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Luxul Joins D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program

CONCORD, CA. SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 – D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that Luxul has joined the D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) program. Based in Lindon, UT, Luxul is a leading innovator of high performance Wi-Fi and wired networking products that are powerful, cost-effective, and easy-to-deploy. They are experts in delivering highly reliable solutions for use in the most demanding network deployments—ranging from residential and commercial LANs and WLANs to mobile Wi-Fi connectivity in heavy industrial and military applications. Luxul recently launched the modular Luxul Xen family of networking solutions to empower CEDIA installers … Read More → "Luxul Joins D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) Program"

Agilent Technologies Introduces Audio Analyzer with New Digital Audio Interface Options

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 1, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the enhanced Agilent U8903A audio analyzer with new digital audio interface options. These options expand the U8903A’s capabilities with AES3, SPDIF and DSI (digital serial interface) formats for versatile, high-performance analog and digital audio testing.

The DSI format offers four sub formats – I2S, Left Justified, Right Justified and DSP – for R&D engineers to analyze and verify a wide range of digital audio applications. The upgraded U8903A audio analyzer contains the full functions of … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Audio Analyzer with New Digital Audio Interface Options"

Synopsys Acquires nSys Design Systems

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 2, 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, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of nSys Design Systems Private Limited (nSys), a leading independent provider of verification IP (VIP). With this acquisition, Synopsys is increasing its investment in VIP technology to address the growing verification challenges designers face as they create more and more complex systems on chips (SoCs) to serve the demand for ‘smart’ electronics. The terms of the deal, structured as an acquisition of substantially … Read More → "Synopsys Acquires nSys Design Systems"

Agilent Technologies Introduces Wideband DPD Modeling Platform for LTE-Advanced, 802.11ac

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 31, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the newest release of its W1716 Digital Pre-Distortion Builder (DPD) software, designed to enable the high levels of wireless performance necessary for emerging wideband standards such as LTE-Advanced and IEEE 802.11ac.

The software creates an interactive RF/baseband platform for 4G modeling by linking the user& … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Wideband DPD Modeling Platform for LTE-Advanced, 802.11ac"

Renesas Electronics Introduces World’s First USB 3.0-SATA3 Bridge SoC Supporting High-Speed UASP Protocol

TOKYO, Japan, September 2, 2011  –  Renesas Electronics Corporation   (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of its new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) SATA3 bridge system-on-chip ([SoC], part number, µPD720230) that enables data transfer … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces World’s First USB 3.0-SATA3 Bridge SoC Supporting High-Speed UASP Protocol"

Vector Fabrics demonstrates vfThreaded-x86 software parallelization tool at the Intel Developer Forum

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2, 2011: Vector Fabrics, a company that specializes in programming tools for the design, analysis and parallelization of multi-core software, announces its participation at the forthcoming Intel Developer Forum. Visitors to the booth can see demonstrations of Vector Fabrics’ suite of cloud-based tools including the recently announced vfThreaded-x86.

vfThreaded-x86 is aimed at software developers that write performance-centric code for applications such as those in the high-performance computing, scientific, industrial, video and imaging domains. vfThreaded-x86 greatly reduces the time involved and the … Read More → "Vector Fabrics demonstrates vfThreaded-x86 software parallelization tool at the Intel Developer Forum"

Byte Paradigm sets a new standard for entry-level USB-controlled Digital Pattern Generators

From September 1st 2011, Wave Generator Xpress will be delivered with a large 8 MB internal memory buffer and will support digital pattern generation up to 100 MHz. 

With this upgrade, digital electronics engineers now have 500 times more memory for storing digital vectors and 2 times the speed of the previous model for pattern generation. List price remains unchanged at 450 EUR / 699 USD. 

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Mercury Computer Systems to Support Powerful Technology Upgrade for Airborne Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – August 31, 2011 – Mercury Computer Systems Inc., (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems, announced it received a multi-year contract from a leading prime contractor to deliver extremely powerful signal processing modules that will be used to field-upgrade advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems. These systems are used on-board military aircraft to broadcast strong radar signals while remaining undetected.

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Elliptic Technologies Debuts New Multi-Packet Processing Security Engine For High Capacity Wireless And Network Applications

August 31 – Ottawa, Canada: Elliptic Technologies, a leading global supplier of security IP and software, unveiled today its latest security engine called the Multi-Packet Manager, a highly programmable and efficient security protocol accelerator with enhanced processing capabilities for multiple data streams. The Multi-Packet Manager is perfectly suited for applications that deal with multiple active connections and significant traffic load on different contexts, such as 4G LTE-Advanced wireless cellular base stations and femtocells.

The market is experiencing an explosion of new multi-media enabled mobile devices that are connecting to networks in all market segments, from smartphones, tablets, datacom, … Read More → "Elliptic Technologies Debuts New Multi-Packet Processing Security Engine For High Capacity Wireless And Network Applications"

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