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Matrox Adds Three New Fanless Video Wall Controller Boards to Mura MPX Series

April 4, 2012

Montreal, Canada, April 3, 2012 – Matrox Graphics Inc. announced today the introduction of three new fanless Mura^TM MPX Series video wall controller boards that build upon the line’s revolutionary design. Mura is the first PCI Express (PCIe) x16 Gen 2 board class to feature both HD resolution inputs and outputs. The new fanless SKUs make use of the same high-performance, single-slot design with 64 Gbit/sec duplex data transfer and feature four HD outputs and either zero, two, or four HD inputs for maximum I/O flexibility. The fanless Mura boards have no moving … Read More → "Matrox Adds Three New Fanless Video Wall Controller Boards to Mura MPX Series"

Digi-Key Corporation Signs Global Distribution Deal with Packet Digital

April 4, 2012

Wednesday April 4, 2012 – Thief River Falls, Minnesota, and Fargo, North Dakota, USA – Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation Signs Global Distribution Deal with Packet Digital"

Heliatek wins Materials Award for its breakthrough solar cell technology at IDTechEx Printed Electronics

April 4, 2012

Dresden, Germany, April 4, 2012 – Heliatek GmbH, technology leader in the field of organic solar films, has won the Materials Award at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics EUROPE 2012 in Berlin. This is the latest in a succession of awards for Heliatek’s innovative organic solar film technology that promises to deliver a lighter, greener and more versatile alternative to traditional solar panels.

The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Awards recognize company innovation, success and technology development in the field of printed, organic and flexible electronics. The Materials Award is given to the organization that has made the most significant development … Read More → "Heliatek wins Materials Award for its breakthrough solar cell technology at IDTechEx Printed Electronics"

Avnet Integrated Resources Debuts to Serve Electronic Products Aftermarket

April 4, 2012

PHOENIX— April 4, 2012 — Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announces the launch of < … Read More → "Avnet Integrated Resources Debuts to Serve Electronic Products Aftermarket"

TI introduces industry’s first single- and dual-channel, 16- and 24-bit ECG/EEG analog front ends

April 4, 2012

DALLAS (April 4, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDQ: TXN) today expanded its award-winning ADS1298 analog front end (AFE) family with five new fully integrated AFEs for portable biopotential measurement applications. The new electrocardiogram (ECG) and electroencephalograph (EEG) AFEs are the first to offer 16- and 24-bit resolution with 1 or 2 channels. The devices cut power consumption by more than 94 percent compared to discrete implementations, while shrinking board space requirements up to 86 percent. These reductions will enable portable medical, sports and fitness equipment that combines long battery life with a form factor that is smaller, lighter and easier to wear. For … Read More → "TI introduces industry’s first single- and dual-channel, 16- and 24-bit ECG/EEG analog front ends"

CEVA-TeakLite-III Becomes Industry’s First DSP Core to Offer Optimized Skype SILK Super Wideband Speech Codec

April 4, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 3, 2012 – CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today announced the availability of the industry’s first implementation of the popular Skype™ SILK™ super wideband speech codec on a DSP core. Optimized for the 32-bit CEVA-TeakLite-III family of audio DSPs and forward compatible with future versions of the widely-used Read More → "CEVA-TeakLite-III Becomes Industry’s First DSP Core to Offer Optimized Skype SILK Super Wideband Speech Codec"

Esterel Technologies Announces Immediate Availability of SCADE System

April 4, 2012

Elancourt, France and Boston, Massachusetts — April 3, 2012 – Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based development solutions for critical systems and software, today announced the immediate availability of SCADE System™

SCADE System is a systems design and modeling tool suite that has been developed specifically for use on critical systems with high dependability requirements, providing a full support of industrial systems engineering processes, such as ARP 4754, ISO 26262 and EN 50126.

SCADE System Designer™, the first module available within the SCADE System product line, … Read More → "Esterel Technologies Announces Immediate Availability of SCADE System"

Atmel Unveils XSense – Revolutionary Flexible Touch Sensors that Enable a New Era of Capacitive Touchscreen Designs

April 4, 2012

San Jose, CA, April 4, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that it is sampling to select customers XSense(TM), its revolutionary, highly flexible film-based touch sensor. XSense touch sensors will not only enable a new generation of smartphones and tablets, but also extend touch capabilities into a wider array of new consumer and industrial products.

Based on a proprietary roll-to-roll metal mesh technology, XSense touch sensors provide a high-performance alternative to existing touch sensors. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will now be able to develop larger, … Read More → "Atmel Unveils XSense – Revolutionary Flexible Touch Sensors that Enable a New Era of Capacitive Touchscreen Designs"

VDC Research Presents Eighth Annual Software Embeddy Award to GrammaTech at ESC DESIGN West

April 4, 2012

Natick, MA – April 3, 2012 – VDC Research Group, Inc. (VDC), the leading authority on the embedded systems software development solutions market, announced GrammaTech as the winner of the annual “Embeddy” software award at the 2012 ESC DESIGN West conference. The award recognizes the company’s CodeSonar visualization system as the best in show at the event.

“We chose GrammaTech because we believe the CodeSonar visualization system represents a unique solution that has the ability to materially impact the way developers test and analyze their source code,” said Jared Weiner, Analyst for … Read More → "VDC Research Presents Eighth Annual Software Embeddy Award to GrammaTech at ESC DESIGN West"

Atmel University Program Kicks Off 2012 Robotics Contest

April 3, 2012

Atmel Robotics Contest (ARC) Challenges Students to Use their Imagination and Creativity to Bring Robot ‘Mel’ to Life Using Atmel Microcontrollers
ARC Contest Rules Available at http://www.atmel.com/About/corporate/University/students/more.aspx

San Jose, CA, March 27, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today launched the 2012 Atmel Robotics Contest (ARC) through the Atmel University Program.

University students 18 years or … Read More → "Atmel University Program Kicks Off 2012 Robotics Contest"