Design
Cadence Announces First Commercially Available Design IP and Verification IP for Mobile PCI Express
Cadence Design Systems today introduced the first commercially available design IP (IP) and verification IP (VIP) supporting the new Mobile PCI Express (M-PCIe) specification, which enables today’s leading innovators to develop products with both PC-class performance and extended battery life.
Interface Masters Technologies Introduces PCI-e Gen 3 Hardware Encryption Acceleration Server Adapter Families
Interface Masters Technologies has announced two new families of multi-port 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit PCI-e Gen 3 server adapters based on Intel’s controllers, with support for one or multiple Cavium Nitrox 16xx series SSL/IPSEC hardware acceleration chips.
STMicroelectronics Makes Analog 130nm H9A CMOS Process Available Through CMP
STMicroelectronics and CMP (Circuits Multi Projets) today announced that ST’s H9A CMOS process (at 130nm lithography node), which offers a large panel of analog and digital devices, is now available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies through the silicon brokerage services provided by CMP.
Freescale Kinetis Microcontrollers Now Included In mbed Tool For Rapid Prototyping
Easy-to-use, web-based mbed development tools are now freely available for the Kinetis L series of microcontrollers from Freescale Semiconductor. The FRDM-KL25Z Freescale Freedom development platform is now included in the mbed hardware lineup, supported by the well-established mbed online development community.
From standard components: embedded systems for every requirement
Depending on the area of application, embedded systems are subjectto very different demands as regards mechanical stability such as shock and vibration resistance, IP and EMC protection and cooling requirements. With its systems based on the Schroff brandedmodular 19 subracks, Pentair Equipment Protection offers an ideal platform on which these various demands can be satisfied.
Silicon Labs’ Ultra-Low Power Development Kit For Portable Applications
Silicon Labs’ new Badger Board evaluation kit for the Precision32 SiM3L1xx low-power 32-bit ARM microcontroller family is an easy-to-use development platform for ultra-low-power portable applications. Roughly the same size of an ID badge, the supercapacitor-charged BADGER-SiM3L1-EK highlights the power efficiency of SiM3L1xx ARM MCUs in an LCD-based system.
LSI and NetApp Collaborate on Server-based Flash Acceleration Solutions
LSI Corporation today announced that the LSI Nytro WarpDrive family of application acceleration PCIe flash cards has been validated for use with NetApp Flash Accel software. Together, LSI and NetApp are offering complete server flash caching solutions that speed application performance by converting server-based flash into “hot” data cache for critical business applications.
Jasper Signs Up Cavium For Its Next Generation Modeling App
Jasper Design Automation has announced that Cavium has deployed Jasper’s Architecture Modeling App to help verify its next generation product portfolio. The JasperGold Architectural Modeling App enables Cavium’s architects and RTL designers to specify, model and better verify complex behavior.
Carbon Expands Embedded Systems Offerings
Carbon Design Systems announced today that its newest Carbon Performance Analysis Kit (CPAK) featuring the ARM Cortex-R7 processor is available for download from the Carbon IP Exchange web portal. Previously available to strategic partners in Carbon’s R7 early access program, the CPAK and model are now available for all users of its SoCDesigner Plus, enabling real-time development of embedded systems.
GrammaTech Announces Static Analysis Tool for Examining Binaries
GrammaTech today announced a groundbreaking static-analysis tool for analyzing binary libraries and executables. CodeSonar for Binaries enables users to examine software for security vulnerabilities and malicious code, without the need for source code.