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New on Embedded Star - 2007.11.16

Posted: 15 Nov 2007 11:15 PM CST

Korenix JetNet 5008G-P Embedded Managed Switch Board
Korenix's JetNet 5008G-P is a Gigabit Embedded Managed Switch Board (EMSB) for industrial and extreme environments. The JetNet 5008G-P is equipped with six 10/100Base-TX ports, two Gigabit RJ-45/SFP Fiber combo ports, and one internal Gigabit RJ-45 port for system connectivity and management. The EMSB is specially designed to combine with an embedded task-specific system.

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems MicroTCA MP-2000, MicroTCA MP-3000 Platforms
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems recently announced the MicroTCA MP-2000 and MicroTCA MP-3000 platforms. Both platforms are scalable — allowing each to be easily upgraded — and pre-validated, meaning that each has been pre-configured and pre-tested, ensuring that customer development and deployment times are kept to the minimum possible. Field-proven IPMI code is provided to ensure interoperability. Each platform is designed to deliver the performance and flexibility needed for cost-sensitive network-centric MicroTCA development applications in a variety of markets including telecom, commercial and military.

Carbon Model Studio
Carbon Model Studio, from Carbon Design Systems, is a solution for the automatic generation, validation, and implementation of hardware-accurate software models, enabling a design team to begin software development and debug before silicon. Carbon Model Studio was designed for the entire design team, from system architects and software engineers to hardware designers and third-party intellectual property (IP) providers. System architects can use Carbon Model Studio for architectural analysis and profiling. Software engineers can develop and debug embedded software, firmware, drivers and diagnostics concurrent with hardware development. In addition, Carbon Models can be securely distributed to third-party partners to accelerate adoption of an IP provider's technology devices.

Texas Instruments SimpliciTI Network Protocol
The SimpliciTI(TM) network protocol from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) is a proprietary low-power radio frequency (RF) protocol targeting simple, small RF networks (less than 100 nodes). SimpliciTI network protocol was designed for easy implementation with minimal microcontroller resource requirements. Since SimpliciTI network protocol is designed for simple RF networks, it offers a perfect complement to ZigBee(R), which is designed for larger networks with mesh routing and standardized profiles.

Synopsys DesignWare System-Level Library
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) recently announced the DesignWare(R) System-Level Library. The library provides high-performance SystemC transaction-level simulation models (TLMs) for assembling virtual platforms, including instruction set simulators (ISS), and TLMs of Synopsys' DesignWare Cores and ARM(R) AMBA(R) interconnect components. All DesignWare System-Level Library models are written in SystemC and work in IEEE 1666 (SystemC) compliant simulation environments, making them tool- independent.

Micro Magic MAX-3D 3D Layout Editor
MAX-3D, from Micro Magic, is a true 3D-aware layout editor. MAX-3D can combine distinct process wafers, and allows the designer to view, edit, and connect the independent wafers into one 3D stack chip. The design technique — known as "Through-Si Via Wafer Stacking" — is a new dimension for chip designs. It allows distinct wafers to be stacked on each other, and connected internally. This results in chips with denser designs and higher performance.

Strategic Test UF2e-2031 Oscilloscope Card
Strategic Test's UF2e-2031 oscilloscope PCI Express card has four 100 MS/s 8-bit ADC's that are also able to operate in an interpolated mode to acquire two channels at 200 MS/s for increased versatility. Drivers for Microsoft Windows Vista, XP64, XP, and Linux (RedHat, Fedora, SuSe, Sarge) are supplied with the card, as well as the SBench 5.3 oscilloscope program. The UF2e-2031 oscilloscope card is best suited for applications that require cost-effective high-speed data acquisition and deep memory. Applications typically include RADAR, ultrasonics, and communications.

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News - 2007.11.16 - Early Edition

Posted: 15 Nov 2007 11:01 PM CST

RFMD Announces MEMS Technology for RF Applications
RF Micro Devices, (Nasdaq: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions, announced at its analyst day the introduction of its proprietary micro-electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS, technology for RF and other applications. RFMD is a pioneer in the development of MEMS technology for low-cost, integrated RF applications ("RF MEMS") and has been actively engaged in the commercialization of MEMS technology since 2004. RFMD expects its proprietary MEMS technology will enable breakthrough performance and unprecedented levels of functional integration in RF and other applications.

ABI Research Releases Report on MEMS Accelerometers
Accelerometers – devices that sense motion – have been with us for a long time, but only recently have they have been miniaturized as silicon-based devices. Consumer electronics makers who saw their hidden potential and built new products such as Nintendo's Wii, Apple's iPhone, and Activision's "Guitar Hero" game around them have achieved huge market success by revolutionizing the user-interface. Manufacturers of the MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) accelerometers at the heart of these radical interfaces, firms such as Analog Devices (Wii), STMicroelectronics (iPhone), and Freescale Semiconductor, are reaping the rewards as well.

STMicroelectronics STDVE003A HDMI Switch Supports 3.4Gbps Data Rate
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) announced the first HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) switch in the world to support a video data-transfer rate of up to 3.4-Gigabits per second (Gbps), enabling full 16-bit color depth — 65k colors — to be maintained for a true high-definition (HD) picture. The STDVE003A is designed to be used in LCD and Plasma TV sets to provide multiple HDMI inputs for external program sources, such as game consoles, high-definition DVD players (Blu-ray and HD-DVD), and set-top boxes (STBs). In addition, its integrated equalizer is designed to overcome signal degradation when long (greater than 20m) and lossy cables are used.

ABI Research Publishes Report on Cellular M2M Report
A key challenge to growth in the cellular M2M market has been the complexity of application development. However, ABI Research notes that in the past six months, service providers in the market have introduced offerings designed to give application developers important tools to ease the development burden and, consequently, help to increase overall market growth.

Tangent Unveils VITA K Industrial Strength Touch Screen Panel PC
Tangent Inc., a leader in specialized computing devices, announced a group of ultra slim, industrial strength touch screen PCs called the VITA K Series. While the rugged metal enclosures first catch your attention, VITA K's are also energy efficient, and industrial strength – ideal for healthcare, industrial automation, digital signage, information kiosk, self-service check-outs and other applications exposed to hostile environments.

Strategy Analytics Publishes Report on Automotive Electronics Network
The latest Strategy Analytics Automotive Electronics report, "Automotive Multiplexing Protocols: Cost/Performance Driving New Protocol Adoption," predicts strong demand for new automotive network protocols, facilitating car maker ability to meet increasing pressures from the consumer appetite for electronic features and reliable safety features mandated by legislation. Already, about 35 percent of the costs of car assembly come from electronics.

Interra Supports Accellera Standard UPF 1.0
Interra Systems, Inc., a leading provider of EDA building blocks, methodologies, and services for SoC designers, announced support for UPF, an upcoming power format compliant to Accellera standard UPF 1.0. Interra has been supporting EDA Standards since 1997 and is committed to the enhancement and support of all existing and new EDA standards.

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EDA News - 2007.11.15

Posted: 15 Nov 2007 12:03 PM CST

Actel Improves Libero IDE with Verific's Front-end Software
p>Verific Design Automation said that Actel Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL) has integrated its Verilog and VHDL parsers, analyzers and elaborators to serve as the front end to the Libero(TM) Integrated Design Environment (IDE). The recently introduced version of Actel's Libero IDE was enhanced to ease the system-level design process for all of its field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its SmartDesign design entry capability lets designers move to a higher level of abstraction, reducing FPGA design and development time, improving productivity and speeding time to market. Through a tight integration with Verific's front-end software, designers are able to create and automatically abstract block-based system designs into synthesis-ready VHDL or Verilog components.

GAORFID Announces Sirit INfinity 510 RFID Readers
GAORFID Inc. announces a selection of award-winning Sirit Gen 2 RFID Readers. The Sirit INfinity 510, offered by GAO RFID, ranked 1st or 2nd in 6 out of 7 performances test categories in ODIN Technologies Benchmark tests. Sirit's RFID readers are built around exclusive subsystems engineered to handle high levels of interference, environmental noise and RFID activity. These Gen 2 readers are well known for their multi-protocol agility, multi-regional flexibility, and programmability. They read all EPC compliant tags and they are backed by industry certifications of interoperability and compliance with industry standards.

Kontron MediClient Panel PC for Medical Equipment OEMs
Kontron introduced its first lightweight, plastic-housed medical Panel PC specially designed for medical equipment OEMs. Kontron's MediClient offers medical OEMs a highly reliable platform with flexible mounting options and the longevity required by the medical industry. Kontron's scalable x86 CPU boards and a range of I/Os are assembled into a complete medical Human Machine Interface (HMI) with a light and easy-to-clean plastic housing made in accordance with the OEM's individual corporate design.

IBASE Introduces IB950 5.25-inch Disk-Size Single Board Computer
IBASE Technology Inc. (TASDAQ: 8050), a worldwide leader of high-quality industrial computers, launches IB950 5.25" Disk-Size SBC based on the Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset, featuring the Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 to deliver low power, enhanced 3D graphics performance with the board's CRT and LVDS interfaces. For added DVI display functionality, IB950 also comes built in with the Chrontel 7307C DVI transmitter.

GE Fanuc Debuts Gigabit Ethernet WANic 3850, WANic 3860 Packet Processors
Providing further evidence of the company's leadership in the field of communications processing, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms announced the intelligent, high performance, 4-port Gigabit Ethernet WANic(TM) 3850 and WANic 3860 Packet Processors. Designed for applications such as session border control, secure access, network address translation (NAT), traffic management and firewall, the WANic 3850 and 3860 are the first packet processors to be available with NEBS (Network Equipment – Building System) compliance, the most common set of safety, spatial and environmental design guidelines applied to telecommunications equipment. They are also competitively advantaged by the provision of either twisted pair Small Form factor Pluggable (SFP) or short range SX fiber SFP transceivers.

CSR Adds RealAudio to RadioPro Internet Radio Reference Design
CSR announced that it has embedded the RealNetworks® RealAudio® codec in its Internet radio example design, RadioPro. As one of the most established and ubiquitous audio streaming formats, RealAudio will provide users of products based on RadioPro with access to the widest possible range of online content.

austriamicrosystems Expands Multi-Project Wafer Service
austriamicrosystems' (SWX: AMS) business unit Full Service Foundry expands its cost-efficient and speedy ASIC prototyping service, known as Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) or shuttle run, with a more extensive schedule for 2008. The service which combines several designs from different customers onto one wafer allows sharing the costs for wafer and masks among a number of different shuttle participants.

ARC's Open Source Software Program Supports Embedded Linux
ARC International (LSE: ARK) announced a new business model for open source software used on its lines of configurable CPU cores and multimedia subsystems. ARC is optimizing, delivering, and directly supporting versions of Embedded Linux 2.6, and GNU tools based on GCC 4.2 and future versions. Now ARC customers can access the latest versions of open source software and direct support from the people who are the best at developing software for ARC platforms. These technologies can be used in combination with the growing amount of application specific middleware and software based on the GNU/Linux platform.

Ambric Rolls Out Am2045B TeraOPS-class MPPA Device
Ambric®, Inc., the fabless semiconductor company that delivered the world's first teraOPS-class processor, announced that it is now delivering the Am2045B(TM). The new device offers higher performance and lower power than its predecessor, the Am2045A(TM). The Am2045B is the newest in the Ambric Am2000(TM) family of highly scalable, massively parallel processor arrays (MPPAs) using Ambric's award-winning(1) structured object programming model (SOPM) tools to make massively parallel software development practical for complex embedded systems. Ambric is a privately-held company headquartered in Beaverton, Ore., with funding from ComVentures, OVP Venture Partners, and Northwest Technology Ventures.

Mentor Optimizes Flow Between Precision Synthesis, Simulink HDL Coder
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) announced support for hardware description language (HDL) generated by MathWorks Simulink HDL Coder in the Mentor Graphics Precision® suite of advanced synthesis products. This capability enables mutual customers to transfer VHDL and Verilog generated by Simulink HDL Coder into the Precision Synthesis tool directly to generate an optimized netlist implementation for field programmable gate array (FPGA) designs. All mutual customers using Precision 2006a release or newer with Simulink HDL Coder can benefit from this flow, which will improve the productivity of FPGA design synthesis.

World Markets for FPGA, DSP, and ASIC in Medical Imaging Equipment
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the new Frost & Sullivan Report "World Markets for FPGA DSP and ASIC in Medical Imaging Equipment" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service discusses the trends and provides the market analysis of FPGA, DSP, and ASIC in the medical imaging equipment market. The research also discusses market dynamics that include industry challenges, market drivers and restraints, key market and technology trends, and competitive analysis of FPGA, DSP, and ASIC in the medical imaging equipment market. Based on the interplay of identified challenges, drivers, and restraints, unit shipment and revenue forecasts and unit shipment forecasts by application and package type are provided. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analyst thoroughly examines the following markets: X-rays, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography including PET/CT and single photon emission computed tomography, and ultrasound.

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