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Freescale and Green Hills Software Collaborate on Multicore Networking Development
Freescale Semiconductor and Green Hills Software have announced a development partnership to produce groundbreaking multicore development tools for Freescale’s QorIQ™ communications platforms. The tools will feature capabilities unavailable on competing processors, enabling developers to bring their QorIQ platform-based products to market faster and with higher quality.
Unique boutique clock has UV adhesive solution
World renowned clocks have been made in Derby since the mid seventeen hundreds when clockmaker John Whithurst entertained his friends Benjamin Franklin and Erasmus Darwin ( grandfather of Charles Darwin ) at his house in Queen Street. So, when the Finesse Collection of hotels (www.thefinessecollection.com) were planning the reception area of their new boutique hotel in the town it was natural that they seek out the present day flag carriers of th...
Sundance modular acceleration platform
Sundance has announced availability of its RASS Reconfigurable, Accelerating, Scalable SuperComputing solution. The dividend of more than 20 years multiprocessor design experience, the RASS has been created to easily integrate with existing High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and is supported by a widely available and mature design ecosystem.
Eurotech’s Low Power ISIS & PROTEUS uses the Intel Atom processor
Eurotech has been working with Intel Corporation as an early adopter of the Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA). As a result of this work Eurotech Ltd will be offering the ISIS and PROTEUS products later this year.
Intersil acquires D2Audio
Intersil has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D2Audio Corporation, a privately-held innovation leader in the design of digital audio power amplifiers for consumer, commercial, automotive and professional audio applications. D2Audio was founded in 2002 as a privately-held company in Austin, Texas. D2Audio is the developer of the world’s only intelligent digital amplifiers, the Digital Audio Engine™ (DAE) family of ICs, which deliver su...
Ultracapacitors for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Maxwell Technologies Inc has announced that Golden Dragon Bus Co. Ltd., one of the world’s leading producers of medium and heavy duty buses, has selected Maxwell’s BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors for braking energy recuperation and torque assist in fuel-efficient, low-emission, diesel-electric hybrid buses Golden Dragon is producing for the Hangzhou, China, Public Transport Group Co., Ltd.
Tundra's Multi-Standard RapidIO Evaluation Platform with Texas Instruments and Altera
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in System Interconnect, today introduced an evaluation platform centered on its Tsi620TM multi-standard RapidIO Switch. In addition to the Tundra Tsi620, the multi-platform evaluation platform uses Texas Instruments (TI) TMS320TCI6487 high performance multi-core DSP and an Altera Stratix III FPGA to enable prototyping and, ultimately, cost reduction in applications such as high performance wireless and ...
ZF To Acquire Cherry Corporation
ZF Friedrichshafen AG is further expanding its leading worldwide automotive supplier position for Driveline and Chassis Technology. Upon government approval, ZF will acquire the Cherry Corporation, headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, with production locations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Hong Kong, China, and India (India is a joint venture with TVS Group). The electronics manufacturer develops and produces among others switc...
NI LabVIEW Monitors Structural Health of Summer Olympic Venues in Beijing
National Instruments has announced the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), the leading governmental body managing the country’s earthquake preparedness and disaster mitigation, selected a structural health monitoring (SHM) solution developed by National Instruments Alliance Partner CGM Engineering, Inc., based on the NI LabVIEW graphical system design platform and NI CompactRIO programmable automation controllers. The systems are designed to...
NMI membership increases by 50% in a year
The National Microelectronics institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has announced a 50% increase in its membership in little over a year. The University of Southampton has just become the NMI’s 150th member.