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Byte Paradigm sets a new standard for entry-level USB-controlled Digital Pattern Generators

From September 1st 2011, Wave Generator Xpress will be delivered with a large 8 MB internal memory buffer and will support digital pattern generation up to 100 MHz. 

With this upgrade, digital electronics engineers now have 500 times more memory for storing digital vectors and 2 times the speed of the previous model for pattern generation. List price remains unchanged at 450 EUR / 699 USD. 

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Mercury Computer Systems to Support Powerful Technology Upgrade for Airborne Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – August 31, 2011 – Mercury Computer Systems Inc., (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems, announced it received a multi-year contract from a leading prime contractor to deliver extremely powerful signal processing modules that will be used to field-upgrade advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems. These systems are used on-board military aircraft to broadcast strong radar signals while remaining undetected.

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Elliptic Technologies Debuts New Multi-Packet Processing Security Engine For High Capacity Wireless And Network Applications

August 31 – Ottawa, Canada: Elliptic Technologies, a leading global supplier of security IP and software, unveiled today its latest security engine called the Multi-Packet Manager, a highly programmable and efficient security protocol accelerator with enhanced processing capabilities for multiple data streams. The Multi-Packet Manager is perfectly suited for applications that deal with multiple active connections and significant traffic load on different contexts, such as 4G LTE-Advanced wireless cellular base stations and femtocells.

The market is experiencing an explosion of new multi-media enabled mobile devices that are connecting to networks in all market segments, from smartphones, tablets, datacom, … Read More → "Elliptic Technologies Debuts New Multi-Packet Processing Security Engine For High Capacity Wireless And Network Applications"

Octal Voltage, Current & Temperature Monitor Provides Accurate Internal & Remote Measurements

MILPITAS, CA – September 1, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2991, an 8-channel I²C temperature, voltage and current monitor for 3V and 5V systems. The LTC2991 is a highly integrated monitoring solution that incorporates a 14-bit ADC, 10ppm/°C voltage reference and I²C digital interface to provide submillivolt voltage resolution and 1% current measurement, … Read More → "Octal Voltage, Current & Temperature Monitor Provides Accurate Internal & Remote Measurements"

Sigrity Introduces T2B for Transistor to Behavioral Model Conversion

CAMPBELL, Calif. – Sept. 1, 2011 – Sigrity, Inc., the market leader in signal and power integrity solutions, today announced T2B software for transistor to behavioral model conversion that is accurate, fast, globally supported, and practical for on-chip and packaged IO circuits. Such software is essential for analyzing combined signal and power integrity effects in today’s high-speed designs such as those that include DDR parallel bus interfaces. Models generated by T2B retain transistor-level accuracy while enabling dramatically improved simulation efficiency. T2B power-aware behavioral models enable accurate full bus simulations to be completed in hours or … Read More → "Sigrity Introduces T2B for Transistor to Behavioral Model Conversion"

GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung Extend Fab Sync to New High-Performance 28nm Technology for Mobile Applications

Milpitas, Calif. and Seoul, Korea, August 30, 2011 – GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.broadened their collaboration, announcing plans to synchronize global semiconductor fabrication facilities to produce chips based on a new high-performance and low-leakage 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) technology. The technology has been specifically developed for mobile device applications, offering 60 percent of active power reduction at the same frequency or 55 percent of performance boost at the same leakage over 45nm low power (LP) SoC designs.  

In 2010, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung announced a fab synchronization on low-power 28nm HKMG technology … Read More → "GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung Extend Fab Sync to New High-Performance 28nm Technology for Mobile Applications"

New Ericsson High Power Density Converter for Data-Network Equipment

  • First high-power density solution based on digitally controlled DC-DC converters
  • Quarter-brick format converter combines two Ericsson BMR453 series power modules to deliver exceptional power density and tightly controlled output voltages
  • New Ericsson BMR453-0108/014 ideal for use in networking and data storage equipment

Ericsson has introduced a new ultra-high-power-density DC-DC converter that can make a significant contribution to energy saving in data … Read More → "New Ericsson High Power Density Converter for Data-Network Equipment"

NSA Approved Defense-Grade Spartan-6Q FPGA in Production for Highest Level Cryptographic Capabilities Strengthens Xilinx Secure Leadership

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 31, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that the low-cost, low-power defense-grade programmable solution for high assurance applications is in production and has been approved for use in Type 1 Cryptographic Systems by the National Security Agency (NSA). The approval of the Spartan®-6Q device in conjunction with Xilinx’s Isolation Design Flow and Security Monitor IP, forms the basis for the FPGA leader’s platform for secure communications designs and extends the on-going relationship between the NSA and Xilinx.

The successful results of the NSA’s extensive testing of … Read More → "NSA Approved Defense-Grade Spartan-6Q FPGA in Production for Highest Level Cryptographic Capabilities Strengthens Xilinx Secure Leadership"

Advantech Announces New-generation RISC Single Board Computer with ARM-based Cortex™-A8 Series Processor

Irvine, California, August 30, 2011 – Advantech, a global embedded computing leader providing embedded platform solutions, today revealed its development of a new, RISC-based, Single Board Computer using the latest Texas Instruments OMAP35 Series Processor. The PCM-C3500 with Cortex™A8-based TI OMAP35 600 MHz high performance/application processor with mobile DDR supports OpenGL ES 1.1 & 2.0, OpenVG 1.0, and Direct 3D; PCM-C3500 video supports D1 resolution directly. Advantech PCM-C3500 series units are designed for low power consumption around 2W (3W maximum). These heatsink-free designs are ideal for various low-power applications in industrial control, HMI/ … Read More → "Advantech Announces New-generation RISC Single Board Computer with ARM-based Cortex™-A8 Series Processor"

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