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Synopsys Awarded TSMC’s Interface IP Partner of the Year

November 7, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that it received TSMC’s 2011 Interface IP Partner of the Year Award.  Synopsys was selected based on customer feedback, TSMC-9000 compliance, technical support excellence and number of customer tapeouts. Synopsys’ DesignWare® Interface IP portfolio includes widely used protocols such as USB, Read More → "Synopsys Awarded TSMC’s Interface IP Partner of the Year"

Mercury Computer Systems Announces Unique, Customizable Digital Storage Capabilities for Defense and Commercial Applications

November 7, 2011

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – November 7, 2011 – Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed application-ready ISR subsystems for defense prime contractors, announced breakthrough capabilities for digital storage in embedded mobile applications. Sophisticated new sensors, which generate tremendous amounts of data in commercial and defense applications, have created an unprecedented need to store data on platforms for processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) or post-mission forensics. Working closely with customers, Mercury’s Services and Systems Integration (SSI) team created an innovative Digital Storage Unit that leverages … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Announces Unique, Customizable Digital Storage Capabilities for Defense and Commercial Applications"

EU project IMOLA starts R&D on large-area, intelligent OLED lighting

November 4, 2011

Leuven, Belgium – November 3, 2011 – Imec and its project partners announce the launch of IMOLA (Intelligent light Management for OLED on foil Applications), a project under the EU’s 7th framework program for ICT (FP7). The project’s goal is to make large-area OLED-based lighting modules with built-in intelligent light management. These systems will be used in future energy-efficient wall, ceiling and car dome lighting, where the light intensity can be adjusted intelligently, e.g. according to the time of the day or weather conditions.

OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) are paper-thin, flexible and lightweight electronic … Read More → "EU project IMOLA starts R&D on large-area, intelligent OLED lighting"

Latest addition to Hitachi’s growing Rugged+ TFT display line up

November 4, 2011

Maidenhead, UK. 2 November 2011. Hitachi Europe Ltd, Display Products Group (DPG) has announced the introduction of a new high performance 5.0” VGA TFT display module the TX13D04VM2CAA. The transmissive display module is the latest addition to Hitachi’s Rugged+ TFT product line up and provides VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution and exceptional optical performance. The new Rugged+ display module has been designed and developed to operate in demanding industrial and extreme environmental conditions. 

Mark Stephenson, Product Marketing Manager, Hitachi DPG commented, “Harsh operating environments where extremes of temperature, … Read More → "Latest addition to Hitachi’s growing Rugged+ TFT display line up"

DesignArt Networks Selects Elliptic Technologies Embedded Security Engine for its 2nd Generation DAN3000 LTE Advanced Infrastructure SoCs

November 4, 2011

November 3, 2011 – Ottawa, Canada and Ra’anana, Israel:  Elliptic Technologies, a leading global supplier of security IP and software, has joined forces with DesignArt Networks, a leading provider of highly integrated SoCs to integrate a comprehensive security solution targeting advanced 3GPP HetNet infrastructure products.

DesignArt Networks has licensed Elliptic’s high performance Security Protocol Accelerator for LTE (SPAcc-LTE) for use in its DAN3000 family of SoCs, targeting 3G and 4G base stations for the … Read More → "DesignArt Networks Selects Elliptic Technologies Embedded Security Engine for its 2nd Generation DAN3000 LTE Advanced Infrastructure SoCs"

Micron Debuts Industry’s Broadest Portfolio for Load Reduction Modules, Boosting DRAM Performance and Memory Capacity for Enterprise Server Applications

November 4, 2011

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new portfolio of load reduced dual-inline memory modules (LRDIMMs) featuring a 64GB offering. In addition to the standard densities of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB, which are sampling in high volume to several customers, Micron is introducing a 64GB LRDIMM to meet the ever-growing density requirements of servers.

Micron continues its memory market leadership with modules that provide 50 percent higher memory capacity and a performance increase of 33 percent for server applications. Resulting improvements to system scalability can significantly enhance cloud computing, high-performance computing, Web servers, transactional databases, … Read More → "Micron Debuts Industry’s Broadest Portfolio for Load Reduction Modules, Boosting DRAM Performance and Memory Capacity for Enterprise Server Applications"

Agilent Technologies Launches ‘Test of Time’ Power Supply Contest

November 4, 2011

What: Around the world, engineers continue to use HP/Agilent power supplies that were built many years ago. Engineers who are still using a vintage instrument are invited to write a short biography of their DC power supply and tell how the instrument has been used over the years and how they are using it now to overcome test challenges. 

“Agilent has 50 years of power supply expertise and more than 250 basic and high performance programmable DC power supplies designed to meet the needs of the many industries and applications,” said Kari Fauber, Marketing Manager, … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Launches ‘Test of Time’ Power Supply Contest"

Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Global Market Launch of Endevco Subminiature Surface Mountable Shock Accelerometers

November 4, 2011

November 3, 2011 – San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – Meggitt Sensing Systems, a Meggitt group division, has introduced the Endevco® model 71M series, a family of rugged, undamped subminiature surface mountable piezoresistive accelerometers, designed to support a variety of high-g shock measurement requirements.

With available g ranges of 2K, 6K, 20K and 60K, design of the Endevco® model 71M series features a patented, monolithic, four-active arm bridge circuit design (U.S. patent numbers 4,498, 229, 4,605,919 and 4,689,600) incorporating the use of Meggitt’s own proprietary sensing element, machined in-house from a single piece of silicon at its ISO9001 … Read More → "Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Global Market Launch of Endevco Subminiature Surface Mountable Shock Accelerometers"

Xilinx Showcases Secure Products and Applications at MILCOM 2011

November 3, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced participation at MILCOM 2011in Baltimore, from November 7-10, at the Baltimore Convention Center, Booth #914. Xilinx will show Android software running on the Zynq™-7000 EPP Emulation Platform, beam forming and digital pre-distortion (DPD) applications running on Virtex®-6 devices, as well as defense-grade and space-grade FPGAs.

What: MILCOM 2011

Where: Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Convention Center, Booth #914

When: Conference & Exhibits – November 7-10, 2011

Exhibition Demos

Monday – Thursday, November 7-10</ … Read More → "Xilinx Showcases Secure Products and Applications at MILCOM 2011"

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