News & Analysis
Verigy Earns Top Ranking in VLSI Customer Satisfaction Survey
Verigy announced today that the automated test equipment users have ranked it the number one test equipment supplier in the VLSI Research Inc 2009 Customer Satisfaction Survey. Verigy ranked first among the world’s 10 BEST Test Equipment suppliers, and was the highest-ranking ATE supplier in the category of Large Suppliers of Chip Making Equipment. This year marks the fourth consecutive year in which Verigy has ranked in the 10 BEST, and al...
Atmel's Plug & Play Host-side Cryptographic Authentication IC
Atmel Corporation announced today a “plug-and-play” CryptoAuthentication host-side IC that allows designers to implement authentication-ready embedded systems, without any knowledge of security protocols or algorithms and without writing any special cryptographic software. When used with Atmel’s AT88SA family of CryptoAuthentication ICs and a system microprocessor such as Atmel’s AVR or ARM, the AT88SA10HS provides a compl...
Femtocells World Summit will review the latest Femtocell developments
Senior management from leading operators and OEMs will be meeting in London on 23rd – 25th June to discuss the way forward for ‘femtocells’ – a new technology that will give home owners and businesses their own cellular Basestation hooked into their broadband network.
ARM announces support for EEMBC Coremark Benchmark
ARM today announced its support for the new EEMBC (Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium) CoreMark processor benchmark. CoreMark is a synthetic benchmark, but carries out meaningful calculations, and is claimed to be a significant improvement on current Dhrystone benchmarks which is overly dependent on the performance of the C library.
Camden Launches Inductive omponents
Camden Electronics has launched a new range of inductive components designed to satisfy standard commercial and high technical requirements or demanding environmental conditions. The company offers a total turnkey solution from design, materials, manufacturing, quality assurance, sales and customer service all supported by Camden’s worldwide logistics operations.
Sundance Boosts 4G Offer With New Wimax Solution
Sundance has announced the release of its next generation WiMAX development system. The SMT703 is a complete lifecycle solution from R&D, design verification and conformance, through network deployment for Fixed or Mobile WiMAX designs. The announcement provides wireless OEMs with enormous performance and design flexibility and builds on Sundance’s existing portfolio of multiprocessor solutions for advanced communications technologies includin...
congatec Achieves Associate Status in Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance
congatec AG has announced that the company has been elevated from Affiliate to Associate status in the Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance (Intel ECA). The Intel ECA is an ecosystem of companies that provide embedded systems, services and applications in support of Intel’s embedded and communication business.
National Semiconductor and SunEdison Initiate Trials to Optimize Output of Solar Arrays
National Semiconductor and SunEdison LLC, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, have initiated field trials to optimize the energy output of solar arrays. SunEdison has initiated field trials in California using National Semiconductor’s SolarMagicTM power optimizers. National’s SolarMagic power optimizers enable individual solar panels to maximize energy-produced independent of performance of other panels in an array. In...
Renesas Releases Second-Phase Product in its SH-NaviJ Series of SoCs for Low- to Middle-range Car Navigation Systems
Renesas Technology Europe today announced the availability of the SH77722 (SH-NaviJ2) device, the second-phase product in its SH-NaviJ car navigation SoC (System on Chip) series. Designed for compact portable navigation systems and low-end through middle-range dashboard-mounted car navigation systems, the device offers even higher performance and improved ease of use compared to the first product in the series, in a 17% smaller package.
Analog Devices Enables Secure And Robust Transmission Of Remote Data For Smart Grids And Home And Building Automation
Analog Devices has announced the introduction of two RF transceivers that deliver the best-in-class performance, low power consumption and high integration effective for smart grid and home and building automation applications. Smart grid technology measures how much power is consumed and at what time and price to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability for the delivery of electricity from utility companies to consumers.