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Ixia, QualiSystems, And ONPATH Technologies Partner To Provide Complete Lab Automation Solution For Network Testing

April 16, 2012

Calabasas, CA, April 16, 2012 – Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), the leading global provider of converged IP and wireless network test solutions, announced today that it has forged a strategic partnership with test automation industry leaders QualiSystemsand ONPATH Technologies. The partnership offers users complete, integrated test lab automation, from network test and measurement equipment, lab topology control, lab re-cabling and reconfiguration, to resource tracking, schedule management, and analytic software. The combined solution addresses network equipment … Read More → "Ixia, QualiSystems, And ONPATH Technologies Partner To Provide Complete Lab Automation Solution For Network Testing"

BBC R&D Designs Xilinx FPGAs into New Camera-Back Mount to Support Transmission of Video Over IP

April 16, 2012

LAS VEGAS, April 16, 2012 – BBC R&D and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) are demonstrating a prototype camera-back device (Stagebox) at the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB), Booth #N4319, that enables the transport of professional quality video over internet protocol (IP)-based networks. The BBC R&DStagebox can be attached to the back of any broadcast-quality camera. Due to the integration of more system functionality onto a Xilinx field programmable gate array (FPGA), expensive and cumbersome SDI/audio/talkback and ancillary cabling can be replaced with a single network cable (fiber or Cat6). The small form factor device … Read More → "BBC R&D Designs Xilinx FPGAs into New Camera-Back Mount to Support Transmission of Video Over IP"

Protecode Announces Streamlined Audit Service for Discovering Open Source and Third Party Code

April 16, 2012

OTTAWA, CANADA – April 16, 2012 – Protecode, a leading provider of open source license management solutions, today launched QuickAuditTM, a code auditing service for small projects of 5,000 software files or less. QuickAudit is a one-time software assessment service that identifies all open source and third party code, highlighting licensingand copyright obligations associated with the code. This service is ideally suited for small and medium-sized organizations and for smaller projects … Read More → "Protecode Announces Streamlined Audit Service for Discovering Open Source and Third Party Code"

JPEG 2000 IP cores from Barco Silex support all 28nm FPGAs

April 16, 2012

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium – 16 April 2012 – Barco Silex, Barco’s center of competence for embedded video coding and electronic design, announcesthe support of its JPEG 2000 IP cores on all families of 28nm FPGA devices.

Barco Silex, announces the support of its advanced JPEG 2000 IP cores on all FPGA devices using 28nm process.

“We are pleased to move forward with the new generation of FPGAs.” said Thierry Pauwels, Marketing & Sales Support for IP Business at Barco Silex. “Barco Silex is a long-time partner of both major FPGA vendors. As such, we are committed to support their latest devices … Read More → "JPEG 2000 IP cores from Barco Silex support all 28nm FPGAs"

Imagination launches PowerVR™ Brazil™ SDK for ray traced rendering

April 16, 2012

COFES, Scottsdale, AZ, 13 April, 2012: Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia technologies company, brings photorealistic rendering a giant leap forward with today’s launch of the PowerVR Brazil SDK v1.0 ray traced rendering toolkit. Developed from the ground up to fully utilize Imagination’s PowerVR OpenRL™ API SDK, the Brazil SDK v1.0 enables 3D graphics software developers to easily add high-level ray tracing functionality to their applications.

The Brazil SDK v1.0 facilitates interactive photorealistic visualization or final-frame rendering, and eliminates the need to create similar technology from scratch or port to multiple independent hardware platforms.

Imagination’s … Read More → "Imagination launches PowerVR™ Brazil™ SDK for ray traced rendering"

Atmel 2.4GHz Low-Power RF Transceiver Redefines Lowest Power Consumption for Industrial Applications

April 16, 2012

San Jose, CA, April 16, 2012 – Atmel^® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced a new RF transceiver for battery-operated wireless applications. The Atmel AT86RF233 transceiver is optimized for industrial and consumer products that comply with ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4, IPv6 over low-power wireless personal area networks (6LoWPAN) and high data rate 2.4GHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band applications.

The AT86RF233 transceiver offers 60 percent lower power consumption than its closest competitors. At the same time, the transceiver … Read More → "Atmel 2.4GHz Low-Power RF Transceiver Redefines Lowest Power Consumption for Industrial Applications"

Matrox Product Announcement: Matrox Debuts Avio F120 KVM Extender to Drive Uncompressed Dual-DVI, Peripherals Using Single Fiber-Optic Cable up to 2000 Meters

April 13, 2012

Montreal, Canada, April 11, 2012 — Matrox Graphics Inc. today unveiled Matrox® Avio™ F120, the first in a new line of fiber-optic KVM extenders designed for graphics-intensive and visualization applications. The Avio F120 transmitter and receiver pair extends two single-link DVI video, keyboard, mouse, audio, and USB HID devices from the host system by up to 2000 m (6562 ft) using a single duplex LC-LC fiber-optic cable. The uncompressed fiber-optic transmission maintains graphics performance and full frame-rate HD video playback with no latency at the … Read More → "Matrox Product Announcement: Matrox Debuts Avio F120 KVM Extender to Drive Uncompressed Dual-DVI, Peripherals Using Single Fiber-Optic Cable up to 2000 Meters"

Buffalo Launches Powerline AirStation NFINITI Range

April 13, 2012

London, UK – 10 April, 2012 – Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of storage and wireless networking solutions, is today announcing the launch of two products which allow users to expand their home network without running wires. The PL-05H Powerline adapter and WPL-05G300 Powerline, Router and Wireless Access Point create high speed internet connections anywhere in the home.

The PL-05H Powerline adapter allows users to easily establish a broadband network by simply plugging the adapter into an electrical outlet. By using next generation PLC 500Mbps chips, the Powerline adapter provides speeds … Read More → "Buffalo Launches Powerline AirStation NFINITI Range"

Frontier Silicon launches the Venus 2i Bluetooth audio platform at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair

April 13, 2012

Hong Kong, 13th April 2012: Frontier Silicon, the leading supplier of digital radio and internet audio solutions announces the launch of Venus 2i-BT bringing Bluetooth music streaming to DAB/DAB+ radios.

The addition of Bluetooth connectivity to the Frontier DAB platform develops the widely adopted Venus 2i platform into a fully featured solution for wireless docking systems with the benefit of digital and FM radio as an additional audio source. The Venus 2i-BT presents the most versatile, scalable and cost effective DAB plus Bluetooth platform available.

Venus2i-BT utilises the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) … Read More → "Frontier Silicon launches the Venus 2i Bluetooth audio platform at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair"

System-on-Chip Contest Challenges MIT Students with ARM Core and Digilent’s Xilinx-Based FPGA Kits

April 13, 2012

PULLMAN, WA April 12, 2012 — A mentally-controllable computer interface and a liquid-handling servo controller were some of the winners of the 2012 System-On-Chip (SoC) Design Competition held at MIT on February 3, 2012.

MIT students were challenged to build cost-effective and high-performance systems in the competition sponsored by ARM®, Digilent®, and Xilinx®. This first-ever SoC competition was part of the Independent Activities Period (IAP), an annual four-week break from MIT classes.

Teams of one to five students used the ARM Cortex M0 and Digilent Nexys3 Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA kits … Read More → "System-on-Chip Contest Challenges MIT Students with ARM Core and Digilent’s Xilinx-Based FPGA Kits"

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