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Renesas Electronics Announces Low-Loss Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Devices Integrating Power Conversion Circuit in Single Chip

January 18, 2012

TOKYO, Japan, January 17, 2012—Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the development of a Schottky barrier diode (SBD), the RJS6005TDPP, employing silicon carbide (SiC, Note 1), a material considered to have great potential for use in power semiconductor devices. The new SiC Schottky barrier diode is ideal for use in high-output electronic systems such as air conditioners, communication base stations, and solar power arrays. The new device also incorporates technology developed jointly by Hitachi, Ltd., and Renesas Electronics, which contributed to achieving approximately 40 percent reduced low power consumption … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces Low-Loss Silicon Carbide (SiC) Power Devices Integrating Power Conversion Circuit in Single Chip"

The faster-than-fast Fourier transform

January 18, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Fourier transform is one of the most fundamental concepts in the information sciences. It’s a method for representing an irregular signal — like the voltage fluctuations in the wire that connects an MP3 player to a loudspeaker — as a combination of pure frequencies. It’s universal in signal processing, but it can also be used to compress image and audio files, solve differential equations, and price stock options, among other things.

The reason the Fourier transform is so prevalent is an algorithm called the fast Fourier transform ( … Read More → "The faster-than-fast Fourier transform"

Renesas Electronics Introduces New 32-Bit Microcontroller P Series with Built-In Resolver Sensor Interface

January 18, 2012

Dusseldorf, January 18, 2012 – Renesas Electronics , a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has developed a new 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), the V850E2/PJ4-E, which incorporates an on-chip resolver sensor interface. The new MCU realizes both higher performance and lower system cost for automotive control systems including motor control for HEV/EV and other automotive applications.

The new MCU is a derivative of Renesas’ P Series of MCUs and belongs to the 32-bit V850™ RISC … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces New 32-Bit Microcontroller P Series with Built-In Resolver Sensor Interface"

First Embedded RTOS Provider to Announce USGv6 Conformity

January 18, 2012

SANTA BARBARA, CA — January 18, 2012 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announces new US Government IPv6 (USGv6) support for its INTEGRITY® real time operating system (RTOS) and Platform for Secure Networking. Green Hills Software is the first RTOS provider to announce this support.

Green Hills Software joins the ranks with other major networking vendors to add support and test with an accredited lab as outlined in the USGv6 test program. However, Green Hills Software is the first embedded RTOS provider to announce their USGv6 conformity and … Read More → "First Embedded RTOS Provider to Announce USGv6 Conformity"

IAR Systems releases complete starter kit for Texas Instruments Hercules safety device

January 18, 2012

Uppsala, Sweden—January 18, 2012—IAR Systems today announces that IAR KickStart Kit™ for Texas Instruments Hercules™ RM48 MCU is released and available for order.

The Hercules safety microcontroller platform from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has built-in hardware safety features, making it suitable for development of systems with high requirements on functional safety, for example within medical, industrial, and transportation applications areas. The Hercules safety platform consists of three ARM® Cortex™-based microcontroller families: TMS470M, TMS570 and RM4x. The RM4x family provides the highest performance, and … Read More → "IAR Systems releases complete starter kit for Texas Instruments Hercules safety device"

Swissbit: New 8GB DDR3 modules for high end industrial PCs and servers

January 18, 2012

Bronschhofen, Switzerland – January 18, 2012 – Swissbit extends its INDUSTRIAL family of high performance / high reliability SDRAM memory products by three new 8GB density modules: the 8GB DDR3 SODIMM, the 8GB DDR3 SO-UDIMM with ECC and the 8 GB Registered DIMM. These modules offer highest DDR3 memory capacity on the smallest possible system area and enable applications with high need of main memory running on latest multi-Core CPUs.

The three module types are using the latest Samsung 4Gb … Read More → "Swissbit: New 8GB DDR3 modules for high end industrial PCs and servers"

Carbon Extends IP Exchange to Include Virtual Reference Platforms

January 17, 2012

ACTON, MASS. –– January 17, 2012 –– Carbon Design Systems™, the leading supplier of virtual platform and secure model solutions, today announced immediate availability of virtual reference platforms on its Carbon IP Exchange Web Portal, found at www.carbonipexchange.com.

“Carbon’s virtual reference platforms have been used successfully by multiple designers to quickly get up and running,” remarks Bill Neifert, chief technology officer at Carbon.

SuVolta Expands Commitment to Magma’s FineSim SPICE

January 17, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 17, 2012 — Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, announced today that SuVolta, Inc., a developer of scalable low-power CMOS technologies in Los Gatos, Calif., has expanded its business relationship with Magma by entering into a licensing agreement to use the FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulator.

SuVolta’s PowerShrink™ low-power platform reduces the power consumed by integrated circuits (ICs) by 50 percent or more while maintaining the same performance levels by minimizing the electrical variation of the millions of transistors on a chip. … Read More → "SuVolta Expands Commitment to Magma’s FineSim SPICE"

Digi-Key Corporation and Vicor Corporation Announce Global Distribution Agreement

January 17, 2012

January 17, 2012 – THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., USA – Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation and Vicor Corporation Announce Global Distribution Agreement"

Green Hills Software to Exhibit at the DistribuTECH Conference 2012 in San Antonio, TX

January 17, 2012

SANTA BARBARA, CA — January 17, 2012 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, will demonstrate its latest technology at DistribuTECH Conference, January 24 – 26, 2012, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, booth #1745.
The company will be demonstrating its Platform for Smart Energy, a comprehensive, scalable solution for the design, construction, and deployment of secure, resilient, Smart Energy devices from small-footprint, high-performance devices to robust and secure utility applications. On display:

Green Hills Platform for Smart Energy – including the ISS Security Protocol Toolkits, MULTI& … Read More → "Green Hills Software to Exhibit at the DistribuTECH Conference 2012 in San Antonio, TX"