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NetLogic Microsystems Launches Volume Production of IPv6 Knowledge-based Processors for Leading Customer Systems

Santa Clara, Calif. – May 23, 2011 –NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, today announced volume production for its NL11k family of IPv6 knowledge-based processors for delivery to customers’ next generation of IPv6 switches and routers.  The first of over two dozen IPv6 systems from leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are using the NL11k knowledge-based processors will begin shipping in production in the third quarter of 2011, with the remaining customer systems expected to commence shipping over … Read More → "NetLogic Microsystems Launches Volume Production of IPv6 Knowledge-based Processors for Leading Customer Systems"

Realtek introduces a Quad GbE PHY For Customers Designing With BroadLight’s Third Generation Processors

HSINCHU, Taiwan – May 23, 2011 –Realtek Semiconductor Corp., a leading integrated circuit provider worldwide, announced today the introduction of the RTL8214B, a true quad-port Gigabit Ethernet PHY transceiver solution for customers designing with BroadLight’s 3rd Gen Processors. 

With its cost effective QSGMII interface, the seamless connectivity between Realtek’s RTL8214B Quad PHY and BroadLight’s 3rd Generation processors achieves a highly optimized and low power solution. Supporting the Energy Efficient Ethernet standard ( … Read More → "Realtek introduces a Quad GbE PHY For Customers Designing With BroadLight’s Third Generation Processors"

D-Tools Displays System Integrator™ 5.5 (SI 5.5) At Electronic Security EXPO (ESX) 2011

CONCORD, CA – MAY 19, 2011 — D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, recently announced that System Integrator 5.5 will be exhibited at the 2011 Electronic Security Expo (ESX), June 8-9 in Charlotte, NC. ESX is the only major, national trade event purely focused on the needs of security installation, integration and monitoring companies. 

ESX offers business, product and market information and connections invaluable to security integration and monitoring companies and focuses intensely on the growth and maintenance of their key asset–Recurring Monthly Revenue or RMR. The show will highlight current trends in security such … Read More → "D-Tools Displays System Integrator™ 5.5 (SI 5.5) At Electronic Security EXPO (ESX) 2011"

Crocus Technology Strikes $300 Million Financing Deal with RUSNANO to Build Advanced MRAM Manufacturing Facility in Russia

Crocus Technology, a leading developer of MRAM technology, and RUSNANO, a premier nano-technology investment fund, today announced that they have closed an agreement to create an MRAM manufacturing company, with a combined investment totaling $300 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Crocus and RUSNANO will form Crocus Nano Electronics (CNE), to build an advanced MRAM facility in Russia, capable of manufacturing medium to high density MRAM products based on Crocus’ Thermally Assisted SwitchingTM (TAS) MRAM technology at 90nm and 65nm … Read More → "Crocus Technology Strikes $300 Million Financing Deal with RUSNANO to Build Advanced MRAM Manufacturing Facility in Russia"

Freescale ColdFire+ mixed-signal microcontrollers now available

AUSTIN, Texas – May 23, 2011 – Designers of industrial and consumer applications need solutions with low power consumption and increased integration that can help them meet end users’ demands for energy-efficient, smaller-form-factor equipment. The ColdFire+ MCF51Qx and MCF51Jx microcontroller (MCU) families now available from Freescale Semiconductor were developed to help address those critical design needs. Built on 90 nanometer (nm) thin film storage flash technology with FlexMemory, ColdFire+ MCUs are one of the most low-power, integrated, cost-effective, small-package 32-bit families on the market today.

ColdFire+ MCUs are built upon Freescale’s strong heritage of 32-bit … Read More → "Freescale ColdFire+ mixed-signal microcontrollers now available"

austriamicrosystems´ chip set for Continental’s crash prevention system goes on the road

Unterpremstaetten, Austria & Lindau, Germany (May 23, 2011) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has announced that their ASIC chip set for automotive Laser-based obstacle recognition systems (LIDAR) has been selected by the international automotive supplier Continental  and is now entering high volume production. 

LIDAR systems employ an invisible laser in the rear view mirror illuminating an area of about 8 meters in front of the car. The reflected light from obstacles such … Read More → "austriamicrosystems´ chip set for Continental’s crash prevention system goes on the road"

OneSpin Launches Industry’s First Comprehensive Solution For Automatic Metric-Driven Formal Assertion-Based Verification Coverage Analysis And Measurement

MUNICH, Germany, TOKYO, and SUNNYVALE, Calif. – May 23, 2011 – OneSpin Solutions, an EDA company that provides innovative formal assertion-based verification solutions, today announced Quantify MDV, the industry’s first formal metric-driven verification (MDV) solution that automatically and comprehensively analyzes and measures formal verification progress and quality in register transfer level (RTL) designs.

This breakthrough enhancement to the flagship OneSpin 360® MV product family provides precise feedback throughout a project, enabling verification engineers for the first time to answer three key questions quantitatively and accurately:

Cortus will be exhibiting their APS3 32 bit processor core at the Design Automation Conference 2011 (DAC), San Diego 6th-8th June

Montpellier, 23rd May 2011. Cortus S.A., the technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP cores will be presenting their APS3 technology at the 48th Design Automation Conference in San Diego.

The Design Automation Conference (DAC) exhibition runs from 6th – 8th June, at the San Diego Convention Center, is recognised as the world’s largest industry event for the design of electronic circuits and systems. This year’s conference has an increased emphasis on Embedded Software and Systems (ESS). Cortus S.A. will be exhibiting for the first time at DAC … Read More → "Cortus will be exhibiting their APS3 32 bit processor core at the Design Automation Conference 2011 (DAC), San Diego 6th-8th June"

IAR Systems supports new ultra-low-power MSP430 FRAM microcontrollers from Texas Instruments Inc.

Uppsala, SWEDEN—May 23, 2011—IAR Systems® today announced that its software development toolsuite IAR Embedded Workbench® now offers a complete support for the recently released ultra-low-power MSP430FR57xx FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) microcontroller series from Texas Instruments (TI). The new MSP430FR57xx FRAM series ensures data can be written more than 100 times faster and uses as little as 250 times less power than flash- and EEPROM-based microcontrollers. Because of their low power consumption and write endurance of over 100 trillion cycles, these devices will prove ideal for applications that require continuous data logging or … Read More → "IAR Systems supports new ultra-low-power MSP430 FRAM microcontrollers from Texas Instruments Inc."

Rohde & Schwarz and Synopsys Form Strategic Collaboration for LTE/LTE-Advanced Design Acceleration

MUNICH and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and Rohde & Schwarz, a premium supplier of test and measurement solutions to the wireless and cellular industry, today announced the formation of a strategic collaboration to accelerate the design and verification of chipsets, handsets and base stations that serve the next-generation LTE and LTE-Advanced standards. Synopsys is contributing to the collaboration its strength in Read More → "Rohde & Schwarz and Synopsys Form Strategic Collaboration for LTE/LTE-Advanced Design Acceleration"

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