October 10, 2012 – Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced it is participating in a symposium on the negative impact of counterfeit electronic parts and the processes to mitigate their effect on manufacturers.
The SAE 2012 Counterfeit Parts Avoidance Symposium, scheduled for Nov. 2 in … Read More → "Mouser Quality Expert to Speak at SAE 2012 Counterfeit Avoidance Symposium"
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — October 11, 2012 — Kilopass Technology, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today announced Gusto-2™, its second generation of code storage products, to serve the increasing numbers … Read More → "Kilopass’ Next-Generation Gusto-2™ Targets Instant-On Mobile Devices"
Houston, TX (October 10, 2012) –Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announces 12 new Hercules™ TMS570 ARM® Cortex™-R4 safety microcontrollers, complementary TPS65831-Q1 multi-rail safety power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and DRV3201-Q1 safety motor driver from TI. The Hercules TMS570 safety microcontrollers, along with TI’s first functional safety PMIC and the industry’s first functional safety motor driver, form a “safety … Read More → "Jumpstart automotive and transportation designs with TI’s new Hercules™ TMS570 ARM® safety microcontrollers, power management IC (PMIC) and motor driver"
Metering Billing/CRMShow, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 9, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today showcased the world’s first single-chip power line communications (PLC)-based solution using an ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontroller (MCU) targeting the rapidly growing PRIME smart metering market at the Metering Billing/CRM Show in Amsterdam.
Atmel’s SAM4SP32A is a new compact, highly integrated solution that combines a Cortex-M4 processor-based MCU, 2MB of dual-bank Flash, 160KB SRAM … Read More → "Atmel Showcases World’s First ARM Cortex-M4 Processor-Based Single-Chip Solution for PRIME Smart Metering Applications"
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 – MunEDA, developer of the industry’s broadest family of advanced circuit analysis, modeling and optimization solutions, now supports TSMC 20nm process technology and will exhibit this capability at the TSMC OIP Open Innovation Platform Ecosystem Forum 2012 at the San Jose Convention Center, on October 16, 2012. MunEDA also will present in the Forum’s Technical Proceeding Book several circuit tutorial cases using the MunEDA WiCkeDTM analysis and sizing environment targeting TSMC 20nm process technology. The … Read More → "MunEDA Exhibits and Presents at TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum 2012"
AMSTERDAM (Metering, Billing/CRM Europe) – Oct. 9, 2012 – To address the increasing global demand for smart meters, Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) has introduced the new Kinetis M series of microcontrollers (MCUs), based on the 32-bit ARM® CortexTM-M0+ core. The Kinetis M series was designed specifically to enable a wide range of cost-effective one- or two-phase electrical meter designs.
Some Kinetis M series devices integrate the necessary peripherals to build a single- chip, cost-effective meter that does not require external components, while … Read More → "Freescale enables cost-effective meters with highest level of accuracy and security"
AMSTERDAM (Metering, Billing/CRM Europe) – Oct. 9, 2012 – Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) today announced the Kinetis KW01 wireless microcontroller (MCU), expanding its popular Kinetis MCU line with a device ideally suited for wirelessly networked smart energy applications.
Several protocols are emerging globally for outdoor and indoor smart energy networks that require robust communication and low power consumption. The Kinetis KW01 wireless MCU meets their requirements with a high-performance radio capable of up to 600 Kbps using complex modulation schemes (GFSK, MSK, GMSK and OOK) while operating at multiple frequencies in the range … Read More → "Freescale announces first sub-gigahertz wireless microcontroller using world’s most energy-efficient 32-bit processor core"
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – October 09, 2012) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today that STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, slashed multiple weeks from its design schedule on a 28-nanometer system-on-chip (SoC) by switching to the Cadence® signoff solution. In concert with the Cadence RTL-to-GDSII flow, ST deployed Cadence signoff technologies to gain better quality of results and productivity while accelerating time to market in the tapeout of an advanced SoC.</ … Read More → "Cadence Signoff Solution Produces Time-to-Market Advantage for STMicroelectronics"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands – October 09, 2012 – CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, and NXP Software, a world leader in mobile multimedia software, today announced the companies have partnered to deliver an enhanced HD voice processing solution for the smartphone market, integrating NXP Software’s market-leading LifeVibes VoiceExperience software with the CEVA-TeakLite family of DSPs, including the Read More → "CEVA, NXP Software Partner to Deliver Enhanced HD Voice Processing Solution based on the CEVA-TeakLite-4 DSP"
San Diego, CA – October 9, 2012 – Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that Express Logic’s popular ThreadX® RTOS now supports Critical Link’s MityDSP-L138 board. Critical Link’s MityDSP-L138F system-on-module (SoM) combines a TI C674x floating point DSP, an ARM9 processor, and an optional FPGA. ThreadX is the first and only RTOS … Read More → "Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS Supports ARM and TI DSP Processors on Critical Link’s MityDSP-L138F Board"
