News – Page 2012 – EEJournal

AppliedMicro PacketPro™ APM8669x Processors Enable Domain Protection for Industry’s Most Advanced System Partitioning

June 7, 2012

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – June 5, 2012 – Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, or AppliedMicro (NASDAQ:AMCC), today announced “Black Mamba” APM8669x, the highest performing member of its PacketPro2™ family of multi-core processors which offers the industry’s premier virtualization and domain protection capabilities designed to keep systems operating continuously. As growing numbers of developers integrate multiple systems into one processor, contention among these systems for shared resources can cause performance degradation, creating the need for more advanced partitioning capabilities. The domain protection capabilities of the APM8669x enable developers to isolate subsystems from impacting one another by averting … Read More → "AppliedMicro PacketPro™ APM8669x Processors Enable Domain Protection for Industry’s Most Advanced System Partitioning"

Avnet Express’ Drive for Innovation Donates Chevrolet Volt to Chances for Children Arizona

June 7, 2012

Approximately 17 percent of American children between the ages of two and 19 are obese, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures indicate — and those numbers climb even higher for children in low income families. Arizona-based charity Chances for Children works to give children in low-income families a chance at a healthier lifestyle — and now they’ll have even more help. At a ceremony today at Avnet Express’ Phoenix headquarters, Chances for Children Arizona will receive the keys to the Drive for Innovation’s General Motors Chevrolet Volt to use as their new “Get Fit” car.

“On behalf of … Read More → "Avnet Express’ Drive for Innovation Donates Chevrolet Volt to Chances for Children Arizona"

Mouser adds to its Industrial Application Center with the Launch of the Building Automation Site

June 7, 2012

June 7, 2012 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has unveiled its new Read More → "Mouser adds to its Industrial Application Center with the Launch of the Building Automation Site"

Agilent Technologies Accelerates Early Wireless Design Verification with New Release of SystemVue

June 7, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 5, 2012 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a new release of SystemVue, Agilent’s premier platform for designing communications systems.

Agilent will demonstrate SystemVue 2012.06 along with a range of solutions for everything from circuit-level modeling through system verification for general RF, microwave, 4G communications, and aerospace/defense applications at DAC2012 (Booth 313), June 3-7, in San Francisco. SystemVue 2012.06 will also be demonstrated at IMS 2012/IEEE MTT-S (Booth 1015), June 19-21, in Montréal, … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Accelerates Early Wireless Design Verification with New Release of SystemVue"

Premier Farnell extends its ARM relationship with the launch of two ARM Cortex-M processor-based STM32 series Development Kits

June 7, 2012

6^th June 2012 – London, Premier Farnell [LON:PFL], a leader in global electronics distribution and design solutions, has today announced it is to extend its relationship withARM through the launch of the latest series of ARM Cortex^™-M3 and Cortex–M4 processor-based STM32F2xx and STM32F4xx Development Kits across its distribution footprint in EMEA, … Read More → "Premier Farnell extends its ARM relationship with the launch of two ARM Cortex-M processor-based STM32 series Development Kits"

Lattice Ships First Samples Of Low Cost, Low Power LatticeECP4 FPGAs

June 6, 2012

HILLSBORO, OR – JUNE 6, 2012 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that it has begun shipping the highest density member of its next generation LatticeECP4™ FPGA family to select customers. The new LatticeECP4 FPGA family offers the richest portfolio of low cost, low power mid-range devices under 200K LUTs, with high performance innovations such as 6G SERDES in low cost packages, powerful DSP blocks and built-in hard IP-based communication blocks. The highest density device in the family, the LatticeECP4-190, features 183K LUTs, 480 double data rate DSP multipliers (18×18), 5.8 Mbits … Read More → "Lattice Ships First Samples Of Low Cost, Low Power LatticeECP4 FPGAs"

LPRS to launch new Connect2 Development Kit for eRA Wireless Modules at Fortronic UK Wireless Forum

June 6, 2012

LPRS, Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio devices, is using their appearance at the 2012 Fortronic UK Wireless Forum to launch theConnect2 development kit for their market leading eRA (easyRadioAdvanced) short range wireless modules.

The Fortronic RF & Wireless Design one day conference is the UK’s only technically focused forum specifically dedicated to w</ … Read More → "LPRS to launch new Connect2 Development Kit for eRA Wireless Modules at Fortronic UK Wireless Forum"

RFHA1006 225MHz to 1215MHz, 9W GaN Wideband Power Amplifier

June 6, 2012

RFMD’s new RFHA1006 is a wideband Power Amplifier designed for CW and pulsed applications such as wireless infrastructure, RADAR, two-way radios and general purpose amplification. Using an advanced high power density Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor process, these high-performance amplifiers achieve high efficiency, flat gain, and large instantaneous bandwidth in a single amplifier design. This input-matched GaN transistor is packaged in an air cavity ceramic package for excellent thermal stability through the use of advanced heat sink and power dissipation technologies. Ease of integration is accomplished through the incorporation of optimized input matching network within the package that … Read More → "RFHA1006 225MHz to 1215MHz, 9W GaN Wideband Power Amplifier"

DSM Computer integrates the Intel® AIM Suite in its industrial displays

June 6, 2012

Munich, April 2012 – In close cooperation with Intel, DSM Computer has integrated the Intel® AIM Suite Web-based software in its large-area industrial displays. The Intel® AIM Suite is used for the anonymized detection and analysis of the screen observer’s eye contact. An industrial display system with 140 cm (55 inch) diagonal, integrated camera and a built-in PC platform with the Intel® QM67 chipset and the Intel® Core™ i5-2710QE processor specially … Read More → "DSM Computer integrates the Intel® AIM Suite in its industrial displays"

IAR Systems provides outstanding performance and feature enhancements for Renesas RX

June 6, 2012

Uppsala, Sweden—June 5, 2012—Today, IAR Systems® announces a new version of its high-performing development tool suite for Renesas RX microcontrollers. IAR Embedded Workbench® for RX version 2.40 brings highly improved optimizations and also introduces a new text editor and source browser.

Thanks to its best-in-class optimizations and user-friendly features, IAR Embedded Workbench has proven to be the tool suite of choice for many Renesas RX developers. This release further strengthens this offer by delivering even higher performance and ease-of-use. The IAR C/C++ Compiler™ for RX has been tuned to produce even better optimized … Read More → "IAR Systems provides outstanding performance and feature enhancements for Renesas RX"