Zilog Launches Encore! 32 Series Microcontroller
Building on its heritage of embedded microcontroller innovation, Zilog, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZILG) introduced its new Encore! 32[tm] Series Microcontroller for home or industrial control, connectivity and security embedded applications. Zilog is a leading supplier of embedded System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for consumer and industrial applications, and an industry leader in remote control and universal infrared database solutions.
National Instruments Announces 2008 NI Technical Symposium
National Instruments announced open registration for the 2008 NI Technical Symposium, a series of free, full-day technical conferences that feature the latest developments in design, control, automation and test. The conferences, which take place in 28 cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada from October through December 2008, will deliver new product demonstrations, hands-on tutorials and technology presentations to more than 4,000 engineers and scientists. Additionally, each conference features exhibits on technology solutions from NI and third-party vendors and offers networking opportunities with key system integrators, NI R&D engineers and local sales representatives.
TI Rolls Out TMS320C6745 DSP, TMS320C6747 DSP, OMAP-L137 Processor
Engineers of audio, medical, industrial and emerging applications have traditionally implemented floating-point digital signal processors (DSPs) because they offer dynamic range and high precision for data accuracy and easy algorithm programmability. Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) announced three new devices that transcend traditional floating-point processors, enabling engineers to easily design more portable, connected, cost-efficient and high-precision end products.
TRANGO Hypervisor for TI OMAP 2430 SoC Becomes CSPN Compliant
TRANGO Virtual Processors, the leading provider of embedded virtualization IP, announced that the TRANGO Hypervisor for the Texas Instruments OMAP 2430 System on Chip (SoC) is compliant with the CSPN (First Level Security Certification) criteria, established by the French National Security Agency (DCSSI, Central Directorate for Information Systems Security).
Tensilica Becomes Member of Atrenta SpyLinks Partner Program
Atrenta® Inc. and Tensilica® Inc. announced that Tensilica has joined Atrenta’s SpyLinks[tm] partner program and has deployed Atrenta’s SpyGlass® suite to optimize synthesizability, power management, constraints management, design for test, and timing for new processor cores. “Atrenta’s SpyGlass is well respected for its ability to find critical problems very early in the design cycle,” stated Chris Jones, Tensilica’s director of industry alliances. “According to our engineers, the product suite provides high quality results and saves valuable design time.”
TelcoBridges Announces WiMAX VoIP Platform
TelcoBridges[tm] Inc., the preferred hardware and software supplier for telecom solution developers, announced at WiMAX World, its ready-to-deploy service delivery platform for advanced voice services over WiMAX. Through a combination of TelcoBridges’ award winning Tmedia[tm] hardware, and its ExpresSCE+[tm] application software, TelcoBridges is now making it easier for solutions providers to deliver pre-packaged voice services, like standard residential and business voice lines, and value-added services such as voice mail, conferencing, fax server, IVR services, and IP-PBX, with a higher level of voice quality via WiMAX.
VMETRO Unveils XMC-FPGA05F FPGA Module with Fiber Optic Transceivers
VMETRO, a leader in embedded computing solutions based on standards such as VXS, VPX, XMC and FMC that utilize multi-gigabit serial interconnects, announced a new generation user programmable FPGA XMC/PMC module with fiber-optic transceivers. The XMC-FPGA05F, a follow-on to the very successful PMC-FPGA03F, incorporates the Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA with four front panel fiber-optic transceivers in air- or conduction-cooled versions. The popularity of high-speed serial interconnects in embedded real-time DSP systems and the effectiveness of FPGAs to interface to sensor I/O makes the XMC-FPGA05F ideal for demanding real-time applications such as remote sensor interfaces, data recorders, and embedded real-time distributed computing.
Seiko Epson Selects eSOL for Photo Fine Player
eSOL, a leading developer of real time embedded software solutions, announced that its products were selected for the newest P-6000 and P-7000 models of Photo Fine Player, the multimedia storage viewer released from Seiko Epson Corporation. eSOL products have been used in previous models of Photo Fine Player, including P-5000 and P-3000. Because of the proven credibility and functionality of eSOL products, Seiko Epson decided to continue using these products with its newest models. For these newest models, four eSOL products were selected: PrKERNEL(R) v4 – the microITRON4.0-compliant real time operating system (RTOS), PrFILE(R) 2 – the FAT file system, PrUSB(R) /Host – the USB host stack, and PrUSB(R) /Device – the USB device stack.
ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung Team on 32nm, 28nm Systems on Chip
IBM (NYSE: IBM), Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHRT, SGX-ST: CHARTERED) Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] announced they will develop a comprehensive 32 nanometer (nm) and 28nm Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) design platform based on high-k metal-gate (HKMG) technology from the IBM-led joint-development alliance.
ST, Waseda University Create WV-1 Inverted Pendulum Robot
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies, and the Waseda University Humanoid Robotics Institute (HRI), a global leader in state-of-the-art robotics research, announced the development of a high-performance two-wheel inverted pendulum robot, called WV-1 (Waseda wheeled Vehicle-No.1), which is the first result of an ongoing cooperation for the research and development of technology and solutions for innovative humanoid robots and medical-care robot systems. The WV-1 will be displayed at the ST booth (Booth No. 8K26) at CEATEC JAPAN 2008 to be held at the “Makuhari Messe” in Chiba Prefecture from September 30 to October 4, 2008.
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