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EnSilica and Express Logic have collaborated to port Express Logic’s popular ThreadX real-time operating system (RTOS) to EnSilica’s eSi-RISC family of silicon-proven, highly configurable embedded processor cores.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced a development platform for use in designing low-power wearable devices for consumers. Based on the iCE40 Ultra FPGA, the platform features a large number of sensors and peripherals, making it a…

Cadence Design Systems announced the delivery of the new Virtuoso Advanced-Node Platform that is enabled for all advanced 10nm FinFET designs. This next-generation custom design platform delivers up to 5X improvement in designer…

Exar announces the XR33202, a half-duplex, 20Mbps RS-485 (TIA/EIA-485) transceiver optimized to operate over a wide 3V to 5.5V supply voltage range. The transceiver includes an adjustable low voltage logic interface and features the…

Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new series of surface-mount, high-precision dual-in-line thin film resistor networks featuring improved performance and a smaller size than previous-generation SOIC devices. Offering a slim maximum seated…

Ambiq Micro announces that Fumihide (Humi) Esaka has joined the firm as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Esaka takes over from Mike Noonen who was interim CEO since July this year. Fumihide Esaka has twenty years’ senior management…

Google has just announced what it calls "the largest purchase of renewable energy ever made by a non-utility company" — a whopping 842 megawatts, bringing the grand total up to 2 gigawatts. That's enough energy needed to take one million…

Mentor Graphics announced that Xiamen San'an Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd. (San'an IC) has selected the Calibre nmDRC and Calibre nmLVS products as its golden signoff physical verification solution for gallium arsenide (GaAs) ICs used in…

Since heart disease contributes to so many deaths worldwide, GE Healthcare researchers are trying to combat it with software and technical skill sets. Anja Brau, director of global cardiac magnetic resonance at GE Healthcare, and a…

Wearable sensors give users a plethora of tracking and monitoring capabilities these days. Researchers have just made it possible for wearable sensors to provide even more functionality by using chewing gum. The scientists report…

Minecraft lovers, rejoice. Gamers can now make calls directly from their Minecraft game thanks to Verizon. Until now, Minecraft lovers could build a phone, but it had absolutely no functionality. Since everything in Minecraft is…

When you print a photo from an ordinary printer, the people and object in them are typically stationary, but LifePrint has developed a wireless photo printer that lets you print pictures that can move once placed in front of your smart…

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the MCP9600 thermocouple EMF to temperature converter from Microchip Technology. The MCP9600 is the first thermocouple-conditioning integrated circuit to combine precision instrumentation, a…

Pulse Electronics Corporation introduces a new internal dual-band flexible printed circuit (FPC) antenna to provide connectivity and data transmission for Internet of Things applications in security, home automation, appliances, lighting,…

Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4125, a wireless power transmitter, complementing our wireless receiver ICs for the wireless charging market. The LTC4125 is a simple, high performance monolithic full bridge resonant driver,…