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Microsemi Announces New Package for Radiation Tolerant “Space Flight” FPGAs

February 10, 2012

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—Feb. 10, 2012—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced that its radiation tolerant RT ProASIC®3 family of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) is now available in a ceramic quad flat pack (CQFP) package. CQFP packages comply with time-tested and flight-proven circuit board and assembly techniques. In addition, ceramic withstands extreme operating temperatures, which makes it an ideal material for demanding space applications.

Microsemi’s RT ProASIC3 FPGAs are the first devices of their type to provide … Read More → "Microsemi Announces New Package for Radiation Tolerant “Space Flight” FPGAs"

Power supply app and web interactive product selector launched

February 10, 2012

XP Power today announced two new online product selection tools for engineers that ease the process of choosing a power supply. Available from the XP Power web site, http://www.xppower.com, the product selector allows searching by product type, (AC-DC or DC-DC), or by application type such as healthcare, industrial, technology, defense & avionics and LED lighting. Simple search parameters such as power rating, input voltage, output voltage(s) and mechanical format provide a quick and straightforward method of finding the ideal power supply … Read More → "Power supply app and web interactive product selector launched"

MOST150 Rolls Off the Line

February 10, 2012

Karlsruhe (Germany) February 9, 2012 – At the fourth MOST Forum on March 20, 2012 in Stuttgart/Esslingen (Germany), the MOST Cooperation (MOSTCO) – the standardization organization for the leading automotive multimedia network Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) – will again participate as knowledge partner and exhibitor to showcase the latest technology highlights. “The theme of this year’s exhibit is ‘MOST150 Rolls Off the Line’, describing the third generation of MOST Technology hitting the road in 2012,” stated Dr. Christian Thiel, Administrator of the MOST Cooperation. “MOST150 meets the requirements not only for the traditional areas of entertainment and information, but also for the new … Read More → "MOST150 Rolls Off the Line"

Setra Systems Introduces Low-Cost, High-Pressure Transducer Series for Larger Volume OEM Applications

February 10, 2012

February 9, 2012, Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA – Setra Systems, Inc. (www.setra.com), a leading global designer and manufacturer of pressure measurement instrumentation for industrial, test & measurement, HVAC/R, semiconductor, energy, environmental, medical, pharmaceutical, and meteorological requirements, has introduced the Model 3100/3200 series, a family of compact, low-cost, high-pressure transducers, designed to support the rigorous performance demands of high-volume OEM applications, and particularly within space constrained environments.

Available in standard (Model 3100) and heavy duty (Model 3200) versions, design of the 3100/3200 series incorporates the use of thin-film strain gauge sensing technology … Read More → "Setra Systems Introduces Low-Cost, High-Pressure Transducer Series for Larger Volume OEM Applications"

Paralan Offers EKF Elektronik GmbH Product Line

February 10, 2012

Feb 9, 2012 – San Diego, CA — Paralan today announced that they are now offering Compact PCI, CompactPCI Serial Boards and PMC boards from the German manufacturer EKF. EKF provides complete solutions for industrial applications by using the latest in technology, with a focus on high reliability and long-term availability of all products.

Paralan and EKF can provide a wide range of carrier boards, CPU boards, and mezzanine cards.

“We make it easy for US product manufacturers and system integrators to access and … Read More → "Paralan Offers EKF Elektronik GmbH Product Line"

Freescale targets fast-growing data center market with latest QorIQ AMP series embedded multicore processors

February 10, 2012

SAN JOSE (Linley Tech Data Center Conference) – Feb. 8, 2012 – As cloud computing provides processing capabilities for a growing number of popular services targeting consumers and businesses, the world’s public and private data centers are evolving quickly to keep up with demand. Virtualization and other processing advancements have helped data center servers keep pace with performance requirements, while complementary embedded multicore communications processors have begun playing a larger role due to their ability to help manage, classify and service the enormous amounts of data flowing across and within the cloud.

Worldwide communications processing leader Freescale … Read More → "Freescale targets fast-growing data center market with latest QorIQ AMP series embedded multicore processors"

Andes Technology Licenses SuperTest™ from ACE for Advanced Compiler Testing and Validation

February 9, 2012

Taipei, 10 February 2012. Andes Technology Corporation, a leading Taiwanese vendor of high performance/low power 32 bit processor cores, has selected and licensed the SuperTest compiler test and validation suite from ACE Associated Compiler Experts, the Dutch compiler and system software technology company. The SuperTest product will be used to enhance testing and validation of Andes’ advanced compilation tools.

Compilers are complex products translating applications into machine code and require extensive testing for language conformance, correctness and quality. With its millions of tests, … Read More → "Andes Technology Licenses SuperTest™ from ACE for Advanced Compiler Testing and Validation"

Mercury Computer Systems Announces Industry’s Highest Performing Power Architecture®-based OpenVPX Module

February 9, 2012

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – February 8, 2012 – Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed application-ready ISR and EW subsystems for defense prime contractors, announced the Ensemble^® Series 6U OpenVPX^™ HCD6210 rugged compute blade based on the Freescale^® T4240 QorIQ^™ AMP Power Architecture^®. Utilizing two of the new Freescale T4240 QorIQ AMP processors, the HCD6210 blade has a total of 24 cores/48 threads, each … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Announces Industry’s Highest Performing Power Architecture®-based OpenVPX Module"

Saelig Debuts New Affordable Prototyping 3D Printer

February 9, 2012

Pittsford, NY: Saelig Company, Inc. (www.saelig.com)announces the availability of theReplicator?, an affordable, personal 3D printer offering 1- or 2-color “printing” of solid objects. The Replicator runs open-source 3D-printing code and is compact enough to fit on a desktop. Ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box, TheReplicator fabricator turns raw feedstock, such ABS or PLA, into instant prototypes as large as a … Read More → "Saelig Debuts New Affordable Prototyping 3D Printer"

Evatronix Strengthens its Multimedia IP Portfolio with a Complete Series of MIPI® SLIMbus® Products

February 9, 2012

Bielsko-Biala/Poland, February 9th, 2012 – The silicon intellectual property (IP) provider, Evatronix SA introduced today the complete series of Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance SLIMbus IP cores that implement next-gen serial interface for low power multimedia applications, especially mobile. The design is already proven to seamlessly operate as a key component within the I2S to SLIMbus bridge from LnK.

The Serial Low-power Inter-chip Media Bus (SLIMbus) is a standard interface between baseband and/or application processors and peripheral components in mobile devices. … Read More → "Evatronix Strengthens its Multimedia IP Portfolio with a Complete Series of MIPI® SLIMbus® Products"

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