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New Kionix Low-Power Digital Accelerometer Offers Industry-Leading Stability and Performance

January 10, 2012

LAS VEGAS — Kionix, Inc. today announced the KXCJ9, a new low-power, low-cost, low-noise micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer with a novel tri-axis sense element. Pin-to-pin compatible with Kionix’s popular KXTI9 and KXTF9, the KXCJ9 offers customers unmatched quality and functionality at an affordable price. Combining high performance, reduced active and passive power consumption, and unmatched … Read More → "New Kionix Low-Power Digital Accelerometer Offers Industry-Leading Stability and Performance"

Cavium to Showcase Industry-Leading Wireless Display and Broadband Gateway Solutions at the 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show

January 10, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwire – January 10, 2012) – Cavium’s PureVu video processors are designed to enable wireless display capability in TVs, PC monitors, and portable displays, as well as small adaptors for mobile devices including smart phones, tablets and notebook PCs. Cavium’s ECONA low-power, ARM-based processors are used by Tier-1 OEMs building broadband gateways, network attached storage, cloud expandable storage, media and print servers, and wireless access points. Cavium’s Celestial processors offer highly-integrated and market-leading price/performance technology for cable, and satellite set top boxes, and high-definition multimedia players.Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: Read More → "Cavium to Showcase Industry-Leading Wireless Display and Broadband Gateway Solutions at the 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show"

Kionix Introduces 2 x 2 x 0.9mm Accelerometer – A Company First

January 10, 2012

LAS VEGAS — Kionix, Inc. today announced the release of its smallest MEMS accelerometer to date—the 2 x 2 x 0.9mm tri-axis KXTJ2. Combining low power, high performance and a small form factor, the KXTJ2 is optimized for mobile handsets and tablets in which every square millimeter of board space is critical.

The KXTJ2 features the newly … Read More → "Kionix Introduces 2 x 2 x 0.9mm Accelerometer – A Company First"

Cost and power-efficient COM Express Modules with Celeron Processors

January 10, 2012

Stutensee, Germany – The MSC Vertriebs GmbH has expanded its powerful MSC CXB-6S COM Express™ module family based on second generation Intel^® Core™ processors with two cost-efficient Intel^® Celeron^®CPU variants. The new boards almost reach the pricing level of Intel^® Atom™ and ARM^® based solutions.

The new embedded modules integrate the Intel^®HM65 PCH chipset and the Intel< … Read More → "Cost and power-efficient COM Express Modules with Celeron Processors"

Cavium Collaborates With Qualcomm Atheros on New Small Form-Factor, Portable Wireless Display TV Adapter

January 10, 2012

LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwire – January 10, 2012) – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today announced a new ultra small wireless display TV adapter reference platform developed in collaboration with Qualcomm Atheros to address the emerging wireless display receiver market for mobile devices. The “Tiga-Mini” adapter enables consumers to project their content, whether stored locally or streamed wirelessly from nearby consumer electronics devices such as notebooks, tablets, … Read More → "Cavium Collaborates With Qualcomm Atheros on New Small Form-Factor, Portable Wireless Display TV Adapter"

Movea Announces Availability of 3D Motion Remote Reference Design Based on InvenSense® MPU-6150

January 10, 2012

Grenoble, France – January 10, 2011 – Movea, the pioneer in motion-control technologies, today announced the availability of a motion enabled remote control reference design with Movea’s Air MotionIC firmware using InvenSense’s MPU-6150, the world’s first and smallest 6-axis MotionTracking device on a single chip with a built-in Digital-Motion-Processor (DMP™), providinga complete motion enabled remote control reference design. This reference design will enable Movea and InvenSense customers to take advantage of an off-the-shelf, ready-to-use motion-interface solution to provide enhanced user interface navigation and home entertainment control through motion.

Some studies have shown that … Read More → "Movea Announces Availability of 3D Motion Remote Reference Design Based on InvenSense® MPU-6150"

Cypress Launches Single-Chip TrueTouch® Controller Based on Gen4 Technology for Tablets, Ultrabooks and Laptops

January 10, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 10, 2012 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today introduced a new Gen4 TrueTouch^® controller targeted at the rapidly growing tablet and ultrabook market. The new CY8CTMA1036 device has 65 sense-I/Os, enabling it to deliver flawless touchscreen performance for screens up to 12 inches. Like the smaller-screen Gen4 devices, it offers industry-best performance in all categories, including the world’s best signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and unparalleled performance in the presence of all noise sources—the biggest challenge faced by touchscreen designs. Gen4 also has the lowest active power consumption, unparalleled … Read More → "Cypress Launches Single-Chip TrueTouch® Controller Based on Gen4 Technology for Tablets, Ultrabooks and Laptops"

BEEcube Will Be Exhibiting at the DesignCon 2012

January 10, 2012

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — BEEcube will be exhibiting at the DesignCon 2012 Monday, January 30 through Thursday, February 2nd at booth #746 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

BEEcube will be showing off its recently announced BEE4-W, a stackable full speed multi-FPGA based prototyping platform, integrated with ADC/DAC modules for mixed signal and digital communication designs for both commercial and defense oriented needs, including communication testing needs. & … Read More → "BEEcube Will Be Exhibiting at the DesignCon 2012"

XP Power extends line-up of miniature board mounted LED drivers

January 10, 2012

XP Power today announced additions to its LDU series of PCB mount DC input constant current LED drivers. Comprising four models offering power outputs of 5, 7, 14 and 20 Watts, these highly efficient LED drivers have a typical efficiency of 93% for the 5 – 14 Watt models and 95% for the 20 Watt devices.

The LDU20 series provides up to 700 mA output current, and the LDU05, 07 and 14 series has a maximum output of 1000 mA. The drivers can accommodate a very wide range of input voltage from 7 – 30 VDC, which needs to be at least 2 V higher than the output.

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AdaCore and SofCheck Merge

January 10, 2012

NEW YORK, PARIS, and LEXINGTON, Mass., January 10, 2012 – AdaCore, a leading supplier of Ada development tools and support services, today announced a merger with SofCheck, Inc., a Lexington, Massachusetts-based automated software quality (ASQ) company. SofCheck’s staff has joined the AdaCore technical team, and SofCheck Founder Tucker Taft has been named as AdaCore’s Director of Language Research. AdaCore has acquired SofCheck’s products, including static error detection tools, the AdaMagic compiler front end technology, and also ParaSail, a new Parallel Specification and Implementation Language intended for … Read More → "AdaCore and SofCheck Merge"