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NXP Strengthens RFID Portfolio With Advanced UHF and HF Solutions

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS and SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – April 7, 2011) – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI), the market leader in RFID solutions, today announced its latest high-performance UHF and HF offerings, including the UCODE G2iM and G2iM+ ICs, which offer up to 640 bits of segmentable user memory. The G2iM and G2iM+ are ideal for a wide range of high-memory applications for tags and labels, such as fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG); electronics; industrial production, assembly and quality control; electronic vehicle tagging, license plate tagging and … Read More → "NXP Strengthens RFID Portfolio With Advanced UHF and HF Solutions"

Mercury Computer Systems Joins the EDGE Innovation Network

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – April 6, 2011 – Mercury Computer Systems Inc., (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted ISR subsystems provider, announced it has joined the EDGE Innovation Network, an open-environment initiative where industry and academia collaborate, with government input, to enhance the delivery cycle of new technologies and innovative capabilities to warfighters.

“The EDGE network will give Mercury Computer Systems a unique knowledge-set that will enable us to develop even more advanced Application Ready Subsystems (ARS) and help our customers … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Joins the EDGE Innovation Network"

Intrinsic-ID Tackles Random Number Generation Issues and Launches iRNG — a True Random Number Generator — as Hard or Soft IP

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, April 7th, 2011, – Intrinsic-ID, a leading provider of embedded silicon IP and software security solutions based on hardware intrinsic security (HIS) technology, today announced iRNG, a true Random Number Generator delivered as hardware IP (RTL) or embedded software.  iRNG utilizes the noise inherently present in uninitialized SRAM to generate random bits at very high speed.  New independent randomness is generated every time the SRAM power is turned on. The random bits are then passed to a deterministic random bit generator within iRNG.  

iRNG is the only true random number generator capable … Read More → "Intrinsic-ID Tackles Random Number Generation Issues and Launches iRNG — a True Random Number Generator — as Hard or Soft IP"

1st Smart Power Grid Technology Conference (SPGTC) Announces Program, Focuses on Critical Business and Technology Ecosystem Issues That Save Energy, Reduce Cost and Increase Reliability

SANTA CLARA, CA–(Marketwire – April 6, 2011) – The Smart Power Grid Technology Conference (SPGTC) today announced its program consisting of talks by industry experts highlighting critical technology and business issues related to the Smart Power Grid. The conference is for technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, regulators and all industry professionals interested in understanding this important and fast growing technology sector.

SPGTC will be held on Thursday, May 12th at the Biltmore … Read More → "1st Smart Power Grid Technology Conference (SPGTC) Announces Program, Focuses on Critical Business and Technology Ecosystem Issues That Save Energy, Reduce Cost and Increase Reliability"

Agilent Technologies Announces the Industry’s Highest Performance Millimeter-Wave Signal Analyzer

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 5, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its PXA signal analyzer is now the industry’s highest performance millimeter-wave signal analyzer, covering frequencies up to 50 GHz. With external mixing, it can cover 325 GHz and beyond. The result is easier, more accurate millimeter-wave measurements. 

The PXA delivers a level of performance at millimeter-wave frequencies that is unmatched by competing solutions, offering the industry’s most accurate, sensitive and frequency-stable signal analysis. Its … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Announces the Industry’s Highest Performance Millimeter-Wave Signal Analyzer"

Altium to Relocate its Global Headquarters to Shanghai, China

SYDNEY, Australia – 5 April 2011 – Electronics design software group Altium (ASX:ALU) has announced it intends to relocate its global headquarters, including its core software development activities, corporate office and executive management team, to its existing office in Shanghai, China.

Earlier this year, Altium launched the latest release of its electronics design solution Altium Designer, which added the foundation for electronics design data management; and AltiumLive, built using Morfik technology, as Altium’s own embryonic web-based ecosystem.

< … Read More → "Altium to Relocate its Global Headquarters to Shanghai, China"

Oscium’s New iMSO-104 Oscilloscope Powered By Cypress’s PSoC® 3 Device Turns iPod touch, iPhone and iPad into Easy-to-Use Mixed Signal Scopes

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 6, 2011 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that Oscium has selected the PSoC® 3 programmable system-on-chip for its revolutionary new iMSO-104 mixed signal oscilloscope for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. The PSoC 3 device in the iMSO-104 seamlessly manages the two-way communication between the oscilloscope and any iOS device via Apple’s proprietary dock connector, and also processes the incoming analog and digital signals.

The iMSO-104 from Oscium is the first mixed-signal … Read More → "Oscium’s New iMSO-104 Oscilloscope Powered By Cypress’s PSoC® 3 Device Turns iPod touch, iPhone and iPad into Easy-to-Use Mixed Signal Scopes"

Tektronix Simplifies DDR2 Testing with New Solution for TLA6000 Series Logic Analyzers

BEAVERTON, Ore., April 5, 2011 – Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today announced availability of a complete DDR2 protocol debug and validation solution for the award-winning TLA6000 Series Logic Analyzers. The new options for the TLA6000 Series consist of everything embedded engineers – even those who are not DDR2 experts – need to validate and debug the operation of memory sub-systems in their designs.

DDR2 memory systems are used in many of today’s embedded designs – commonly … Read More → "Tektronix Simplifies DDR2 Testing with New Solution for TLA6000 Series Logic Analyzers"

Xilinx to Showcase Programmable Platforms for Next Wave of 3DTV and HDTV Broadcast Designs at NAB 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Apr. 6, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced its participation at NAB 2011 in Las Vegas, from April 11-14, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth #N3722. During the conference, Xilinx will exhibit the next wave of programmable platforms and solutions to help illustrate to broadcast designers how to accelerate development of state-of-the-art broadcast equipment while supporting higher bandwidth required for HDTV and 3DTV. In-booth demonstrations will highlight solutions for 10 Gbps Video over IP, SD/HD/3G-SDI connectivity and real-time video processing, to name a few.

What:  & … Read More → "Xilinx to Showcase Programmable Platforms for Next Wave of 3DTV and HDTV Broadcast Designs at NAB 2011"

TI adds on-chip respiration measurement to ECG/EEG analog front end family to simplify design of portable patient monitoring systems

DALLAS (April 6, 2011) – Building on its award-winning ADS1298 analog-front-end (AFE) family, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced the industry’s first fully-integrated AFEs with on-chip respiration impedance measurement in full production. The 24-bit ADS1298R devices simplify the implementation of respiration detection in portable electrocardiogram (ECG) equipment by integrating more than 40 discrete components, reducing component count as much as 97 percent. They are also extremely power efficient, using up to 95 percent less power than discrete implementations. ADS1298R devices are available in eight-, six-, and four-channel versions. For information or to order samples, visit Read More → "TI adds on-chip respiration measurement to ECG/EEG analog front end family to simplify design of portable patient monitoring systems"

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