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Avnet Electronic Marketing, MathWorks, Texas Instruments and Xilinx Deliver Workshops on Co-Processing Design Solutions

January 3, 2011

PHOENIX— January 3, 2011 — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), along with MathWorks, Texas Instruments (TI) and Xilinx is offering a new series of SpeedWay Design Workshops™ focusing on designing Read More → "Avnet Electronic Marketing, MathWorks, Texas Instruments and Xilinx Deliver Workshops on Co-Processing Design Solutions"

Altera Acquires Avalon Microelectronics, Extending Its Communication System IP for FPGA and ASIC Product Portfolio

December 28, 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2010–Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) announced today it has acquired Avalon Microelectronics Inc., an industry leader in flexible Optical Transport Network (OTN) IP, for use in its FPGA and ASIC products. With the acquisition of Avalon, Altera expands its portfolio of customizable IP solutions for OTN applications, supporting data rates at 1.2G, 2.5G and 10G, as well as 40G and 100G.

“As FPGAs increasingly replace ASICs and ASSPs in the heart of … Read More → "Altera Acquires Avalon Microelectronics, Extending Its Communication System IP for FPGA and ASIC Product Portfolio"

Curtiss-Wright Controls Enhances VPX Memory Card to Support Large HPEC Systems

December 28, 2010

CHATSWORTH, CA – December 23, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™ and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, has announced that it has enhanced the MFC700 OpenVPX high-density memory card with significantly increased available on-board memory. CWCEC is also pleased to announce that it has completed the rugged qualification of the conduction cooled variant of the MFC700. The rugged 6U VPX MFC700 card now provides Serial RapidIO (SRIO) host interfaces with up to 32 … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Enhances VPX Memory Card to Support Large HPEC Systems"

Curtiss-Wright Controls Adds 8GB SDRAM option to Dual-Core Intel® Core™ VME64x Single Board Computer

December 27, 2010

SAN DIEGO, CA – December 23, 2010 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, OpenVPX™ and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, has expanded the onboard memory capacity of its dual-core Intel® Core™-based SVME/DMV-1905 VME64x single board computer (SBC) with support for up to 8GB of SDRAM. The rugged SVME/DMV-1905 features a dual-core Intel® Core™ i7-610E processor and brings the low-power, high-performance advantages of … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Adds 8GB SDRAM option to Dual-Core Intel® Core™ VME64x Single Board Computer"

Curtiss-Wright Controls Adds 8GB SDRAM option to Dual-Core Intel® Core™ VME64x Single Board Computer

December 27, 2010

Curtiss-Wright Controls Enhances Popular VPX3-1252 3U VPX SBC with 8GB SDRAM and SERDES Options

December 26, 2010

SAN DIEGO, CA – December 23, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, OpenVPX™and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, has announced the availability of an enhanced version of their popular VPX3-1252 Intel® Core™2 Duo processor-based 3U VPX single board computer (SBC). The updated SBC now features an increased memory option, with onboard SDRAM up to 8GB now supported. CWCEC also announced a new SERDES version of the high performance, small form … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Enhances Popular VPX3-1252 3U VPX SBC with 8GB SDRAM and SERDES Options"

Curtiss-Wright Controls 8GB Buffer Memory XMC Card Supports both SRIO and PCIe Interfaces

December 23, 2010

CHATSWORTH, CA – December 23, 2010 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market, has introduced the MM-6171 XMC a new high performance, rugged Buffer Memory module designed for use in digital signal processing (DSP) Systems.

The new XMC mezzanine module card supports either Serial RapidIO (SRIO) or PCI Express (PCIe, 4-lane) host interfaces with up to 8 Gbytes of DDR2 SDRAM buffer memory with ECC. The MM-6171speeds and simplifies the integration of high … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls 8GB Buffer Memory XMC Card Supports both SRIO and PCIe Interfaces"

Tanner EDA Expands Presence in Chinese Market

December 21, 2010

MONROVIA, California –December 15, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), has appointed NewPlus Systems and Technologies Ltd. to provide sales and support for all Tanner EDA products in China.

The exclusive distribution agreement will help Tanner EDA meet the growing demand for the company’s full-flow analog IC design suite, HiPer Silicon, as well as related specialty design tools and … Read More → "Tanner EDA Expands Presence in Chinese Market"

Tanner EDA Expands Presence in Chinese Market

December 21, 2010

The exclusive distribution agreement will help Tanner EDA meet the growing demand for the company’s full-flow analog IC design suite,HiPer Silicon, as well as related specialty design tools and services. … Read More → "Tanner EDA Expands Presence in Chinese Market"

Agilent Technologies’ Infiniium 90000 X-Series Oscilloscope Named Test Product of Year

December 21, 2010

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 20, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced its Infiniium 90000 X-Series oscilloscopes was named Test Product of the Year at Elektra 2010, the European Electronics Industry Awards.

The Elektra awards are decided by an independent panel of judges focused on 16 award categories. The event, considered an annual highpoint within the electronics industry, recognizes the achievements of individuals and companies across Europe. The awards are designed … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ Infiniium 90000 X-Series Oscilloscope Named Test Product of Year"