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Synopsys announces 40th DesignWare audio codec IP
Synopsys, Inc, a leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of its 40th audio codec IP with the release of the DesignWare 96 dB Hi-Fi Audio IP in the SMIC 65-nanometer (nm) process. Synopsys has been a leading provider of audio IP for more than twelve years and provides designers with high-quality audio IP solutions supporting 20 different process nodes, from 180-nanomenter...
Molex accredited as PROFINET Competence Centre for France
Molex has been accredited as a PROFINET Competence Centre (PICC) in France for a period of 2 years. The Molex PROFINET Competence Centre, which consists of employees of Molex and Testlab, has demonstrated the necessary competence and has the necessary equipment to support PROFINET technology.
Cypress Envirosystems and Adura Technologies Partner to Bring Smart Control of HVAC and Lighting Systems to Existing Commercial Buildings
Cypress Envirosystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor and Adura Technologies, which creates turn-key wireless lighting management systems for commercial facilities, today announced they have formed a strategic sales and technology partnership. As part of the partnership, both companies will sell a fully compatible solution that combines Cypress Envirosystems’ Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat (WPT) and the Adura LightPoint System (ALPS). Th...
Agilent Technologies and Stanford University to Explore New Class of Nanoscale Devices
Agilent Technologies today announced it is collaborating with Stanford University in a research program designed to explore a new class of nanoscale devices using a combinations of the scanning probe microscope (SPM) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). The research will enable the rapid prototyping and characterization of nanoscale devices with breakthroughs in sub 10 nm scale for a wide range of applications.
Avago Technologies - Automotive-Grade High Speed, Low Power Digital Optocouplers for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Avago Technologies has announced a pair of automotive-grade high speed, low power, digital CMOS optocouplers for use in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. The ACPL-M71T single channel high speed 15MBd and ACPL-M72T low power LED drive optocouplers are the latest additions to Avago’s R2Coupler™ digital family. Both of these high temperature, low power optocouplers, which are available in small outline IC-5 (SOIC-5) packages, are ideal for use i...
Vehicle Dynamics Tests for Commercial Vehicles
To improve the safety of commercial vehicles in road traffic, UN/ECE regulation 13-H stipulates that electronic stability systems (ESP systems) must be installed in commercial vehicles from 2011 onward. For the first time, this regulation permits the use of simulation models to verify that the ESP systems function correctly. dSPACE's new simulation model ASM Truck already provides all the features required for testing and validating ESP functions...
STMicroelectronics and ARM team up to power entertainment
STMicroelectronics and ARM announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali®-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV system-on-chip (SoC) ICs.
Phyworks opens Santa Clara office
Phyworks, the high-performance analog and mixed signal communications IC company, has announced the opening of a new office in Santa Clara, California. Housing marketing, sales and application engineering functions, the office will support the company's rapidly growing range of equalizers and physical media devices.
picoChip delivers first ‘greater femtocell’ solution for enterprise, metro and rural applications
picoChip has launched the PC8219E, the world’s first Class 3 femtocell reference design that brings femtocell technology to campuses, rural areas or ‘metrozone’ hot-spots. The turnkey solution builds on picoChip’s field-proven robust PC8208 and 8209 PHYs to provide a complete extended-reach HSPA femtocell baseband. The PC8219E has already been delivered to customers and deployed by carriers.
Agilent Technologies Appoints Ambry Genetics as First Certified Service Provider for Agilent's Target Enrichment System for Next-Gen Sequencing
Agilent Technologies and Ambry Genetics today announced that Ambry is the first organization to achieve Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing. SureSelect, introduced in February 2009, has been shown to greatly increase the speed and cost-efficiency of next-generation sequencing workflows used in life science research by enabling experiments to focus on genomic reg...