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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"

New 4-20mA Output Hall Effect Precision Sensors Now Available from the Spectrum Sensors Product Line of API Technologies

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNY) (“API” or the “Company”), a provider of electronic systems, subsystems, RF, and secure systems for defense, aerospace, and commercial applications, announced today a new output option for its Spectrum Sensors line of H009 Hall Effect Position Sensors. The new 4-20mA output option joins the existing H009 series with Analog, PWR, and Serial output options. Hall Effect Position Sensors convert relative changes in a magnetic field into an electrical signal to provide position change information.

“The addition of this new 4-20mA version to our popular Hall Effect … Read More → "New 4-20mA Output Hall Effect Precision Sensors Now Available from the Spectrum Sensors Product Line of API Technologies"

Saelig Introduces New USB Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope

Pittsford, NY: Saelig Company, Inc. announces the availability of a new, entry-level mixed-signal oscilloscope – thePicoScope 2205 MSO. This lightweight scope adapter provides a two-channel oscilloscope combined with a synchronous 16 channel logic analyzer, all in one compact, portable USB instrument. Analog waveforms and digital data can now be displayed simultaneously on the same screen with the efficient and easy-to-use PicoScope software.

PicoScope 2205 MSO’s analog bandwidth is 25 MHz and the digital channels can accept signals as fast as 100MHz with a maximum sampling rate of 200 MSa/s. PicoScope 2205 MSO is suitable for general-purpose analog and … Read More → "Saelig Introduces New USB Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope"

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