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Industry’s First Highly Integrated, Smart Meter Power Regulator Eases Design and Lowers Cost

October 21, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA—October 20, 2011—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX17497, a one-chip solution for all the power requirements on the communications and metrology boards in smart meters. A high level of integration eases design, adds flexibility, increases accuracy, improves reliability, and lowers the total solution cost and footprint. This single power regulator is ideal for smart meter/smart grid applications as well as factory automation. 

Industry Needs a Compact, Economical Power Regulator

Typical competing solutions for smart meters integrate only the flyback controller and high-voltage FETs. This design, by … Read More → "Industry’s First Highly Integrated, Smart Meter Power Regulator Eases Design and Lowers Cost"

Agilent Technologies to Demonstrate LTE, Multi-Standard Radio, MIMO Test Solutions at 4G World

October 21, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it will showcase a number of innovative test solutions at 4G World Oct. 25-27 in Chicago, The demonstrations will focus on LTE, Multi-Standard Radio measurements (MSR), MIMO, and wireless link analysis using its X-Series signal analyzers. Agilent will also demonstrate RF network field analysis using the company’s handheld RF tools. 

Agilent is a leader in electronic test and measurement and an active member of the 3GPP committees and WiMAX Forum®. The company provides the industry’s … Read More → "Agilent Technologies to Demonstrate LTE, Multi-Standard Radio, MIMO Test Solutions at 4G World"

Arasan Chip Systems Demonstrates Industry’s First UFS 1.0 Link Layer IP and Hardware Development Platform

October 21, 2011

San Jose, California – October 20, 2011 – Arasan Chip Systems, Inc.(“Arasan”), a leading provider of Total IP Solutions, announced today that the company has successfully demonstrated its UFS Link Layer IP and its associated UFS Hardware Development Platform (HDP) in the Mobile Memory Workshop hosted by JEDEC and TSIA in Hsinchu Taiwan on October 12th, 2011.  Arasan demonstrated its UFS 1.0 compliant … Read More → "Arasan Chip Systems Demonstrates Industry’s First UFS 1.0 Link Layer IP and Hardware Development Platform"

Mentor Graphics Enhances Manufacturing Execution Software with Business Intelligence

October 21, 2011

SMTA INTERNATIONAL, FT. WORTH, Tex., October 20, 2011-Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), the worldwide market and technology leader in PCB design-through-manufacturing software, today announced the ValorR MSS Business Intelligence (BI) product suite. This new product allows management of PCB assembly lines to obtain reports and analysis of the quality, asset utilization and materials management of their production execution. With this analysis, management can make intelligence-based decisions, improve their production line execution, and reduce excess inventories, for lower costs and improved profits.

“The execution of a complex production line produces extensive … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Enhances Manufacturing Execution Software with Business Intelligence"

Quickfilter Technologies Announces Low-Cost Audio Processor That Eliminates Need to Write or License Audio Algorithms

October 20, 2011

ALLEN, TX – Quickfilter Technologies today announced a powerful 3-channel audio processor that is designed for seamless insertion into an audio serial digital data path.  The single-chip QF3DFX Profound Sound™ Audio Processor is easily configured using the Quickfilter QFPro™ Design Software with royalty- free user-tunable advanced audio algorithms for psychoacoustic effects such as bass enhancement, high frequency restoration, and virtual surround sound. The QF3DFX Profound Sound Audio Processor can be configured to interface … Read More → "Quickfilter Technologies Announces Low-Cost Audio Processor That Eliminates Need to Write or License Audio Algorithms"

Apache to Exhibit at ARM TechCon 2011 Chip Design Day Expo

October 20, 2011

Apache Design, Inc., a subsidiary of ANSYS , today announced it will be participating at the ARM Technology Conference (TechCon) 2011 during the Chip Design Day Expo (booth #27), being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on October 25, in Santa Clara, California.

As part of ARM’s Connected Community ecosystem, customers use Apache’s Read More → "Apache to Exhibit at ARM TechCon 2011 Chip Design Day Expo"

Xilinx Discusses and Demonstrates Zynq-7000 EPP Software and Hardware Development Tools at ARM TechCon 2011

October 20, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 20, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced its participation at ARM TechCon 2011 in Santa Clara, from October 25-27, Santa Clara Convention Center, Booth #207. During the conference, Xilinx experts will discuss Zynq™-7000 EPP, a new class of processing platform that combines an industry-standard ARM® dual-core Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processing system with Xilnx 28nm programmable logic architecture.

Attendees will also be able to see demonstrations of Zynq-7000 EPP development systems, such as DSP co-processing, Android and image processing, and Linux and Android debug with ARM DS-5™.

< … Read More → "Xilinx Discusses and Demonstrates Zynq-7000 EPP Software and Hardware Development Tools at ARM TechCon 2011"

Mentor Graphics Announces the Next-Generation Nucleus RTOS Addressing Power Management and Connectivity Issues for Embedded Systems

October 20, 2011

WILSONVILLE, Ore., October 19, 2011-Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced its third generation flagship NucleusR Real Time Operating System (RTOS). The Nucleus product adds built-in power management capabilities that seamlessly use hardware features such as Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS), making it ideal for power conscious, battery-powered applications. New Nucleus connectivity features include a certified “IPv6 Ready” networking stack and security protocols, as well as variety of wireless communication options such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee to enable faster time-to-market when developing connected devices.

The Nucleus RTOS readily supports … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Announces the Next-Generation Nucleus RTOS Addressing Power Management and Connectivity Issues for Embedded Systems"

Cadence Demonstrates the Power of Ecosystem Collaboration at ARM Technology Conference

October 20, 2011

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – October 20, 2011) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS)

WHO: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, will showcase optimized solutions for ARM core-based designs with its system-to-silicon methodology at the ARM Technology Conference (ARM TechCon). Cadence is the Signature sponsor of this year’s event.

WHAT: During the … Read More → "Cadence Demonstrates the Power of Ecosystem Collaboration at ARM Technology Conference"

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