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Xilinx’s Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform and World’s First 28nm FPGA for Embedded Systems on Show at ESC Silicon Valley 2011

May 2, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 2, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) is showcasing its Zynq™-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) and Kintex™-7 family, the world’s first 28nm Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), this week at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley 2011. Through technical conference sessions, free workshops and booth demonstrations, conference attendees can learn how Xilinx can help embedded systems developers achieve the levels of performance and customization required to successfully deploy products across a wide range of end markets including: aerospace and defense, wired and wireless communications, automotive, audio/video broadcast, industrial control, test and … Read More → "Xilinx’s Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform and World’s First 28nm FPGA for Embedded Systems on Show at ESC Silicon Valley 2011"

Cypress and Redpine Signals Collaborate to Provide Low-Power 802.11n Wi-Fi® I/O Connectivity for PSoC® 3 and PSoC 5 Platforms

May 2, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 2, 2011— Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:CY) and Redpine Signals have jointly developed 802.11a/b/g/n wireless-connectivity solutions that make it easy for system engineers to add low-power, single-stream 802.11n Wi-Fi capability to embedded systems with Cypress’s PSoC® 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip platforms. These solutions are based on the Connect-io-n™ modules from Redpine Signals® that make it easy … Read More → "Cypress and Redpine Signals Collaborate to Provide Low-Power 802.11n Wi-Fi® I/O Connectivity for PSoC® 3 and PSoC 5 Platforms"

Microchip Unveils Open-Source Integrated Development Environment With Cross-Platform Support for Linux, Mac OS® and Windows® Users

May 2, 2011

CHANDLER, Ariz., May 2, 2011 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif. its next-generation, open-source integrated development environment—the MPLAB^® X IDE—with cross-platform support for Linux, Mac OS^® and Windows^® operating systems. A host of high-performance features have been added to the new IDE, including the ability to manage multiple projects and tools with … Read More → "Microchip Unveils Open-Source Integrated Development Environment With Cross-Platform Support for Linux, Mac OS® and Windows® Users"

Supermicro’s Expanding Product Line Ideal for Next Generation of Embedded Applications

May 2, 2011

SAN JOSE, California, May 2, 2011 – Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in server technology innovation and green computing, today announced a new addition to their Embedded Server Building Block Solutions™. This new generation of product is optimized with the Intel® 2^nd generation Core™ product family and Intel® QM67 Express Chipsets.Supermicro’s X9 embedded solution delivers 25% higher performance (4 Cores and 8 Threads per node) while lowering power consumption over the previous generation. This compact platform provides PCI-E 2.0 x16 support and power savings capabilities as … Read More → "Supermicro’s Expanding Product Line Ideal for Next Generation of Embedded Applications"

Altera, MIPS Technologies and SLS Announce the MP32 Core, the First MIPS-Based, FPGA-Optimized Soft Core Processor

May 2, 2011

San Jose, Calif., May 2, 2011—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR), MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) and System Level Solutions (SLS) Corporation today introduced a MIPS-Based™, FPGA-optimized soft processor for use on Altera’s FPGA and ASIC devices. The MP32 processor is a MIPS® compatible applications class processor that inherits one of the largest ecosystems of software development tools and operating system support in the industry. The MP32 processor is the industry’s first FPGA-based soft processor supported by Wind River’s VxWorks RTOS and … Read More → "Altera, MIPS Technologies and SLS Announce the MP32 Core, the First MIPS-Based, FPGA-Optimized Soft Core Processor"

Lattice Announces 4 x 3.125Gbps SRIO Capability on the Mid-Range LatticeECP3 FPGA Family

May 2, 2011

HILLSBORO, OR – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the availability of a 4 x 3.125Gbps version of the Serial RapidIO 2.1, Level 1 endpoint core utilizing the award winning LatticeECP3™ FPGA family. This is an extension of the previously announced SRIO v2.1 core that originally supported 1x and 2x up to 3.125Gbps and 4x up to 2.5Gbps. This core can be … Read More → "Lattice Announces 4 x 3.125Gbps SRIO Capability on the Mid-Range LatticeECP3 FPGA Family"

Raggedstone3 – Cyclone™ IV PCI Express Development Board

May 2, 2011

Raggedstone3 expands the concept of the highly successful Raggedstone family of development boards from Enterpoint. The new Raggedstone3 extends the family with an increase in PCI performance to over 800 Mbytes/s a significant over previous products in the range. The 4 lane PCI Express interface is supported by a hard core PCIe function within the Altera™ Cyclone™ IV FPGA that is the heart of the board. </ … Read More → "Raggedstone3 – Cyclone™ IV PCI Express Development Board"

ClioSoft to Unveil Hierarchical Visual Design Diff at CDNLive! EMEA 2011

May 2, 2011

FREMONT, Calif., May 2, 2011 – ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the premier hardware configuration management (HCM) solutions for the electronics design industry, will demonstrate its SOS Design Collaboration Platform and Visual Design Diff with seamless integration with the Cadence® Virtuoso® custom design platform at CDNLive! EMEA 2011. Visual Design Diff (VDD) gives users the power to quickly compare two versions of a schematic or layout by graphically highlighting the … Read More → "ClioSoft to Unveil Hierarchical Visual Design Diff at CDNLive! EMEA 2011"

EEMBC® Delivers Android™ Support for CoreMark™ Embedded-Processor Benchmark

May 2, 2011

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — July 29, 2010 — The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) today announced Android porting support for its CoreMark 1.0 benchmark. This support enables CoreMark users to easily build and run CoreMark on any Android platform offering a native development kit (NDK). In testament to its widespread, international usage among engineers testing embedded processors, CoreMark downloads have exceeded 4000 in less than 2 years after its initial release.

From the start, EEMBC has made … Read More → "EEMBC® Delivers Android™ Support for CoreMark™ Embedded-Processor Benchmark"

MEMS Industry Group Offers Embedded Developers Inside Look at “Integrating MEMS with DSP/Microprocessors”

May 2, 2011

PITTSBURGH—May 2,2011—MEMS Industry Group (MIG), the trade association advancing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) across global markets, will moderate an industry panel on the challenges and benefits of integrating MEMS with DSP and microprocessors.

“Consumers are engaging with portable embedded systems in fundamentally new ways. They experience more realistic game play with Nintendo … Read More → "MEMS Industry Group Offers Embedded Developers Inside Look at “Integrating MEMS with DSP/Microprocessors”"