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Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its Synphony HLS (High Level Synthesis) product now includes optimized support for Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs. The high level synthesis flow provides Virtex-6 FPGA users with more automatic target-specific optimizations and architecture exploration from high level models and delivers up to 10X higher design and verification productivity than traditional RTL flows for communications and multimedia applications.

At Embedded World 2010, Xilinx, Inc. introduced the Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA Industrial Imaging Targeted Design Platform to accelerate development of high-performance video processing applications for low-cost, low-power industrial imaging systems. Industrial equipment OEMs can now rapidly build and evaluate reprogrammable imaging solutions with high-definition image resolutions, specialized image sensor interfaces, and intelligent video and advanc...

Avnet Embedded today announced its new structure in France following the integration of Abacus Embedded, part of the Abacus Group that Avnet acquired earlier this year. Axess Technology, a leading French distributor of embedded products and solutions that was part of Abacus Embedded, now operates under the Avnet Embedded umbrella. The new structure offers Axess customers a significantly larger product range as well as product labs and integration...

Avnet Embedded has announced that two members of its customer-facing team have been presented with major performance awards by Microsoft. Nick Donaldson, director of Software, Avnet Embedded, received the Microsoft Franchise Manager of the Year award for outstanding leadership and management skills, and Cesare de Siena, business development manager, Italy also received a Circle of Excellence award for market innovation.

Following the success of the event in 2008, Avnet Embedded will this year be hosting the 2009 Embedded Solutions Seminar. Similar to last year, the event will again be targeted at Embedded developers, however this year, exclusive presentations will be given under NDA from Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba. The seminar will be held at the Microsoft Campus, Reading on November 12th. Admission to the seminar is free, and to attend the Microsoft, Intel &a...

Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller company, has won the Processors and Memories category of the French electronics industry's annual Electron d'Or awards. The Electron d'Or trophy was presented to Energy Micro's VP Sales EMEA Ian Fletcher at a ceremony held at the Paris headquarters of FIEEC, France's Federation of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Industries.

The nanoETXexpress Industrial Group is further strengthening its global presence with the addition of new members. The growing number of members highlights the position of nanoETXexpress in the market as the COM Express® based de-facto standard for highly ultra-small and energy-efficient designs. The wide-spread acceptance of the form factor introduced first by Kontron is due to its 100 percent compatibility with the COM Express® specification,...

Batteries are one area of electronics that have defied the downturn and sales are continuing to show healthy growth on the back of a growing desire to use professional and consumer electronics products on the move. The downside of this growth is the number of batteries finding their way into landfill, some of which include hazardous chemicals in their make-up.

NXP Semiconductors has announced that its CGV™ series of JESD204A-compliant data converters are now interoperable with Xilinx® high performance Virtex®-6 FPGAs and low-cost Spartan®-6 FPGA families. Assured interoperability and interworking between programmable logic devices and high-speed converters is a critical acceptance criterion for equipment designers, because it eliminates risk and cost associated with project schedules.

NXP Semiconductors today announced the appointment of Simon McLean as Vice President of Marketing for the company’s Standard Products business. Simon joins NXP with over 16 years of management experience within electronic components distribution and manufacturing. He will be responsible for helping drive NXP’s Standard Products business.