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Synopsys’ LightTools Offers New Solutions for Lighting Systems Design and Analysis

June 11, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Introduces a utility for designing and optimizing roadway lighting systems
Leverages leading-edge metrics to augment analysis of light source color performance
Delivers enhanced phosphor modeling for the design of warm-light LEDs
Simplifies and speeds design management with a centralized optical property manager
Accelerates large model simulations with performance enhancements

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today … Read More → "Synopsys’ LightTools Offers New Solutions for Lighting Systems Design and Analysis"

Energy Micro launches free sample program for EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers

June 11, 2012

Oslo, Norway, 11 June, 2012 – Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, today announced a new program that gives designers around the world quick and easy access to free samples of the EFM32 Gecko series microcontrollers (MCUs).

Part of the company’s focus on simplicity, the sample program is aimed at designers wanting to test the latest and most energy efficient MCU technology. In addition to the free Simplicity Studio developers’ suite, engineers wishing to order their free samples simply need to visit http:// … Read More → "Energy Micro launches free sample program for EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers"

Maxim’s RF-DAC Technology Delivers Software-Defined Radio Benefits to Macro- and Small Cell Base Stations

June 11, 2012

Sunnyvale, CA—June 11, 2012—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) announces the MAX5879 multi-Nyquist RF digital-to-analog converter (RF DAC) that delivers a fully digital software-defined radio (SDR) transmitter, enabling a common hardware platform for multicarrier, multiband, and multistandard base stations.

Working with FPGA-based direct digital synthesis (DDS), the MAX5879 RF DAC architecture shifts the functions of the analog quadrature modulator and agile local oscillator (LO) used in current architectures into the digital domain. This eliminates in-phase and quadrature errors, and LO feedthrough, commonly associated with analog upconversion. The MAX5879 dramatically simplifies RF design and improves reliability for base-station transmitters.</ … Read More → "Maxim’s RF-DAC Technology Delivers Software-Defined Radio Benefits to Macro- and Small Cell Base Stations"

ESCATEC now offers Package-on-Package capability

June 11, 2012

Heerbrugg, Switzerland – 11 June, 2012 – ESCATEC, the EMS innovator, has added Package-on-Package (PoP) capability to its production facilities at Heerbrugg in Switzerland. PoP enables one BGA package, such as a memory chip, to be soldered on top of another BGA, such as a processor.

Martin Muendlein, ESCATEC’s Engineering Manager, explained, “Until now, PoP has only been used in high volume applications such as mobile phones, where it provides high density packaging, low power and high performance. We believe that we are one of the first contract manufacturers in Europe to offer this as a low volume option to … Read More → "ESCATEC now offers Package-on-Package capability"

Cypress Introduces Low-Power USB-to-UART Bridge Controller

June 11, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 11, 2012 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today expanded its market-leading USB product portfolio with the introduction of the new EZ-USB^® USB-UART Bridge Controller (CY7C64225). The new device offers a cost-effective, low-power solution to convert legacy UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) interfaces to Full-Speed USB 2.0 interfaces. No additional firmware/software development effort is needed to use the new solution, reducing time-to-market and development costs for system manufacturers. More information on the new device is available at www.cypress.com/go/USB-UART.

LynuxWorks Adds APIs for Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) to LynxOS-178

June 8, 2012

PATUXENT RIVER, VA, Future Airborne Capability Environment Exposition–June 5, 2012–LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced the addition of API support of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Consortium’s Technical Standard for the LynxOS-178 v 2.2.2 real-time operating system (RTOS). The enabling of these APIs makes applications even more portable and reusable than ever before for the airborne computing environment used by the U.S. Navy and other military branches.

“The current FACE APIs are heavily based on the existing POSIX Standard, which plays well into LynuxWorks’ rich history … Read More → "LynuxWorks Adds APIs for Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) to LynxOS-178"

IAR Systems makes massive enhancements to the world’s leading development tools for ARM

June 8, 2012

Uppsala, Sweden—June 7, 2012—The latest version of IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®, released today by IAR Systems®, introduces several new features, feature enhancements, and major optimizations.

“The improvements in this release are massive.” says Mats Ullström, Product Director, IAR Systems. “The user-friendly feature enhancements, the widened core support, and the powerful optimizations actually make me confident to say that this is the strongest new release of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM ever.”

The enhancements include a new source browser and text editor, which enable user-friendly functionality such as auto-completion, code folding, block selection, … Read More → "IAR Systems makes massive enhancements to the world’s leading development tools for ARM"

BUGSENG selected ACE’s SuperTest to validate its ECLAIR Software Verification Platform

June 8, 2012

Amsterdam, June 1st, 2012. BUGSENG, a highly skilled business in program verification, based in Parma, Italy, has selected and acquired a license for theSuperTest™ compiler test and validation suite from ACE Associated Compiler Experts, the Dutch compiler and system software technology company. The SuperTest product is use</ … Read More → "BUGSENG selected ACE’s SuperTest to validate its ECLAIR Software Verification Platform"

Ericsson Unveils New Digital Advanced Bus Converter Lowering Power Consumption

June 8, 2012

Highly advanced firmware contributes significant reduction in energy consumption
Tightly regulated output voltage (±2%) over the full operational range of 36V to 75V
High efficiency from low-load to full-load operation and very fast response loop to input voltage transients
Output power up to 468W for datacom applications

Ericsson has unveiled the first model in its second generation of digital Advanced Bus Converter (ABC) products. Based upon the FRIDA II platform, which was announced earlier this year, the Ericsson BMR456 3E* Advanced Bus Converter delivers unprecedented performance to system architects … Read More → "Ericsson Unveils New Digital Advanced Bus Converter Lowering Power Consumption"

Intel Selects Phoenix Technologies as Collaborative Partner for UEFI BIOS Development and Server Software Development Platform Support

June 7, 2012

MILPITAS, Calif. – June 6, 2012 – Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the global leader in UEFI firmware technology, products and tools, today announced ithas signed an agreement with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) to be its collaborative partner for BIOS. The two companies will jointly develop the new reference UEFI firmware for the Intel … Read More → "Intel Selects Phoenix Technologies as Collaborative Partner for UEFI BIOS Development and Server Software Development Platform Support"

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