News & Analysis
Electrone integrate IP keypad with Immix software through SureView agreement
Electrone Europe and SureView Systems, provider of video-based automated alarm management software platforms, announce a partnership agreement after testing and verifying the Electrone 720 IP keypad with Immix software. This product integration allows both Electrone and SureView to provide the Managed Access Control market with an IP keypad-based solution.
SMSC - OptoLyzer G2 Premium Bundle
SMSC has announced the OptoLyzer G2 Premium Bundle, a high-end analysis solution that is part of SMSC's OptoLyzer G2 family. The OptoLyzer G2 Premium Bundle comes with an OptoLyzer G2 for MOST25, for MOST50 or for MOST150 networks.
Agilent Technologies Introduces DNA Capture Microarray to Streamline Next-Generation Sequencing Studies
Agilent Technologies has introduced the SureSelect DNA Capture Array, which easily removes a major bottleneck in small-scale DNA studies by letting scientists sequence only genomic areas of interest with next-generation sequencing (NGS) instruments.
Array-Based Resequencing Approach Deepens Information Content, Speeds Next-Generation Sequencing
A group of researchers from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and Agilent Technologies have developed a technique that complements massively parallel next-generation DNA sequencing, using custom microarrays to focus on genomic regions of high interest. The method, published in Nature Protocols (vol.4, No.6), typically can be completed for a human genome in only nine or 10 days, inclusive of array captures and one Illumina Genome Analyzer r...
Teledyne Coax Switches Awarded $2M+ Switch Supply Contract for Major European Satellite Programme.
Teledyne Coax Switches has announced its selection by Astrium Ltd, Portsmouth U.K. as the supplier for coaxial switch blocks to be used on the Alphasat I-XL satellite programme. Alphasat I-XL, one of the world’s largest telecommunications satellites, is being built by Astrium for Inmarsat to augment its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN).
Altera's Stratix IV GX FPGAs Deliver for Sumitomo Electric Industries' LDPC System
Altera has announced that Sumitomo Electric Industries is using its 40-nm Stratix IV GX FPGAs in a low-density parity-check (LDPC) high-speed measurement system that verifies the forward error correction (FEC) code for high-speed digital signal processing.
Blue Wonder Communications to Develop LTE Baseband IP Using Multiple Optimized Tensilica Dataplane Processors
Tensilica has announced that Blue Wonder Communications has licensed Tensilica’s Xtensa dataplane processors (DPUs) for an LTE (Long-Term Evolution) embedded broadband modem design. Blue Wonder Communications is an independent design house developing mobile broadband solutions for the telecommunications and semiconductor industries. Many of the employees at Blue Wonder Communications previously were employed by NXP’s wireless division and hav...
Microtune agrees to acquire Auvitek
Microtune has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Auvitek International, Ltd. for approximately $9 million in cash and stock and with a potential earn-out if certain performance targets are met, all subject to various standard closing conditions. The acquisition is expected to close this month.
NXP and TSMC Deliver 45nm Single-Chip Digital TV Platform
NXP Semiconductors and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. have announced their cooperation to deliver the industry’s first single-chip 45nm global LCD TV platform, TV550. With NXP already delivering the engineering samples to its lead customers, NXP and TSMC have reached a major milestone in enabling the next generation of mainstream digital TV sets for TV manufacturers.
Cable modems meet EuroDOCSIS 3.0 specification
Microtune has announced that its wideband tuner (MT2170) and its DOCSIS 3.0 upstream amplifier (MicroStreamer MT1570) have been deployed in cable modems that achieved certification status by Cable Europe Labs for the EuroDOCSIS 3.0 specification.