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Swissbit announces a 4GB DDR2 SODIMM for high end industrial PCs

September 19, 2011

Bronschhofen, Switzerland – September 14, 2011 – Swissbit is proud to announce an addition to its INDUSTRIAL family of high performance / high reliability SDRAM memory modules, the 4GB DDR2 SODIMM. It offers highest DDR2 memory capacity on the smallest possible system area and enables applications with high need of main memory running on multi-Core CPUs.

The small form factor module with dimensions as small as 67.6 x 30.0mm offers two ranks and is built with sixteen 256Mx8 DRAMs. It contains Winbond 2GB DRAM components based on the advanced “buried wordline” process. This low power technology with … Read More → "Swissbit announces a 4GB DDR2 SODIMM for high end industrial PCs"

DFI Technical Group Releases Latest High-Speed Memory Controller and PHY Interface Specification

September 19, 2011

The DDR PHY Interface (DFI) Technical Group today released the preliminary DFI 3.0 specification, the latest version of the pervasive industry specification that defines an interface protocol between DDR memory controllers and PHYs. The new specification enables the development of chips to support the emerging DDR4 memory standard, and is the result of collaborative work between the DFI Technical Group members including ARM Limited, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Intel Corporation, LSI Corporation, Samsung Electronics, ST-Ericsson and Synopsys, Inc. Supported by major DDR IP suppliers, the DFI interface is in use by hundreds of companies with 3100 downloads.

Magma Congratulates Winners of the MUSIC India 2011 “Best Paper” Awards – Clock Tree Quality, Power Optimization, Performance and Area Targets in Analog and Digital Blocks and Accelerating Characterization and Simulation Among Popular Topics

September 19, 2011

BANGALORE, India, September 16, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the “Best Paper” winners for MUSIC – Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits held here on September 7. Over 200 Magma users attended the annual event that featured 11 papers, a keynote by Balajee Sowrirajan, director of IC Engineering in the OMAP Business Unit at Texas Instruments, and a presentation given by Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan.

The top award was presented to Vishweshwara Ramamurthy, Santhosh Thiyagaraja, Venkataraman R and Mahita Nagabhiru of Texas Instruments for their paper … Read More → "Magma Congratulates Winners of the MUSIC India 2011 “Best Paper” Awards – Clock Tree Quality, Power Optimization, Performance and Area Targets in Analog and Digital Blocks and Accelerating Characterization and Simulation Among Popular Topics"

Giantec Semiconductor Switches to Cadence Technology, Gains 30 Percent Productivity with Virtuoso Flow

September 19, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 19, 2011—Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that Giantec Semiconductor Corp. has adopted the Cadence® Virtuoso® unified custom/analog (IC6.1) and Encounter® unified digital flows for production of its mixed-signal chips. Giantec recently deployed the Cadence technology to design and tape out a memory product for a low-power micro-controller used in … Read More → "Giantec Semiconductor Switches to Cadence Technology, Gains 30 Percent Productivity with Virtuoso Flow"

Advantech MI/O Extension SBC MIO-5270 Powered by AMD G-Series Processor

September 19, 2011

September 15, 2011, Irvine, California – Advantech, the leading embedded platform and integration services provider, announces the release of the new MI/O (multiple I/O) Extension Single Board Computer MIO-5270. MIO-5270 is designed using the new MI/O Extension form factor (compact series, 146 x 102 mm) and powered by AMD G-Series processor. MIO-5270 not only features low power and high-performance multimedia capability, but is also equipped with flexible multiple I/O expansion which helps deliver more efficient scheduling using less development resources. These features are all part of Advantech’s extensive effort to help system integrators develop … Read More → "Advantech MI/O Extension SBC MIO-5270 Powered by AMD G-Series Processor"

Green Hills Software Announces Updated Platform for Trusted Mobile Devices

September 19, 2011

ORLANDO, FL — September 19, 2011 — NSA Trusted Computing Conference — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced updates to its Platform for Trusted Mobile Devices and its mobile hypervisor, the INTEGRITY® Multivisor™. The Platform enables use of the latest smartphones and tablets while simultaneously meeting stringent IT management and government security requirements. The cornerstone of Green Hills Software’s products and services is the company’s leadership and proven delivery of High Robustness solutions, required to protect valuable information against sophisticated attackers.

Unlike enterprise PCs that are … Read More → "Green Hills Software Announces Updated Platform for Trusted Mobile Devices"

16-Channel 50mA Buck LED Driver with Dot Correction & Gray Scale Dimming

September 19, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – September 19, 2011 – Linear Technology announces the LT3745, a 16-channel LED driver integrated with a 55V step-down controller. The LED driver powers up to 75mA of LED current for each channel, which can drive up to 36V of LEDs in series, making it ideal for applications such as large LED billboards. Each channel has individual 6-bit dot correction current adjustment and 12-bit gray … Read More → "16-Channel 50mA Buck LED Driver with Dot Correction & Gray Scale Dimming"

S2C Brings its Breakthrough Verification Module Technology to Xilinx Prototyping Systems

September 19, 2011

San Jose, CA – September 19, 2011 – S2C announced that its Verification Module Technology (patent pending) is now available for its Xilinx based FPGA prototyping systems. The V6 TAI Verification Module enables the high-speed transfer of massive data between the FPGA prototyping environment and the user’s verification environment. Users can use their Xilinx ChipScope or 3rd party debug environments to view up to 4 FPGAs simultaneously. In addition, the V6 TAI Verification Module can be used to prototype designs from 1.3 million ASIC gates to 4.7 million ASIC gates. The V6 TAI Verification module … Read More → "S2C Brings its Breakthrough Verification Module Technology to Xilinx Prototyping Systems"

IAR Systems provides C99 compliance to 8051 software tools

September 19, 2011

Uppsala, Sweden—September 19, 2011—IAR Systems has announced that its development toolsuite IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 now complies with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, also known as C99. The IAR C/C++ compiler is believed to be the world’s first compiler for the 8051 architecture to fully support C99. It is the current C standard, developed as an improvement of the previous C90 standard and introducing several new language features.

Being the current C programming standard, C99 is a warrant for future portability since more and more microcontroller architectures become supported by … Read More → "IAR Systems provides C99 compliance to 8051 software tools"

Cadence Announces DFI 3.0-Compliant Design and Verification IP

September 19, 2011

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced it is offering a comprehensive suite of solutions in support of the latest DDR PHY Interface (DFI) 3.0 specification (also announced today by the DFI Technical Group). Enabling the development of chips and systems to support the emerging DDR4 memory standard, the specification defines an … Read More → "Cadence Announces DFI 3.0-Compliant Design and Verification IP"