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  • mbrace Mobile Application Connects Mercedes-Benz Drivers to iPhone
    As consumers increasingly turn to mobile devices to manage their lives from wherever they are, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) has introduced an upgraded version of its mbrace telematics platform that connects the in-car navigation system in its vehicles with drivers’ iPhones. Developed by its partner Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), the new mbrace Mobile Application version 2.0 [...]

  • Radio Frequency MEMS Boosts Apple iPhone 4
    Help may be on the way for iPhone 4 users frustrated by dropped calls with the arrival of Radio Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS), semiconductors that can improve the performance of antennas in cell phones, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp. Long plagued by technological hurdles and other disappointing setbacks, RF MEMS are [...]

  • Magma Debuts Hierarchical Reference Flow for Low-Power Process
    Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), announced the availability of a proven hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for the Common Platform[tm] alliance’s 32/28nm low-power process technology. This automated, comprehensive solution provides predictable results and reduces development costs for 2-million-instance and larger systems on chip (SoCs) that are manufactured at this advanced process node. Read more: Magma Debuts [...]

  • In-Stat Comments on Intel’s Acquisition of Infineon Wireless Business
    In its efforts to complete the wireless puzzle, Intel announced that it has acquired the wireless assets from German semiconductor vendor Infineon, a group Intel has partnered with in mobile solutions for several years. With the acquisition, Intel acquires roughly 3,400 staff, the existing cellular modem business, as well as the research investment in future [...]

  • Intel Acquires Wireless Solutions Business from Infineon Technologies
    Infineon Technologies AG and Intel Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Infineon’s Wireless Solutions (WLS) business to Intel in a cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. WLS, a leading provider of cellular platforms to top tier global phone makers, will operate as a standalone business serving its existing customers. WLS will [...]

  • SYSGO Virtualization PikeOS Supports LEON Processor, RTEMS OS
    SYSGO, leading supplier of software solutions for the world’s most demanding safety and security applications, announced the availability of its flagship product PikeOS for the LEON processor based platforms. RTEMS applications can run concurrently with PikeOS native, ARINC-653 and POSIX applications thanks to the safe and secure virtualization technology provided by PikeOS. Read more: SYSGO [...]

  • STMicroelectronics Unveils FLI7525 TV System-on-Chip IC for 3DTV
    STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies and a leader in chips for set-top boxes and digital TVs, announced a new TV System-on-Chip (SoC) IC offering 3DTV support and advanced 120Hz MEMC (motion estimation, motion compensation). Designed for next – generation 1080p full-high-definition (FHD) integrated Digital TVs (iDTVs), ST’s new FLI7525 SoC [...]

  • Mentor Graphics, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Publish Graphical Design Rule Manual
    Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) announced it has collaborated with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to create a facility called Graphical Design Rule Manual (GDRM) that helps IC designers rapidly debug layout design rule violations by integrating the Calibre® RVE[TM] results viewing environment with GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ electronic design rule manuals. With GDRM, designers using the Calibre RVE tool to correct [...]

  • Synopsys Introduces DesignWare MIPI M-PHY IP
    Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, announced immediate availability of the DesignWare® MIPI M-PHY® IP for next-generation high-speed interfaces based on the newly ratified MIPI® Alliance M-PHY specification. With this latest addition to the DesignWare MIPI IP portfolio, Synopsys is the first provider to [...]

  • OCP-IP, CircuitSutra, Imperas Announce Virtual Platform Demo
    Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP), the organization delivering a common standard for intellectual property core interfaces that facilitate “plug and play” SoC design, and CircuitSutra, experts in SystemC modeling and embedded software development, along with Imperas, the company providing the infrastructure for the future of software virtual platforms and enabling the next generation of [...]