EDA Industry Revenue Grows by 10% to $1.345 Billion in Q1 2007
The EDA Consortium’s Market Statistics Service (MSS) announced that the electronic design automation (EDA) industry revenue for Q1 of 2007 grew 10 percent to $1,345 million, versus $1,223 million in Q1 2006. The four-quarter average growth rate, which compares the most recent four quarters to the same four quarters in the prior year, was 15 percent. This increase reflects both the continuing growth of the industry as a whole and the growth of the MSS program.
Arrow Offers Development Systems for Integrating Motorola MicroTCA
The North American Components (NAC) business of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) announced the availability of development systems that integrate Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) MicroTCA(TM) products for North American customers. The development systems are designed to help engineers speed the building and testing of their network with an application-ready platform.
National Technical Systems Increases Aerospace Test Capabilities
National Technical Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC) (NTS), a leading provider of engineering services, announced the addition of a new high power variable frequency programmable power supply capability at their Tinton Falls, NJ test laboratory. The AC/DC programmable power supply is capable of supplying 45 kVA. This capability is necessary to support RTCA/DO-160D/E, MIL-STD-704D/E and ABD0100.1.8 (Airbus) requirements. Similar capability with up to 90 kVA output was added at the NTS Fullerton, CA facility in January of this year.
Silicon Storage Technology Unveils NAND Controllers for Mobile Storage
Addressing the performance, compatibility, functionality and reliability needs of solid state mass storage solutions, SST (Nasdaq: SSTI) (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.), a leader in flash memory technology, announced that it is expanding its NAND controller offerings with two new NAND controllers, the ATA Flash Disk Controller (SST55VD020) and the CompactFlash Card Controller (SST55LC200). Featuring an advanced error correction code (ECC) engine, these high-performance controllers are well positioned for managing current and future high-density NAND flash requirements. SST SuperFlash-based embedded firmware allows for firmware updates before, during and after manufacturing. Firmware update functions eliminate the need to re-design or re-qualify new controllers to meet the requirements of new NAND flash technology introduced after the system has been put into production. This allows system manufacturers to optimize NAND costs, availability and performance requirements in the face of fast-changing NAND technologies.
National Semi Creates Highest-Precision Programmable Gain Amplifier
National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) introduced the industry’s highest-precision programmable gain amplifier (PGA), enabling a new level of signal-conditioning performance in sensor interface applications and data acquisition systems targeting the industrial and instrumentation markets.
Wisair Debuts WSR601 Single-die CMOS Chip for Wireless USB Applications
Wisair, a leading provider of Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB (WUSB) chipset solutions, announced the immediate availability of its new WSR601, a single-die CMOS chip for both host and device Wireless USB applications. The production-ready chip, based on WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB standards, integrates UWB PHY (including RF), MAC and Wireless USB subsystems. The WSR601 combines high performance and low power consumption to offer a cost-effective solution for a wide range of Wireless USB applications, including battery-powered, portable devices.
LSI Ships TrueStore PHY8800 65nm Physical Layer IP for Hard Disk Drive
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) announced that it has begun shipping sample quantities of its next-generation 65-nanometer multi-interface Physical Layer (PHY) IP for hard disk drives (HDD) in notebook and desktop personal computers as well as enterprise storage systems.
Faraday Selects Cadence System-in-Package Digital Co-Design Technology
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation, and Faraday Technology Corp. (TAIEX:3035), a leading fabless ASIC and IP company, announced that Faraday has adopted Cadence(R) system-in-package (SiP) digital co-design technology. This technology strengthens Faraday’s substrate design capability and enables the company to provide SiP implementation capability to the market.
InfiniBand Low Latency Technical Forum
The InfiniBand Trade Association and the OpenFabrics Alliance announced that an InfiniBand Low Latency Technical Forum has been planned for September 17 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, in co-location with the Fall 2007 Intel Developer Forum (IDF). The technical forum will bring together members from these two industry associations, along with the broader InfiniBand community. The technical forum will include presentations and collaborative sessions that examine latency in high-performance computing, storage and enterprise environments and will emphasize how end-user deployments of InfiniBand technology result in a positive return on investment.
SANYO Licenses Red Bend Device Management Software for Mobile Phones
Red Bend Software Japan K.K. (located in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President Kazuhiro Abe), the market leader in Mobile Software Management and Firmware-Over-the-Air (FOTA) update solutions for mobile phones and wireless modules, announced a licensing agreement with SANYO(R) Electric to use Red Bend’s device management client software suite in mobile phones manufactured by SANYO.
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