Archive for July 2008

IDC Releases Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker

Posted by EDA Geek News Staff in Research, Wireless on Thursday, July 31, 2008

The worldwide mobile phone market continued solid double-digit growth in the second quarter (2Q08) as competition in high-end devices heated up. According to IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 306.0 million units, an increase of 5.6% from the 289.7 million units shipped during the previous quarter and up 15.3% from the 265.4 million units shipped during 2Q07. Total shipments for the quarter were in line with IDC’s expectations, even as vendors cited economic challenges and changing demands within key regions.

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Strategy Analytics Publishes Q2 2008 Global Handset Market Share Report

Posted by EDA Geek News Staff in Research, Wireless on Thursday, July 31, 2008

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile handset shipments grew a healthy 15 percent year-over-year, to reach 297 million units in Q2 2008. Motorola surprised and held off LG to maintain the third spot in our global vendor rankings. Bonny Joy, Analyst at Strategy Analytics said, “Global handset shipments rose 15 percent annually, to 297 million units during Q2 2008. Despite much economic gloom, handset sales remain robust in emerging markets and the worldwide growth rate is, in fact, higher than it was at any time during 2007.”

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OmniVision, eASIC Unveil eDVR91 MPEG-4 Camera Reference Design

Posted by EDA Geek News Staff in Reference Design on Thursday, July 31, 2008

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip(TM) image sensors and eASIC Corporation, the leading provider of zero mask-charge ASIC devices, announced the availability of the eDVR91, an MPEG-4 camera reference design suitable for a broad range of applications including camcorders, security and surveillance cameras and automotive vision systems.

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Aeroflex 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set Supports SmartNet, SmartZone

Posted by EDA Geek News Staff in Test Solution on Thursday, July 31, 2008

Aeroflex has announced the release of version 1.7.4 software for the Aeroflex 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set that includes support for Motorola’s Astro SmartNet[tm]/SmartZone[tm] systems. Included in this release is support for re-banded channels in the 800MHz band. This new software is available for all Aeroflex 3900 Series products currently in the field, including the 3901, the 3902 and the new 3920 Series.

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Agilent Announces Genesys 2008.07 Release for RF Board Design

Posted by EDA Geek News Staff in EDA Tools on Thursday, July 31, 2008

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) announced shipment of its Genesys 2008.07 release. The new Genesys release contains improvements to the reliability of artwork masks for electromagnetic (EM) verification and RF board manufacturing, along with modeling and user interface improvements. This functionality results in shorter design cycles with fewer iterations for RF designers with tight deadlines and budgets.

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MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 5.0 Supports Cavium OCTEON

Posted by EDA Geek News Staff in RTOS on Thursday, July 31, 2008

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced that MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 now supports Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) OCTEON[tm] CN58XX, CN56XX, CN52XX, CN50XX and CN38XX processor families, enabling embedded developers to use the widely adopted MIPS64-based OCTEON architecture to create high-performance multicore applications that are multi-threaded and core-aware while delivering the interoperability, high availability, and field serviceability that carriers need.

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