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QNX CAR Application Platform and Telenav Connected Navigation
The QNX CAR Application Platform is a pre-integrated software stack with production-proven QNX technologies and dozens of ecosystem partners. Its reference implementations and reskinable HMI allow development teams to easily create world-class infotainment systems.
Cadence Acquires Azuro
Cadence announced it has acquired Azuro, Inc., a company that has pioneered a paradigm shift in the digital implementation and optimization of next-generation SoCs. Azuro offers unique clock concurrent optimization technology, also known as ccopt, which delivers superior capabilities for designers faced with increasing performance, power and area challenges.
Scaleo chip enters the automotive powertrain semiconductor market
Scaleo chip announced today its entry into the automotive powertrain semiconductor market. The constant growth of vehicles in use raises increasingly key questions concerning environmental, health and dwindling energy resources. On a global scale, road transportation accounts for 16% of the total CO2 emissions and 50% of global oil consumption. In order to remain sustainable, our society urgently needs new mobility solutions to limit as much as p...
Finder launches new 2011/12 catalogues for expanding product range
Finder has announced the availability of two new catalogues for 2011/12 detailing the company’s complete product range. The catalogues, one aimed at Industrial applications and the other targeting Commercial and Residential applications, contain essential reference information on timers, relays, interface modules, sockets and accessories for designers and buyers of electronic and electrical systems.
Tanaka Precious Metals and SUSS MicroTec to Jointly Develop Sub-micron Gold Particle Pattern Transfer and Bonding Technology
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.(1) and SUSS MicroTec KK will begin joint development of pattern transfer and bonding technology using sub-micron sized (1/10,000mm) gold particles.
CWIEME 2012 – 4 Exhibitions across 3 Continents
CWIEME announced that during 2012 its Exhibitors will be able to take advantage of our new 15% discount. Any company that books a stand larger than 15 sq meters at three of the CWIEME Exhibitions in 2012 will be able save 15% on the total amount payable – terms and conditions apply.
Synopsys - Critical Milestone in 20-nm Design Enablement Collaboration With Samsung Electronics
Synopsys announced that its design enablement collaboration with Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., a global leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, has achieved a critical milestone with the successful tapeout of the first 20-nanometer (nm) test chip based on Samsung's High-k metal gate (HKMG) process technology. The test chip was implemented using Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, including the Design Compiler® synthesis, IC Compil...
Temperature-to-Voltage Converter Measures - Remote Diodes with 1°C Accuracy
Linear Technology introduced the LTC2997, a high accuracy temperature-to-voltage converter with built-in series resistance cancellation for 2.5V to 5.5V systems. Many low voltage systems today rely on temperature to assess overall system health and reliability. Traditional implementations require a series of filters, a precise reference and a current source, resulting in a complex conversion scheme prone to inaccuracies if not carefully designed...
USITC institutes section 337 investigation on certain light-emitting diodes and products containing the same
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain light emitting diodes and products containing the same. The products at issue in this investigation are light-emitting diodes and products which incorporate them such as liquid crystal displays.
LUXEON A Recognized With Technical Innovation Award At LIGHTFAIR
LUXEON A from Philips Lumileds received the Technical Innovation Award at LIGHTFAIR International. The award is given to the product that represents the best leap forward in lighting technology. The company’s third and most recent product to be released this year incorporates two breakthroughs: Hot testing and Freedom From Binning.