LTspice IV SPICE III Circuit Simulator
LTspice IV, from Linear Technology, is a high performance Spice III simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with enhancements and models for easing the simulation of switching regulators. Enhancements to Spice have made simulating switching regulators extremely fast compared to normal Spice simulators, allowing the user to view waveforms for most switching regulators in just [...]
CSR Bluetooth TrueWireless Stereo Development Kit
CSR (LSE: CSR) announced their TrueWireless Stereo software development kit for high-end Bluetooth stereo headphones and speakers. TrueWireless Stereo enables manufacturers to quickly bring high quality and innovative Bluetooth products for stereo headsets and speakers to market. The TrueWireless Stereo SDK is available now on the BlueCore5-Multimedia platform.
Ambarella A5 Hybrid Camera Platform
Ambarella, Inc. introduced the A5 system-on-a-chip (SoC) platform for hybrid cameras. The A5 platform features 10 mega-pixel (MP) still images, full high-definition (HD) recording, and simultaneous dual-resolution recording for fast internet sharing. The A5 SoC platform enables consumers to take high-quality photos and video in affordably priced pocket-sized cameras. Consumer hybrid cameras based on the [...]
Semiconductor Revenue Decreases in November 2008
Big surprise. Semiconductor revenue declined by 9.8% last November. Worldwide sales of semiconductors dropped to $20.8 billion (November 2008) from $23.1 billion (November 2007) and $22.4 billion (October 2008). According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), the semiconductor industry will remain the second largest exporter in the U.S. for 2008. Not all segments of the [...]
ADS Transient-Convolution Simulator
The ADS Transient-Convolution Simulator, from Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A), is the fastest signal integrity circuit simulator for multigigabit, high-speed data link design. The Transient-Convolution Simulator achieves a three-fold simulation speed improvement for signal integrity simulations. The Transient-Convolution Simulator combines the ADS High Frequency SPICE, Convolution Simulator and related modules. Multicore processor support and a new, [...]
ASSET InterTech RIC-1000 Remote Instrumentation Controller
The RIC-1000 remote instrumentation controller, from ASSET InterTech, connects locally to a circuit board or other unit under test (UUT) and remotely over Ethernet to an ASSET ScanWorks embedded instrumentation platform. The RIC-1000 is the first to apply JTAG/boundary scan tests directly over the Internet.
The RIC-1000 is available now at a price of $5,995.
The RIC-1000 [...]
Si2 Common Power Format 1.1
The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) recently released the Common Power Format (CPF) Version 1.1. The latest release includes major enhancements to the low-power intent format. CPF 1.1 was approved by the Low Power Coalition (LPC). The CPF standard reduces this risk by extending the industry's RTL-GDSII design infrastructure to support low power design techniques in [...]
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