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Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New 3U OpenVPX Smart Power Supply

August 29, 2011

SANTA CLARITA, CA – August 25, 2011 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, has introduced a new 3U OpenVPX (VITA 62) and VPX (VITA 48.2) Smart Power Supply. This small form factor, rugged power supply module provides up to 279W of power to mission critical OpenVPX systems. Designed for demanding deployed … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New 3U OpenVPX Smart Power Supply"

Trouble-Free Supply Chain Management from Avnet Express

August 29, 2011

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Avnet Express, the e-Commerce engine for Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), announces new Web enhancements for customers in the Americas with existing supply chain engagements. These enhancements help make it easy for customers to manage theirRead More → "Trouble-Free Supply Chain Management from Avnet Express"

Cadence and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Significantly Speed Design for Manufacturing Signoff at 32, 28 Nanometers

August 29, 2011

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – August 29, 2011) – “Cadence has been a pioneer in pattern-matching technology, and our long-time development partner for the GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRC+ flow,” said Luigi Capodieci, fellow and director of DFM at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “GLOBALFOUNDRIES offers the industry’s first silicon-validated libraries of yield-critical patterns — layout patterns that are known to fail on silicon — for technologies at 32 nanometers, 28 nanometers and below. We rely on Cadence pattern classification technology to classify yield detractors into pattern families based on pattern similarity, including inexact patterns, to maximize the efficiency of DRC+. The innovative DRC+ verification flow, with the full-power of the industry leading … Read More → "Cadence and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Significantly Speed Design for Manufacturing Signoff at 32, 28 Nanometers"

Quantum3D Debuts New Line of Next-Generation Thermite Rugged Embedded Computers

August 26, 2011

Washington, D.C. (AUVSI, Booth #3109) – Aug. 16, 2011 – Quantum3D, Inc., a leading provider of visual computing solutions for government and commercial applications, today announced two new additions to its award-winning Thermite^®family of embedded computers, the Thermite XVG 4000 and Thermite TL 2000. Poised to set new industry standards for performance in field-deployed computing, the new Thermite XVG 4000 offers state-of the art processing and performance and the Thermite TL 2000 breaks mobility and power efficiency barriers to meet the computing and operation needs of demanding military and aerospace environments.

“The new Thermite products … Read More → "Quantum3D Debuts New Line of Next-Generation Thermite Rugged Embedded Computers"

Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces Compact Rugged Standalone Video Display for Air and Ground Surveillance

August 26, 2011

ASHBURN, VA – August 25, 2011 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™ and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, has introduced the latest addition to its Skyquest family of video displays, the new ALPHA Series of rugged displays for deployed airborne platforms. ALPHA series displays speed and simplify the integration of rugged video displays into size, weight and power (SWaP) constrained airborne military, paramilitary, and search & rescue platforms.

This initial launch comprises two new … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces Compact Rugged Standalone Video Display for Air and Ground Surveillance"

Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile Strengthen Their R-Car Product Lineup with the R-Car E1 Automotive Systems-on-Chip (SoCs)

August 26, 2011

Dusseldorf, August 26, 2011 – Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) and its subsidiary, Renesas Mobile Corporation, today announced a new member of the R-Car series of automotive systems-on-chip (SoCs), the R-Car E1, offering low power consumption and high system integration targeting the cost-sensitive market of car navigation and multimedia systems including high end car radios.

With the R-Car E1 SoC, Renesas strengthens its position in entry navigation systems, as this device offers a perfect balance between system … Read More → "Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile Strengthen Their R-Car Product Lineup with the R-Car E1 Automotive Systems-on-Chip (SoCs)"

Calypto Design Systems Acquires Mentor Catapult C Synthesis Tool

August 26, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif. August 26, 2011 – Calypto Design Systems today announced it has acquired Catapult C Synthesis from Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT). The merger of two market-leading electronic system level (ESL) products, Catapult C Synthesis and Calypto SLEC System-HLS verification tool, will create a better integrated ESL hardware realization flow, and enhance the company’s partnership with Mentor Graphics, a leader in ESL technology. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

”ESL synthesis offers our design community the next great leap in … Read More → "Calypto Design Systems Acquires Mentor Catapult C Synthesis Tool"

Electronics Europe and TES jointly announce the availability of GUIliani for Renesas’ SuperH-based SH7724 microcontroller family

August 25, 2011

Dusseldorf, August 24, 2011 – Renesas Electronics Europe and its Alliance Partner TES Electronic Systems today announced the availability of the software package based on TES’ GUIliani, a solution for graphical user interfaces on embedded systems, for Renesas’ MS7724 microcontroller (MCU) platform. GUIliani allows the fast and easy development of high quality graphical user interfaces and human machine interfaces (HMI).

The SH7724 is the latest MCU from Renesas Electronics’ successful SuperH lineup. Based on the … Read More → "Electronics Europe and TES jointly announce the availability of GUIliani for Renesas’ SuperH-based SH7724 microcontroller family"

vSync Circuits Licenses Verific Design Automation’s Parser Platform

August 25, 2011

ALAMEDA, CALIF. –– August 25, 2011 –– Verific Design Automation, supplier of industry-standard, IEEE-compliant hardware description language (HDL) front-end solutions, today announced vSync Circuits Ltd. in Israel has licensed its parser platform for use with the vSync clock domain crossing (CDC) verification software.

Verific’s SystemVerilog and VHDL parsers have been tightly integrated with vSync Circuits’ vChecker, software to statically verify a complete, multi-clock domain design.

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New Low-cost USB Microscope/Magnifier

August 25, 2011

Pittsford, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc. announces theMV200UM – a new 2 megapixel USB digital microscope for capturing high quality magnified images and video for display on a PC using a simple USB 2.0 PC connection. The USB-poweredMV200UM contains a built-in white LED illumination ring for viewing circuit boards, tiny components and markings, examining traces and solder joints on printed circuit boards, or for detailed product examination and record-taking, inspection, and quality control purposes.

Simple plug and play operation with the included software allows objects to be magnified using MV200UM’sfull-color 2 megapixel sensor … Read More → "New Low-cost USB Microscope/Magnifier"