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National Instruments has announced the Embedded Virtualisation Webcast Series, a live, joint webcast series from NI and Intel that focuses on virtualisation technology from introductory information and business benefits, to key underlying technologies and implementation details. By viewing this free webcast series, engineers, scientists and embedded designers can gain important information needed to understand virtualisation, select a software so...

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Simplay Labs, LLC, the company operating four of the eight global HDMI Authorized Test Centers, has selected Agilent Technologies as its High-Definition Multimedia Interface test solution provider. Agilent's test solution meets, or exceeds, the requirements of the HDMI Compliance Test Specification Version 1.4 and is listed as recommended test equipment. The Agilent test solution addresses four secto...

Laird Technologies, Inc. today announced the opening of its new wireless M2M design center in Bangalore, India.

Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW), based in Kaufbeuren, and Isabellenhütte Heusler from Dillenburg have joined forces to develop a battery management solution for utility vehicles featuring hybrid drive technology. The two firms have now signed a co-operation agreement that will pave the way for further joint efforts in development and production of key components for electric drives.

Synopsys has announced that Hisilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., a worldwide provider of ASICs and solutions for communication network and digital media, and a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies, has established Synopsys as its primary EDA partner across its implementation and verification design flows. Hisilicon has signed an expanded business agreement to extend its use of Synopsys' IC Compiler place-and-route technology and DesignWare(R) IP as wel...

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NAGARES Group and PREMO announced today the formation of an agreement to develop and produce smart grid interface EMC modules for future electric and hybrid vehicle applications.

PMC-Sierra, Inc the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today announced the winners of its 2009 scholarship program for the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. In a joint effort with BUPT's Institute of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, this year's program supports in-depth research in Packet Transmission Network and Optical Transport Network technologies.

PMC-Sierra, Inc today announced that Aztech, a broadband equipment manufacturer based in Singapore, has selected PMC-Sierra’s solutions for its new GPON Optical Network Terminal (ONT) design. Aztech’s GPON 200E4 - 4 Port Gigabit Bridge ONT is built around PMC-Sierra’s PAS7401 SoC and targets residential and SOHO deployments where maximum performance and multiple GbE interfaces are required.

AES Energy Storage and A123 Systems announced the commercial operation of a 12 MW frequency regulation and spinning reserve project at AES Gener's Los Andes substation in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The commissioning ceremony took place November 16 and included Marcelo Tokman, Chilean Minister of Energy. The project will help improve the reliability of the electric grid in Northern Chile and uses A123 Systems' Hybrid Ancillary Power Units (Hybrid-...