Sans Digital Expands AccuRAID Direct Attached Rackmounts
Sans Digital, a leading provider of high performance storage subsystems, is expanding the AccuRAID complete line of direct attached rackmounts. These cost effective arrays range from 12-bay to 42-bay in 2U, 3U and 4U configurations, and are designed for enterprise storage needs. In addition to the previous SCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces, the series now includes the latest SAS interface, providing flexible and economical solutions for file server and storage capacity expansions.
DFI Technical Group Reveals DDR PHY Interface Specification v2.1
Denali Software, Inc., as one of the DDR PHY Interface (DFI) specification participating members, announced the availability of the preliminary version of the DFI specification 2.1. The DFI specification extends support to the latest LPDDR2 memory technology and enables new features including frequency change support and low-power PHY options. The collaborative technical working group includes representatives from ARM, Denali, Intel, LSI, Samsung, and STMicroelectronics. This technical group is enhancing the specification with several low-power features aimed at speeding LPDDR memory system design and integration, and reducing verification costs. The preliminary DFI specification 2.1, now available, is just one of the many resources found on the growing DFI ecosystem community website. The website highlights leading DDR DRAM IP and service providers and discusses the upcoming DFI Forum keynote address by Bryan Jones from Intel on Tuesday, October 28 at the Academy Hills in Tokyo, Japan.
Electronics.ca Publishes Report on LED Driver ICs
The market for high-brightness LED driver ICs is increasingly diverse and presents significant growth opportunities. According to the latest analysis available at Electronics.ca Publications, the dollar market is projected to grow faster than unit sales, 26.6%/year and 24.6%/year, respectively. By 2013, annual global demand will exceed 12 billion LED driver ICs accounting for sales of $5.4 billion.
Ethernet Direct Introduces EDS Series Industrial IP-66 CCTV Cameras
Ethernet Direct Corporation, a professional and primary provider of industrial networking and communication solutions, is pleased to offer a new series Industrial rated IP-66 CCTV cameras to complement our OVS series Video Server offering the especially designed solution for Industrial Video over Ethernet. EDS series Industrial rated IP-66 CCTV cameras come in several models for selection, either Outdoor or Indoor type, bullet type or speed dome.
JTEL Tests JTRS Waveform, Platform Code with PrismTech Spectra 2
PrismTech[tm], an acknowledged leader in advanced software integration and infrastructure solutions, announced that the regulatory and certification authority for both Software Communications Architecture (SCA) and JTRS compliance, the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Testing and Evaluation Lab (JTEL), has selected its Spectra[tm] 2 tools suite to assist with the testing and certification of waveform and platform application code. Spectra 2 is PrismTech’s end-to-end development suite for the modeling, code generation, testing and deployment of SCA-compliant software defined radio (SDR) applications. PrismTech’s products “Power Netcentricity” and thus help optimize resource management and provide the superior information on events and conditions necessary to empower decision makers.
Avnet, MathWorks, TI, Xilinx Announce Co-Processing SpeedWay Workshop
Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), The MathWorks, Texas Instruments and Xilinx announce the launch of a 2-day Co-Processing SpeedWay Design Workshop[tm]. “Creating FPGA-based Co-Processors for DSPs Using Model-Based Design” features the Spartan-3A DSP FPGA / DaVinci Development Platform announced yesterday. The workshops are being offered in locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia beginning December 1, 2008.
IMEC Pushes Authorities to Stimulate International Collaborations
To increase Europe’s microelectronics competitiveness, the Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC asks Europe and its governing public authorities to stimulate true cross-border collaborations, not only by setting up networks but also by creating financial means. Only international collaboration will enable Europe to continue to play a competitive role in nanoelectronics and related fields.
Mistral Introduces Elma Blu!box Ruggedized ATR MicroTCA Chassis
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of Blu!box, a ruggedized ATR MicroTCA chassis from Elma Electronic Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic packaging products. The new MicroTCA chassis is an ARINC 404A Full-Size ATR Long Enclosure, used in commercial and military aviation. The 19″ subrack chassis is 5U in height with a depth of 200 mm. Two MicroTCA Carrier Hubs (MCH), two power modules for – 48 V / – 60 V and two cooling units enable the tested system platform to be fully redundant. The cooling units feature 5 high performance fans and have PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control.
GDA Technologies Debuts Freescale MPC5121e Bali Reference Board
GDA Technologies, Inc. (San Jose), a fast-growing IP and Electronic Design Services (EDS) subsidiary of L&T Infotech, Ltd., announced the availability of the Bali Reference Board equipped with Freescale’s MPC5121e processor. With 32 Kbyte instruction cache and 32 Kbyte data cache, a double- precision FPU, and instruction and data MMU, the MPC5121e is a powerful processor designed for automotive, industrial, and multi-market applications. Based on the scalable e300 Power Architecture(TM) processor core, the MPC5121e is designed to run at 400MHz.
Robotics Trends Reveals Exhibitors for RoboDevelopment Conference
Robotics Trends and EH Publishing announced the lineup of exhibiting companies for their upcoming RoboDevelopment Conference & Exposition. RoboDevelopment Conference & Exposition, the international technical design and development event for personal, service and mobile robotics industry, will be held November 18-19, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.
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