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TI’s multicore DSPs sink to new power lows
TI’s multicore DSPs sink to new power lows
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Texas Instruments (TI) was showing off its highest performing, lowest power multicore digital signal processors (DSP), based on its TMS320C66x…
Spain, Nvidia plan ARM-based supercomputer
Spain, Nvidia plan ARM-based supercomputer
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The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) has announced it will develop a hybrid supercomputer based on Nvidia Corp.'s Tegra ARM CPUs…
Energy@Home consortium to begin in-home trials
Energy@Home consortium to begin in-home trials
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Freescale Semiconductor and Telecom Italia have presented the latest advancement of the Energy@Home consortium during the recent Design with Freescale…
Netezza selects Lattice device to integrate power management across three generations of board designs
Netezza selects Lattice device to integrate power management across three generations of board designs
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Netezza, an IBM Company and the leader in data warehouse appliances, is using the Lattice Semiconductor's innovative programmable Lattice Power…

IPC9592 Power Standard Enhancements
IPC9592 Power Standard Enhancements
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Don Gerstle, Director of Global Design Quality, Murata Power Solutions, and Neil Witkowski, Senior Reliability Engineer, Alcatel-Lucent examine some of the design implications of the enhancements of the IPC9592 power…
Consumer wireless technology converts “dumb” bombs into precision guided weapons
Consumer wireless technology converts “dumb” bombs into precision guided weapons
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Raytheon Company has completed testing and development of a wireless method of integrating its combat-proven Enhanced Paveway precision-guided bomb on aircraft.
Seat forges ahead with electromobility
Seat forges ahead with electromobility
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Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary Seat announced new models with both hybrid and electric drive. In addition, the company cooperates with partners in industry, science and public sector to develop the smart…
Wireless technology to guide “dumb” bombs
Wireless technology to guide “dumb” bombs
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Raytheon Company has completed testing and development of a new wireless method of integrating its combat-proven Enhanced Paveway precision-guided bomb on aircraft.
Combine power feed and data link via cable for remote peripherals
Combine power feed and data link via cable for remote peripherals
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Tsun-kit Chin and Dac Tran of Texas Instruments examine the different methods to send power through a cable assembly and discuss an implementation to combine both power and data over…
Ultrathin flexible electrode array enables unprecedented look at brain activity
Ultrathin flexible electrode array enables unprecedented look at brain activity
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Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a flexible brain implant that could one day be used to treat epileptic seizures. In animal studies, the researchers used…
Osram scores efficiency record with flexible OLED
Osram scores efficiency record with flexible OLED
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Osram has recorded a success with regard to research in the field of organic light diodes (OLED). The company's researchers have developed a flexible OLED with a record efficiency of…
TI pushes head with OMAP, calls baseband a distraction
TI pushes head with OMAP, calls baseband a distraction
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While Texas Instruments pushes forward quickly and aggressively with its OMAP mobile processor, some still wonder whether the firm's “strategic decision” to leave out baseband could come back to bite…
TI calls baseband a distraction, but is it?
TI calls baseband a distraction, but is it?
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While Texas Instruments pushes forward quickly and aggressively with its OMAP mobile processor, some still wonder whether the firm's “strategic decision” to leave out baseband could come back to bite…
Apple’s i4S Siri takes a Web assistant
Apple’s i4S Siri takes a Web assistant
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Siri, the natural language assistant for iPhone 4S users, has taken on a Web assistant, a free online guide for answering the many questions about her sassy personality.
European researchers demonstrate reliability of VCSEL vertical laser devices at 40 Gbit/s
European researchers demonstrate reliability of VCSEL vertical laser devices at 40 Gbit/s
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Researchers at IQE in Cardiff have demonstrated high reliability Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) devices operating at world record data rates of up to 40Gbit/s, four times faster than…
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut leads HiPoSwitch project to improve the power performance of energy converters
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut leads HiPoSwitch project to improve the power performance of energy converters
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The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut has launched a new EU project that aims at creating more compact and powerful energy converters for use in information and communication technology as well as solar inverter…
Dymax uses LED lighting in UV curing systems
Dymax uses LED lighting in UV curing systems
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Light curing systems manufacturer Dymax, utilizes ultraviolet LEDs in its latest generation of light curing systems. The first machines will be on display at the Productronica trade show taking place…
ARM boosts graphics performance with 64bit T658 GPU multicore design
ARM boosts graphics performance with 64bit T658 GPU multicore design
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ARM has used a multicore 64bit-capable design in its latest graphics unit to boost the performance by a factor of 10. The Mali-T658 core generates 10x the performance of the…
Novellus develops new materials for sub-22-nm patterning
Novellus develops new materials for sub-22-nm patterning
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Novellus Systems has developed new ceramic hard mask (CHM) materials for use in sub-22-nm patterning applications.
MIPS teams with SYSGO on virtualizaton
MIPS teams with SYSGO on virtualizaton
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German embedded software house SYSGO is working with MIPS Technologies to port its PikeOS embedded virtualization technology to MIPS32 processor cores to target mobile payment security applications.
Intelligent power switch delivers improved reliability and performance
Intelligent power switch delivers improved reliability and performance
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Intelligent power switch company, Amantys Ltd, has declared that a new approach is needed to improve the efficiency and reliability of power switching. The Cambridge company says the new way…
In-vehicle infotainment software architecture: Genivi and beyond – Part 2
In-vehicle infotainment software architecture: Genivi and beyond – Part 2
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With cars increasingly becoming networked IT entities, security is becoming an indispensable issue for car electronics developers. This also applies for the infotainment domain as the connector between vehicle and…
As Bright as 30 Headlights
As Bright as 30 Headlights
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A new combination of Alunit ceramic and innovative liquid cooling makes it possible to create extremely compact power electronics. LED arrays up to 100W/cm² and 45,000lm on an area of…
Plessey EPIC sensor release aims for movement sensing applications
Plessey EPIC sensor release aims for movement sensing applications
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Plessey Semiconductors has released the latest version of the company's Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) sensor specifically tailored to detect movement. The version of the EPIC has been optimised for…
Ensuring data integrity in a noisy world
Ensuring data integrity in a noisy world
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Mike Stout, Applications Manager, Texas Instruments describes what noise can do to digital data when going from a sensor analog front end (AFE) to a microcontroller.
Overcoming the challenges of wireless audio distribution
Overcoming the challenges of wireless audio distribution
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It may seem like a contradiction but there is a huge demand to provide personal feeds of sound in public spaces. This is especially important for people whose hearing is…
IEEE to define 25 Gbit optical interfaces
IEEE to define 25 Gbit optical interfaces
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The IEEE has kicked off a study group to define 25 Gbit/second optical interfaces for next-generation 100 Gbit Ethernet networks. The standard will enable lower cost and power products using…
Industry’s smallest intelligent battery sensor IC offers ADC resolution and lowest sleep mode current
Industry’s smallest intelligent battery sensor IC offers ADC resolution and lowest sleep mode current
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ZMD AG has unveiled a new Intelligent Battery Sensor IC for fuel saving start/stop systems and other solutions for measuring State-of-health (SOH), State-of-charge (SOC) or State-of-function (SOF) of a vehicle’s…


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