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Mentor Graphics to develop AltiVec software libraries
Mentor Graphics to develop AltiVec software libraries
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Freescale Semiconductor has selected Mentor Graphics to develop a software library of advanced mathematical and signal processing functions optimised for…
Tegal to sell nanolayer deposition patents
Tegal to sell nanolayer deposition patents
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Semiconductor production equipment vendor Tegal Corp., plans to sell its portfolio of patents related to nanolayer deposition technology (NLD) after…
Innovative superconductor fibers carry 40 times more electricity
Innovative superconductor fibers carry 40 times more electricity
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Wiring systems powered by highly-efficient superconductors have long been a dream of science, but researchers have faced such practical challenges…
UCLA researchers demo stretchable OLEDs
UCLA researchers demo stretchable OLEDs
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A research team from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has demonstrated a stretchable Organic LED. The device can…

HyperSpeed Plus FPGA-based FFT cores process complex data streams at 52 GSamples/s
HyperSpeed Plus FPGA-based FFT cores process complex data streams at 52 GSamples/s
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RF Engines Limited (RFEL) has set what it believes to be an unprecedented performance benchmark for commercially available Pipeline Fast Fourier Transform (PFFT) cores on FPGA. The HyperSpeed™ Plus cores…
EnLight project aims improving efficiency in LED lighting and infrastructure
EnLight project aims improving efficiency in LED lighting and infrastructure
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Seven German entities have launched the EnLight (Energy Efficient and Intelligent Lighting Systems) research project. The goal is to further reduce energy consumption by up to 40 percent compared to…
EnLight project focuses on lowering power consumption of interior LED lighting by 40 percent
EnLight project focuses on lowering power consumption of interior LED lighting by 40 percent
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Germany’s seven partners of the ‘EnLight’ (Energy Efficient and Intelligent Lighting Systems) research project are aiming to reduce energy consumption of today’s LED systems by up to an additional 40…
Innovative organic solar cell architecture exhibits new performance gains
Innovative organic solar cell architecture exhibits new performance gains
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An organic polymer-based single junction solar cell with 6.9% performance in an innovative inverted device stack has been revealed at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) in…
Mobile measurement supports onboard EHV high-voltage testing
Mobile measurement supports onboard EHV high-voltage testing
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Harry Störzer of IPETRONIK examines the issues relating to how mobile measurement can support onboard EHV high-voltage testing.
Car battery in a bottle aims to obsolete gasoline
Car battery in a bottle aims to obsolete gasoline
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Semi-solid flow cells aim to replace the gas-guzzling internal combustion engine with electric motors driven by pumpable fuels that bear electrons as their active elements. Electronics has already transformed society.
Etchant/dopant material offers non-contact inkjet selective emitter solution for solar front contacts
Etchant/dopant material offers non-contact inkjet selective emitter solution for solar front contacts
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Trident Solar is launching the company’s new single-step VersaEtch Etchant/n-Dopant material for inkjet selective emitter application of solar front contacts (c-Si). Used with the Trident 256Jet-S printhead, the new VersaEtch…
Solliance and imec join forces in thin film PV R&D
Solliance and imec join forces in thin film PV R&D
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Imec has become a full partner of Solliance and will integrate its thin film PV R&D efforts in Solliance. Solliance focuses on three main thin film technologies: thin film Si,…
Predicting thermal runaway – Part 1
Predicting thermal runaway – Part 1
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Roger Paul Stout, ON Semiconductor Corp. discusses what thermal runaway is and some settings in which it can cause concern and other cases when it is nothing to worry about.
Reinforced isolation for effective data couplers
Reinforced isolation for effective data couplers
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Mark Cantrell, Applications Engineer, Analog Devices, Inc. examines how reinforced insulation is achieved in optocouplers and digital isolators with respect to construction and test requirements under IEC60950 and the related…
Take your op amp from Pspice netlist to Allegro design sub-circuit
Take your op amp from Pspice netlist to Allegro design sub-circuit
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Don LaFontaine of Intersil Corp. explains how to take your op amp from Pspice netlist to an Allegro design sub-circuit.
Understanding smart meters to design intelligent, secure systems
Understanding smart meters to design intelligent, secure systems
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Laurent Sustek, Smart Metering Marketing Manager, INSIDE Secure examines the key issues when designing a smart meter which include power consumption, cost, reliability and data security.
Four-camera system to handle live transmissions for autostereoscopic 3D TV
Four-camera system to handle live transmissions for autostereoscopic 3D TV
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Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in 3D without technical aids such as 3D glasses. A new four-camera system will even be…
CoSynth hosts system level synthesis tutorial
CoSynth hosts system level synthesis tutorial
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At this year's Forum for Design Languages (FDL), CoSynth will host a three hour tutorial about system level synthesis. This new hardware design paradigm, also known as Electronic System Level…
MIT creates new Center for Graphene Devices and Systems
MIT creates new Center for Graphene Devices and Systems
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created the MIT/MTL Center for Graphene Devices and Systems (MIT-CG) which is an interdepartmental center, part of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) that brings…
JEDEC’s DDR3 Serial presence detect specification now available
JEDEC’s DDR3 Serial presence detect specification now available
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The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has published Release 4 of the DDR3 Serial Presence Detect (SPD) document. The updated specifications, SPD4_01_02_11, Release No. 21A. SPD Annex K - Serial…
SD memory goes wireless
SD memory goes wireless
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced that it will launch the world’s first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality to meet the SD Memory Card Standard. The new memory…
Security engine targets high capacity wireless networks
Security engine targets high capacity wireless networks
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Security IP and software provider, Elliptic Technologies, has unveiled its latest security engine called the Multi-Packet Manager, a security protocol accelerator with enhanced processing capabilities for multiple data streams. It…
Power Architecture gets a reboot
Power Architecture gets a reboot
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IBM is broadening its Power architecture licensing program to include for the first time, a multi-use agreement that gives developers access to the entire lineup of Power cores with a…
BMW develops laser-based headlight technology
BMW develops laser-based headlight technology
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Following the introduction of the full LED headlight, carmaker BMW regards laser light as the next logical step in the development of vehicle headlight technology. The development is already in…
ARM extends Michigan research deal
ARM extends Michigan research deal
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Processor intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc has renewed research cooperation with the University of Michigan into ultra-low energy and sustainable computing.
Technology in motion
Technology in motion
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With a focus on consumer electronics, Hillcrest Labs has released a revised, modular version of its enabling technology which it hopes will enable OEMs to more easily integrate a motion-based…
Security concerns for next-generation automotive electronics
Security concerns for next-generation automotive electronics
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With today's cars going online, they increasingly become the target for multiple threats. Even a single flaw may allow a remote attacker to perpetrate damage to an entire fleet of…
Optimal parameterization of an engine controller for drag racing
Optimal parameterization of an engine controller for drag racing
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Drag racing is not necessarily the everyday operating field for automotive electronics designers. However, this kind of activity requires significant expertise in engine control techniques including software. Optimizing software parameters…


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