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GainSpan Introduces Small, Low-Cost Wi-Fi Modules for the “Internet of Things”

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Extending its portfolio of embedded Wi-Fi modules, GainSpan® Corporation today announced the GS1011MIxS and GS1011MExS, two of the smallest modules on the market today. At just 19.4 mm x 28.7 mm, the new modules provide a significant reduction in footprint and offer an easy to integrate, compact and cost-effective solution for an explosion of emerging Internet of Things applications.

While small, the … Read More → "GainSpan Introduces Small, Low-Cost Wi-Fi Modules for the “Internet of Things”"

Blue Pearl Software Announces Support for Synopsys Synplify Pro Design Flow

SANTA CLARA, California, USA. and DRESDEN, Germany –13 March 2012 –Blue Pearl Software, Inc, a provider of next generation EDA software that increases designer productivity and design quality, announced that its Blue Pearl Software Suite, for Windows and Linux operating systems, supports Synopsys’ Synplify Pro® FPGA synthesis software for VHDL and SystemVerilog designs.

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Tektronix Announces Automated Solution for MIPI® Alliance M-PHYSM Transmitter and Receiver Testing

BEAVERTON, Ore., March 12, 2012 – Tektronix, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes,today announced a complete automated solution for MIPI® Alliance M-PHYSM testing, providing the industry’s widest and most complete coverage of this emerging standard. Further adding to its industry lead in support of MIPI standards, Tektronix also released new protocol decode and analysis solutions for M-PHY UniPro and LLI protocols that can be performed on a Tektronix oscilloscope.

“Meeting the needs of … Read More → "Tektronix Announces Automated Solution for MIPI® Alliance M-PHYSM Transmitter and Receiver Testing"

Sidense Licenses 1T-OTP to Toumaz Microsystems for GLOBALFOUNDRIES 65nm Low-Power Process

Ottawa, Canada – (March 13, 2012) – Sidense Corp., a leading developer of Logic Non-Volatile Memory (LNVM) one-time programmable (OTP) memory IP cores, has announced that it has fully qualified its 1T-OTP macros for GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 65nm LPe (low-power) process and has licensed OTP macros to Toumaz Microsystems for this process.

Sidense has a range of 1T-OTP macros available for GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ processes ranging from 180nm down to 28nm, supporting IO voltages down to 1.8V. Sidense’s SiPROM 1T-OTP macros, which have completed full qualification for GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ Read More → "Sidense Licenses 1T-OTP to Toumaz Microsystems for GLOBALFOUNDRIES 65nm Low-Power Process"

RFMD® Expands Product Portfolio To Include New 3G/4G Antenna Control Solutions

Barcelona, Spain, February 29, 2012 — RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS:RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced the expansion of its broad product portfolio to include new 3G/4G antenna control solutions. The high-performance antenna control solutions are optimized to solve the complex RF requirements of 3G/4G smartphones related to high band count and signal integrity in an extremely compact form factor.

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Tektronix Test Solution Aids Development of Integrated PCIe 3.0 in New Intel® Xeon® Processors

BEAVERTON, Ore. – March. 12, 2012 – Tektronix, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes,today detailed the extensive support provided to Intel® and the PCI Express (PCIe) ecosystem in the testing and verification of the new Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 family (formerly known as Romley). This latest generation platform, targets high-performance server and data center applications and was officially unveiled March 6 by Intel at a global launch event http://newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-2677</ … Read More → "Tektronix Test Solution Aids Development of Integrated PCIe 3.0 in New Intel® Xeon® Processors"

EU-funded SYNAPTIC project delivers state of the art design synthesis tool flow

Copenhagen, Denmark, March 13, 2012 — An EDA industry consortium, supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme, reports the release of its design synthesis tool flow after the second year of the three-year project.

The SYNAPTIC research project includes eight partner organisations from across Europe who have joined forces to develop new regularity-centric design methods and related EDA tools. The goal is to reduce limitations in physical implementation effectiveness associated with technology scaling and advanced sub-wavelength lithography.

At the heart of the SYNAPTIC project is the … Read More → "EU-funded SYNAPTIC project delivers state of the art design synthesis tool flow"

Diodes Incorporated Introduces Ultra-Miniature Diodes for use in Lightweight Portable Products

Plano, Texas – March 13th, 2012 – Diodes Incorporated has announced its first products to be housed in the ultra-miniature X3-DFN0603-2 package.  The company’s first 6.0V Zener and switching diodes to be provided in the 0.6mm x 0.3mm x 0.3mm format take 70% less PCB space than DFN1006-2 packaged alternatives and have an off-board height 40% lower.

Meeting increasing demand for component miniaturization in lightweight portable products such as tablets and mobile handsets, the X3-DFN0603-2 package will also help increase efficiency, with its thermally efficient design achieving 250mW power … Read More → "Diodes Incorporated Introduces Ultra-Miniature Diodes for use in Lightweight Portable Products"

Vicor Introduces 850W, 80A Quarter Brick IBC

Andover, MA – March 13, 2012 – Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ: VICR) today announced the newest addition to its IBC050 product line of high performance, wide input range VI BRICK™ intermediate bus converters (IBCs). The new IB050Q096T80N1-00 quarter-brick IBC module can provide up to 850W of output power – far exceeding the power capability and efficiency of competitive bus converters – making it ideally suited for demanding applications spanning enterprise, optical access and storage networks.

Available as a drop-in upgrade for industry standard 5:1 fixed ratio converters, the new IBC module operates from a 36V to 60 … Read More → "Vicor Introduces 850W, 80A Quarter Brick IBC"

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