Analog Devices Rolls Out AD8207 High Voltage Current Sense Amplifier
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a world leader in semiconductors for mixed-signal processing applications and leading supplier of signal conditioning technology, introduced the industry’s most accurate high-voltage amplifier for current sensing applications. The AD8207 zero-drift, high-voltage, bi-directional current sense amplifier meets the robust performance and quality requirements for motor and solenoid control in industrial and automotive applications. The product features breakthrough temperature accuracy specified at a maximum of 1 µV/°C offset drift over the automotive temperature range of -40 degrees C to 125 degrees C — a 5-fold improvement over competing devices.
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VDC Research Group Reports on Mobile Operating Systems
VDC Research Group’s recently published report on mobile operating systems indicates that today’s mobile devices are more dependent on robust, complex operating systems capable of supporting a diverse ecosystem of new software applications. However, it is no longer about a single component or components but instead about integrated solution stacks and the mobile operating systems that sit at the heart of them.
OIPF Announces Release 2 IPTV Specifications
The OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) announced the publication of Release 2 of its global end-to-end specifications for IPTV. This is a major step forward for end-to-end interoperability within the IPTV ecosystem. Release 2 includes an evolution of functionality across many areas of the Release 1 Specifications, with notable enhancements of major functional areas.
Movea Introduces MotionIC Platform for Motion Processing, Control
Movea, the global leader in motion-sensing and motion control, is building on its twenty years of experience in the pioneering of motion sensing consumer electronics and its extensive development and patenting of motion processing technologies to launch its new MotionIC[tm] Platform. Movea’s MotionIC offering includes chips and chipsets, SmartMotion[tm] firmware, software API’s and developer kits, and IP that will enable OEM’s, Set Top Box (STB) suppliers, Digital TV Manufacturers and Service Providers to rapidly adopt and integrate 2 to 9 axes of motion processing and control into their product solutions.
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mbrace Mobile Application Connects Mercedes-Benz Drivers to iPhone
As consumers increasingly turn to mobile devices to manage their lives from wherever they are, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) has introduced an upgraded version of its mbrace telematics platform that connects the in-car navigation system in its vehicles with drivers’ iPhones. Developed by its partner Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), the new mbrace Mobile Application version 2.0 allows Mercedes-Benz customers to take their mbrace services with them when they leave their vehicles. Mercedes-Benz is the first manufacturer to extend connected services in this way.
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Radio Frequency MEMS Boosts Apple iPhone 4
Help may be on the way for iPhone 4 users frustrated by dropped calls with the arrival of Radio Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS), semiconductors that can improve the performance of antennas in cell phones, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp. Long plagued by technological hurdles and other disappointing setbacks, RF MEMS are finally ready for the big time, with revenue projected to double in 2010 and more than triple in 2011. From slightly less than $4 million in 2006, global RF MEMS revenue is anticipated to climb to $8.1 million this year — and then surge to $27.9 million in 2011, according to iSuppli. By 2014, revenue will reach a whopping $223.2 million — a far cry from the industry’s extremely modest beginnings.
Magma Debuts Hierarchical Reference Flow for Low-Power Process
Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), announced the availability of a proven hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for the Common Platform[tm] alliance’s 32/28nm low-power process technology. This automated, comprehensive solution provides predictable results and reduces development costs for 2-million-instance and larger systems on chip (SoCs) that are manufactured at this advanced process node.
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In-Stat Comments on Intel’s Acquisition of Infineon Wireless Business
In its efforts to complete the wireless puzzle, Intel announced that it has acquired the wireless assets from German semiconductor vendor Infineon, a group Intel has partnered with in mobile solutions for several years. With the acquisition, Intel acquires roughly 3,400 staff, the existing cellular modem business, as well as the research investment in future products, including 4G (LTE) modem technology. This is another piece of valuable intellectual property that can be integrated or included in a silicon solution for consumer electronics (CE) products. This is Intel’s third acquisition in as many weeks targeting technology for CE devices that also includes the cable modem assets from Texas Instruments and the complete acquisition of security software vendor McAfee. More than the products that will likely result from these acquisitions, these purchases clearly signal Intel’s intention to develop products for CE markets over the next five years.
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Intel Acquires Wireless Solutions Business from Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies AG and Intel Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Infineon’s Wireless Solutions (WLS) business to Intel in a cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. WLS, a leading provider of cellular platforms to top tier global phone makers, will operate as a standalone business serving its existing customers. WLS will also contribute to Intel’s strategy to make connected computing ubiquitous from smartphones to laptops to embedded computing.
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SYSGO Virtualization PikeOS Supports LEON Processor, RTEMS OS
SYSGO, leading supplier of software solutions for the world’s most demanding safety and security applications, announced the availability of its flagship product PikeOS for the LEON processor based platforms. RTEMS applications can run concurrently with PikeOS native, ARINC-653 and POSIX applications thanks to the safe and secure virtualization technology provided by PikeOS.
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