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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"

Touchstone Introduces First Bidirectional, Symmetrical 1µA Current-Sense Amplifiers

March 26, 2012

MILPITAS, CALIF. – March 26, 2012 – Touchstone Semiconductor, Inc., a developer of high-performance analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced the TS1101, the first bidirectional, symmetrical, high-side current-sense amplifiers (CSA). The TS1101 consumes only 1µA, a 30 times reduction over the closest competing product.

The TS1101’s symmetrical architecture eliminates the “dead band” when switching from measuring battery discharge to measuring battery charge. This breakthrough significantly simplifies customer designs while, at the same time, reducing power, saving board space and improving system accuracy.

The TS1101 further improves … Read More → "Touchstone Introduces First Bidirectional, Symmetrical 1µA Current-Sense Amplifiers"

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

March 26, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif, March 23, 2012 — Renesas Electronics America, a leading 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 for demanding industrial applications such as building and factory … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Packs RX Punch into a Smaller Package to Support Cost-Sensitive Industrial and Consumer Applications"

Mouser Electronics Connects with Engineers Through High Technology IndyCar Platform

March 26, 2012

March 26, 2012 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today unveiled the No. 11 MOUSER ELECTRONICS/GEICO/KV Racing Technology Chevrolet Dallara to be driven by Read More → "Mouser Electronics Connects with Engineers Through High Technology IndyCar Platform"

Synopsys Unveils 3D-IC Initiative

March 26, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today unveiled its initiative to accelerate the design of stacked multiple-die silicon systems using 3D-IC integration to meet the requirements of faster and smaller electronic products that consume less power. As part of its 3D-IC initiative, Synopsys is working closely with leading IC design and manufacturing companies to deliver a comprehensive EDA solution, including enhanced versions of its IC implementation and circuit simulation products.

3D-IC technology complements conventional transistor scaling to enable designers to achieve … Read More → "Synopsys Unveils 3D-IC Initiative"

Wind River Announces Software Support for Xilinx Zynq-7000 EPP at DESIGN West 2012

March 26, 2012

Wind River provides VxWorks and multi-core tools support for the Xilinx Zynq-7000 extensible processing platform.
The combination of Wind River software and tools with Zynq-7000 devices delivers the sophistication, high performance and flexibility that meet the demands of multiple vertical markets.
Wind River is also showcasing its latest developments at DESIGN West 2012 at booth #1623.

DESIGN WEST 2012, SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 26, 2012 – Wind River, a world … Read More → "Wind River Announces Software Support for Xilinx Zynq-7000 EPP at DESIGN West 2012"

Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS Solves Multicore SMP and AMP Programming Challenges

March 26, 2012

Design West, ESC Summit, San Jose, CA, March 23, 2012 – Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that the ThreadX® RTOS now is available for multicore systems in both Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) or Asymmetric Multiprocessing (AMP) modes. With multicore processors becoming more and more common in consumer, medical, and industrial applications, Express … Read More → "Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS Solves Multicore SMP and AMP Programming Challenges"