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Sundance joins Digital Catapult’s Machine Intelligence Garage AI/ML incubator

December 8, 2020
  • Move will accelerate and deepen Sundance’s AI/ML knowledge and expertise
  • Will facilitate ongoing development on various AI/ML projects including the ARISE robotic underground mining surveyor

Chesham, UK – December 4, 2020. Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd., an established manufacturer and supplier of embedded modules, has joined Digital Catapult’s Machine Intelligence Garage business incubator, in a move that will accelerate and deepen its knowledge and expertise in the deployment of AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) techniques for a diverse range of embedded systems applications.

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Imperas Extends free riscvOVPsimPlus Simulator for RISC-V

riscvOVPsimPlus™ includes latest reference model and now offers expanded simulation features for debug & trace for early software development and hardware verification.
December 8, 2020

Oxford, United Kingdom, December 4th, 2020 — Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in RISC-V processor verification solutions, today announced that the Free riscvOVPsimPlus™ RISC-V reference model and simulator, which has been widely adopted across the RISC-V ecosystem, has been updated and extended with additional features including full configurable instruction trace, GDB/Eclipse debug support, plus memory configuration options. Additionally, included in the updated model are the full standard CLIC features, Debug Module / Mode, Hypervisor “H” simulation, and also ‘near-ratified’ ISA extensions for Vector “V”, Bit Manipulation “B”, and Crypto (Scalar) “K” extensions.

riscvOVPsimPlus is an Instruction Accurate RISC-V processor … Read More → "Imperas Extends free riscvOVPsimPlus Simulator for RISC-V"

AVX/Ethertronics Announces Extensive Range of High-Performance, High-Reliability External Antennas

Leveraging a combination of advanced satellite and wireless communications technologies, the nine new antenna series have small, low-profile form factors ruggedized for use in a wide range of heavy-duty and harsh-environment applications and optimized for design flexibility and high-reliability, -efficiency, and -gain from 698–5,920MHz, as well as cost and time savings.
December 7, 2020

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C., Dec. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components and interconnect, sensor, control, and antenna solutions, announces Ethertronics’ extensive range of high-performance, high-reliability external antennas designed … Read More → "AVX/Ethertronics Announces Extensive Range of High-Performance, High-Reliability External Antennas"

Pentek Announces Immediate Availability of Higher Bandwidth Gen 3 RFSoC Solutions

December 7, 2020
  • Pentek Quartz Architecture with Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen 3
  • Digitizes RF Input Signals up to 6 GHz at 5GS/sec with 14-bit resolution
  • DAC sample rate to 10 GS/sec with 14-bit resolution
  • Built-in, expanded decimation and interpolation
  • Supported by Pentek’s Navigator BSP, FDK and IP Library
  • Air-cooled and rugged conduction-cooled versions

    UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ─December 7, 2020─Pentek, Inc., today announced extensions to their proven Quartz® RFSoC product family by introducing the QuartzXM eXpress Module, the Model 6003, adding greater RF performance and scalability. The QuartzXM Model 6003, based on … Read More → "Pentek Announces Immediate Availability of Higher Bandwidth Gen 3 RFSoC Solutions"

OpenFive Licenses Flex Logix’s eFPGA to Develop a Low Power Communications SoC Requiring a Large eFPGA

EFLX eFPGA enables the development of communications ICs that are smaller, lighter and consume lower power than using traditional FPGAs
December 7, 2020

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – December 7, 2020 – Flex LogixÒ Technologies, Inc., supplier of the fastest and most-efficient AI edge inference accelerator and the leading supplier of eFPGA IP, announced today that OpenFive, a leading provider of domain-specific custom … Read More → "OpenFive Licenses Flex Logix’s eFPGA to Develop a Low Power Communications SoC Requiring a Large eFPGA"

NXP Extends its Leadership in 5G Infrastructure with 2nd Generation RF Multi-Chip Modules That Amp Up Frequency, Power and Efficiency

December 4, 2020
  • New-generation Airfast RF Multi-Chip Modules (MCMs) extend frequency coverage to 4.0 GHz, leveraging the performance of NXP’s latest LDMOS technology and integration design techniques
  • Higher output power than the previous generation supports the deployment of more powerful 5G mMIMO radios to cover larger urban areas
  • Increased efficiency of up to 45% at 2.6 GHz helps reduce the overall electricity consumption of the 5G network

    EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Dec. 2, 2020 – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the availability of its 2nd generation of comprehensive Airfast RF power Multi-Chip Modules (MCMs) designed to support the evolution … Read More → "NXP Extends its Leadership in 5G Infrastructure with 2nd Generation RF Multi-Chip Modules That Amp Up Frequency, Power and Efficiency"

Renesas RA Family Adds Ultra-Low Power RA2L1 MCU Group with Advanced Capacitive Touch Sensing for Cost-Effective, Energy-Efficient IoT Node HMI Applications

32-bit Arm Cortex-M23-based MCUs Offer Best-in-Class Power Consumption with Flexible Power Modes for Lower Average Power in Multiple Applications
December 4, 2020
Düsseldorf, December 2, 2020 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the expansion of its 32-bit RA2 Series microcontrollers (MCUs) with 20 new RA2L1 Group MCUs, increasing the RA Family to 66 MCUs. The general-purpose RA2L1 MCUs use the Arm® CortexRead More → "Renesas RA Family Adds Ultra-Low Power RA2L1 MCU Group with Advanced Capacitive Touch Sensing for Cost-Effective, Energy-Efficient IoT Node HMI Applications"

IAR Systems and GigaDevice extend partnership with powerful Arm solutions

The complete development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench delivers support for the entire lineup of GigaDevice’s GD32 series of Arm Cortex-M MCUs
December 4, 2020

Uppsala, Sweden—December 3, 2020—IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, and GigaDevice, an industry-leading semiconductor supplier, announced their powerful solutions for GD32 Arm-based microcontrollers (MCUs). In June 2020, IAR Systems and GigaDevice announced their partnership for RISC-V. This partnership is now extended into delivering development tools for Arm® Cortex®-M3, Cortex-M4, Cortex-M23 and Cortex-M33 MCUs, enabling high-quality embedded applications for a wide range of industries.

GigaDevice’s GD32™ family of high-performance, low-power, and cost-effective universal microcontrollers are powered by the Arm Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4, Cortex-M23 and Cortex-M33 cores. The GD32 MCU product family … Read More → "IAR Systems and GigaDevice extend partnership with powerful Arm solutions"

Standard Lithium Successfully Completes Proof-of-Concept of Modern Lithium Extraction and Crystallisation Technology and Makes Better Than Battery Quality Lithium Carbonate

December 4, 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

  • >99.9% purity lithium carbonate produced (aka ‘3 nines’)
  • Successful proof-of-concept of modern lithium processing technology
  • Start-to-finish direct extraction of lithium from brine in Arkansas; production of purified, concentrated intermediate; final conversion to high-purity battery quality lithium carbonate end-product

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SLL) (OTCQX: STLHF) (FRA: S5L), an innovative technology and lithium project development company is pleased to announce that it has … Read More → "Standard Lithium Successfully Completes Proof-of-Concept of Modern Lithium Extraction and Crystallisation Technology and Makes Better Than Battery Quality Lithium Carbonate"

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