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Collaboration targets basic virtualisation software
Collaboration targets basic virtualisation software
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Renesas Electronics and Green Hills Software are collaborating to jointly develop basic software for CPU virtualisation technology for real-time control,…
BMW brings new HMI concept to Geneva Motor Show
BMW brings new HMI concept to Geneva Motor Show
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The increasing permeation of automotive and consumer electronics will become visible by a concept car BMW plans to exhibit at…
Continental, NXP to integrate NFC into cars
Continental, NXP to integrate NFC into cars
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Mobile phones will me more tightly integrated into vehicles – this has been the mantra in the industry already for…
Cloud encryption software protects data itself rather than storage media
Cloud encryption software protects data itself rather than storage media
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Credant Technologies released its beta version of cloud encryption software for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and private cloud infrastructures. The…

Graphene made from plain sugar at low process temperatures
Graphene made from plain sugar at low process temperatures
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Rice researchers have learned to make pristine sheets of graphene, the one-atom-thick form of carbon, from plain table sugar and other carbon-based substances. They do so in a one-step process…
Security goes multi-core
Security goes multi-core
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NetLogic Microsystems has introduced the XLP Multi-Core Security Processor with Integrated NETL7 Layer 7 knowledge-based processor for deep-packet inspection and network security applications. This highly integrated processor targets next-generation network…
LTE modem integrates 3D apps processor
LTE modem integrates 3D apps processor
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Renesas Electronics and its subsidiary, Renesas Mobile Corporation, have introduced a 3D mobile platform, the MP5225. The new mobile platform integrates Renesas Mobile's industry reference LTE triple-mode modem platform, the…
Graphene made from plain sugar at low process temperatures
Graphene made from plain sugar at low process temperatures
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The lab of Rice chemist James Tour reported in the online version of the journal Nature this week that large-area, high-quality graphene can be grown from a number of…
Audi, Alcatel-Lucent demo LTE-equipped car
Audi, Alcatel-Lucent demo LTE-equipped car
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Audi showed an A8 luxury sedan equipped with LTE broadband communications technology. Audi called the vehicle a “functional prototype”. The LTE equipment was…
EMC – Synonym for Exasperating, Magic, Confusing? – Part 2
EMC – Synonym for Exasperating, Magic, Confusing? – Part 2
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With EMC being a serious matter if an ABS or airbag suffers a malfunction because a vehicle passes a TV tower too closely, mastering this phenomenon is a basic requirement…
Cloud encryption software protects data itself rather than storage media
Cloud encryption software protects data itself rather than storage media
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The Credant cloud security platform approach enables granular encryption, access control and key management for enterprises including the cloud provider itself. It protects data itself rather than protecting specific…
Qualcomm tips quad-core Snapdragon plan
Qualcomm tips quad-core Snapdragon plan
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Fabless mobile chip company Qualcomm Inc. has announced that its next processor architecture is called Krait and will offer multi-core chips capable of running at a clock frequency of 2.5-GHz.
Aquiba opts for low power microcontroller for next generation smart water meter
Aquiba opts for low power microcontroller for next generation smart water meter
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The EFM32G890F128 microcontroller handles the A200’s high accuracy flow measurement, data logging, secure communication and application firmware upgrades. Providing a complete platform for intelligent water networks, the Aquiba A200 smart…
Aquiba opts for low power microcontroller for next generation smart water meter
Aquiba opts for low power microcontroller for next generation smart water meter
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Aquiba, a joint venture between Sentec and Takahata Precision, has selected Energy Micro's energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontroller for use in its groundbreaking A200 smart water meter. The microcontroller was…
Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
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The X-Series scopes use an Agilent-designed custom 90-nm CMOS ASIC with 6M gates and embedded memory. This MegaZoom IV single-chip architecture provides  fast waveform update rates and responsive deep memory…
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
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Nvidia’s Kal-El chip was demonstrated running in an Android tablet. It can support up to 2,560 x 1,600 pixel resolution and 1,440-progressive video thanks in part to a 12-core…
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
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Official word on the AMD and Intel chips could come as early as March 9. That’s when the USB Implementers Forum holds a developers conference in Amsterdam and is expected…
Software is the new hardware
Software is the new hardware
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Read the full article on page 4 of our February digital edition.
Software is the new hardware
Software is the new hardware
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While the importance of embedded software is now well understood by most semiconductor manufacturers, and the increasing dominance of the ARM architecture is encouraging more of them to differentiate themselves…
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
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Both Advanced Micro Devices and Intel are expected to sample this year PC chip sets that integrate support for the new USB 3.0 interface. The chips are expected to be…
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
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Nvidia leapfrogged rival Qualcomm by showing a working version of its next-generation Tegra, a four-core mobile processor. The demo at the Mobile World Congress, described in an Nvidia blog, came…
Audi, Alacatel-Lucent demo LTE-equipped car
Audi, Alacatel-Lucent demo LTE-equipped car
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Audi showed an A8 luxury sedan equipped with LTE broadband communications technology. Audi called the vehicle a “functional prototype”. The LTE equipment was…
Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
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In a massive attack on the mixed-signal and digital-storage oscilloscope market Agilent Technologies Inc. has added two new families - the InfiniiVision 2000 and 3000 X-Series - with 26 models.
CEA-Leti and Edwards join forces on energy-efficient fabs
CEA-Leti and Edwards join forces on energy-efficient fabs
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CEA-Leti and Edwards, a supplier of vacuum technology and abatement systems, have demonstrated an energy-saving controller system for subfabs that automatically puts process-support equipment in idle mode when fab processes…
CEA-Leti and Edwards join forces on energy-efficient fabs
CEA-Leti and Edwards join forces on energy-efficient fabs
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The system was successfully tested for reliability and energy savings on two tools at CEA-Leti and showed a 75 percent reduction in fuel and water use when the…
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
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ST-Ericsson has launched the Igloo open source community together with a developer board, the Snowball, to accelerate the development of system and software innovations with the company’s cutting-edge smartphone and…
Qualcomm puts quad-core on LTE roadmap
Qualcomm puts quad-core on LTE roadmap
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Qualcomm Inc. came to the Mobile World Congress this week unveiling its road map for integrated and standalone LTE silicon—including an integrated quad-core processor--using 28nm process technology.
IC firms roll combo chips at Mobile Congress
IC firms roll combo chips at Mobile Congress
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Fabless chip makers Broadcom Corp. and Atheros Communications Inc. introduced new combo chips Monday (Feb. 14), the opening day of Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. Rival chip maker…


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