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Silicon Creations Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Platform

July 26, 2011

SANTA CLARA, CA, —July 26, 2011— Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., the nanometer circuit verification leader, today announced that Silicon Creations, LLC, a leading provider of integrated circuit design services and nanometer silicon IP, has selected the company’s Analog FastSPICE Platform for full-circuit verification, block-level characterization, and device noise analysis of their high-performance custom analog and mixed-signal designs.

“We optimize our custom analog and mixed-signal circuits for each individual application and have stringent verification challenges to ensure we … Read More → "Silicon Creations Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Platform"

Synopsys’ LightTools Delivers Leading-Edge Illumination Analysis

July 26, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Enhanced charting component provides many options to customize illumination simulation results to meet personal, company or industry standards
Beam statistics allow detailed analysis and optimization of luminaire performance
CAD file elements enable iterative, seamless design with CAD software
Native compound parabolic concentrator objects improve efficiency of luminaire and solar concentrator designs

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of enhancements to its LightTools& … Read More → "Synopsys’ LightTools Delivers Leading-Edge Illumination Analysis"

Multicore Association to Obliterate Parallel Processing Obstacles on Complex Multicore Systems

July 26, 2011

El Dorado Hills, Calif. – July 26, 2011 – The Multicore Association™, a global non-profit organization that develops standards to speed time-to-market for products with multicore processor implementations, has announced its continued intent to tear down barriers that slow development of complex multicore applications. These barriers arise when programmers attempt to split programmatic workloads into parallel tasks that can be executed in parallel on different processor cores. The organization has launched a new working group, Multicore Task Management API (MTAPI), charged with creating an industry-standard specification for an application program interface (API) that … Read More → "Multicore Association to Obliterate Parallel Processing Obstacles on Complex Multicore Systems"

150mA Supercapacitor Charger with PowerPath Control & Auto Cell Balancing in 9mm²

July 26, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – July 26, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3226, an inductorless supercapacitor charger with backup PowerPath™ controller for Li-ion or other low-voltage system rails in applications that require short term backup power. The device employs a low-noise dual mode (1x/2x) charge-pump architecture with constant input current to charge two supercapacitors in series from a 2.5V … Read More → "150mA Supercapacitor Charger with PowerPath Control & Auto Cell Balancing in 9mm²"

Samsung Selects Cypress OvationONS™ II Optical Navigation System For Samsung Intercept™ QWERTY Cell Phone

July 25, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 20, 2011 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced thatSamsung Electronics Company Ltd. has selected the OvationONS™ II optical navigation system for its Android-based Intercept phones. The OvationONS II sensor will be used in the optical track pad modules inside the Intercept for easy and intuitive single-handed screen and menu navigation.

Cypress’s PSoC^®-based OvationONS … Read More → "Samsung Selects Cypress OvationONS™ II Optical Navigation System For Samsung Intercept™ QWERTY Cell Phone"

Cypress TrueTouch™ Touchscreen Solution Drives Hot New Phones from Fujitsu

July 25, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 20, 2011 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that Fujitsu Limited has selected the TrueTouch™ touchscreen solution from Cypress to implement the touchscreens in the new F-07C, F-09C, and F-12C mobile phones, available from NTT DOCOMO. The hot new Fujitsu phones are each based on different operating systems and offer different features, but all rely on TrueTouch to implement brilliant, responsive touchscreens.

The F-07C is … Read More → "Cypress TrueTouch™ Touchscreen Solution Drives Hot New Phones from Fujitsu"

TI’s 3-MHz, 100-mA step-down DC/DC converter adds 20-percent run-time to ultra-low power wireless and MCU applications

July 25, 2011

DALLAS (July 25, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) introduced a 3-MHz, 100-mA synchronous step-down DC/DC converter, which integrates a bypass switch and a unique DCS-Control technology and extends battery run-time by 20 percent in low-power wireless and MSP430™ MCU-based applications. The high-performance device has an operating current of only 25 uA and supports many low-power applications, such as Bluetooth® low energy systems, metering and building technologies, mobile phones, consumer electronics, medical and human interface devices.

The TPS62730 reduces current consumption drawn from the battery in transmit and receive modes by achieving 95 … Read More → "TI’s 3-MHz, 100-mA step-down DC/DC converter adds 20-percent run-time to ultra-low power wireless and MCU applications"

RFMD® Announces Availability Of New pHEMT Process Technologies For Foundry Customers

July 25, 2011

Greensboro, N.C., July 19, 2011- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced its Foundry Services business unit has expanded its portfolio of process technologies to include two additional GaAs process technologies – RFMD’s FD25 low noise pHEMT process and RFMD’s FET1H switching pHEMT process. The two additional GaAs pHEMT process technologies are available immediately to foundry customers.

RFMD’s 0.25-micron FD25 pHEMT process technology delivers low noise, medium power and high … Read More → "RFMD® Announces Availability Of New pHEMT Process Technologies For Foundry Customers"

Microsemi Announces SmartFusion cSoC Support with FreeRTOS

July 25, 2011

IRVINE, Calif.–July 25, 2011–Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its award-winning SmartFusion® customizable system-on-chip (cSoC) devices are now supported by FreeRTOSTM (www.freertos.org), a scale-able real time kernel designed specifically for small embedded systems, and can be used in any type of application.

FreeRTOS is an extremely popular and professionally developed kernel that can be used in commercial applications, completely free of charge, without any requirement to expose proprietary source code. With FreeRTOS … Read More → "Microsemi Announces SmartFusion cSoC Support with FreeRTOS"

Avnet Electronics Marketing and TI to Teach Workshops on Wireless Connectivity

July 22, 2011

PHOENIX— July 21, 2011 — Starting July 28, 2011, Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Texas Instruments Incorporated (Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing and TI to Teach Workshops on Wireless Connectivity"