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Hillcrest Labs Unveils Next “Movement” for Smartphones and Tablets

March 26, 2012

ROCKVILLE, MD – March 26, 2012 – Hillcrest Labs today announced that its award-winning natural motion control technology, Freespace, is now available for manufacturers and component suppliers of smartphones and tablets. Hillcrest’s new Freespace MotionEngine for Mobile is an embedded software solution that manages and enhances the combined performance of motion sensors commonly found in smartphones and tablets – accelerometers, magnetometers, and gyroscopes – to enable today’s motion-based applications and provide the foundation for next-generation user experiences.

According to information and analytics provider IHS, shipments … Read More → "Hillcrest Labs Unveils Next “Movement” for Smartphones and Tablets"

Hillcrest Labs Unveils Next “Movement” for Smartphones and Tablets

March 26, 2012

Introduces Freespace® MotionEngine™ for Mobile
Advanced motion control technology provides foundation for context awareness, augmented reality, pedestrian navigation, health and fitness, gaming, gesture control, and more

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Hillcrest Labs today announced that its award-winning natural motion control technology, Freespace, is now available for manufacturers and component suppliers of … Read More → "Hillcrest Labs Unveils Next “Movement” for Smartphones and Tablets"

6WIND Introduces New Software Solution for High-Performance Cloud Network Appliances

March 26, 2012

PARIS, March 26, 2012 — 6WIND, the gold standard for software-defined networks, today announced the availability of 6WINDGate™ Cloud Edition, an extension to its software product line that provides industry-leading cost/performance for data center network appliances. Building on the success of its Mobile Edition software, already deployed in two-thirds of LTE networks worldwide, 6WIND has developed the Cloud Edition version to apply its proven, unique technology to address critical performance and scalability challenges faced by cloud infrastructure providers.

The 6WINDGate Cloud Edition product includes an integrated suite of optimized networking protocols matched … Read More → "6WIND Introduces New Software Solution for High-Performance Cloud Network Appliances"

Renesas Electronics Packs RX Punch into a Smaller Package to Support Cost-Sensitive Industrial and Consumer Applications

March 26, 2012

Dusseldorf, March 23, 2012 – Renesas Electronics , a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of 12 new microcontrollers (MCUs) in the high-performance RX631 Group. The new devices bring the outstanding 1.65 Dhrystone MIPS (DMips) performance and advanced connectivity features of the RX631 MCUs in smaller 64- and 48-pin packages with smaller flash memory footprints of 256KB, 384KB and 512KB to serve cost and space constrained applications.

Pin-to-pin and software compatible with others in the RX631 MCU Group, the new devices provide true single-chip solutions … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Packs RX Punch into a Smaller Package to Support Cost-Sensitive Industrial and Consumer Applications"

Embraer Selects the Ada Language and AdaCore’s GNAT Pro for AMX Upgrade

March 26, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., NEW YORK and PARIS, March 26, 2011 – Design West Conference –AdaCore, provider of tools and expertise for the mission-critical, safety-critical, and security-critical software communities, today announced that Embraer Defense and Security has selected the GNAT Pro Ada development environment from AdaCore as a primary tool set to develop the Operation Flight Program for the AMX Modernization program. GNAT Pro will be used along with Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) as the foundation to develop this critical software system on the AMX Modernization effort.

Lattice Semiconductor Announces Innovative Bridge Design For Sony IMX136 Image Sensor

March 26, 2012

HILLSBORO, OR – MARCH 26, 2012 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), today announced that it has released a bridge design to support the Sony IMX136 image sensor. More information about this design will be available at Lattice booth #2140 at the ISC West Conference in Las Vegas, March 28-30, 2012.

The innovative image sensor bridge design utilizes the low power, low cost Lattice MachXO2™ PLD (programmable logic device) to interface to the Sony IMX136 image sensor. Applications that can benefit from this design include surveillance and industrial cameras. The bridge design allows an ISP (Image … Read More → "Lattice Semiconductor Announces Innovative Bridge Design For Sony IMX136 Image Sensor"

Amplicon releases high performance 1U RAID Industrial systems

March 26, 2012

Brighton, 26^th March 2012 – Amplicon are proud to announce the launch of their newest addition to the Industrial Ventrix range featuring Intel Ibex Peak chipset with RAID functionality.

The latest addition to the Amplicon Ventrix 1020 series comprises a high performance 1U 19” Rackmount RAID system. By taking advantage of the Intel iCore processors and industrial hard drives these new additions deliver a higher level of reliability and availability by utilising road mapped components ensuring repeatability.

With twin removable hot swap 2.5” hard drives as standard giving the added security of data … Read More → "Amplicon releases high performance 1U RAID Industrial systems"

S.E.A. Introduces BMX Embedded Real-time Measurement and Control Platform Based on NI LabVIEW

March 26, 2012

AUSTIN, TX and TROISDORF, GERMANY – March 26, 2012 – National Instruments (NI) Corporation’s longstanding Alliance Partner S.E.A. Datentechnik GmbH has launched a first-of-its-kind monitoring and control platform for embedded applications programmable with NI LabVIEW™ system design software. The BMX </ … Read More → "S.E.A. Introduces BMX Embedded Real-time Measurement and Control Platform Based on NI LabVIEW"

Synopsys Unveils Industry’s First Complete Audio IP Subsystem

March 26, 2012

Pre-verified hardware and software subsystem significantly reduces design and integration effort, lowers design risk and accelerates time-to-market
Support for 2.0 to 7.1 audio streams with 24-bit precision meets latest audio standards
Complete, integrated software environment enables seamless plug-in to the host application
Comprehensive library of software audio codecs includes support for latest audio standards from Dolby, DTS and SRS Labs
Analog audio codecs provide high-quality connections for line inputs and outputs, microphones, loud speakers and headphones with dynamic range of 96 dB
Configuration of complete audio IP subsystem can be done … Read More → "Synopsys Unveils Industry’s First Complete Audio IP Subsystem"

Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3 Controller Enables USB 3.0 Test Platform for Microsoft

March 26, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 26, 2012 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced the EZ-USB^® FX3 USB 3.0 controller has been chosen for the SuperSpeed Microsoft USB Test Tool (SuperMUTT). SuperMUTT can be used with virtually any USB 3.0-enabled host driver to test USB compliance and compatibility with Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8.

A flexible USB controller capable of interfacing with any platform—such as Cypress’s EZ-USB^® FX3 devices—is required for Microsoft’s SuperMUTT, a … Read More → "Cypress’s EZ-USB® FX3 Controller Enables USB 3.0 Test Platform for Microsoft"