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Analog Bits uses Magma’s FineSim SPICE to accelerate analog IP verification
Analog Bits uses Magma’s FineSim SPICE to accelerate analog IP verification
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Analog Bits, Inc., the integrated clocking and interface IP company, is accelerating analog IP verification for its precision clocking macros,…
Power Tip 41: Powering DDR memory
Power Tip 41: Powering DDR memory
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Robert Kollman, Texas Instruments takes a look at the issues relating to powering DDR memories.
Industry’s first medium power transistors are offered in 2×2-mm leadless DFN package
Industry’s first medium power transistors are offered in 2×2-mm leadless DFN package
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has introduced the industry’s first medium power transistors in a 2-mm x 2-mm 3-pin leadless DFN package.
Understanding and mitigating tin whiskers
Understanding and mitigating tin whiskers
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John O’Boyle, Maxim Integrated Products examnes the problems caused by the removal of lead from electronics and describes some techniques…

Innovative circuit techniques lead to embedded SRAM that consumes 57 percent less power
Innovative circuit techniques lead to embedded SRAM that consumes 57 percent less power
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Toshiba Corporation has developed circuit techniques for embedded SRAM that operate in a wide supply voltage range, from 0.5 V to 1.0 V, that effectively contribute to lower power consumption…
Driver assistant system identifies and marks obstacles
Driver assistant system identifies and marks obstacles
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Researchers of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a night vision system that goes one step further than existing infrared-based vision system: It does not display potential obstacles.
48-V GaN-on-Si process enables cool high reliablility RF devices
48-V GaN-on-Si process enables cool high reliablility RF devices
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NRF2 from Nitronex is a 48 V GaN-on-Si process platform that delivers double the power density, 1 to 2 dB higher gain, improved broadband performance, higher breakdown voltage and higher…
Nitronex’s 48-V GaN-on-Si process platform enables cooler, more reliable RF power solutions
Nitronex’s 48-V GaN-on-Si process platform enables cooler, more reliable RF power solutions
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Nitronex has developed a 48 V GaN-on-Si process platform. Designated NRF2, the new platform delivers double the power density, 1-2 dB higher gain, improved broadband performance, higher breakdown voltage and…
IBM’s Blue Gene/Q delivers petaflops on low power
IBM’s Blue Gene/Q delivers petaflops on low power
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Perhaps the most poorly kept secret at SC11 was IBM's official unveiling of its next generation Blue Gene/Q (BGQ) supercomputer, the third generation in its Blue Gene family, with 16…
Researchers enhance battery electrode specs
Researchers enhance battery electrode specs
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A team of Northwestern University researchers has created an anode electrode for lithium-ion batteries that allows the batteries to hold a charge up to 10 times greater than using current…
High accuracy concept-study position sensor enables car2x applications
High accuracy concept-study position sensor enables car2x applications
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By fusing driving dynamics sensor information with GPS data, automotive supplier Continental will make it possible to determine the precise position of a vehicle within its lane. This degree of…
TAOS claims industry’s first digital color sensors with on-chip IR filtering and proximity sensing
TAOS claims industry’s first digital color sensors with on-chip IR filtering and proximity sensing
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TAOS has extended the company’s product portfolio with the industry’s first color sensors with an on-chip infrared (IR) blocking filter and proximity sensor.
Researchers tout chip that mimics brain activity
Researchers tout chip that mimics brain activity
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have designed a chip that mimics how the brain's neurons adapt in response to new information.
Microsoft calls for ‘cloud’ flash, server SoCs
Microsoft calls for ‘cloud’ flash, server SoCs
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Big data centers want lower power flash chips and integrated processors, said an executive who helps design Microsoft's warehouse-sized facilities. Containers are also on their way out in favor of…
World’s first truly wireless pacemaker in trials
World’s first truly wireless pacemaker in trials
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Cambridge Consultants has teamed up with UK startup EBR Systems to develop the world’s first truly leadless, wireless pacemaker system using its XAP4 embedded processor and energy harvesting. The Wireless…
Wireless pacemaker in trials claims world first
Wireless pacemaker in trials claims world first
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Cambridge Consultants has teamed up with UK startup EBR Systems to develop the world’s first truly leadless, wireless pacemaker system using its XAP4 embedded processor and energy harvesting. The Wireless…
Multi-camera system design for automotive parking assistant systems
Multi-camera system design for automotive parking assistant systems
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Camera-based driver assistance systems are a rapidly gaining popularity. In order to fulfil the highest prerequisites in terms of quality and video display capabilities a seamless cooperation of all system…
Highly exact position sensor enables car2x applications
Highly exact position sensor enables car2x applications
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By fusing driving dynamics sensor information with GPS data, automotive supplier Continental will make it possible to determine the precise position of a vehicle within its lane. This degree of…
TAOS claims industry’s first digital color sensors with on-chip IR filtering and proximity sensing
TAOS claims industry’s first digital color sensors with on-chip IR filtering and proximity sensing
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TAOS has extended the company’s product portfolio with the industry’s first color sensors with an on-chip infrared (IR) blocking filter and proximity sensor.
Toshiba develops circuit techniques for embedded SRAM that consumes 57 percent less power
Toshiba develops circuit techniques for embedded SRAM that consumes 57 percent less power
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Toshiba Corporation has developed circuit techniques for embedded SRAM that operate in a wide supply voltage range, from 0.5 V to 1.0 V, that effectively contribute to lower power consumption…
Freescale describes home health hub reference design
Freescale describes home health hub reference design
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As medical sensors monitoring both people and their environment proliferate, Freescale Semiconductor aims to reintegrate them with a home health hub (HHH) reference design that handles all popular wired and…
Cambridge Broadband Networks delivers multipoint microwave backhaul on 4G for O2
Cambridge Broadband Networks delivers multipoint microwave backhaul on 4G for O2
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Cambridge Broadband Networks has announced that its VectaStar multipoint microwave equipment will be backhauling LTE data as a key element of O2's trial 4G network. The superfast network, operating over…
Project RAMPLAS targets the first 100 GHz optical RAM silicon chips
Project RAMPLAS targets the first 100 GHz optical RAM silicon chips
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Six parties are teaming up to participate in the research project RAMPLAS, which aims to develop the first 100Gbps optical random access. For over two decades the ICT sector witnesses…
ESA on path to reliable MEMS in space
ESA on path to reliable MEMS in space
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The European Space Agency is funding a project to develop new methods for packaging and testing micro-electromechanical systems to meet performance requirements of space missions.
Siemens, Osram discover deep-red LED material
Siemens, Osram discover deep-red LED material
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Researchers of Siemens Corporate Technology and Osram have discovered a new fluorescent substance suited for usage in warm white LEDs for General Lighting as well as for LCD screen backlighting;…
UWB to revolutionise car manufacturing with real-time location identification system
UWB to revolutionise car manufacturing with real-time location identification system
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A new agreement has been forged between BMW, IBS and Ubisense, extending the deployment of a real-time Location Identification System (LIS) across the global vehicle manufacturer's production facilities. The LIS…
Understanding electromagnetic interference sources in touchscreens
Understanding electromagnetic interference sources in touchscreens
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Vadim Konradi of Silicon Labs reviews the various EMI problems associated with projected-capacitance touchscreens in today's portable devices. The author then outlines design and optimization techniques to deal with the…
Altera launches industry’s first OpenCL program for FPGAs
Altera launches industry’s first OpenCL program for FPGAs
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Altera has launched a development program focused on using the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) standard for FPGAs to speed up multicore system development.


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