ARM Launches AMBA Network Interconnect, Dynamic Memory Controller, Tools
ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] announced the launch of new system IP products from the ARM® AMBA® family: the AMBA Network Interconnect with Advanced Quality of Service, a new Dynamic Memory Controller, and the Verification and Performance Exploration tool. These significant additions to the AMBA family further accelerate ARM Partners’ time to market for lower power, higher performance ARM processor-based SoCs. All of these products are available for licensing from ARM today.
Novellus Debuts SABRE Excel for 22nm Copper Electroplating System
Novellus Systems (Nasdaq: NVLS) introduced the SABRE Excel, an advanced copper electroplating system designed to provide industry-leading fill and defect density performance for the 22nm technology node and beyond. SABRE Excel builds upon the production-proven SABRE, a platform already employed in the manufacture of more than 80 percent of the world’s copper interconnect devices. The SABRE Excel platform features a new deposition module incorporating Novellus’ patented IRISCell technology, as well as new hardware, software and communications upgrades to the process tool’s mainframe. In addition, an advanced plating process has been developed for SABRE Excel to take advantage of these new, innovative features.
MotionPower-Auto Increases Energy Capture from Moving Vehicles by 25x
New Energy Technologies, Inc. (Symbol: NENE), a next-generation alternative and renewable energy developer, announced that ongoing tests of the company’s MotionPower-Auto technology for generating electricity from the movement of cars and light trucks have produced a 25-fold increase in its capacity to capture energy from moving vehicles – an important breakthrough in maximizing the amount of electricity generated by the system.
Gartner Reveals Top 10 Strategic Technologies and Trends for 2010
Gartner, Inc. analysts highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2010. The analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held here through October 22. Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt.
Cadence, ARM Team on Next Generation SoC Design Flow
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation, and ARM, Ltd. [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic collaboration to create a next-generation SoC design flow that will accelerate time to market and lower the cost of SoC integration and verification. Under the terms of the agreement, the Cadence® Chip Planning System and Cadence Incisive® functional verification solutions will be combined with ARM® AMBA® Designer, Performance Exploration tools and Network Interconnect IP.
Toyota G-Security System Emails Car Theft Alert to Cell Phone
Imagine you are attending a business meeting and you receive an e-mail on your iPhone, subject line: “Car Theft Alert.” The text of the e-mail warns you that there has been an attempt to break into your Toyota Land Cruiser, activating the vehicle’s alarm. Seconds later, another e-mail arrives, informing you that your Land Cruiser’s engine has been ignited. You tap your finger on an icon on your iPhone screen, and live video of the interior of your vehicle appears, showing a stranger at the wheel. Another icon tap brings up a map, presenting the progress of your car as it leaves the company parking lot and proceeds down the road.
Artisan Software Tools Acquires Brass Bullet Engineering Consultancy
Artisan® Software Tools, the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has acquired Brass Bullet Limited, a leading systems engineering consultancy based in Swansea in the UK. The acquisition is part of Artisan’s growth strategy and gives the company full ownership of Brass Bullet’s consultancy and training offerings in Software Design, Systems Engineering and Enterprise Architectures. The Brass Bullet team, including its core group of industry experts, will join the Artisan fold, bolstering Artisan’s professional services capability.
ABI Research Comments on Bluetooth Low Energy Market
The first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) products are already lining up, ahead of a specification ratified by the Bluetooth SIG. According to a recent study from ABI Research, the BLE market will develop in two very separate stages. How well the players in each stage understand the technology and its potential will determine its success. Just over 2.5 billion BLE chipsets will ship in 2014 in a market that will grow at 78% CAGR between 2009 and 2014; but less than a third of those shipments will be for the single mode ICs.
Thermoelectric Assemblies and Modules for Industrial Applications
Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, announced the release of its newest application note titled “Thermoelectric Assemblies and Modules for Industrial Applications.” This application note is the third in a series of notes describing the role of Thermal Management in numerous market segments.
Argonne Scientists Discover New Multiferroic Materials
The trail to a new multiferroic started with the theories of a U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory scientist and ended with a multidisciplinary collaboration that created a material with potential impact on next generation electronics. Argonne scientist Craig Fennie’s principles of microscopic materials design predicted that the high pressure form of FeTiO3 would have both weak ferromagnetism and ferroelectric polarization, an unusual combination in a single material.
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