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Lime offers design kit for multi-transceiver September 03, 2010 Lime offers design kit for multi-transceiver 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 ... Read more French lab takes RFID towards 10-Mbit/s September 03, 2010 French lab takes RFID towards 10-Mbit/s 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 ... Read more MEMS tackle HVAC/automatic-transmission markets September 03, 2010 MEMS tackle HVAC/automatic-transmission markets 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 ... Read more Intel upgrades parallel programming suite September 03, 2010 Intel upgrades parallel programming suite 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 ... Read more Software tool instantly resolves low power MCU pin conflicts September 03, 2010 Software tool instantly resolves low power MCU pin conflicts Energy Micro has introduced a free software tool designed to remove the time-consuming problem of debugging I/O pin conflicts. Supporting the complete EFM32 Gecko low power MCU family, the energyAware Designer tool ensures correct pin configuration and automatically generates set-up code and documentation. ... Read more JDSU debuts Concentrated Photovoltaic Technology (CPV) for solar power generation September 02, 2010 JDSU debuts Concentrated Photovoltaic Technology (CPV) for solar power generation 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 ... Read more Win a Spartan-6 FPGA embedded kit with its extensible development board, key tools and integrated IP September 02, 2010 Win a Spartan-6 FPGA embedded kit with its extensible development board, key tools and integrated IP 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 ... Read more Global Qi standard launch aims to power up wireless charging September 02, 2010 Global Qi standard launch aims to power up wireless charging The Wireless Power Consortium has launched the Qi 1.0 standard which enables consumer electronic brands and device manufacturers to bring interoperable wireless inductive charging devices to market. The Consortium also announced today the first products certified with Qi. Read more Rice's silicon memristor aims to beat HP September 02, 2010 Rice's silicon memristor aims to beat HP 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 ... Read more IBM claims fastest MPU September 02, 2010 IBM claims fastest MPU 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 ... Read more
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