Design
The Automotive Revolution
Why the challenges involved with moving from mechanical to electrical systems in car design has prompted unprecedented industry collaboration. Compiled by Paul Jarvie, AESIN Network Manager within NMI.
TI makes analog easier with new library of precision designs
Today Texas Instruments introduced a precision analog design library that provides comprehensive board-level precision designs to help engineers quickly evaluate and customize their systems while expanding their analog knowledge base.
KEMP announces first load balancer and ADC to run natively within Cisco UCS
KEMP Technologies has announced the availability of its LoadMaster Operating System Software for the Cisco Unified Computing System. The KEMP LMOS for UCS is fully Cisco IVT (Interoperability Validation Testing) Certified and is the first ADC and Load Balancer OS to run natively within the UCS blade server fabric without requiring a server virtualization hypervisor.
Accelerating Deep Packet Inspection
Innovative ‘next-generation’ applications now rely on deep packet inspection (DPI) as a fundamental capability to enable security, policy enforcement, QoS and new service provider network capabilities. By Kin-Yip Liu, Senior Director, Systems Applications Engineering, Infrastructure Processor Group, Cavium.
Mentor Graphics Adds Embedded Memories to the Kronos Cell Characterization and Analysis Platform
Mentor Graphics announced it has expanded the Kronos Cell Characterization and Analysis platform to include embedded memories. The Kronos platform quickly produces accurate performance models for standard cells, I/Os, complex cells and embedded memories within an advanced, integrated environment. Characterization and analysis of embedded memories poses unique challenges: large circuit size can lead to excessive runtime, complex internal circuitry...
Vector Software Announces Support for the AdaCore GNAT Pro Compiler for ARM Cortex
Vector Software announced VectorCAST support for AdaCore’s GNAT Pro Safety-Critical product for ARM micro-controllers. The AdaCore GNAT Pro Safety-Critical application provides a complete Ada development environment, oriented towards systems that have safety-critical or stringent memory constraints requirements. ARM is a popular low-cost, low power microprocessor that is growing in popularity in industries like aerospace, defense, and trans...
Efficient Power Conversion Introduces 96% Efficient, 1 MHz Buck Converter Demonstration Board
Efficient Power Conversion introduces the EPC9107, a fully functional buck power conversion demonstration circuit. This board is a 9 V-28 V input to 3.3 V, 15 A maximum output current, 1MHz buck converter. It uses the EPC2015< eGaN FET in conjunction with the LM5113 100V half-bridge gate driver from Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments Unveil ExamCalc Software For CCSS Online Assessments
As the majority of states implement online exams for assessment of Common Core State Standards, Texas Instruments is announcing a new program to make its ExamCalc software available to assessment providers for inclusion in states' selected CCSS summative assessments. ExamCalc software provides states with online versions of the TI-84 Plus graphing, TI-30XS MultiView scientific and TI-108 elementary calculators, for use during CCSS online exams.
New Device Programmer is 70% Faster than Its Predecessor
Saelig has introduced the Dataman 48Pro2C - a very fast PC-based universal 48-pin programmer with ISP capabilities and USB 2.0 connectivity. The Dataman 48Pro2C is built to meet the demands of development labs and field engineers for high speed universal programming. Supporting over 70,000 devices, the Dataman 48Pro2C can program without the need for family-specific modules, giving the freedom to choose the optimal device for any given design. Us...
OCZ Technology Group Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare IP and Synopsys Professional Services
Synopsys today announced that OCZ Technology Group has achieved first-pass silicon success for its NAND flash Vector SSD using Synopsys' DesignWare DDR2/3-Lite PHY, Embedded Memories, STAR Memory System solution and Professional Services.