-platform application development and UI framework"

Tensilica to Feature Customer Innovations in Smartphones and Home Entertainment at CES 2013

December 18, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – December 18, 2012 –Tensilica®, Inc. today announced that it will feature innovations from customers that use the company’s dataplane processors (DPUs) in Smartphones, digital televisions (DTVs), and home entertainment systems at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). In all of these cases, customers use Tensilica DPUs to differentiate their products, providing lower power, higher performance and unique features to stand out from their competition. Tensilica’s booth with a demo area and three meeting rooms is located in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Meeting Room 25060. To schedule a meeting, please email < … Read More → "Tensilica to Feature Customer Innovations in Smartphones and Home Entertainment at CES 2013"

Terminal Post Connections Solutions for Audio, Power and Instrumentation Applications

December 18, 2012

Cliff Electronics extensive range of UK designed and manufactured terminal posts includes single terminal binding posts and multiple binding post assemblies in a number of different designs and configurations for consumer and professional applications, including those in audio, engineering, instrumentation, medicine, lighting and vending.

Rated up to 60A, the binding posts are also available in fully insulated, touch-proof and 4mm versions for test and instrumentation applications, with solid brass, gold-plated models for use in Hi-Fi speaker applications also available. Cliff manufactures dual binding post assemblies in a variety of designs in either standard or custom configurations.

< … Read More → "Terminal Post Connections Solutions for Audio, Power and Instrumentation Applications"

Plessey makes home health ECG monitoring an affordable reality — imPulse™ on show at CES 2013

December 18, 2012

London, ENGLAND – 18 December 2012 – Plessey will be demonstrating its innovative handheld ECG monitor at CES 2013 on booth 73506 at the Venetian Hotel. The imPulse™ uses Plessey’s award winning EPIC sensors to detect the ECG of the user, which is displayed as a trace on a Smartphone or tablet via a Bluetooth link.

The user simply touches the two contact pads with both thumbs. The EPIC sensors detect the changes in the electric potential of the body and the raw data is then transmitted to a laptop or smartphone where the software turns this into a clear trace for … Read More → "Plessey makes home health ECG monitoring an affordable reality — imPulse™ on show at CES 2013"

HDL Design House MIPI M-PHY and D-PHY Solutions available in 40nm and 65nm

December 18, 2012

Belgrade, Serbia – December 18th, 2012 – HDL Design House, provider of high performance digital and analog IP cores and SoC design and verification services, today announced availability of MIPI M-PHY and D-PHY solutions in advanced technology nodes. MIPI M-PHY and D-PHY solutions are fully compliant with the MIPI Alliance M-PHY and D-PHY specifications version 1.0, as the latest addition to HDL Design House FlexIP core library. These IP solutions can be combined with HDL Design House MIPI DSI and CSI-2 IP cores. As a MIPI Alliance Contributor member since 2010, HDL Design House offers high quality, … Read More → "HDL Design House MIPI M-PHY and D-PHY Solutions available in 40nm and 65nm"

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