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Magma Design Automation announced today that PDF Solutions selected the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform to improve time to yield for systems on chip (SoCs). PDF Solutions chose the Magma software after an extensive evaluation. PDF Solutions plans to use Titan to shorten the design process for delivering first-time-right Characterization Vehicle® test chips. PDF Solutions will also use Titan™ for developing digital and analog library cell...

Avnet Abacus, in conjunction with Avnet Embedded, is running a FREE seminar looking at the newest trends in embedded technology featuring display, wireless and embedded computing specialisations. The seminar will be held in Berlin on 16th March.

Xilinx, Inc introduced the Xilinx Automotive (XA) family of Spartan(R)-6 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) optimized for applications requiring high-speed connectivity and high-resolution video performance. These automotive-qualified devices provide the flexibility, scalability, and integration needed to reduce the system cost of automotive infotainment, driver assistance, driver information, and in-vehicle networking products.

Diamond Systems Corp., a leading supplier of ruggedized single-board computers (SBCs) and I/O expansion modules targeting real-world applications, today unveiled the world’s first data acquisition I/O module compatible with the newly-introduced FeaturePak embedded I/O expansion module standard. Despite its diminutive size (see actual size photo, below), the FP-DAQ1616 integrates Diamond’s newest and fastest analog I/O technology, and interfac...

Diamond Systems Corp., a leading supplier of ruggedized single-board computers (SBCs) and I/O expansion modules targeting real-world applications, today announced that it has become a Participating Member of the Qseven Consortium, a multi-vendor standards body dedicated to advancing the Qseven computer-on-module (COM) standard.

Hemisphere GPS, a designer and manufacturer of advanced GPS products, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. All amounts in this news release are expressed in US dollars.

Outback Guidance by Hemisphere GPS is expanding its sales network throughout Australia by implementing the US model that helped Outback Guidance develop itself into one of North America's largest aftermarket suppliers of GPS guidance systems for agriculture. This will allow Australian growers to purchase Outback Guidance's all new eDriveX(TM) and A220/A221(TM) centimetre-level automated steering system, along with the full line of other Outback p...

Rosum Corporation announced today the launch of ALLOY, a revolutionary location and synchronization solution for indoor and urban environments. The ALLOY™ chip, which was developed in partnership with Siano, the leading supplier of Mobile Digital TV receiver chips for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices, utilizes broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing and location information. The breakthrough chip opens up a ...

Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), part of the Oxford Instruments Group, today announced it has been awarded $600,000 by the Maryland Energy Administration to help industry expedite the broad adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting, and better position Maryland to become a national solid-state lighting materials and equipment manufacturing leader.

Rogers Corporation will present a sampling of its microwave materials solutions at the upcoming SATELLITE 2010 (March 16-18, 2010, at the Gaylord National Convention Center, MD) located minutes from Washington D.C.