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Lime offers design kit for multi-transceiver September 03, 2010
Lime
Microsystems Ltd. has introduced a design kit and reference design for its
multi-band, multi-standard RF transceiver IC for femtocells, the LMS6002D. The kit allows designers
to evaluate the LMS6002D by measuring output IF and RF parameters. Software
included in the kit allows the transceiver to ...
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French lab takes RFID towards 10-Mbit/s
September 03, 2010
The CEA-Leti research center has announced it has
demonstrated a contactless interface for RFID cards that operates at
6.8-Mbit/s. Leti has created a prototype of a complete phase modulation
system including a reader and a card.
Leti's current work on optimization the signal processing aims to ...
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MEMS tackle HVAC/automatic-transmission markets
September 03, 2010
MEMS startup Microstaq Inc. is pioneering promising new markets, using its micro-valve as a pilot to control the large flows necessary to tackle the lucrative heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) markets—valued at over $60 billion worldwide by market research firm The Freedonia Group—with ...
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Intel upgrades parallel programming suite
September 03, 2010
Intel has released a new version of its parallel development tool suite for desktop PCs. Parallel Studio 2011 incorporates new capabilities Intel acquired with startups Cilk Arts and RapidMind.The suite targets Windows C and C++ code and is a plug in for Microsoft Visual Studio, aiming to speed development ...
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Software tool instantly resolves low power MCU pin conflicts
September 03, 2010
New CPV cell designed to provide highly efficient and cost effective solution for solar system integrators. Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells are designed to capture concentrated sunlight within solar panels for electrical power generation. The company is working with leading solar system integrators ...
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Win a Spartan-6 FPGA embedded kit with its extensible development board, key tools and integrated IP
September 02, 2010
The Spartan-6 FPGA embedded kit offered by Xilinx in this month's reader offer is based on the company's Spartan-6 LX45T FPGA. It contains an extensible development board and the key tools and IP needed for embedded development. The reference designs and software/hardware tutorials provided with this ...
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Global Qi standard launch aims to power up wireless charging
September 02, 2010
Memristors made from pure silicon could enable resistive random access memory (ReRAM) that are simpler and cheaper to manufacture than Hewlett-Packard Co.'s titanium-based formulation, according to researchers at Rice University. In collaboration with fabless chip design house PrivaTran Inc. the team ...
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IBM claims fastest MPU
September 02, 2010
IBM Corp. said that it will begin shipping Sept. 10 a new mainframe computer capable of 50 billion instructions per second, powered by 96 microprocessors with clock speeds up to 5.2 gigahertz. IBM said the z196 processor is a four-core chip that contains 1.4 billion transistors on a 512-square millimeter ...
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