The LTE North America conference, taking place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dallas on 18th-19th, will see Microsemi Corporation exhibiting its products for the first time.

Microsemi Corporation has announced it has signeda reseller agreement with Thales e-Security. Using Thales e-Security nShield hardware security modules (HSMs), custom firmware and the state-of-the-art security protocols built into every Microsemi SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA and IGLOO2 FPGA, customers can automatically prevent overbuilding of their systems in any manufacturing facility anywhere in the world, saving millions of dollars in lost revenue.

Microsemi has added three products to its portfolio of clock management solutions: the ZL30244 and ZL30245, two dual-channel any-to-any clock multiplier and frequency synthesiser ICs, and the ZL30255, a dual-channel any-to-any clock multiplier and jitter attenuator. Target applications for the devices include access networks, storage area networks, data centre infrastructure, enterprise infrastructure, and video broadcast equipment.

Microsemi Corporation has announced the addition of a phase-compliant embedded solution to address synchronisation requirements for LTE and small cells in the wireless infrastructure market. The API 4.6 release of the company’s IEEE 1588 software suite supports IEEE G.8275.1 telecomms profile for phase. In addition, the new solution boasts the industry’s leading phase error performance using an advanced algorithm supporting G.8273.2, ...

Accelerating time-to-market and lowering total cost of ownership, Microsemi and TRINAMIC Motion Control have announced the availability of a plugfest-tested EtherCAT IP and chip solution for SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs. The solution offers scalability, low power, security and TRINAMIC’s customisation and integration services for Microsemi’s FPGAs.

Microsemi has submitted an offer to acquire PMC-Sierra in a cash and stock transaction. Based on the closing stock price of Microsemi on 16th October, 2015, the transaction is valued at $11.50 per PMC share, representing a premium of approximately 50% to the closing price on 5th October, 2015, the last trading day prior to the announcement of PMC's proposed acquisition with Skyworks Solutions.

Meeting demand for smart grid and synchrophasor synchronisation in the power industry, Microsemi has announced its first complete power profile-compliant embedded software. The software addresses IEEE C37.238-2011 power profile requirements with grandmaster, boundary clock and slave only ordinary clock functionality, while providing industry-leading synchronisation performance.

Microsemi Corporation and The Athena Group have announced a comprehensive portfolio of IP cores with state-of-the-art Side Channel Analysis (SCA) and Differential Power Analysis (DPA) countermeasures. The recent portfolio, based on Athena's TeraFire cryptographic microprocessor family, is designed for users of Microsemi's SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs.

Microsemi has announced a unique series of patented, ultra-low capacitance power Transient Voltage Suppression (TVS) diode products. The devices provide protection of high speed data lines and other applications where the threat requirement’s magnitude greatly surpasses the capability of other typical low capacitance TVS devices for Ethernet protection and other data interfaces with speeds up to 500Mb/s.

Microsemi has announced the LX2410A IDEAL solar bypass device, designed to provide a bypass path in PV module applications. Featuring the company's patented CoolRUN technology, the LX2410A reduces the cost and increases the reliability of photovoltaic solar modules by replacing the Schottky diodes in junction boxes with an under the glass, higher performance solution.

Microsemi has announced the release of its updated Libero SoC Version 11.6 comprehensive design software tool used for the development of the company’s latest FPGA products. In addition to the support of its RTG4 high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant FPGA family for aerospace markets, Libero SoC v 11.6 also offers enhanced features for Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs.

Microsemi and HMS Industrial Networks have announced the availability of HMS’s Anybus CompactCom 40-series products for industrial Ethernet solutions based on Microsemi’s SmartFusion 2 SoC FPGA. The highly secure device offers customers lower total cost of ownership and accelerated time-to-market with low power and secure industrial Ethernet protocol conversion solutions on a single SmartFusion2 FPGA platform.

Microsemi will host its fourth annual one-day Security Forum, to address the most challenging security issues facing companies as cyber security and other serious threats continue to evolve in today’s IoT world. Microsemi’s Security Forum will be held on Thursday 1st October 2015 from 8am-5.30pm EDT at the Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport Hotel, located at 1739 West Nursery Road in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

Microsemi has announced a high performance precise time and frequency product, the SyncSystem 4380A Master Timing Reference, for use in metrology, defence, comms, aerospace and other applications where performance and reliability are vital. The device is suited for applications requiring accurate synchronisation as well as repeatable timing performance which demand the highest levels of reliability.

Microsemi has announced the availability of its PD-9001GI and PD-9501GI PoE midspan injectors, expanding the company’s PoE product offering into industrial and outdoor applications. The PD-9001GI and PD-9501GI industrial PoE midspans are targeted at applications including physical security, WLAN infrastructure, cellular infrastructure and industrial automation.

Microsemi has announced the formation of a Security Centre of Excellence in response to rapidly evolving cyber security threats in the connected world. Staffed with a team of security and systems analysts, as well as cryptography, hardware and software engineers, the centre proactively addresses critical security issues across multiple vertical markets to provide additional value for its customers, while also taking a leadership ro...

Microsemi has announced that its industry-leading space solutions are onboard NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. The Microsemi products onboard include power supplies, electromechanical latching relays, several JANS class diode and transistor discretes, and RTSX-SU FPGAs which are used in imaging cameras providing high-resolution images, as well as in the comms, avionics and payload systems.

Microsemi has announced an ANSI/VITA 42.3-2014-compliant PCI Express interface XMC form factor SATA SSD for industrial and defence applications where ultimate security for data-at-rest is required. As part of Microsemi’s TRRUST-Stor best-in-class Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) technology offerings, the XMC offers powerful key management methods. In the most advanced method, no encryption key is stored in the SSD, leaving data forensically unre...

Microsemi has announced that its SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs have passed certification for resistance to Differential Power Analysis (DPA) in the DPA Countermeasure Validation Programme developed by Rambus Cryptography. This allows Microsemi to use the Cryptography Research trademarked “DPA Lock” security logo under license from the organisation in connection with these products.

Microsemi Corporation has announced a compact form factor SATA SSD for industrial, defence, intelligence, UAV and secure laptop applications where ultimate security for data-at-rest is required. The low power mSATA SSD has 64GB Single-Level Cell (SLC) flash capacity in a 50x30mm compact form factor and is 65% smaller than similar 2.5” devices.