OPC Not Needed for Ethernet Direct Industrial Modbus Switch Solutions
Ethernet Direct Corporation, a professional and primary provider of Industrial Networking and communication solutions, pioneers in the industrial automation & industrial networking industry by offering Industrial Modbus switch solutions which supports Modbus over TCP with no OPC server required. Industrial Ethernet is a trend in industrial communications and automation applications due to the fact that majority of the PLC and DCS manufacturers offer devices with a built-in Ethernet interface to allow industrial control equipment to be integrated into the industrial automation.
Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Powers Vulcan SP HT6210 Network Interface Card
Commex Technologies Ltd., a provider of intelligent, high-performance data-routing solutions for x86 multicore systems, revealed that its Vulcan SP HT6210 Network Interface Card (NIC) has achieved data throughput of 27 Gbps. The Commex NIC accomplishes this unparalleled bandwidth by maximizing the performance of its onboard Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA, and by leveraging the board’s 16-lane, 1.2Gtps HyperTransport bus interface.
Icera Espresso 300 3G Soft Modem Features QuickLogic ArcticLink CSSP
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power programmable solutions leader, announced the selection of its Customer Specific Standard Product (CSSP), based on the ArcticLink solution platform, for the Icera Espresso® 300 3G soft modem platform, that is now entering production. Icera is a leader in software-defined wireless chipsets and is the only company to deliver software-based cellular modems for broadband data cards, USB sticks, and mobile internet devices. Icera’s reference design uses a wafer-level chip scale (WLCSP) version of the ArcticLink solution platform to compliment its second-generation baseband chip design. QuickLogic provides higher speed, smart data transfers between USB and SD/SDHC memory via QuickLogic’s innovative Smart Programmable Integrated Data Aggregator (SPIDA) system block.
Mentor Graphics Acquires Embedded Alley, Reveals Android, Linux Strategy
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) unveiled its Android and Linux strategy, including the acquisition of Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc. (San Jose, CA), an innovative leader in Android and Linux development systems. By combining Embedded Alley’s Android and Linux products and services with the Mentor Graphics Nucleus® real-time operating system (RTOS), tools and middleware, Mentor can now provide device manufacturers with all the software they need to build their products, and work closely with them throughout their product lifecycle to supply tools and services at every stage.
Tektronix Releases Educator’s Resource Kit for Test and Measurement
Tektronix Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, has released a comprehensive new Educator’s Resource Kit that uses hands-on problem-based laboratory experiments to teach students the fundamentals of test and measurement for basic electronics. The kit is designed to help ensure that students are prepared to be immediately productive in the workplace and able to use the latest in test and measurement instrumentation.
Virage Logic Announces SiPro PCI Express Gen1/Gen2 Physical Layer
Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry’s trusted IP partner, announced its new offering, a silicon and volume production-proven 40-nanometer (nm) G PCI Express Gen1/Gen2 Physical Layer (PHY). The SiPro[tm] PCI Express PHY product line represents the first offering in Virage Logic’s advanced interface IP SiPro product portfolio that is a result of its collaboration with AMD announced in January 2009. This agreement grants Virage Logic the rights to license and modify certain AMD standards-based advanced interface IP that was designed for and used in the 40nm ATI Radeon[tm] graphics products from AMD.
Digi Cellular Routers Meet Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) announced that its cellular router families are able to be configured for use in remote point of sale and financial IP networks where Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance is required. The PCI DSS security standard includes guidelines for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures to help organizations protect customer account data. Digi cellular routers can be part of a PCI DSS compliant system and provide secure connectivity to remote devices via cellular and/or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) connections.
Open SystemC Initiative Shares TLM WG, Synthesis WG, AMS WG Milestones
The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), an independent non-profit organization dedicated to support and advance SystemC[tm] as an industry-standard language for electronic system-level (ESL) design, announced significant milestones that have been achieved by three of its working groups: the Transaction-level Modeling Working Group (TLM WG), the Synthesis WG, and the Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) WG.
ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, Synopsys Team on Mobile Internet Devices
In a move that addresses fundamental challenges in creating advanced systems-on-chips (SoCs), ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)], Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHRT, SGX: CHARTEREDSC), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) announced at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) an agreement to develop a comprehensive technology enablement solution for the design and manufacture of mobile Internet-optimized devices. The objective of this collaboration is to leverage innovations in material science, mobile multimedia implementation and SoC design to lower risk and improve time-to-market for advanced mobile products.
Virtutech Simics Supports RMI XLR MIPS64, Tensilica Xtensa Cores
Virtutech®, Inc., the leader in virtualized systems development (VSD), announced Simics support for the multi-core and multithreaded RMI® XLR® MIPS64 family of processors and the customizable, Tensilica Xtensa[tm] core. Now developers can create virtualized systems comprised of RMI or Tensilica cores side-by-side with any number or combination of supported processor, DSP, or board.
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