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         <title>Viking Modular Solutions(tm) and Shocking Technologies Deliver ESD Protected Solid State Solutions</title>
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         <description>Viking Modular Solutions(tm), a division of Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SANM), and leading manufacturer of innovative memory and flash solutions, today announced availability of its first product featuring Shocking Technologies Xstatic(tm) Voltage Switchable Dielectric (VSD(tm)) polymer material that protects electronic components from harmful electrostatic discharge (ESD).</description>
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<p>FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. &#8211; March 18, 2010 &#8211; Viking Modular Solutions&#8482;, a division of Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SANM), and leading manufacturer of innovative memory and flash solutions, today announced availability of its first product featuring Shocking Technologies Xstatic&#8482; Voltage Switchable Dielectric (VSD&#8482;) polymer material that protects electronic components from harmful electrostatic discharge (ESD). </p>
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&#8220;We are extremely proud of the work we have done with Shocking Technologies and look forward to delivering a family of ESD protected Viking Modular Solutions products,&#8221; stated Adrian Proctor, Vice President of Marketing for Viking Modular Solutions. &#8220;ESD is a major threat to any electronic product and we believe this technology will provide customers with a level of data <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://channels.opensystemsmedia.com/Security" id="link" class="link">Security</a> never seen before.&#8221; </p>
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The CompactFlash&#174; card from Viking Modular Solutions can withstand 30KV per the IEC 61004-2 test required for CompactFlash cards. It then takes a further step by increasing direct pin contact discharge protection to 19KV HBM (level 4 semiconductor protection), eight times the level of a standard CompactFlash card. This Viking Modular Solutions ESD protected CompactFlash card is a product deriving from initial development work at Sanmina-SCI and incubation from Shocking Technologies. </p>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s exciting to see our technology being introduced to the world by our partner Sanmina-SCI and its Modular Solutions division,&#8221; said Lex Kosowsky, President and CEO of Shocking Technologies. &#8220;While this technology will proliferate through the industry, from solid state flash drives to cell phones, it is truly fitting that Viking Modular Solutions will be the first to lead the industry in bringing this new ESD technology to market.&#8221; </p>
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ESD is a serious issue in solid state electronics, whereby the semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) material can suffer permanent damage when subjected to high voltages. The most common and spectacular form of ESD is the &#8220;spark,&#8221; which occurs when a strong electric field creates and ionized conductive channel in the air. This occurrence causes a slight discomfort to people, but will cause severe damage to electronic equipment. </p>
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Viking Modular Solutions continues to advance its leadership role by proactively developing and delivering high technology products that optimize the value and performance of its customers&#8217; applications in the Network Infrastructure, Embedded, Defense &#038; Aerospace and Enterprise markets. </p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">About Viking Modular Solutions</h3>
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Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, Viking Modular Solutions is focused on developing and delivering high technology products that optimize the value and performance of our customers&#8217; applications in the Network Infrastructure, Embedded, Defense &#038; Aerospace and Enterprise markets. Founded in 1989, Viking Modular Solutions has been providing Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) with industry leading design, engineering, product support and customer service for more than 20 years. For more information, visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.vikingmodular.com">www.vikingmodular.com</a>. </p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">About Sanmina-SCI</h3>
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Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, multimedia, computing and storage, and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://channels.opensystemsmedia.com/Automotive" id="link" class="link">Automotive</a> technology sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. More information regarding the company is available at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sanmina-sci.com">www.sanmina-sci.com</a>. </p>
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The foregoing, including the discussion regarding the Company&#8217;s future prospects, contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the electronics industry, particularly in the principal industry sectors served by the Company, changes in customer requirements and in the volume of sales to principal customers, the ability of Sanmina-SCI to effectively assimilate acquired businesses and achieve the anticipated benefits of its acquisitions, and competition and technological change. The Company&#8217;s actual results of operations may differ significantly from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors, including factors set forth in the Company&#8217;s fiscal year 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other reports, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, that the Company files with the Securities Exchange Commission. </p>
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         <description>Redesigned from the component level, new module meets the extreme temperature requirements of military-aerospace, transportation and outdoor signage applications</description>
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<p>Poway, CA, March 17, 2010 &#8211; Re-engineered for proven functionality in extended temperature applications, Kontron today announced the expansion of its industrial temperature Computer-on-Module &#8220;by-design&#8221; product line with the new Kontron ETXexpress&#174;-PC-XT. The new Basic form factor COM Express&#8482; Type 2 module, which is a sister product to the commercial-grade Kontron ETXexpress&#174;-PC module that features the 45 nm Intel&#174; Core&#8482; 2 Duo processor and Intel&#174; GS45 chipset, has been redesigned using only components that will be functional under industrial temperature E2 range requirements from -40 to +85 &#176;C. The Kontron ETXexpress&#174;-PC-XT meets growing customer demand for embedded computing solutions that provide high reliability in extreme environmental operating conditions that can range from very high to very low temperatures typically experienced in a military-aerospace, transportation and outdoor signage applications.</p>
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Enabling companies to reduce time-to-market with a COTS solution, this true industrial-grade &#8220;by design&#8221; module eliminates the risk of a failed system in the field and is an optimal alternative to screening commercial-grade products. Customers also alleviate the investment in 100% screening needed in commercial-grade modules with a &#8220;by design&#8221; product. For critical system applications that have constant or repeated exposure to extreme temperatures or temperature fluctuations, Kontron ensures that all ETXexpress&#174;-PC-XT components are fully industrial temperature rated and are vendor-confirmed to withstand temperatures from -40&#176;C to +85&#176;C. In addition, the modules offer a high shock and vibration-resistant design with a soldered processor and chipset. As a further resource to its customers, Kontron has also qualified a number of memory and cooling products for a complete extended temperature solution. </p>
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The Kontron ETXexpress&#174;-PC-XT Computer-on-Modules provide an extensive range of I/O features such as 8x USB 2.0 for external peripherals, 5x PCI Express&#174; x1, PCI Express x16 Graphics, integrated graphic support for GEN4 technology, 4x Serial ATA with RAID functionality as well as Gigabit Ethernet and Intel&#174; High Definition Audio. It also supports up to 8 GB DDR3 system memory and provides a stacked DDR3 SO-DIMM socket on top side of module for greater design scalability. </p>
<p> The Kontron ETXexpress&#174;-PC-XT Computer-on-Module is available now in North America. It supports Linux, VxWorks as well as the Windows&#174; OS family, including Windows Vista&#174;, XP, 2000, XPe, CE and the new Windows 7&#174;.</p>
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Further information on the new Kontron ETXexpress&#174;-PC COM Express&#8482; Computer-on-Modules at: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.kontron.com/products/computeronmodules/com+express/etxexpress/etxexpresspcxt.html">us.kontron.com/products/computeronmodules/com+e[...]</a></p>
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Download PDF about the COM Express&#8482; concept: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kontron.com/com-concept">www.kontron.com/com-concept</a> </p>
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More information about Computer-on-Modules: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kontron.com/COM">www.kontron.com/COM</a></p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">About Kontron</h3>
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Kontron, the global leader of embedded computing technology, designs and manufactures embedded and communications standards-based, rugged COTS and custom solutions for OEMs, systems integrators, and application providers in a variety of markets. Kontron engineering and manufacturing facilities, located throughout Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, work together with streamlined global sales and support services to help customers reduce their time-to-market and gain a competitive advantage. Kontron&#8217;s diverse product portfolio includes: boards &#038; mezzanines, Computer-on-Modules, HMIs &#038; displays, systems &#038; platforms, and rugged &#038; custom capabilities. Kontron is a Premier member of the Intel&#174; Embedded Alliance and has been a VDC Platinum Vendor for Embedded Computer Boards 5 years running. Kontron is listed on the German TecDAX stock exchange under the symbol &#8220;KBC&#8221;. For more information, please visit: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kontron.com">www.kontron.com</a></p>
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         <title>Geotest and Pickering Interfaces Announce Strategic Alliance</title>
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         <description>An initial element of this program has been the creation of a joint web site, www.PXI4test.com, designed to educate ATE users about the broad range of test products offered by both companies and to help users choose the best products for their application. The Alliance combines Geotest's expertise in Digital test, system integration and ATE software with the unmatched breadth of Pickering's catalog of PXI Switching and Signal Conditioning products.</description>
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<p>Geotest- Marvin Test Systems, a global producer of PXI and PC-Based test equipment and test solutions, and Pickering Interfaces, a global market innovator in signal switching and conditioning, announced today that they are embarking on a Strategic Alliance program.</p>
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IRVINE, CA AND CLACTON-ON-SEA, ESSEX, ENGLAND, March 2010 &#8212; In an effort to enhance customer&#8217;s choices and options when designing PXI systems, Geotest- Marvin Test Systems, a global producer of PXI and PC-Based test equipment and test solutions, and Pickering Interfaces, a global market innovator in signal switching and conditioning, announced today that they are embarking on a Strategic Alliance program.</p>
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An initial element of this program has been the creation of a joint web site, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.PXI4test.com">www.PXI4test.com</a>, designed to educate ATE users about the broad range of test products offered by both companies and to help users choose the best products for their application. The Alliance combines Geotest&#8217;s expertise in Digital test, system integration and ATE software with the unmatched breadth of Pickering&#8217;s catalog of PXI Switching and Signal Conditioning products.</p>
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Loofie Gutterman, President of Geotest-Marvin Test Systems said that &#8220;the Alliance will help customers achieve their goal of developing high-performance, cost-effective PXI systems by offering a complete range of industry-leading products from multiple vendors using a single web site&#8221; .</p>
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Keith Moore, Managing Director of Pickering Interfaces added &#8220;Our Alliance is all about simplifying our customer&#8217;s research and providing a &#8216;one-stop shopping experience&#8217;. PXI4test.com provides access to products, PXI-related web sites, and other tools to educate customers to the broad range of applications supported by PXI&#8221;. </p>
<p>
In addition to the website, Geotest and Pickering share common sales channels in much of the US, Asia, and Europe, simplifying the user&#8217;s selection and procurement process for PXI products. Educational programs will also be available on the web and via regional seminars.</p>
<p>
For more information, go to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.PXI4test.com">www.PXI4test.com</a> or email info@PXI4test.com</p>
<p>
<h3 class="heading-1">About Geotest Marvin Test Systems</h3>
</p>
<p>
A subsidiary of the Marvin Group (Inglewood, CA) Geotest -Marvin Test Systems, Inc. is a global supplier of PXI and PC-based test products, systems, and solutions. Geotest&#8217;s products and systems are used worldwide in thousands of aerospace, semiconductors, communications, medical, industrial, and military test applications.</p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">About Pickering Interfaces</h3>
</p>
<p>
Pickering Interfaces is a global market innovator in signal switching and conditioning for a broad range of applications and architectures, with the largest range of switching cards in the industry for PXI, LXI, PCI, VXI and GPIB applications. Pickering Interfaces has provided solutions to both commercial and military applications. In addition, Pickering&#8217;s range of instrumentation provides innovative test solutions to users and integrators of modular test systems</p>
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<p><span class="abstract">After DATE10 closed doors, all attendees were enthusiastic about the new DATE.</span></p>
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The conference again proved its World-Wide leadership with attendees from 39 Countries. Germany accounts for a fourth of the attendees, followed by USA and France. </p>
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China showed a substantial increase and was already number 4 of the participating countries. </p>
<p>
The number of attendees (1,300) again reached the very high level of the previous years. </p>
<p>
<h3 class="heading-1">The proceedings of DATE10 are now available on-line at:</h3>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.date-conference.com/proceedings">www.date-conference.com/proceedings</a>, including also the paper from Valeria Bertacco et al. with a lot of press attention and more than 50,000 downloads.</p>
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In the exhibition DATE implemented an entirely new concept, moving from a large show-style event to a new model focussing on detailed presentation of innovation, on startups and on a very strong involvement of local clusters and companies. </p>
<p>
DATE 2010 provided large value for users as well as vendors by the very intensive contributions from the Silicon Saxony cluster and Globalfoundries as new player in Dresden. </p>
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In addition to the 1,300 attendees to the conference, the 625 highly qualified exhibition-only visitors are a big success for this concept, the attendees of the tool seminars of the big EDA vendors come on top of that.</p>
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In summary moving to Dresden, the new center of gravity in microelectronics in Germany, was a great success. </p>
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DATE 2011 will continue with this model and will take place from 14-18 March 2011 in the other leading microelectronics center in Europe, Grenoble.</p>
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For further information please visit: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.date-conference.com">www.date-conference.com</a>.</p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">DATE&#8217;10 Press Contacts:</h3>
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General Chair &#8211; Giovanni De Micheli, EPFL, Switzerland, giovanni.demicheli@epfl.ch </p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">Press Chair &#8211; Fred Santamaria, France, fredmarcom@aol.com</h3>
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<h3 class="heading-1">Event Management &#8211; Sue Menzies, European Conferences, UK &#8211; tel: +44 131 225 2892</h3>
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<h3 class="heading-1">sue.menzies@ec.u-net.com</h3>
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<p>The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), Portescap, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announce the launch of a new 10-part, videocast series covering innovative design ideas using motor control products and solutions. Utilizing the capabilities of Portescap&#8217;s motor portfolio and TI&#8217;s TMS320C2000&#8482; microcontroller platform, these information-packed videos are each less than 10 minutes long and address such topics as product innovation, design best practices and conventional development considerations. </p>
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The new Analog eLab&#8482; video series features engineering and business development subject matter experts from Avnet, Portescap and TI discussing design topics in round-robin sessions. Each video covers a specific motor control topic such as brush vs. brushless motors, techniques for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) control, analog signal processing for speed and position sensors, analog signal processing for voltage and current sensing, as well as an evaluation-board demonstration. </p>
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&#8220;We pack a lot of information into a short video clip &#8212; using Portescap&#8217;s motor portfolio and TI&#8217;s microcontroller library, we are able to demonstrate best practices in motor control design methodology. In less than 10 minutes, we can educate a customer on how they can speed up their design cycle time, while lowering the cost of manufacturing,&#8221; said Alex Iuorio, senior vice president of supplier business development for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. </p>
<p>
&#8220;Our latest series of Analog eLab videocasts will demonstrate innovative design techniques and products to help simplify and improve motor control systems,&#8221; said Steve Parks, vice president of worldwide analog marketing at Texas Instruments. &#8220;The combination of TI&#8217;s strong analog and digital portfolio, Portescap&#8217;s broad line of motors, and Avnet&#8217;s global presence gives customers complete targeted solutions with global reach and local support.&#8221; </p>
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All of the eLab videocasts are available now! To view them, please visit: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.em.avnet.com/motorcontrolelab">www.em.avnet.com/motorcontrolelab</a></p>
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<p>SAN JOSE, Calif., &#8212; March 17, 2010 &#8212; CoWare&#174;, Inc., the leading supplier of Electronic System Virtualization&#8482; (ESV) software and services, today announced support for Fast Models from ARM for Cortex&#8482;-A5 and Cortex-M4 processor IP in CoWare&#8217;s SystemC-based software development solution. Customers around the world have already successfully deployed CoWare virtual platforms using Fast Models from ARM. The CoWare software development solutions already include support for Fast Models from ARM for the Cortex-A9, Cortex-A8, Cortex-R4 and Cortex-M3 processors. </p>
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The ARM&#174; Cortex Instruction-Accurate Model Integration Library from CoWare adds support for Fast Models from ARM for Cortex-A5 and Cortex-M4 processors. This enhanced offering enables CoWare to further address the IP needs for its customers in mobile, consumer and automotive markets. Applications in these markets typically require multicore designs. Software developers using the CoWare Virtual Platform solution for Cortex-A5 and Cortex-M4 processors have the benefit of debug synchronization along with debug and analysis visibility across the entire system. These unique capabilities, combined with the reproducibility and predictability of software behavior using virtual platforms, boost productivity of software development on multicore designs. Customers have been reporting 5X reduction in software development time using the CoWare Virtual Platform solution with the Fast Models from ARM. </p>
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&#8220;This collaboration between ARM and CoWare enables our customers to build ultra-fast Virtual Platforms using the Fast Models from ARM with the design environment of their choice,&#8221; said Vincent Korstanje, director of technical marketing, System Design Division, ARM. &#8220;These models are developed as part of the ARM processors validation process and set an unrivalled standard of instruction accuracy, which ensures software developed on these Virtual Platforms will function correctly on the actual silicon&#8221; </p>
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&#8220;Many of our customers in the mobile, consumer and automotive space are working on leading-edge multicore designs based on ARM processors,&#8221; said Tom De Schutter, senior marketing manager, IP models at CoWare. &#8220;The availability of fast, instruction-accurate models for ARM&#8217;s latest Cortex processors in CoWare&#8217;s software development solution enables our customers to stay ahead of their competition and reduce costs while at the same time accelerating their time-to-market&#8221; </p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">Availability</h3>
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The ARM Cortex IA Model Integration Library to enable usage of Cortex-A5, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A9, Cortex-R4, Cortex M3 and Cortex-M4 Fast Models from ARM in CoWare Virtual Platform and CoWare Platform Architect is available from CoWare now. </p>
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Learn more about CoWare&#8217;s ARM Solution at the &#8220;Designing with ARM&#8221; virtual conference to be held on Thursday, March 25, 2010. To register for this event, click here. </p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">About CoWare</h3>
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CoWare is the leading global supplier of Electronic System Virtualization software and services. IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies use CoWare virtualization solutions to design better processor- and software-intensive products faster. CoWare solutions solve the new design challenges associated with platform architecture design, platform verification, application sub-system design, processor design, DSP algorithm design, and software development, and are based on open industry standards including SystemC. These solutions also enable IP and semiconductor companies to implement more effective go-to-market strategies. CoWare is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices around the world. For more information about CoWare and its products and services visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.coware.com">www.coware.com</a>. </p>
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<p>SAN JOSE, Calif., &#8212; March 17, 2010 &#8212; CoWare&#174;, Inc., the leading supplier of Electronic System Virtualization&#8482; (ESV) software and services, today announced support for Fast Models from ARM for Cortex&#8482;-A5 and Cortex-M4 processor IP in CoWare&#8217;s SystemC-based software development solution. Customers around the world have already successfully deployed CoWare virtual platforms using Fast Models from ARM. The CoWare software development solutions already include support for Fast Models from ARM for the Cortex-A9, Cortex-A8, Cortex-R4 and Cortex-M3 processors. </p>
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The ARM&#174; Cortex Instruction-Accurate Model Integration Library from CoWare adds support for Fast Models from ARM for Cortex-A5 and Cortex-M4 processors. This enhanced offering enables CoWare to further address the IP needs for its customers in mobile, consumer and automotive markets. Applications in these markets typically require multicore designs. Software developers using the CoWare Virtual Platform solution for Cortex-A5 and Cortex-M4 processors have the benefit of debug synchronization along with debug and analysis visibility across the entire system. These unique capabilities, combined with the reproducibility and predictability of software behavior using virtual platforms, boost productivity of software development on multicore designs. Customers have been reporting 5X reduction in software development time using the CoWare Virtual Platform solution with the Fast Models from ARM. </p>
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&#8220;This collaboration between ARM and CoWare enables our customers to build ultra-fast Virtual Platforms using the Fast Models from ARM with the design environment of their choice,&#8221; said Vincent Korstanje, director of technical marketing, System Design Division, ARM. &#8220;These models are developed as part of the ARM processors validation process and set an unrivalled standard of instruction accuracy, which ensures software developed on these Virtual Platforms will function correctly on the actual silicon&#8221; </p>
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&#8220;Many of our customers in the mobile, consumer and automotive space are working on leading-edge multicore designs based on ARM processors,&#8221; said Tom De Schutter, senior marketing manager, IP models at CoWare. &#8220;The availability of fast, instruction-accurate models for ARM&#8217;s latest Cortex processors in CoWare&#8217;s software development solution enables our customers to stay ahead of their competition and reduce costs while at the same time accelerating their time-to-market&#8221; </p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">Availability</h3>
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The ARM Cortex IA Model Integration Library to enable usage of Cortex-A5, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A9, Cortex-R4, Cortex M3 and Cortex-M4 Fast Models from ARM in CoWare Virtual Platform and CoWare Platform Architect is available from CoWare now. </p>
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Learn more about CoWare&#8217;s ARM Solution at the &#8220;Designing with ARM&#8221; virtual conference to be held on Thursday, March 25, 2010. To register for this event, click here. </p>
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<h3 class="heading-1">About CoWare</h3>
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<p>
CoWare is the leading global supplier of Electronic System Virtualization software and services. IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies use CoWare virtualization solutions to design better processor- and software-intensive products faster. CoWare solutions solve the new design challenges associated with platform architecture design, platform verification, application sub-system design, processor design, DSP algorithm design, and software development, and are based on open industry standards including SystemC. These solutions also enable IP and semiconductor companies to implement more effective go-to-market strategies. CoWare is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices around the world. For more information about CoWare and its products and services visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.coware.com">www.coware.com</a>. </p>
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<p>SANTA CLARA, CA (March 17, 2010) &#8211; Netronome, the leading developer of network flow processors, today announced that it is shipping the NFP-3240 to customers. The NFP-3240 is the industry&#8217;s only processor specifically designed for tight coupling with multicore Intel&#174; processors to accelerate network, security and content processing to 40 and 100 Gbps. </p>
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The NFP-3240 brings breakthrough performance to a broad range of demanding networking applications. Customer designs include shared service blades in switches and routers, 3G and LTE wireless infrastructure, security appliances and virtualized servers. Top-tier network equipment OEMs will reach production in the second half of 2010.</p>
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&#8220;We are pleased that the companies designing-in the NFP-3240 are among the world&#8217;s largest network equipment manufacturers,&#8221; said Niel Viljoen, founder and CEO of Netronome. &#8220;Netronome is in its third year of record revenues and as the market for network flow processors continues to expand, we expect our growth to accelerate.&#8221;</p>
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At the heart of the NFP-3240 is a powerful array of 40 1.4GHz microengine RISC processors. Each microengine core supports eight simultaneous computing threads, enabling the NFP-3240 to deliver 56 billion instructions per second (BIPS). Additional hardware acceleration engines provide line-rate processing for PKI, bulk cryptography and deep packet inspection. Unique to the NFP-3240 memory architecture are hardware accelerators for queues, atomic operations and CAMs. By minimizing the effects of memory stalls, an intelligent memory management system delivers over 80 percent effective utilization of dual DDR3 1333MHz and dual QDR SRAM channels that operate at up to 350MHz. This unmatched processing power and memory performance is required for critical L4-L7 networking applications designed for 40 to 100 gigabit networks. </p>
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Over 100 Gbps of I/O options unlock the massive flow processing power of the 40 microengines. The NFP-3240 features an 8 lane PCIe 2.0 interface, dual 25 Gbps Interlaken, dual 10GigE and 8&#215;1 GigE MACs, dual 10 Gbps XAUI, and SPI 4.2. Enhanced PCIe I/O virtualization support makes the NFP-3240 the only processor to seamlessly integrate with best-in-class multicore Intel Architecture processors. This allows heterogeneous processing designs to be realized simply and cost effectively. </p>
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&#8220;Many designs for high-performance networking equipment are based on the latest Intel&#174; Xeon&#174; processors,&#8221; said Rose Schooler, general manager, Performance Processor Division, Intel. &#8220;When coupled with Netronome&#8217;s NFP-3240 they deliver full L2-L7 processing without sacrificing performance.&#8221; </p>
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The NFP-3240&#8217;s microengine cores are designed specifically for flow-based network and security processing. Microengines are not burdened with the overhead found in general-purpose processors that limits effective throughput to a few Gbps, even when adding cores and increasing clock rates. These optimizations for network processing enable the industry&#8217;s highest BIPS per watt when operating under full load at 30W. The NFP-3240&#8217;s microengine cores also offer the only source-code compatibility with Intel&#8217;s market-leading IXP28XX network processors.</p>
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&#8220;Netronome&#8217;s NFP-3240 flow processors deliver the only follow-on to the IXP28XX line of network processors,&#8221; said Bob Wheeler, senior analyst at The Linley Group. &#8220;This provides a high-performance evolution for existing IXP designs and protects customers&#8217; substantial investment in field-proven and network-hardened software.&#8221;</p>
<p>
To accelerate OEM product development the NFP-3240 is supported by the most comprehensive tool set in the industry. This includes a C-compiler, a powerful simulation environment, a complete hardware development platform and a library of hundreds of software flow processing functions. The NFP-3240 is also backed by an extensive ecosystem offering hardware, software, operating systems and design services.</p>
<p>
The NFP-32xx family is available in a range of price and performance options for 10, 40 and 100 Gbps designs. Configuration options span from 16 to 40 cores, operating at 1.0 or 1.4GHz, with optional cryptography support. With prices starting at $275, the NFP-32xx family of network flow processors are sampling now with general availability in mid-2010.</p>
<p>
<h3 class="heading-1">About Netronome</h3>
</p>
<p>
Netronome is a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor products that are used for intelligent flow processing in network and communications devices. Netronome&#8217;s solutions include network flow processors and acceleration cards that scale to 100 Gbps. They are used in carrier-grade and enterprise-class communications products that require deep packet inspection, flow analysis, content processing, virtualization and security. Netronome&#8217;s products are developed in labs in Santa Clara, CA, Boxborough, MA and Pittsburgh, PA. To learn more about Netronome and its products, please visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.netronome.com">www.netronome.com</a>.</p>
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<p>SANTA CLARA, CA (March 17, 2010) &#8211; Netronome, the leading developer of network flow processors, today announced that it is shipping the NFP-3240 to customers. The NFP-3240 is the industry&#8217;s only processor specifically designed for tight coupling with multicore Intel&#174; processors to accelerate network, security and content processing to 40 and 100 Gbps. </p>
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The NFP-3240 brings breakthrough performance to a broad range of demanding networking applications. Customer designs include shared service blades in switches and routers, 3G and LTE wireless infrastructure, security appliances and virtualized servers. Top-tier network equipment OEMs will reach production in the second half of 2010.</p>
<p>
&#8220;We are pleased that the companies designing-in the NFP-3240 are among the world&#8217;s largest network equipment manufacturers,&#8221; said Niel Viljoen, founder and CEO of Netronome. &#8220;Netronome is in its third year of record revenues and as the market for network flow processors continues to expand, we expect our growth to accelerate.&#8221;</p>
<p>
At the heart of the NFP-3240 is a powerful array of 40 1.4GHz microengine RISC processors. Each microengine core supports eight simultaneous computing threads, enabling the NFP-3240 to deliver 56 billion instructions per second (BIPS). Additional hardware acceleration engines provide line-rate processing for PKI, bulk cryptography and deep packet inspection. Unique to the NFP-3240 memory architecture are hardware accelerators for queues, atomic operations and CAMs. By minimizing the effects of memory stalls, an intelligent memory management system delivers over 80 percent effective utilization of dual DDR3 1333MHz and dual QDR SRAM channels that operate at up to 350MHz. This unmatched processing power and memory performance is required for critical L4-L7 networking applications designed for 40 to 100 gigabit networks. </p>
<p>
Over 100 Gbps of I/O options unlock the massive flow processing power of the 40 microengines. The NFP-3240 features an 8 lane PCIe 2.0 interface, dual 25 Gbps Interlaken, dual 10GigE and 8&#215;1 GigE MACs, dual 10 Gbps XAUI, and SPI 4.2. Enhanced PCIe I/O virtualization support makes the NFP-3240 the only processor to seamlessly integrate with best-in-class multicore Intel Architecture processors. This allows heterogeneous processing designs to be realized simply and cost effectively. </p>
<p>
&#8220;Many designs for high-performance networking equipment are based on the latest Intel&#174; Xeon&#174; processors,&#8221; said Rose Schooler, general manager, Performance Processor Division, Intel. &#8220;When coupled with Netronome&#8217;s NFP-3240 they deliver full L2-L7 processing without sacrificing performance.&#8221; </p>
<p>
The NFP-3240&#8217;s microengine cores are designed specifically for flow-based network and security processing. Microengines are not burdened with the overhead found in general-purpose processors that limits effective throughput to a few Gbps, even when adding cores and increasing clock rates. These optimizations for network processing enable the industry&#8217;s highest BIPS per watt when operating under full load at 30W. The NFP-3240&#8217;s microengine cores also offer the only source-code compatibility with Intel&#8217;s market-leading IXP28XX network processors.</p>
<p>
&#8220;Netronome&#8217;s NFP-3240 flow processors deliver the only follow-on to the IXP28XX line of network processors,&#8221; said Bob Wheeler, senior analyst at The Linley Group. &#8220;This provides a high-performance evolution for existing IXP designs and protects customers&#8217; substantial investment in field-proven and network-hardened software.&#8221;</p>
<p>
To accelerate OEM product development the NFP-3240 is supported by the most comprehensive tool set in the industry. This includes a C-compiler, a powerful simulation environment, a complete hardware development platform and a library of hundreds of software flow processing functions. The NFP-3240 is also backed by an extensive ecosystem offering hardware, software, operating systems and design services.</p>
<p>
The NFP-32xx family is available in a range of price and performance options for 10, 40 and 100 Gbps designs. Configuration options span from 16 to 40 cores, operating at 1.0 or 1.4GHz, with optional cryptography support. With prices starting at $275, the NFP-32xx family of network flow processors are sampling now with general availability in mid-2010.</p>
<p>
<h3 class="heading-1">About Netronome</h3>
</p>
<p>
Netronome is a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor products that are used for intelligent flow processing in network and communications devices. Netronome&#8217;s solutions include network flow processors and acceleration cards that scale to 100 Gbps. They are used in carrier-grade and enterprise-class communications products that require deep packet inspection, flow analysis, content processing, virtualization and security. Netronome&#8217;s products are developed in labs in Santa Clara, CA, Boxborough, MA and Pittsburgh, PA. To learn more about Netronome and its products, please visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.netronome.com">www.netronome.com</a>.</p>
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         <title>Logic Supply Introduces a Fanless, Ultra Low-Profile Intel Atom System</title>
         <link>http://feeds.opensystemsmedia.com/~r/opensystemsmedia/ecd/~3/X9zMzl1Bd-U/logic-intel-atom-system</link>
         <description>Logic Supply, a leading provider of Mini-ITX and small form factor system solutions, announces the arrival of an ultra-slim, fanless Intel(r) Atom(tm) system housed in a ruggedized, small-footprint enclosure.</description>
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<p>Logic Supply, a leading provider of Mini-ITX and small form factor system solutions, announces the arrival of an ultra-slim, fanless Intel&#174; Atom&#8482; system housed in a ruggedized, small-footprint enclosure. A flexible, efficient solution for seamless deployment in industrial environments, public access areas, or remote locations, the SolidLogic Atom JT01 is designed to offer reliable, stable operation while consuming minimal power.</p>
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The JT01 features an Intel&#174; Atom&#8482; N270 processor paired with the Intel&#174; 945GSE embedded chipset offering a combined thermal design power (TDP) of less than 11 watts. The system outputs DVI, VGA, Gb LAN, five USB 2.0 ports, and two RS-232 COM as well as wireless networking capabilities. The mainboard is housed in a solid steel and extruded aluminum chassis that can be conveniently mounted to a variety of surfaces. The chassis is solid black and is less than 1.5&#8221; thick, making it very easy to tuck the system away and disguise it from view in high-traffic areas.</p>
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Utilizing heat sinks with solid copper cores to disperse heat to the extruded aluminum top panel of the case, the entire system exhibits exceptional thermal management and maintains silent, uninterrupted operation over time. The mainboard has built-in mounting for installation of a USB storage device, allowing for configuration of a completely solid state (no moving parts) system.</p>
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Tony Fiset, Product Manager at Logic Supply, discusses the full range of configuration possibilities with the JT01. &#8220;This platform was designed to be as versatile as possible, allowing project customers to choose which features matter most to them. Opt for the Broadcom Hardware Decoder, and you get a quiet, rugged media player capable of 1080p. Install a wireless card and a solid state drive and get around-the-clock access for remote deployments.&#8221;</p>
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The SolidLogic JT01 is available for pre-order from Logic Supply with the Intel&#174; D945GSEJT (&#8220;Johnstown&#8221;) Mini-ITX mainboard and comes standard with mounting brackets, RAM, and storage. System price starts at $299 and includes USB flash module, full system assembly, and hardware testing.</p>
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See <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.logicsupply.com/jt01?utm_source=pressrelease&#038;utm_medium=web&#038;utm_content=osmlink&#038;utm_campaign=pr0310">www.logicsupply.com/jt01</a></p>
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         <title>Structured text for PLCs from models</title>
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         <description>The benefits of Model-driven design are clear &amp;#8211; reducing errors earlier in the code development process &amp;#8211; but often the only code generation choices are C or a similar language. Now, The MathWorks is targeting PLCs using structured text output in their latest release. In the newest version of SIMULINK, one of the many features is [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:00:36 -0800</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The benefits of model-driven design are clear &#8211; reducing errors earlier in the code development process &#8211; but often the only code generation choices are C or a similar language. Now, The MathWorks is targeting PLCs using structured text output in their latest release.</p>
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<p>In the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://embedded-computing.com/the-matlab-simulink-product-families">newest version of SIMULINK</a>, one of the many features is integrated support for the Simulink PLC Coder, which emits IEC 61161 structured text. This allows a PLC designer for popular environments such as the Rockwell Automation RSlogix 5000 to use model-driven techniques quickly and easily.</p>
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<p>According to Tom Erkkinen, product manager, this takes away much of the uncertainty in the development process. Requirements can be linked to one model, and mechanical, electrical, and control behavior can be represented in one environment. Continuous testing can be performed using the model, and then code generation &#8211; which before produced C or VHDL only &#8211; can now include structured test which can then be compiled using a third-party to into PLC executable. Whether programming in blocks, state charts, or embedded code, this added support for structured text speeds not only the code development process but the test and verification process.</p>
<p>There are extensive other features in The MathWorks release (part of their bi-annual update), but this one should be of interest to PLC developers.</p>
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         <title>Looking through smartphones at pages</title>
         <link>http://feeds.opensystemsmedia.com/~r/opensystemsmedia/ecd/~3/YCU9yP_iZk0/looking-through-smartphones-at-pages</link>
         <description>Let&amp;#8217;s say you have a web page design for mobile phone browsers. How do you really know how that page performs, across phones, across carriers, across markets? That&amp;#8217;s a problem Keynote Systems is taking on with their latest release. Keynote&amp;#8217;s Mobile Device Perspective 4.0 (MDP 4.0) brings real, instrumented smartphones on live carrier networks and a [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:22 -0800</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s say you have a web page design for mobile phone browsers. How do you really know how that page performs, across phones, across carriers, across markets? That&#8217;s a problem Keynote Systems is taking on with their latest release.</p>
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<p>Keynote&#8217;s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://embedded-computing.com/keynote-troubleshooting-diagnosing-validation-mobile-applications">Mobile Device Perspective 4.0</a> (MDP 4.0) brings real, instrumented smartphones on live carrier networks and a web-enabled customer portal viewing the real-time data to aid customers. Those customers can be purveyors of mobile-optimized websites, carriers, or anyone else interested in how the mobile content is performing. I spoke with Nisheeth Mohan, product manager of mobile quality for Keynote, for some insight.</p>
<p><img alt="" src="http://cloud1.opensystemsmedia.com/MDP4.jpg" class="alignleft" width="443" height="343"/></p>
<p>Mohan indicated that MDP 4.0 is designed to do what a user does with a smartphone browser, except provide automation in repeating the task and measuring the results. An instrumented smartphone is deployed in a particular location connected to the MDP 4.0 network. Steps can be scripted up and executed at specified intervals, or executed ad-hoc via a web browser. The feed from the LCD screen is captured directly.</p>
<p>Customers can monitor the results they are getting on a web-based portal, and set alarms which prompts an action &#8211; say the response time of the page drifts over a certain limit. &#8220;A lot of times, the carriers don&#8217;t even realize they have an issue in a certain locale,&#8221; said Mohan. An application might be performing fine in NY and London but for some reason poorly in Los Angeles, or poorly at certain times in Los Angeles, or poorly on just a certain carrier in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Mohan demoed the new MDPi control interface for an iPhone which happened to be in San Francisco, and said that all the phone support has been completely reverse engineered &#8211; according to him, it takes from 1 to 4 weeks to support a particular model phone in MDP 4.0. The control interface, over a web browser, knows about gesture actions not just like clicks but also multitouch like pinch and drag. It also knows about the accelerometer to decide if content should be portrait or landscape.</p>
<p>The tool provides collaboration features so that a screen cap or recorded video sequence can be taken and shared with users via the portal, along with the other information of what was going on at the time. This on-demand access to information can help identify and troubleshoot issues, whether with the application or the carrier network, in real-time to help ensure the user experience is great.</p>
<p>This is really a very interesting technology that should help with the transition to increasing amounts of mobile web content delivered via smartphones.</p>
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         <title>Thin film storage coming to MCUs</title>
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         <description>We&amp;#8217;ve been asking the MCU makers to discuss their go-forward strategy for on-chip storage, what comes next beyond basic flash. Freescale came forward with an interesting announcement with what&amp;#8217;s been in their labs for 6 years and is about to hit prime time soon. At Embedded World 2010, Freescale announced their Thin Film Storage development targeting [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:37 -0800</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve been asking the MCU makers to discuss their go-forward strategy for on-chip storage, what comes next beyond basic flash. Freescale came forward with an interesting announcement with what&#8217;s been in their labs for 6 years and is about to hit prime time soon.</p>
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<p>At Embedded World 2010, Freescale announced their <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://embedded-computing.com/freescale-storage-flash-flexmemory-next-generation-microcontrollers">Thin Film Storage</a> development targeting MCUs. Jeff Bock, global product marketing manager, gave us some insights on their thinking and how we&#8217;re going to see this in products soon.</p>
<p>Jeff indicated selecting a on-chip memory technology is challenging, first from a capacity standpoint. &#8220;Requirements span a wide range, from the low end at 1KB to the high end at 1MB and growing,&#8221; Bock said. He indicated capacities below 16KB are particularly tough because a less aggressive geometry is needed due to costs. With that in mind, he said split gate has historically been good for smaller arrays, but they were looking for something to span the range.</p>
<p>Freescale has developed a thin film with nanocrystals, with only a positive charge pump required. The results are that less energy is needed to create a charge, and charge dissipates more quickly. The technology is also inherently more reliable than floating gate, which would fail with a single crack in the path &#8211; with nanocrystals, many crystals provide control.</p>
<p>With this simpler structure, Bock says Freescale is projecting better wafer cost efficiency due to 30% fewer masks, and better DFM because the array has faster program/erase time which cuts test times.</p>
<p>Building on this thin film storage (TFS) technology, Freescale is about to introduce what they call Flex Memory into MCUs. Flex Memory combines a TFS flash array with an SRAM block and a hardware state machine which does automated wear leveling. A Flex Memory block can be customer-configured and application-optimized, behaving in some ways like EEPROM but with new benefits. Research is showing for small arrays of 64 to 128 bytes, 10M cycles are possible. The speeds found in research are impressive too &#8211; if a spot is previously empty, programming is around 100 usec; if erase/write is needed, it&#8217;s about 750 usec for erase and another 750 usec for write.</p>
<p>Bock projects his first products available in samples in 3Q10, and full production in early 2011.</p>
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         <description>A lot of devices today are not just ultra low power, they are ultra low cost at the same time. It&amp;#8217;s not every day you hear about tossing a quarter at an MCU and getting a 16-bitter with ultra low power consumption, but that&amp;#8217;s where TI has gone with their new announcement at Embedded World [...]</description>
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         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of devices today are not just ultra low power, they are ultra low cost at the same time. It&#8217;s not every day you hear about tossing a quarter at an MCU and getting a 16-bitter with ultra low power consumption, but that&#8217;s where TI has gone with their new announcement at Embedded World this week.</p>
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<p>Looking to step folks up in performance from 8-bit lines, TI has announced an addition of 100 parts to the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://embedded-computing.com/starting-25-performance-10x-battery-life">MSP430 &#8220;value line&#8221;</a> with 16-bit cores. Maria Cortez, product marketing manager for the MSP430 MCU family, was excited to tell us that her design teams had really hammered away at a very low cost part with 10x the performance and 10x the battery life of a comparably priced 8-bit MCU.</p>
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<p>At this price point, things are kept small, but they didn&#8217;t skimp. At the low end, there&#8217;s 512B of flash and 128B of RAM, a 2-wire debug interface, 10 GPIOs, all in a 14-pin package. This new family is fully code compatible with the MSP430 family, but with 16-bit instructions they can gain 50% code density pretty quickly over comparable 8-bit parts.</p>
<p>Moving a bit up the scale, the family includes a smart ADC with what Cortez calls a data transfer controller &#8211; something &#8220;never thrown in for no price premium&#8221; on previous MCUs. Once set up, it manages ADC samples into memory, even while the main core is sleeping. Cortez gave an example of the sampling system reaching 200k samples/sec at 0.6% CPU load.</p>
<p>Since MCUs in this class spend &#8220;99 to 99.9%&#8221; of their time in standby or sleep modes, that&#8217;s where the team spent time optimizing power. Cortez quoted figures of 0.1 uA RAM retention, 0.4 uA standby, 0.7 uA real-time clock mode, and a wakeup time of &lt;1 usec which combine for the 10x power reduction over the 8-bit comparison point.</p>
<p>Software is easy, because TI is tossing in both the Code Composer Studio v4 and the IAR Embedded Workbench for free, unrestricted use on these parts. There&#8217;s also a $20 eZ430-F2013 development kit to get going now &#8211; so easy, a high-schooler can get it running in 15 min according to Cortez.</p>
<p>Less time in active mode with better performance, less power overall. Seems to be a theme emerging for ultra low power MCUs, but the 25 cent starting point for MSP430s is interesting too. TI promises to be showing this new value line off with a &#8220;measure it&#8221; challenge at ESC Silicon Valley in April, that should be worth watching.</p>
<p>PS: Travis Tritt, ftw. OK, it was a stretch.</p>
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         <title>ARM core, real gates, programmable analog</title>
         <link>http://feeds.opensystemsmedia.com/~r/opensystemsmedia/ecd/~3/zDzxblakI6w/arm-core-real-gates-programmable-analog</link>
         <description>Processor cores in FPGAs have been around for a while, but we are now seeing bigger cores traditionally only in an SoC implementation being announced. An ARM Cortex-M3 shows up in the latest parts from Actel, along with a big gate field and an new programmable analog engine, in the SmartFusion devices announced at Embedded [...]</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:40 -0800</pubDate>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Processor cores in FPGAs have been around for a while, but we are now seeing bigger cores traditionally only in an SoC implementation being announced. An ARM Cortex-M3 shows up in the latest parts from Actel, along with a big gate field and an new programmable analog engine, in the SmartFusion devices announced at Embedded World 2010.</p>
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<p>According to Rich Kapusta, VP of Marketing for Actel, these <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dsp-fpga.com/news/New+Products/21099">SmartFusion</a> parts are for situations where an MCU doesn&#8217;t do everything and a design needs external logic. &#8220;The cost is equivalent because the solution already had a CPLD or FPGA,&#8221; he said. But it goes beyond just a BOM cost discussion &#8211; the device also offers higher levels of IP production, and the new analog capability.</p>
<p>Rajiv Nema, senior product marketing manager, went into a bit more detail on the device itself. Besides the obvious of the ARM Cortex-M3, the part has an FPGA fabric with 60k to 500k gates running up to 350 MHz, and its completely programmable in RTL and Actel&#8217;s Libero tools. Additionally, the analog subsystem has not only a 12-bit ADC and 12-bit DAC, but a feature they call the Analog Compute Engine which offloads sample sequencing and post processing from the processor core.</p>
<p>Because the designs are flash-based and don&#8217;t require external memory, offering IP protection is easier. They offer a FlashLock feature to prevent contents from being read out, and programmable device keys to prevent overbuilding and counterfeiting.</p>
<p>Nema also pointed out that use of the ARM Cortex-M3 makes software easier, since it complies to the Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS). He cited that Micrium ported their uC/OS to SmartFusion in about 3 weeks.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s an interesting new class of FPGA, really a multicore device with complete gate programmability, that should allow designers who can&#8217;t afford to tackle a custom SoC design to do many things not possible before.</p>
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