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Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry’s First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Designs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 2, 2011—Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX), the industry leader in programmable logic, today announced the availability of the FPGA-Based Prototyping Methodology Manual (FPMM), a practical guide to using FPGAs as a platform for system-on-chip (SoC) development. The FPMM captures valuable design and verification expertise contributed by engineering teams from BBC Research & Development; Design of System on Silicon, S.A. (DS2); Freescale Semiconductor; LSI, Inc.; NVIDIA Corp.; STMicroelectronics; and Texas … Read More → "Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry’s First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Designs"

Renesas Electronics Lowers the Bar for Ultra-Low Power Microcontrollers with its New RX200 32-Bit MCU Series

embedded world, Nuremberg, 1st March 2011 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the first products in the new RX200 Series of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with embedded Flash memory that extend its very successful RX MCU family into the realm of ultra-low power and wide-voltage range operation.

Two years ago, Renesas Electronics launched the RX600 series of extremely high-performance and high-connectivity 32-bit MCUs. Today, the RX family is extended by the RX200 series down this vital path which satisfies increasing demand … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Lowers the Bar for Ultra-Low Power Microcontrollers with its New RX200 32-Bit MCU Series"

Netas Selects Green Hills Software for its Router and Switch Communications Products

NUREMBERG, GERMANY — March 1, 2011 — Embedded World — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced that its INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) are being used by Netas in the company’s communications switch and router products targeted for use in harsh tactical environments. Netas, Turkey’s leading telecommunications infrastructure provider and systems integrator, deploys best-of-breed networks and telecom solutions to organizations including Turk Telekom and the Turkish Armed Forces.

The INTEGRITY RTOS forms the basis of Netas products, which include the … Read More → "Netas Selects Green Hills Software for its Router and Switch Communications Products"

LynuxWorks Announces LynxSecure 5.0 Featuring Increased Performance and Virtualization Features

NUREMBERG, GERMANY, Embedded World 2011–March 2, 2011–LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded and security software market, today announced availability of LynxSecure 5.0. This new release of the award-winning LynxSecure separation kernel and hypervisor adds significant performance increases for fully virtualized guest operating systems (OSes) by utilizing new hardware technologies, and offering 64-bit and Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP) guest OS virtualization support.

This LynxSecure 5.0 release has also added a device sharing facility for systems with limited physical devices that complements the existing direct device assignment mechanism that has been available in previous versions of LynxSecure. With … Read More → "LynuxWorks Announces LynxSecure 5.0 Featuring Increased Performance and Virtualization Features"

congatec Presents a COM Express Compact Mini Carrier Board for Quick Design-In

Nuremberg, Embedded World, 02 March 2011   * * *   congatec AG, a leading manufacturer of embedded computer modules, introduces the new conga-MCB, a mini carrier board for COM Express Compact modules that is perfect for space-critical applications. It is ideal for the quick construction of prototypes but can also be used for high performance mobile applications.

The easily integrated mini carrier board is only 145 x 95 mm with various interfaces based on the latest standards and can accelerate the evaluation phase of the design-in to ensure a rapid market introduction. In addition to four USB ports and a … Read More → "congatec Presents a COM Express Compact Mini Carrier Board for Quick Design-In"

USB Device Driver – Single Channel Hi-Speed USB to UART/FIFO Interface IC for Next Generation Peripheral Design

March 2nd 2011 – Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) has further strengthened its portfolio of USB interface IC products with the release of the FT232H USB2.0 Hi-Speed device. This versatile single channel USB to UART/FIFO interface device can be configured via EEPROM to use a variety of different serial or parallel interfaces. Bundled with FTDI’s well established and proven USB device drivers, this solution enables engineers to easily add Hi-Speed USB connectivity into new and legacy peripheral designs with a minimum of design and … Read More → "USB Device Driver – Single Channel Hi-Speed USB to UART/FIFO Interface IC for Next Generation Peripheral Design"

Atmel AVR Studio 5 Provides Fully Integrated Development Platform for Embedded Microcontroller Designs

Embedded World Nuremberg 2011, Nuremberg, Germany, March 1, 2011 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced a new fully integrated platform of easy-to-use development tools for its fast-growing community of over 100,000 users of 8- and 32-bit AVR® embedded microcontrollers (MCUs). The new Atmel AVR Studio 5 is an enhanced version of the popular Atmel Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with support for all 8- and 32-bit AVR MCUs, making developers significantly more effective, and enables seamless migration between Atmel’s 8-bit and 32-bit AVR MCUs.

AVR Studio® 5 makes editing and debugging source code … Read More → "Atmel AVR Studio 5 Provides Fully Integrated Development Platform for Embedded Microcontroller Designs"

Green Hills Software Announces Software Platform for Smart Energy

NUREMBERG, GERMANY and KNOXVILLE, TN, USA — March 1, 2011 — Embedded World and Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit East — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions and the only provider of an EAL6+, High Robustness NSA-evaluated and NIAP-certified real-time operating system (RTOS), introduced today the Green Hills Platform for Smart Energy. The new platform provides a robust and expandable end-to-end solution for intelligent electronic device development and deployment; including optimized software development tools, hardware trace probes, and industry-proven real-time operating system technology. Uniquely, this platform addresses a wide range of applications and provides a scalable … Read More → "Green Hills Software Announces Software Platform for Smart Energy"

Mentor Graphics and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Extend RET and OPC Collaboration to 28nm

WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 1, 2011—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that the companies have extended their collaboration on computational lithography to the 28nm technology node. Building on a successful deployment at 65nm and 45nm, GLOBALFOUNDRIES will leverage Mentor’s Calibre® computational lithography platform to support its advanced mask production needs at 28nm. The announcement underscores the two companies’ commitment to collaboration in order to deliver enablement technology for advanced nodes.  

“Mentor continues … Read More → "Mentor Graphics and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Extend RET and OPC Collaboration to 28nm"

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