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Cypress TrueTouch® Touchscreen Solution Drives “Floating Touch” Navigation Feature in New Xperia™ sola Smartphone from Sony Mobile Communications

March 19, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19, 2012 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that its TrueTouch^® controllers drive the “floating touch™” navigation feature for magic web browsing on the hot new Xperia™ sola smartphone from Sony Mobile Communications.

The Xperia sola’s floating touch is the world’s first smartphone to allow users to navigate by hovering a finger above the screen so it acts like a moving cursor without actually touching the screen. Once the … Read More → "Cypress TrueTouch® Touchscreen Solution Drives “Floating Touch” Navigation Feature in New Xperia™ sola Smartphone from Sony Mobile Communications"

New Pico Zenigata LED Line Up with 15 – 72.5 lumens

March 19, 2012

Hamburg, 19 March 2012 – With the new Pico Zenigata LED series, Sharp completes its portfolio for high-performance LEDs. With just a single LED, the types of the GM2BBxxQK1C series achieve luminous flux levels of up to 24.5 lumens and an efficiency of up to 125 lm/watt. Luminous flux and efficiency of the other two series were improved accordingly: above all the GM2BBxxQKAC (2 LED dies) reaches up to 46.7 lumens with an effective power of up to 120 lm/W; the GM2BBxxQK0C (3 LED dies) radiate up to 72.5 lumens at an efficiency level of up to 120 lm/W. All three … Read More → "New Pico Zenigata LED Line Up with 15 – 72.5 lumens"

Cadence to Keynote, Present Papers at ISQED

March 19, 2012

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – March 19, 2012) –

WHEN: March 19 to March 21Tom Beckley, senior vice president of Research and Development, Custom IC and Signoff, Silicon Realization Group at Cadence Design Systems, Inc, (NASDAQ: CDNS), will deliver a keynote on advanced node chip design at the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED). In addition, Cadence engineers … Read More → "Cadence to Keynote, Present Papers at ISQED"

Renesas Electronics Introduces High-Performance and Compact SoC for High-End Hybrid Set-Top Box

March 19, 2012

Dusseldorf, March 19, 2012 – Renesas Electronics , a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of its new system-on-chip (SoC) for high-end set-top boxes (STBs) the R-Home S1, supporting both worldwide digital TV broadcast reception and Internet content distribution.

Renesas positions SoCs for STBs as strategic products in its SoC business and have been aggressively promoting this business. In February 2011, the total shipments of Renesas’ STB SoCs reached 100 million units. At the same time, services that integrate communications, broadcasting, and Internet … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces High-Performance and Compact SoC for High-End Hybrid Set-Top Box"

Maxim to Present Technical Training Seminars and Demos at X-Fest 2012

March 16, 2012

Sunnyvale, CA– March 15, 2012 – Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) today announced that the company is collaborating with Xilinx and Avnet during the 2012 season of X-Fest. Maxim will provide content for several technical seminars and present demos on the company’s highly integrated analog and mixed-signal solutions for the Xilinx® 7 series and Kintex™-7field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and the Zynq™-7000 Extended Processing Platform.

X-Fest 2012 is a series of free, day-long technical training seminars cohosted by Xilinx and Avnet … Read More → "Maxim to Present Technical Training Seminars and Demos at X-Fest 2012"

Mouser Advances Product Knowledge with New Medical Applications Site

March 16, 2012

March 15, 2012 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the launch of its newRead More → "Mouser Advances Product Knowledge with New Medical Applications Site"

PC/104 Module combines Serial and Digital I/O

March 16, 2012

March 15, 2012, Arlington, TX – WinSystems today introduced their PCM-SDIO, a PC/104-compliant module with four asynchronous serial ports and forty-eight lines of digital I/O. It eliminates one board in a stack without sacrificing any features or benefits at a lower cost. The PCM-SDIO is based upon a FPGA with both 16C554 UART and WS16C48 digital I/O-compatible cores. The digital portion is further enhanced since its I/O can interface with up to 30 volt signals. The PCM-SDIO will operate from -40° to +85°C without forced air cooling.

IAR Systems provides development tools for the new low-power V850E2 microcontrollers from Renesas Electronics

March 16, 2012

Uppsala, Sweden—March 16, 2012—Today, IAR Systems® announces complete support for the V850E2/Fx4-L microcontroller series from Renesas Electronics.

The V850E2/Fx4-L series features very low power consumption paired with high functionality. It is designed for the automotive comfort and body segment, for applications such as roof or window lifters, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), body control modules, and door, seat and light modules. These new microcontrollers provide power-saving features such as the sequencer (SEQ). The SEQ supports hardware monitoring of digital inputs in deep stop … Read More → "IAR Systems provides development tools for the new low-power V850E2 microcontrollers from Renesas Electronics"

Avnet Embedded to Hold Free, Solid State Drive Virtual Summit

March 16, 2012

The worldwide solid state drive (SSD) market is experiencing unprecedented growth. Avnet Embedded, the largest distributor of SSDs and a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has teamed up with 13 leading suppliers to offer a free, two-day virtual summit covering the rugged, durable, energy efficient benefits of SSDs. Registration is open now at Avnet’s website: http://www.newanglemedia.com/ssdsummit/2012/.

On April 3 and 4, 2012, Avnet Embedded will spend an entire 48-hour period examining the intricacies of … Read More → "Avnet Embedded to Hold Free, Solid State Drive Virtual Summit"

Renesas Electronics, Ariane Controls and Grid2Home Announce Smart-Charging Auto-Grade Communication Solution for Plug-In HEVs and EVs

March 15, 2012

TOKYO, Japan, QUEBEC, Qc., and SAN DIEGO, Calif, March 14, 2012 – Renesas Electronics Corporation,(TSE: 6723), a premiersupplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Ariane Controls, its powerline communications partner, and Grid2Home, its Smart Energy Profile Partner, today announced the availability of the SE-CPM evaluation and development platform for communication between Electric Vehicles (EV) and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE). The platform is based on Renesas’ V850 family of microcontrollers (MCUs), the most widely used MCU family in the automotive industry.

As EVs become more common, it will be important to charge them … Read More → "Renesas Electronics, Ariane Controls and Grid2Home Announce Smart-Charging Auto-Grade Communication Solution for Plug-In HEVs and EVs"