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Silicon Labs Automotive Tuners Drive Future of Car Radio Technology

AUSTIN, Texas – Nov. 21, 2011 – Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced the industry’s most advanced automotive tuner IC family designed to deliver the highest RF performance coupled with advanced signal processing while reducing the cost and complexity of car radio systems. Offering superior price/performance for the global car radio market, the new Si476x tuner family provides a best-in-class multiband receiver solution for automotive infotainment head-units and AM/FM car radios from all classes of providers ranging from Tier 1 suppliers to aftermarket car radio makers.

According … Read More → "Silicon Labs Automotive Tuners Drive Future of Car Radio Technology"

One Stop Systems Announces PCI Express (PCIe) over cable Gen3 Products

ESCONDIDO, Calif., November 10, 2011 – One Stop Systems, Inc. (OSS), a leader in PCIe over cable expansion and custom computing solutions announces four new PCIe Gen 3 products operating at 8Gb/s per lane or 64Gb/s for PCIe x8 and 128Gb/s for PCIe x16 products. Announced today are two switch-based cable adapters, a PCIe x16 adapter that contains a single x16 cable connector and a PCIe x8 adapter that connects either two or four PCIe end points. Also announced are two new Gen 3 expansion enclosures, a 1U enclosure capable of supporting two Gen 3 GPU’s and a 2 … Read More → "One Stop Systems Announces PCI Express (PCIe) over cable Gen3 Products"

Xilinx Enables Industrial Networking, Motor Control and Machine Vision Through Latest Generation Targeted Design Platforms

NUREMBERG, Nov. 18, 2011 – At SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011 in Nuremberg, November 22-24, Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) will demonstrate advanced motor-control, networking and machine-vision technology based on its latest programmable devices, platforms and collaborations enabling high-speed industrial control and real-time networking applications.

Xilinx’s booth, H6-160, will feature demonstrations highlighting its latest generation programmable devices and extensive infrastructure including industrial-specific IP cores, and development kits including Targeted Development Platforms (TDPs), and will have industrial automation experts from the Xilinx Alliance Program. Customer engineers can leverage this wide-ranging portfolio of resources to deliver highly featured and high-performing … Read More → "Xilinx Enables Industrial Networking, Motor Control and Machine Vision Through Latest Generation Targeted Design Platforms"

Renesas Electronics Europe Announces the Availability of Four New 32-bit All Flash™ Microcontrollers in the V850E2M/MN4 Family – the World’s Highest Performance Industrial Embedded Flash Microcontroller

Dusseldorf, November 18, 2011  –  Renesas Electronics Europe , a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of four new 32-bit All Flash™ microcontrollers (MCUs), the uPD70F3515, uPD70F3514, uPD70F3512 and the uPD70F3510. They provide processing performance of up to 1024 Dhrystone MIPS (million instructions per second, Note 1) at a clock speed of 200 megahertz (MHz). This makes the V850E2M/MN4 the world’s highest-performance industrial embedded Flash microcontroller. The new MCUs have up to two built-in CPU cores, … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Europe Announces the Availability of Four New 32-bit All Flash™ Microcontrollers in the V850E2M/MN4 Family – the World’s Highest Performance Industrial Embedded Flash Microcontroller"

Analog Bits Accelerates Analog IP Verification Using Magma’s FineSim SPICE

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Analog Bits, Inc., the integrated clocking and interface IP leader, accelerates analog IP verification for its precision clocking macros, programmable interconnect solutions and specialized memories using FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology. 

Using the FineSim SPICE multi-CPU simulation technology, Analog Bits has significantly shortened simulation runtimes, increasing simulation coverage without sacrificing accuracy. 

“We’ve … Read More → "Analog Bits Accelerates Analog IP Verification Using Magma’s FineSim SPICE"

MoSys Participates at LSI’s Accelerating Innovation Summit 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 16, 2011 –

Who: MoSys (NASDAQ: MOSY), a leading provider of serial chip-to-chip communications solutions that deliver unparalleled bandwidth performance for next generation networking systems and advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs, is presenting at LSI’s Accelerating Innovation Summit 2011 

Michael Miller, VP of Technology Innovation & System Applications, is a panelist … Read More → "MoSys Participates at LSI’s Accelerating Innovation Summit 2011"

DSM Computer unveils extremely powerful, Intel® Q67-based ATX industrial computer

Munich, November 2011 – DSM’s Infinity® 96M1594-ATXQ67 19-inch industrial computer, making its first appearance at SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Hall 7, Booth 150, is based on an industrial ATX motherboard with Intel® Q67 chipset. A second generation Intel® Core™ processor with four or two cores ensures optimal performance and numerous additional functions combined with low power consumption. 

In addition to the model featuring an Intel® Core™ i3-2120 processor (3.3 GHz, 3 MB cache), with two integrated cores, even more powerful systems with Intel® Core™ i7-2600 (3.4 … Read More → "DSM Computer unveils extremely powerful, Intel® Q67-based ATX industrial computer"

MAZeT Prepares Certification of Its Process Organization according to Medical Standard 13485

The development and production of electronics for medical equipment is becoming increasingly important in the market orientation of MAZeT GmbH – development and production service provider for embedded computing solutions and optoelectronics located in the city of Jena – and, consequently, in its sales, too. In order to meet customer demands, MAZeT is regularly and increasingly required to depict partial processes conforming to the DIN EN ISO 13485 standard in projects for developing and producing modules or ASICs for medical equipment. Uwe Berghäuser, Sales Manager at MAZeT GmbH, explains: “Our customers in medical electronics expect MAZeT to support them in … Read More → "MAZeT Prepares Certification of Its Process Organization according to Medical Standard 13485"

NSCore’s One-Time Programmable Memory Completes Qualification at TSMC 65nm and 0.18um Technologies

Fukuoka, Japan – November 16, 2011 – NSCore, Inc. a semiconductor, logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP) company, announced today that its PermSRAM® embedded one-time program (OTP) NVM technology has passed qualification in both TSMC 65nm low power (LP) and 0.18um generic (G) technologies according to TSMC9000 requirements.  Several customers are in volume production at 0.18um already, while early customers will start volume production at 65nm LP in December 2011.

“Through this qualification process, NSCore has demonstrated the viability of its OTP technology for customers designing on< … Read More → "NSCore’s One-Time Programmable Memory Completes Qualification at TSMC 65nm and 0.18um Technologies"

Agilent Technologies Enhances VEE Test and Measurement Software for Simplified Programming and Greater Ease of Use

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 14, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the enhanced version of Agilent VEE, an interactive graphical programming application for test and measurement. Enhancements include greater compatibility with the latest Agilent instruments, faster data analysis and a more versatile user experience.

Agilent VEE 9.3 provides new sample programs with simple VEE programming for Agilent instruments, including the  Read More → "Agilent Technologies Enhances VEE Test and Measurement Software for Simplified Programming and Greater Ease of Use"

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