XM-Sirius Merger Creates Monopoly
A study sent yesterday to the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice demonstrates that the proposed merger between XM and Sirius would create a monopoly, constituting a likely violation of the antitrust laws. Conducted by one of the country's leading economists and scholars, the study lends concrete evidence and analysis to some of the most important questions that have plagued lawmakers since the merger was announced earlier this year.
Altium Designer 6 Features Korean Language Support
Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) announced the release of Korean language support capabilities for Altium Designer 6, its unified electronics product development system. This extends Altium Designer's user interface language capabilities, which already features support for French, German, Japanese as well as Simplified and Traditional Chinese. As opposed to being a separate version of the software, Altium Designer's support for Korean, as well as all other languages, is built into the system and is selectable during or after installation. This makes electronics development easier for both Korean engineers and large multinational organizations working across countries and regions.
Ember to Present, Demonstrate ZigBee Solutions at ESC
Ember, along with partners STMicroelectronics, Tendril Networks and Maxstream - a Digi International Inc., will demonstrate solutions at ESC based on Ember's ZigBee platform. The demonstrations highlight how easy it is to ZigBee enable devices from a variety of manufacturers and have them operate as a low-power wireless mesh network.
Aeroflex Introduces Auto-Test Software for Radio Test Set
When testing large numbers of radios utilized in large private and land mobile radio networks, consistent testing and comparison of test results for each radio can be a huge problem. Test operator skills may vary from location to location, allowing inconsistencies and errors to crop up that can slow down deployment. Aeroflex solves this problem with its new Auto-Test software for its popular 2975 P25 Radio Test Set for P25 and FM radios.
Leadis Drives 262K, 65K Color Mobile Handset Displays
Leadis Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: LDIS), a leading analog and mixed-signal developer of semiconductor solutions for mobile and consumer electronics devices, announced sample availability of two new color STN driver ICs: the LDS195, a 262K color driver with integrated controller supporting 128 (RGB) x 160 resolution displays, and the LDS194, a 65K color driver with integrated controller supporting 98 (RGB) x 70 and 98 (RGB) x 64 resolution displays.
Virage Logic Supports Composite Current Source Models
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in semiconductor design software, and Virage Logic Corporation (Nasdaq: VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner and pioneer in Silicon Aware IP(TM), announced support of Composite Current Source (CCS) models for all advanced process node versions of Virage Logic's Self Test and Repair (STAR) Memory, Area, Speed and Power (ASAP) Memory(TM) and ASAP Logic(TM) Standard Cell product lines. Used in conjunction with the Synopsys Galaxy(TM) Design Platform, the high-accuracy CCS timing and noise models allow the designer to reduce guard-band margins during design implementation and sign-off, thus improving design performance and reducing design iterations.
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