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Avnet Memec and Microsemi Present Seminar Series in Americas on Power Management Design Techniques for High Availability Systems

PHOENIX— June 21, 2012 — Today’s telecom, data-com and storage systems are becoming increasingly complex. To help engineers make decisions in the design phase that will increase reliability in these, and other types of systems, Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) has teamed up with Avnet Memec, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region … Read More → "Avnet Memec and Microsemi Present Seminar Series in Americas on Power Management Design Techniques for High Availability Systems"

CML Microcircuits Release a New RF Building Block

Maldon, Essex – CML Microcircuits (www.cmlmicro.com), a leading innovator and provider of low-power semiconductors for global wireless and two-way radio communications markets, has released a new integrated Quadrature IF/RF Demodulator and Quadrature Modulator.

The CMX973 Quadrature Modulator/Demodulator is the latest RF building block from CML Microcircuits following on from the CMX970 and CMX971. The RF Building Block range is designed to provide the flexible, high performance ICs required for HF/VHF/UHF, professional radios, wireless data terminals, wireless microphones, marine and avionics radio systems.</ … Read More → "CML Microcircuits Release a New RF Building Block"

Renesas Electronics Introduces New Super Junction MOSFETs with Ultra Low On-State Resistance, Low Gate Charge and Fast Body Diodes for Improved Reverse Recovery Performance

TOKYO, Japan, June 21, 2012 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of three new super-junction metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors (Super Junction MOSFETs) (Note 1) featuring figure of merit: on-state resistance x gate change in a 600 V power semiconductor device suitable for high-speed motor drives, DC-DC converters, and DC-AC inverter applications. This ultra low on-state resistance and low gate charge combination benchmark, combined with the fast body diode feature, allow the new RJL60S5DPP, RJL60S5DPK and RJL60S5DPE devices to contribute to improved power efficiency in home appliance motor drives, such as … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces New Super Junction MOSFETs with Ultra Low On-State Resistance, Low Gate Charge and Fast Body Diodes for Improved Reverse Recovery Performance"

VS23S010 – One Mbit Versatile SPI / 8-Bit Parallel Bus SRAM

The VLSI Solution VS23S010 is an easy to use static RAM device. With one megabit capacity it is the largest capacity SPI RAM on the market. The memory can be accessed via a standard SPI compatible serial bus (1, 2 and 4-bit modes), or via an 8080-type 8-bit parallel bus similar to nand flash devices. The main applications of the device are microcontroller RAM extension and audio buffer for internet and personal streaming.

The VLSI Solution VS23S010 is an easy to use SPI SRAM device with the largest capacity on the market. The memory can be accessed … Read More → "VS23S010 – One Mbit Versatile SPI / 8-Bit Parallel Bus SRAM"

eCosCentric introduces NTP v3 support and high precision clock infrastructure for eCosPro

CAMBRIDGE, UK — June 21, 2012 — eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today announced the addition of NTP (Network Time Protocol) support for eCosPro. The implementation provides an NTP client, compatible with NTP Version 3 servers, as well as a high precision advanced clock management package to provide unified time services to all eCos libraries and user applications. The NTP support allows systems based on eCosPro to be synchronised with one or more industry standard time servers, on private networks or via the public internet. … Read More → "eCosCentric introduces NTP v3 support and high precision clock infrastructure for eCosPro"

Tensilica Doubles DSP Shipments, Ranks Second in DSP IP Market According to The Linley Group

SANTA CLARA, Calif. USA – June 22, 2012 -Tensilica®, Inc. today announced that it is now ranked second in shipments of chips containing DSP (digital signal processing) IP cores for 2011 by The Linley Group, the industry’s leading source for independent technology analysis of semiconductors for networking, mobile, and wireless. Tensilica attributes this growth to its focus on dataplane signal processing and strong unit volumes in smart phones, home entertainment, and communications LTE infrastructure. Shipments of devices with Tensilica DSP cores roughly doubled from 2010 to 2011.

“After examining new data on 2011 shipments, we have determined that Tensilica ranks … Read More → "Tensilica Doubles DSP Shipments, Ranks Second in DSP IP Market According to The Linley Group"

Expert Linux software support for set-top box and digital television manufacturers

21st June 2012 – MathEmbedded Consulting Ltd, a software consulting house specialising in embedded Linux and security, has today announced a support partnership agreement with global semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a world leader in ICs for set-top-boxes and TVs.

MathEmbedded brings extensive, practical software expertise and experience to customers of STMicroelectronic’s system-on-chip devices including: Linux system integration and optimisation (including fast boot), support for Android on ST SoCs, software security architecture implementation and integration (including DRM and CA vendor Linux requirements), Linux system problem resolving, Linux kernel device drivers and board support … Read More → "Expert Linux software support for set-top box and digital television manufacturers"

Multi-function JTAG Module Addresses Analogue Testing

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 20th – JTAG Technologies, a leading world-wide provider of JTAG/boundary-scan products for electronics test and debug, has introduced the JT 2149/DAF, a compact, mixed-signal (Digital/Analogue/Frequency) measurement module. The JT 2149/DAF is the first unit of its type to offer both digital and analogue test access to PCBs via JTAG Technologies’ widely-used QuadPod signal conditioning interface.

The JT 2149/DAF module has been designed to slot into JTAG Technologies’ regular QuadPod™ transceiver system as used by the renowned DataBlaster series of boundary-scan/JTAG controller hardware. When connected to a circuit board via edge … Read More → "Multi-function JTAG Module Addresses Analogue Testing"

Agilent Technologies Extends Partnership with AMCAD to Include Nonlinear Modeling and Measurement Services

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 19, 2012 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its long-term relationship with AMCAD Engineering has been extended to include a technology partnership for services related to nonlinear design and measurement of new electronic devices.

AMCAD uses Agilent’s Advanced Design System with simulators for nonlinear modeling, and a test system based on Agilent’s PNA-X microwave network analyzer for nonlinear measurement. These two complementary Agilent design flows allow the company to provide customers with advanced, … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Extends Partnership with AMCAD to Include Nonlinear Modeling and Measurement Services"

Adeneo Embedded Partners with The Linux Foundation for Linux Development

Ecully, France and Bellevue, WA, June 14, 2012 – Adeneo Embedded, a software system integrator expert with  Embedded Linux OS development on the ARM architecture announced today its collaboration with The Linux Foundation for Board Support Package (BSP) development on Linux.

For several years, Adeneo Embedded has developed an extensive expertise on the Embedded Linux operating system; the company has become one of the main players in this technology. Joining The Linux Foundation complies with the future objectives of the company and … Read More → "Adeneo Embedded Partners with The Linux Foundation for Linux Development"

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