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SiTime Boosts Performance, Reliability, and Extends Battery Life for Several Garmin Devices

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 24, 2020– SiTime Corporation (NASDAQ: SITM), a market leader in MEMS timing, today announced that Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN), has chosen SiTime’s MEMS timing solutions for several of Garmin’s automotive, aviation, marine, fitness, and outdoor products.

“Garmin makes products that are engineered on the inside for life on the outside,” said Patrick Desbois, Garmin executive vice president of operations.

“Our innovation focuses on developing technologies that enable our customers to enrich their experiences as they pursue their … Read More → "SiTime Boosts Performance, Reliability, and Extends Battery Life for Several Garmin Devices"

CEVA Announces DSP and Voice Neural Networks Integration with TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers

  • WhisPro™ speech recognition software for voice wake words and custom command models now available with open source TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers implementing machine learning at the edge
  • • TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers from Google is already optimized and available for CEVA-BX DSP cores, accelerating the use of low power AI in conversational and contextual awareness applications
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – March 24, 2020 – CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that its Read More → "CEVA Announces DSP and Voice Neural Networks Integration with TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers"

THine Introduces a small package, low power consumption MIPI CSI-2 Serializer IC for Video Applications

SANTA CLARA, CA (March 24, 2020) – THine®, the leader in high-speed serial interfaces and image signal processing, today announced the high-volume availability of their new MIPI CSI-2 serializer IC, THCV243.

This new chip allows engineers to extend MIPI CSI-2 transmission to greater than 15 meters with a tiny 2.1mm x 2.9mm package! It also allows the reduction of a significant number of cables between the camera and processor board by aggregating the GPIO-type bidirectional control signals.

Demands for higher resolution and/or higher frame rate cameras require MIPI CSI-2 output, … Read More → "THine Introduces a small package, low power consumption MIPI CSI-2 Serializer IC for Video Applications"

Keysight’s 5G Test Solutions Selected by DEKRA to Create Services that Improve Safety in Human Interaction with Technology

SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 24, 2020

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that DEKRA has selected Read More → "Keysight’s 5G Test Solutions Selected by DEKRA to Create Services that Improve Safety in Human Interaction with Technology"

Pixus Announces New OpenVPX Backplanes With KVPX Connectors for Extreme Environments

Waterloo, Ontario  —  Mar 19, 2020–  Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, now offers a various OpenVPX backplanes utilizing the ultra-rugged KVPX style connector.   This type of connector is often used in the harshest Aerospace applications.

The first in the series of Pixus KVPX backplanes is a 3U 3-slot version.  Compliant to the VITA 63.0 Hyperboloid Alternative Connector for VPX standard, the backplane features a BKP3-CEN03-15.2.9 routing profile.    Options include conformal coating and the installation of Rear Transition Module (RTM) connectors.  The initial design was built to support … Read More → "Pixus Announces New OpenVPX Backplanes With KVPX Connectors for Extreme Environments"

Cadence Digital Full Flow Optimized to Deliver Improved Quality of Results with Up to 3X Faster Throughput

Highlights:

•       Proven flow enhanced with unified placement and physical optimization engines used to complete hundreds of advanced-node tapeouts at 16nm to 5nm and below
•       Industry’s first unified physical optimization engine with ML capabilities, offering up to 20% additional PPA improvement versus previous flow
•       Only digital full flow with integrated timing and voltage-drop (IR drop) signoff engines, which provides users with unparalleled signoff convergence

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 17, 2020—Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that the new release of the Cadence digital full flow—proven with hundreds of completed advanced-node tapeouts—has … Read More → "Cadence Digital Full Flow Optimized to Deliver Improved Quality of Results with Up to 3X Faster Throughput"

Pixelworks Technology Powers PureDisplay in New Nokia 8.3 5G Smartphone from HMD Global for Immersive 5G-Enabled Content

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19, 2020 — Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of power-efficient visual processing solutions, today announced the Nokia 8.3 5G, featuring a PureDisplay viewing experience, is powered by the Pixelworks visual processor. As the first 5G smartphone from HMD Global, the Nokia 8.3 5G brings cinematic big screen technology to consumers’ hands with an exceptional mobile entertainment experience in a truly affordable premium smartphone. The phone’s true-to-life display with clarity in all mobile lighting environments enables consumers to immerse themselves in the readily accessible video and interactive games made more widely available through ultra-high speed 5G … Read More → "Pixelworks Technology Powers PureDisplay in New Nokia 8.3 5G Smartphone from HMD Global for Immersive 5G-Enabled Content"

OpenLicht is developing the light of tomorrow: Light innovation thanks to open source and artificial intelligence (AI)

Munich, Germany – March 19, 2020 – The research project OpenLicht was launched in September 2016 and stands for the design of smart, customized light solutions based on open source and new materials. OpenLicht was funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), with the goal of enabling new forms of collaboration between science, business, maker and startup community. Infineon Technologies AG is supervising the project in close cooperation with Bernitz Electronics GmbH, Deggendorf Institute of Technology and the Technical University of Dresden.

The results are now being made public and include the … Read More → "OpenLicht is developing the light of tomorrow: Light innovation thanks to open source and artificial intelligence (AI)"

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