BiTMICRO to Showcase Next Generation Solid State Disks at CES
BiTMICRO Networks, Inc., maker of intelligent flash IDE/ATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel and SATA solid state disk (SSD) storage solutions, announced its participation at the 40th Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 8 to 11, 2007. Hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association, the International CES is the world’s largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology and America’s largest tradeshow of any kind. CES 2007 is expecting 150,000 attendees this year with 2,700 exhibitors on the floor.
Elma Electronic Offers Lightpipes in Multiple Colors
Elma Electronic, a leading designer and manufacturer of rotary components and electronic packaging products, now offers lightpipes in a wide range of colors. The LEDs transfer light to the front panel with a translucent, but intense coloration of the lightpipe.
Xilinx Ships Virtex-5 LX330 65nm FPGAs
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), announced it has shipped the industry’s largest FPGA. Developed using an advanced power-saving 65nm process technology, the Virtex(TM)-5 LX330 FPGA delivers 65 percent more logic than the largest 90nm FPGAs. Xilinx fab partners UMC and Toshiba have ramped production on their 65nm processes quickly and with excellent yields, allowing Xilinx to deliver the complete 65nm Virtex-5 LX platform on time and over one year ahead of its competition. Xilinx also announced the shipment of the LX220, which completes the rollout of the Virtex-5 LX family.
Wavecom Announces Eclipse Ready Open AT Software Suite IDE
Wavecom (Paris:AVM) (NASDAQ:WVCM) (ISIN:FR0000073066) announced that Open AT(R) Software Suite IDE (Integrated Development Environment) tools are now designed to be Eclipse(TM) Ready, using tools from the popular open-source development community.
Crossware ARM Development Suite Supports 21 More NXP Microcontrollers
Crossware, a leading embedded software tools developer, has added support to its ARM Development Suite for 21 more NXP Semiconductor ARM-based microcontrollers. All of NXP’s LPC21xx and LPC22xx chips are now supported.
Magma Files Second Request for Re-Examination of Synopsys Patent
Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA) announced it has filed a second request for re-examination of U.S. Patent Number 6,378,114 (the ’114 patent), one of three patents at issue in a case filed against the company by Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS). Magma’s first request for re-examination of the ’114 patent resulted in a finding that the request raised a substantial new question of patentability and a subsequent rejection of the patent’s 15 claims by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). This new re-examination request is based upon prior art not previously cited to the PTO and adds further uncertainty as to the validity of the Synopsys patent.
QuickLogic Introduces Power Comparison Resource Package
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), the lowest power programmable logic leader, announced its “Power Comparison Resource Package” that includes a low power programmable logic video, power comparison demo platform, a white paper created by a third-party consultant and a micro website. The purpose of this package is to help designers compare FPGAs and CPLDs between the leading vendors in order to make the best decisions based on design power constraints and requirements.
OneSpin Solutions Opens New Office in Sunnyvale
Responding to rapidly increasing demand in the US for its formal verification solutions, OneSpin Solutions announced it has established a sales, marketing and field applications engineering office in Sunnyvale, California. The new office – opened December 1 – marks the next phase in the company’s worldwide expansion.
Samsung Develops First Gigabit Mobile DRAM
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced that it has developed the industry’s first one gigabit (Gb) Mobile DRAM (dynamic random access memory) for mobile products, using 80nm process technology.
SofTec Introduces FlashRunner Standalone In-System Programmer
SofTec Microsystems unveils a revolutionary, universal, standalone in-system programmer specifically designed for the production environment. FlashRunner is a high-performance, standalone in-system programmer specific for Flash-based microcontrollers and serial memories. FlashRunner is targeted at production environments and piggybacks to your programming system or Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) via header connectors, and can work either in full standalone mode or controlled by a host system.
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