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Satin Technologies to Introduce Automated Design Monitoring at DAC 2012

MONTPELLIER, France – May 14, 2012 – Satin Technologies, the company that reinforces design flows with flexible and automated monitoring capabilities, will introduce a new product at DAC 2012 —  SatinTech MS™. SatinTech MS is a software solution that allows companies to create an automated monitoring environment for existing design and delivery practices and to make this environment available to designers with no impact on overhead.

With SatinTech MS, methodologists and project leads can quickly build multiple checklists to reflect existing design processes, and then designers can run these checklists at any design step, in association with their current log files and other … Read More → "Satin Technologies to Introduce Automated Design Monitoring at DAC 2012"

30MHz to 1.4GHz Wideband I/Q Demodulator with IIP2 Optimization & DC Offset Cancellation Improves Zero-IF Receiver Performance

MILPITAS, CA – May 14, 2012 – Linear Technology announces the LTC5584, an ultrawide bandwidth direct conversion I/Q demodulator with outstanding linearity of 31dBm IIP3 and 70dBm IIP2. The device offers
best-in-class demodulation bandwidth of over 530MHz, supporting the latest generation of LTE multimode, LTE Advanced receivers, as well as digital predistortion (DPD) receivers. The I/Q demodulator operates over a wide frequency range from 30MHz to 1.4GHz, covering a broad range … Read More → "30MHz to 1.4GHz Wideband I/Q Demodulator with IIP2 Optimization & DC Offset Cancellation Improves Zero-IF Receiver Performance"

Fast Processor Models of MIPS Technologies New Aptiv Generation Cores Released by Imperas and Open Virtual Platforms

OXFORD, United Kingdom, May 10, 2012 – Imperas is releasing the Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) Fast Processor Models for MIPS Technologies new Aptiv(tm) Generation of processor cores. Example virtual platforms are also being released, as well as support for the cores in Imperas M*SDK advanced software development tools. MIPS Technologies has verified the functionality of the Aptiv models under the MIPS-Verified(tm) program. 

The processor core models and example platforms are available from the Open Virtual Platforms website, http://www.OVPworld.org/MIPS. The models … Read More → "Fast Processor Models of MIPS Technologies New Aptiv Generation Cores Released by Imperas and Open Virtual Platforms"

Ingenico Selects Atmel maXTouch Touchscreen Controllers for Ultra-Compact Portable Payment Terminals

San Jose, CA, May 14, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that Ingenico, a world leader in payment solutions, has selected Atmel maXTouch® touchscreen controllers for its Ingenico iWL200 Series portable payment terminals with touch capability.

The new Ingenico terminals are the most compact touchscreen-based systems on the market, delivering the advanced audio, video and touchscreen functionality that merchants need to transform a point-of-sale opportunity into a point-of-services for their customers. The Ingenico iWL200 terminals are ideal for merchants in retail, catering, transportation, gaming and home deliveries. … Read More → "Ingenico Selects Atmel maXTouch Touchscreen Controllers for Ultra-Compact Portable Payment Terminals"

X-FAB Joins the IPL Alliance and Announces iPDK Availability

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Interoperable PDK Libraries (IPL) Alliance announced today that X-FAB Silicon Foundries has joined the IPL Alliance, a standards organization whose charter is to establish an interoperable custom design ecosystem. X-FAB, the leading foundry group for analog/mixed-signal semiconductor applications, is making interoperable process design kits (iPDKs) available for its most popular foundry processes ranging from 0.6 to 0.13 micrometers.

The IPL Alliance, which includes major electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor and foundry companies, released the industry’s first open standard for iPDKs for analog/mixed-signal designs in 2010. The iPDK standard is based on … Read More → "X-FAB Joins the IPL Alliance and Announces iPDK Availability"

Allinea Software unlocks Blue Waters’ full potential

Champaign, Illinois, 2012-05-14 – The Blue Waters project is now well underway with a completion date of Fall 2012. As one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, its immense computational power and stability will allow scientists to make breakthroughs in a diverse range of fields. Allinea DDT is the debugger they call on to help them fix their bugs at full scale and exploit the maximum computational power.

The Blue Waters machine aims to deliver breakthroughs in nearly all areas of science and engineering – to enable discoveries into real-world science and engineering, from … Read More → "Allinea Software unlocks Blue Waters’ full potential"

Netronome Reaps Significant Power, Performance and Area Benefits With Cadence Encounter Digital Technology

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – May 14, 2012) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today that Netronome, the leading developer of intelligent network flow processors (NFP), gained a significant performance advantage on its low-power “green” SoCs by using the Cadence® Encounter® RTL-to-GDSII flow. In addition to increased chip performance, Netronome engineers using the latest Encounter 11.1 technology achieved a 29% reduction in power consumption, smaller design area and faster overall time to market compared to their former flow, for SoCs targeting the … Read More → "Netronome Reaps Significant Power, Performance and Area Benefits With Cadence Encounter Digital Technology"

TI gives $2.2 million to re-energize introductory electronics courses at UC Berkeley

DALLAS and SANTA CLARA (May 10, 2012) — Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced a $2.2 million gift to support engineering education at the University of California, Berkeley. The university will use the gift to transform its traditional introductory Electronic Design Laboratory into a dynamic learning environment for undergraduate students.

“With TI’s expanded Silicon Valley research and development base in Santa Clara, this gift represents another step in our commitment to fostering the innovation ecosystem in this region and around the world,” said Gregg Lowe, senior vice president of TI’s Analog business. “The gift also dovetails with … Read More → "TI gives $2.2 million to re-energize introductory electronics courses at UC Berkeley"

Agilent Technologies Announces Voice-over-LTE Test System Developed with Brüel & Kjær

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 10, 2012 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the Agilent PXT wireless communications test set is now available for testing voice quality on Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) 4G phones with the Brüel & Kjær PULSE Audio Analyzer and Head and Torso Simulator (HATS).

Transporting voice over a packet-based LTE cellular infrastructure poses challenges that make voice-quality testing essential. The Agilent and Brüel & Kjær solution combines standards-based test methods with real-world base station emulation, RF test and functional test to ensure that VoLTE phones will meet user’s expectations.</ … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Announces Voice-over-LTE Test System Developed with Brüel & Kjær"

Peratech creates fast-acting Electronic Nose using QTC technology

RICHMOND, North Yorks., England – 11 May 2012. Peratech, the innovator in touch technology, is developing an Electronic Nose using its award-winning, Quantum Tunnelling Composite material. This new sensor technology detects the presence of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) very rapidly and can recover equally quickly, in a matter of seconds.

QTC™ materials change their resistance when a force is applied and, in this case, the polymer content of the composite swells when exposed to VOCs. One form of Peratech’s sensor uses a granular type of QTC material that provides a high surface area for absorption enabling it to detect … Read More → "Peratech creates fast-acting Electronic Nose using QTC technology"
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