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Synopsys Announces Results of Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition

August 16, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, announced today that University of Rochester students Anthony Visconti and Brett Sternfield and University of Alabama in Huntsville student Josh Walters are the winners of the 2012 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition. The competition was established in 2000 by Optical Research Associates (ORA^®), now the Optical Solutions Group at Synopsys, and was named in honor of ORA’s former president and chief executive officer Robert S. Hilbert. The annual competition is open to students in North America … Read More → "Synopsys Announces Results of Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition"

Timesys Announces LinuxLink for i.MX6x SABRE Lite Board from element14

August 16, 2012

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Timesys Corporation (http://www.timesys.com), provider of the industry’s most-easy-to-use and affordable embedded Linux products and professional services, today announced the availability of its award-winning LinuxLink framework for development on the Freescale i.MX6x SABRE Lite Board from element14. … Read More → "Timesys Announces LinuxLink for i.MX6x SABRE Lite Board from element14"

Microsemi Space Solutions On Board Historic Mars Rover Mission

August 16, 2012

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–Aug. 16, 2012–Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today extended its congratulations to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) for the historic landing of the Mars Curiosity rover. Several of Microsemi’s space products were used in mission critical applications during the launch and flight to Mars, and continue to support the mission on the surface of Mars. These applications include: launch systems; avionics; telemetry; navigation, drive control, mission computers; cameras; and other instruments.

“Microsemi has had the privilege of … Read More → "Microsemi Space Solutions On Board Historic Mars Rover Mission"

More Power from Excelsys Ultra-Quiet Modular Power Supplies 800W output in 1U, 12 configurable isolated outputs

August 16, 2012

Excelsys Technologies, leaders in high efficiency modular power supply design, announces the release of the latest Ultra-Quiet products from their market leading Xgen platform of user configurable power supplies.

The new XBA, XBB and XBC models provide 200W, 400W and 800W power and are UL and CB certified to EN60950 2nd edition. The XWA, XWB and XWC are certified to the latest UL and EN60601-1 3rd edition medical approvals and deliver 200W, 400W and 800W and respectively. With only 38.3dBA of acoustic noise over all load conditions, this new family is the quietest modular, configurable power … Read More → "More Power from Excelsys Ultra-Quiet Modular Power Supplies 800W output in 1U, 12 configurable isolated outputs"

Lintech Components continues to demonstrate their commitment to quality by obtaining The Components Technology Institute’s Latest Certification Program for avoiding counterfeit components.

August 15, 2012

RONKONKOMA, NY – Lintech Components one of the world’s largest independent distributors of semiconductors ,integrated circuits and passive components today announced its certification to the Counterfeit Components Avoidance Procedures (CCAP). The CCAP-101 Certified Program^{TM CR} was developed by the Components Technology Institute, Inc. (CTI) to define mandatory practices for use by independent distributors to detect and avoid the delivery of counterfeit components to OEM customers. Mr. Hamiter stated CTI Inc. is “pleased to welcome Lintech Components to an exclusive group of distributors to become CCAP-101 Certified.”

Lintech Components is among an exclusive group to … Read More → "Lintech Components continues to demonstrate their commitment to quality by obtaining The Components Technology Institute’s Latest Certification Program for avoiding counterfeit components."

Verific Design Automation’s Industry-Standard SystemVerilog, VHDL Parsers Linked with Aldec’s Hardware Emulation Solution

August 15, 2012

ALAMEDA, CALIF. –– August 15, 2012 –– Verific Design Automation today announced it licensed its industry-standard, IEEE-compliant SystemVerilog and VHDL platform toAldec, Inc., a global leader in electronic design verification, to be included into its Hardware Emulation Solution (HES™).

HES is a unified platform for bit-level simulation acceleration, transaction-level emulation, system architecture exploration, hardware/software co-verification, virtual modeling and prototyping. Verific’s SystemVerilog and VHDL … Read More → "Verific Design Automation’s Industry-Standard SystemVerilog, VHDL Parsers Linked with Aldec’s Hardware Emulation Solution"

Novatek in Volume Production with Three New Home Entertainment SOCs Using Tensilica HiFi Audio DSP

August 15, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif. USA – August 15, 2012 -Tensilica®, Inc. today announced that Novatek is in volume production with three new home entertainment SOC (system-on-chip) designs that use Tensilica’s HiFi Audio DSP (digital signal processor) for a high-fidelity audio listening experience. These new chips will be used in digital televisions and set-top boxes.

“We selected the HiFi Audio DSP because it was the most proven, complete solution available, with all of the audio software we needed already ported and optimized for the architecture,” stated JH Chang, Senior Vice President, Novatek. “This was the right decision as … Read More → "Novatek in Volume Production with Three New Home Entertainment SOCs Using Tensilica HiFi Audio DSP"

Low Noise (1.5nV/?Hz) Fully Differential 1.6GHz Buffer Drives 50Ohm Load

August 15, 2012

MILPITAS, CA – August 15, 2012 – Linear Technology announces the LTC6417, a fully differential buffer amplifier with only 1.5nV/?Hz output-referred noise. The LTC6417 is capable of driving a differential 50Ohm load and is optimized for driving 14- and 16-bit pipeline ADCs. It can be DC- or AC-coupled at its inputs, and achieves excellent distortion performance for signals up to and beyond 600MHz. At 140MHz, OIP3 … Read More → "Low Noise (1.5nV/?Hz) Fully Differential 1.6GHz Buffer Drives 50Ohm Load"

CSR Debuts First SiRFstarV™ Chip Optimised for Mobile Devices – Selected by LG Electronics for New Flagship Smartphone

August 15, 2012

Cambridge, UK and Sunnyvale, California, USA – August 15, 2012 – Continuing its SiRFstarV™ rollout, CSR plc (LSE: CSR; NASDAQ: CSRE) today introduced the new SiRFstarV 5t tracker, the first SiRFstarV architecture product optimised to deliver continuous, highly accurate location awareness to the latest generation of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The quad-GNSS SiRFstarV 5t tracker is the first SiRFstarV device to offer exclusive CSR adaptive continuous tracking power management technology, which offers significant power savings for extended battery life, and also includes MEMS … Read More → "CSR Debuts First SiRFstarV™ Chip Optimised for Mobile Devices – Selected by LG Electronics for New Flagship Smartphone"

ASSET ScanWorks high-speed I/O validation tools are first for Intel Atom micro server designs

August 15, 2012

Richardson, TX (August 15, 2012) ? Designers of micro server circuit boards based on the Intel® Atom? processor now have for the first time a tool capable of non-intrusively validating the signal integrity on high-speed input/output (HSIO) and memory buses. The ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments from ASSET® InterTech is the first design validation tool for Intel Atom designs that does not rely on placing a physical probe on a bus to monitor its signal integrity.

ASSET (www.asset-intertech.com) is the leading supplier of … Read More → "ASSET ScanWorks high-speed I/O validation tools are first for Intel Atom micro server designs"

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