Military Embedded Systems

Eurotech Expands Executive Team With New COO and CFO, Adds Focus on Systems Business

Eurotech — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:20:20 -0800

COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today the company has named Ben Roderique as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Leann Zawodniak as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Eurotech Inc. The new appointments position the company for a strong 2010 as the company continues to design, develop and produce application-ready embedded computers and systems to serve the North American market.

With these additions to the executive team, Chris Houghton, former COO, assumes the role of COO - Systems for Eurotech Inc, to drive the development and operations of a team dedicated to delivering systems that meet specific enterprise needs. Houghton, who has been with the company over 15 years, moves into a role that builds on his previous positions with Eurotech, including CEO of the UK division of Eurotech in Cambridge, England.

Ben Roderique brings more than 20 years of experience to his new position as COO, where he directs the operations, engineering, research and development functions of the Eurotech Inc. organization. As CFO for Eurotech Inc., Zawodniak manages financial responsibilities and records for the organization in North America.

"A solid and cohesive executive team is the key to continued innovation and financial security at Eurotech," said Greg Nicoloso, CEO of Eurotech Inc. "As we strive to stay ahead of the technology curve and gain market share in 2010, Ben Roderique and Leann Zawodniak are already valuable assets. Each of these individuals brings years of expertise to Eurotech, and I look forward to their contributions as we extend our leadership in the embedded computers and systems industry."

Prior to joining Eurotech, Roderique was the Vice President of Product and Business Development for Advanced Manufacturing Technology Inc. and held management roles at Emcore and Ericsson previously. His educational background brings the necessary technical expertise to his role as Eurotech COO, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master's degree in Management of Technology.

Zawodniak's previous roles included Controller for Jonathan Product LLC, Verint Systems, Inc., and CBQ, Inc. before joining Eurotech as Controller in 2009. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

About Eurotech

Eurotech, a global company listed on the Milan stock exchange (Borsa Italiana) integrates hardware, software, services, and expertise to deliver embedded computing platforms and sophisticated systems to leading OEMs, system integrators, and enterprise customers for successful and efficient deployment of their products and services. Drawing on concepts of minimalist computing, Eurotech lowers power draw, minimizes physical size, and reduces coding complexity to bring sensors, embedded boards and platforms, stand-alone systems, and high performance computers to market, specializing in healthcare, security, transportation, energy, and industrial segments. By combining domain expertise in wireless connectivity as well as communications protocols, Eurotech architects integrated solutions that simplify data capture, processing, and transfer over unified communications networks. Our customers rely on us to simplify embedded computing so they can focus on their core competencies. Learn more about Eurotech at www.eurotech.com.

Peratech's QTC sensor technology licensed to Samsung Electro-mechanics

Peratech — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:54:18 -0800

RICHMOND, North Yorks., England – 8 February 2010 -- Peratech Limited, the leader in new materials designed for touch technology solutions, has signed a major licensing agreement for its Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) technology, which will be included within a new range of pressure sensing components from Samsung Electro-mechanics (EM).

The license is for the use of Peratech’s innovative QTC switches in 5-way input devices, or Navikeys, made by Samsung Electro-mechanics that are used for menu navigation and interaction on mobile phones. Until now, these devices are usually made using dome switches that allow current to flow when depressed giving a simple on/off operation. By replacing the dome switches with switches made from force sensitive QTC, the resulting input device is now pressure sensitive so that as more pressure is applied to the switch, more current flows. This adds a whole new dimension to the input device and this proportional input opens up a raft of new ways to interact with the phone. For example, the speed of scrolling through a list or the speed of movement in a game can vary depending on how hard the switch is pressed, making interaction faster and more intuitive.

Philip Taysom, joint CEO of Peratech, said, “This is a very significant step for Peratech and we are delighted Samsung EM has chosen our QTC technology. It is a huge testament to the power and potential of QTC technology to not only replace traditional switches with more reliable switches but to also add new functionality so that better, more innovative products can be created with enhanced user interaction. Samsung EM supplies components to most of the leading phone manufacturers so our technology will soon be used across a wide range of next generation phone models. In fact, a Navikey using QTC from Samsung EM is already being used into a Tier 1 mobile phone.”

Dr. Ho-Chul Joung, Principal Manager at Samsung EM, added, “The pressure sensitivity of the QTC switches changes the game when it comes to human machine interface design enabling truly 3D user interfaces to be created in small, low power devices. This three-dimensionality cannot be matched with existing resistive and capacitive technologies and means that the next generation of mobile phones will have many new and exciting features because of it.”

About QTC

QTC's are electro-active polymeric materials made from metallic or non-metallic filler particles combined in an elastomeric binder. These enable the action of 'touch' to be translated into an electrical reaction, enabling a vast array of devices to incorporate very thin and highly robust 'sensing' of touch and pressure. QTC’s unique properties enable it to be made into force sensitive switches of any shape or size. QTC switches and switch matrices can be screen printed allowing for development and integration of switches that are as thin as 75 microns.

QTC is also low power and interfaces can be designed with no start resistance so that without pressure, the switch draws no power and passes no current. Importantly, when pressure is applied, the resistance drops in proportion to the amount of pressure which allows sophisticated human machine interface designs that react to variations in pressure. QTC technology has no moving parts and requires no air gap between contacts. This makes it extremely reliable and suitable for integration into the thinnest electronic designs and with industry leading operational life.

About Samsung Electro-mechanics

Samsung Electro-mechanics continued to develop and manufacture core electronic components since its foundation in 1973, Samsung EM pioneered the technological framework for Korean production of A/V components in the 1970s, and diversified into materials and computer components in the 1980s.

In the early 1990s, the focus was on manufacturing promising products, such as chip components, MLBs (multi layer boards), mobile communication components, and optical components. In the late 1990s, Samsung EM expanded its operation into production of digital components with high frequency, software, engineering, and design technologies and has positioned as leading electronic component maker.

In 2004, Samsung electro-mechanics announced a vision of “the 1nside Edge that shapes the future”, and has grown into top-tier electronic components manufacturer, opening up the future to a digital world and will occupy a position as the World Top 3 company by 2015 with its technological prowess and by focusing its management capabilities on developing the world’s very best products. Further information is available from www.sem.samsung.co.kr/index.jsp

About Peratech

Peratech is the inventor and world leader in Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) technology. Already widely used in robotics and defence, Peratech commercialised its QTC technology at the beginning of 2006 and is currently working with a number of key technology clients who are implementing QTC sensing technology within their own products.

QTC materials give enormous flexibility in the design, shape, thickness and style of a switch or pressure sensor and can be made in a range of elastomeric forms, including emulsive coatings (down to thicknesses of 10 microns), ‘bulk’ silicone or rubber and textile forms. Peratech pioneered the creation of electronic switches made from textiles as early as 2001. QTC has been recognised through numerous International awards and accolades including “Tomorrow’s World Industry Award 2002”, “Saatchi & Saatchi Innovation Award 2000” and “European Electronics Industry Award 2004”.

QTC materials have been used by organisations such as NASA, ILC Dover, Shadow Robotics and numerous government agencies World Wide. Peratech also owns SOFTswitch, the pioneering creator of textile switching and Eleksen, the world leader in touch sensitive interactive textiles for electronics interface design. Further information is available from www.peratech.com

For further information, please contact

Peratech Limited, Old Repeater Station, Brompton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire, DL10 7JH United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0) 8700 727272 Fax: +44 (0) 8700 727273 Email: info@peratech.com www.peratech.com

IBM Scientists Demonstrate World's Fastest Graphene Transistor

IBM — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:17:35 -0800

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - 05 Feb 2010: In a just-published paper in the magazine Science, IBM (NYSE: IBM) researchers demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest cut-off frequency achieved so far for any graphene device - 100 billion cycles/second (100 GigaHertz).

This accomplishment is a key milestone for the Carbon Electronics for RF Applications (CERA) program funded by DARPA, in an effort to develop next-generation communication devices.

The high frequency record was achieved using wafer-scale, epitaxially grown graphene using processing technology compatible to that used in advanced silicon device fabrication.

"A key advantage of graphene lies in the very high speeds in which electrons propagate, which is essential for achieving high-speed, high-performance next generation transistors," said Dr. T.C. Chen, vice president, Science and Technology, IBM Research. "The breakthrough we are announcing demonstrates clearly that graphene can be utilized to produce high performance devices and integrated circuits."

Graphene is a single atom-thick layer of carbon atoms bonded in a hexagonal honeycomb-like arrangement. This two-dimensional form of carbon has unique electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties and its technological applications are being explored intensely.

Uniform and high-quality graphene wafers were synthesized by thermal decomposition of a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate. The graphene transistor itself utilized a metal top-gate architecture and a novel gate insulator stack involving a polymer and a high dielectric constant oxide. The gate length was modest, 240 nanometers, leaving plenty of space for further optimization of its performance by scaling down the gate length.

It is noteworthy that the frequency performance of the graphene device already exceeds the cut-off frequency of state-of-the-art silicon transistors of the same gate length (~ 40 GigaHertz). Similar performance was obtained from devices based on graphene obtained from natural graphite, proving that high performance can be obtained from graphene of different origins. Previously, the team had demonstrated graphene transistors with a cut-off frequency of 26 GigaHertz using graphene flakes extracted from natural graphite.

Magma Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Call and Webcast for Feb. 25, 2010

Magma Design Automation — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:24:23 -0800

WHAT: Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA) will conduct

a live webcast and conference call to review financial

results for its third quarter ended Jan. 31, 2010.

WHEN: The webcast and conference call will be Thursday,

Feb. 25, 2010, at 2 p.m. PST. Magma will release third-

quarter financial results after Nasdaq trading closes on

Feb. 25, 2010.

WHO: Rajeev Madhavan, chief executive officer; Roy E. Jewell,

president and chief operating officer; and Peter S. Teshima,

chief financial officer, will host the call.

WEBCAST: The live webcast will be available online at

investor.magma-da.com/events.cfm. A replay of the

webcast will be available on Magma's website through

March 4, 2010.

PHONE: Listen to the live call by telephone at the numbers below:

U.S. & Canada: (888) 710-4002

Elsewhere: (913) 312-0938

A telephone replay will be available beginning at 5 p.m. PST

on Feb. 25, 2010 until 11:59 p.m. PST on March 4, 2010 at

the numbers below:

U.S. & Canada: (888) 203-1112, code #7476916

Elsewhere: (719) 457-0820, code #7476916

Magma's electronic design automation (EDA) software provides the "Fastest Path to Silicon"(TM) and enables the world's top chip companies to create high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, digital video, networking and other electronic applications. Magma products are used in IC implementation, analog/mixed-signal design, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization. The company maintains headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and offices throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Magma's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Follow Magma on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/MagmaEDA and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/Magma. Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.

Empress Embedded Database Crowns Google's Nexus One: Empress Embedded Database Java Client Gives Users Direct Access to Data

Empress Software — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:57:24 -0800

Empress Software, home of the Empress Embedded Database, an advanced and agile embedded database engine, announces an Empress Java Client application that gives Nexus One smartphone users the power to control and manipulate data residing in Empress databases. Conveniently “create”, “insert”, “select”, “update” and “delete” data in an Empress database right from a Nexus One mobile device. The Nexus One is powered by Google’s Android 2.1 operating system. Nexus One users can use an Empress Java Client application on their mobile phone to access Empress Embedded Database applications running remotely on Linux or Windows.

Empress Ultra Embedded Database is an advanced, full-featured database engine specializing in embedded systems data management technology. With high-performance, small footprint and a variety of popular APIs (C, C++, SQL, ODBC, JDBC and Java), EMPRESS is also unsurpassed in functionality. EMPRESS is a reliable, zero-maintenance database that delivers predictable and deterministic response.

“The flexibility of Empress database technology allows us to swiftly make the Empress Embedded Database available for the latest devices like the Android based Google Nexus One or the Apple iPad. From the mainstream to the obscure, we make your valuable data accessible so you can have it right at your fingertips,” states John Kornatowski, president of Empress Software. “Empress with the Nexus One is real cool. You can walk, talk, chew gum and wirelessly access your Empress database all at the same time. With Empress, you can have your cake and eat it too”.

For a screenshot, please visit:

pr-2010.empressconferences.com/nexusone/

About Empress Software Inc.

Empress Software develops and supports the EMPRESS Ultra Embedded Database management system worldwide. EMPRESS is a full-featured, high-performance database designed for embedded developers working with Android, Linux, UNIX, Windows and real-time operating systems. EMPRESS has been utilized successfully in diverse embedded fields including networking & telecom, control & automation, automotive, security, military & defense, data acquisition & instrumentation. For more information, check our web site at www.empress.com or send e-mail to info@empress.com or call Empress at 301-220-1919.

Respected Global Electronics Journalists Converge on EE Times Group's ESC Silicon Valley Event

EETimes Group — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:36:47 -0800

EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technology news, analysis and intelligence for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced that for the first time since the launch of ESC, every EE Times Network journalist is expected to attend ESC Silicon Valley 2010 being held at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California, April 26 - April 29.

"The more than twenty EE Times Network editors are among the most-read, most respected journalists in the technology business," said David Blaza, vice president of Events and Embedded Systems, EE Times Group. "ESC Silicon Valley 2010 attendees will have the rare opportunity to watch these auspicious industry experts interact as a group during panel sessions in the ESC Theater. As well, we will be honoring their extraordinary dedication to journalism excellence at a number of yet-to-be announced events."

"Having all the EE Times Network editors together at once is a great opportunity for executives and managers from ESC Silicon Valley 2010 exhibiting companies to develop closer relationships with the journalists who cover their specific technologies and market segments," said Junko Yoshida, Editor-in-Chief, EE Times/EETimes.com. "We are all looking forward to meeting with ESC exhibitors and their C-level executives for in-depth interviews."

EE Times journalists will moderate and participate in the following ESC 2010 panel sessions held in the ESC Theaters and open to all attendees:

Panel 1: Turning on the Smart Grid: A forward-looking discussion about the challenges and opportunities for smart grid technologies including an update on the major standards efforts currently in the works, the big projects that were funded with 2009 stimulus dollars, what utilities are trying to do and how the industry is responding to the new level of activity.

Moderator: George Leopold, Global News Director, EE Times

Panel 2: New Horizons in Medical Electronics: An examination of emerging trends in medical electronics including networked home health systems, implantable devices, artificial "everything" and robotics in medicine.

Moderator: Rick Merritt, Editor-at-large, EE Times

Panel 3: Sensor Networks: the World's Smallest Embedded Internet Computers: A look at how technologies and markets are evolving for sensor networks - the next big wave of computing. What's the state of the art in ultra-small and low power computing/communications nodes? What's needed to take them to the next level?

Moderator: Peter Clarke, European News Director, EE Times

Panel 4: Counterfeiting - An industry menace: This hands-on panel will examine the issue of counterfeiting within the electronic components industry with specific focus on the embedded community. How widespread is the problem and what steps are companies taking to combat it? What dangers do embedded engineers need to be aware of and what resources are available for detecting and avoiding counterfeit products?

Moderator: Bolaji Ojo, Business Editor, EE Times

EE Times Network journalists expected to attend ESC Silicon Valley 2010 include:

-Junko Yoshida, Editor-in-Chief, EE Times/EETimes.com

-George Leopold, Global News Director

-Mark LaPedus, Semiconductors Editor

-Rick Merritt, Editor-at-large

-Dylan McGrath, Editor, eetimes.com

-Nicolas Mokhoff, Editor-in-chief, EE Times Digital

-Bolaji Ojo, Business Editor

-Allan Yogasingam, Editor, EE Times Products

-Peter Clarke, European News Director

-Anne-Francoise Pele, Paris Editor, EDA

-Bernie Cole, Online Editor, embedded.com

-Susan Rambo, Managing Editor, embedded.com., Embedded Systems Design

-Colin Holland, Embedded Editor

-Patrick Mannion, Editorial Director

-Richard Nass, Director of Content/Media, EE Times Group

-Bill Schweber, Analog, Power Management and RF Editor

-Julien Happich, Editor-in-Chief, EE Times Europe

-Vivek Nanda, Executive Editor, EE Times Asia

-Yorbe Zhang, Editor-in-Chief, EE Times China

-Yoichiro Hata, Editor-in-Chief, EE Times Japan

-K.C. Krishnadas, Site Editor, TechOnline India

EE Times Group Unveils ESC Silicon Valley Event Details: 'See What's Real Today and Possible Tomorrow'

EETimes Group — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:32:02 -0800

EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today unveiled details of ESC Silicon Valley 2010 being held at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California April 26 - April 29. In its 22nd year, ESC Silicon Valley 2010 is co-located with three other popular electronics industry events - the Multicore Expo, Texas Instruments' Tech Days and Black Hat at ESC.

"ESC brings together the largest community of embedded electronics designers, technologists, business leaders, and suppliers all in one place," said David Blaza, vice president of Events and Embedded Systems, EE Times Group. "ESC events continue to galvanize the electronics industry by providing education and insight that can be utilized immediately to develop the world's most exciting electronics products."

Designed for electronics engineers and business managers specializing in the development and implementation of embedded systems and software for high-volume products, as well as journalists and industry analysts, ESC Silicon Valley 2010 event highlights include:

-More than 130 educational sessions across 21 product development tracks

-Keynote addresses by theoretical physicist, bestselling author and science popularizer Dr. Michio Kaku, and Texas Instruments Chairman, President and CEO, Richard Templeton

-"Build Your Own Embedded System" programs featuring the new Intel Multicore Atom and the Freescale Tower development system

-Hundreds of giveaways including the Engineer's Revival Kit, Tektronix MSO2024 Digital Oscilloscope, TI eZ430-Chronos Wireless Watch Development Kit

-ARM Partner Pavilion showcasing the growth and pervasiveness of ARM's Connected Community of more than 650 solutions partners

-"Test the Experts" test challenge featuring the Tektronix DMM4050 Digital multimeter

-Two ESC theaters which include live product teardowns, panel sessions and training sessions

-"The State of Embedded" panel moderated by EE Times and Embedded.com editor, Rich Nass

-EE Times' ACE Awards and VDC's Embeddie Awards recognizing excellence in embedded systems design and business development

-Microsoft-sponsored attendee party with marquee entertainment

-"Black Hat Day" with popular computer and information security experts

In addition to the comprehensive program agenda, ESC Silicon Valley 2010 attendees with have the opportunity to meet and learn from more than 75 world-renowned embedded electronics design and implementation experts such as:

-Lecturer and Technical Editor of Embedded Systems Programming magazine, Jack Ganssle

-President of firmware process and architecture consulting and training leaser, Netrino, Mike Barr

-CEO of real-time embedded development training and services company Feabhas, Niail Cooling

-Embedded systems development expert and consultant, William Gatliff

-Lecturer and seminar leader, Dr. David Kalinksky

-Green Hills Software Chief Technology Officer, David Kleidermacher

-Freescale's Director of Global SW R&D, Networking and Multimedia Systems, Robert Oshana

-Leading programming language authority, Dan Saks

Lauterbach, Discretix Announce Alliance To Provide Secure Chip Debug Capability

Lauterbach — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:03:39 -0800

Discretix, the leading global provider of embedded security solutions, and Lauterbach, the leading manufacturer of hardware assisted microprocessor development tools, today announced a technology alliance that leverages the power of Lauterbach’s TRACE32® PowerTools and the security of Discretix’ Secure JTAG (SJTAG) Debug Module. Through the alliance, manufacturers will now be able to securely analyze and debug the microchip components in their devices at any time during product lifecycle.

Lauterbach’s JTAG Debugger is an integrated feature of all the company’s TRACE32® modular development systems. The tool enables engineers to debug System on Chip (SoC) code during development and manufacturing.

Typically, debugging interfaces such as JTAG are disabled as a chip leaves the factory to ensure that no option exists for abuse by hackers or other unauthorized parties. Now Lauterbach’s new Secure JTAG (SJTAG) authentication support for the Discretix Secure JTAG Debug Module enables to keep debugging interfaces active, yet protected. Only parties authorized by the manufacturer can authenticate their Lauterbach’s TRACE32® PowerTools, access to the SoC’s various parts remains walled off to hackers. Chip manufacturers can also apply a range of access policies.

“The joint cooperation between Lauterbach and Discretix gives new options to developers, chip manufacturers and OEMs,” said Norbert Weiss, International Sales & Marketing Manager of Lauterbach GmbH. “Through our alliance, these organizations can debug chip errors long after they have reached production stage, giving them better information and greater power for long-term improvement of their products.”

“Discretix is pleased to work alongside Lauterbach to ensure optimum performance and satisfaction for SoC designers and OEMs, particularly those employing the new Intel Moorestown MID platform,” added Asaf Shen, Director of Product Marketing for Discretix. “Lauterbach’s Moorestown support, combined with Discretix’ Secure JTAG Debug capability, provides a powerful new option for users of Intel’s new SoC.”

The Discretix Secure JTAG Debug Module, suitable for connection using a standard JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) test access port on the debugging PC, can control up to 32 debug domains. The configurable module prevents unauthorized access to internal registers or memories when the device is running and code is available in on-chip memory.

Discretix’ Secure JTAG Debug Module is available as part of its CryptoCell® and CryptoFlash® security products. For more information visit www.discretix.com/CryptoCell/index.html and www.discretix.com/cryptoflash. Additional information about Lauterbach TRACE32® JTAG Debugger can be found at www.lauterbach.com/powertools.html

About Discretix:

Discretix’ security solutions are deployed in a wide range of consumer electronics devices enabling services and applications, while protecting the device and its contents. Discretix’ products include embedded security co-processors and a broad range of security applications. The solutions are tightly integrated into the device, enhancing security without compromising the user experience. Discretix, a privately-owned company, serves the needs of some of the world’s best-known semiconductor and device manufacturers and has been consistently ranked among the leaders of the embedded security market. For more information, please visit www.discretix.com.

About Lauterbach:

Lauterbach is the world’s leading manufacturer of complete, modular microprocessor development tools with 30 years experience in the field of embedded designs. It is an international, well established company with blue chip customers in every corner of the globe and has a close working relationship with all semiconductor manufacturers. Besides the Headquarters in Hoehenkirchen, Germany, the company has its own branch offices in United Kingdom, Italy, France, on the East and West coasts of the United States, Japan and China. Highly qualified sales and support engineers are also available in many other countries.

Further information is available from www.lauterbach.com/

Discretix, CryptoFlash and CryptoCell are trademarks of Discretix, Ltd.

TRACE32 is a registered trademark of Lauterbach GmbH. Other products and trade names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

TRUMPower's Medical Grade Power Adapters Offer High Power of 180W

TRUMPower — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:22:57 -0800

February 1, 2010—Santa Clara, California, USA—Tumbler Technologies + TRUMPower introduces the TMP180 series of medical grade AC/DC desktop power adapters, which has both class I and class II insulation. Offering high power of 180W, the TMP180 series is an addition to the TMP150 series of 150W class I and class II medical power adapters that the company has.

The TMP180 class II units, furnished with an IEC 320/C8 AC inlet without a ground pin, are doubly insulated to provide proper safety protection where the availability and integrity of an earth cannot be guaranteed. Class I units come with an IEC 320/C14 AC inlet that has a ground pin.

The TMP180 series is approved to UL 60601-1, CSA C22.2 No. 601.1, EN 60601-1 medical standards and complies with EN60601-1-2 EMI standards including EN55011/FCC/VCCI class B (conducted and radiated emissions), EN61000-3-2, EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-5, EN61000-4-11. The earth leakage current is 300 µA maximum @ 264 VAC, 60 Hz. With standby power consumption lower than 0.5W and efficiency higher than 87%, the units are in compliance with CEC and Energy Star efficiency level V requirements. They also comply with RoHS requirements.

The TMP180 series offers standard single output voltages of 19V, 24V or 28V with continuous output power of up to 180W. Non-standard output voltages are available upon request. The units come with a 4-pin power DIN plug as the standard output connector. TRUMPower offers many other connector options and can accommodate special requirements.

The series has a 90 to 264 VAC continuous input range with 0.95 power factor. The withstand voltage is 2000VAC from input to output. The units can operate from 0°C to +40°C and can be stored at -20°C to +80°C. The MTBF is higher than 100,000 hours at full load and 25°C ambient per MIL-HDBK-217F. Output protections include short-circuit, overpower, and over temperature.

The TMP180 series is competitively priced at $115/ea in OEM quantity.

For more information regarding the TMP180 series, please visit www.trumpower.com/library/tmp180.pdf

Tumbler Technologies + TRUMPower has been delivering excellent quality medical and commercial grade AC/DC switching power supplies and DC/DC converters since 1991. The company’s medical grade power supplies range from 10W to 650W in wall mount, desktop, open frame, and ATX PC form factors. Tumbler Technologies + TRUMPower can accommodate OEM’s needs, whether they are low volume or high volume power supplies, by providing prompt responses and cost-effective power solutions. As a result, it has gained a substantial number of satisfied customers over the years and continues to do so.

For more information on the company and its other products, visit www.trumpower.com or email us at sales@trumpower.com.

TowerSTOR Firewire / eSATA / USB Storage - Portable Storage at Your Finger Tips

Sans Digital — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:18:04 -0800

City of Industry, CA – February 03, 2010 – Sans Digital, a leading provider of high performance storage subsystems, is introducing a brand new TowerSTOR series that incorporated the MAC friendly Firewire port, along with the original high performance eSATA and widely available USB 2.0 interfaces. The TowerSTOR series consists of 1-bay to 4-bay compact tower units with built-in hardware RAID capabilities. The contemporary and durable aluminum enclosures are designed to blend into every type of technologically advanced PC and MAC environment.

As modern technology utilizes a wide variety of data connectors, the demand for storage devices with versatile interface is increasing. The TowerSTOR series features Firewire 400 (1394a), Firewire 800 (1394b), eSATA, and USB 2.0 ports, allowing easy integration to any computer. The TS1UT and TS1CT are portable 1-bay enclosures with triple and quad interfaces. Built with integrated heat sink to provide quiet operation, their compact and durable designs allow these units to be easily portable. The 2-bay TS2CT combines portability and essential redundancy features RAID 0 and 1, making it the ideal solution for studio and home storage. The 4-bay TS4CT is capable of performing up to five different RAID modes, including RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, and 5, for a wide range of data storage choices between redundancy and performance. Their embedded and dedicated hardware RAID engines are capable of providing over 220MB/s in performance, while simultaneously eliminating OS compatibility issues.

RAID information and critical system status are displayed via the built-in LCD screen on TS2CT and TS4CT. In addition, the 4-bay unit utilizes automatic cooling fans that detect and turn on only when the temperature exceeds a certain heat level. They are designed with hot-swappable hard drives trays behind their front covers to allow easy trouble shooting and hard drive replacement. The MSRP of TS1UT, TS1CT, TS2CT and TS4CT are $29, $79, $189, and $399 respectively, which are more affordable than other similar units on the market. “The brand new TowerSTOR series consists of cost effective storage solutions with various popular interfaces readily available,” said Grandy Chen, Sans Digital President. “With built-in hardware RAID and durable aluminum housings, the TowerSTOR series thoroughly protects crucial stored data from both hardware and software failures.” For more information on the TowerSTOR series, please visit: www.sansdigital.com/towerstor/index.php.

About Sans Digital

Sans Digital is a brand of high capacity, multi-functional advanced storage products. Sans Digital offers hot-swappable JBOD and RAID products for direct attached storage, network attached storage, and storage area network. Sans Digital’s single unit towers are designed with mobility in mind to be used in a personal and home environment, while its rackmounts are widely popular in enterprise settings. Sans Digital is a storage solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions across the world.

For Additional Information about Sans Digital

Website: www.sansdigital.com

Email: info@sansdigital.com

Phone: 800.980.1988 | Fax: 626.322.3878

Headquarter: 783 Phillips Dr, City of Industry, CA 91748

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LDRA and Visure Partner to Offer Embedded Application Lifecycle Management Solution

LDRA Software — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:14:59 -0800

Wirral, UK. 3 February 2010. LDRA, the leading provider of automated software verification tools, and Visure Solutions, market leader in Requirements Definition and Management, have partnered to bring together the first end-to-end application lifecycle management (ALM) system for the embedded space. With the size of complex software applications doubling annually, cost is rapidly increasing, jeopardizing project budgets and creating delivery overruns. By designing an integrated ALM solution, LDRA and Visure hope to deliver 50% cost savings to embedded software development.

The jointly developed application lifecycle management solution will be the first to help companies accomplish embedded software engineering objectives by integrating project management, requirements management, architecture, coding, software configuration management testing and documentation. This ALM tool automates and enforces processes between the stages of development, manage relationships between assets produced by the software development project, and offer transparency and metrics through reports on development as it progresses.

These strengths are aimed at avoiding the consequences outlined in recent news stories which reported that Toyota and Volvo have recalled vehicles due to software failures, while software-intensive projects in aerospace and defense overrun budgets and schedule by a factor of two and deliver only 60% of the expected functionality. Such poor results stem from a number of design challenges that this ALM product is designed to prevent:

• Failure to track requirements through design, analysis and into testing stages, resulting in 85% of all software errors and a lack of transparency and metrics

• Organizational isolation prevents software developers from discussing system integration issues with mechanical or electronic engineers; requirements repositories are separate from most development and verification activities

• Most ALM project tools are geared for IT implementations and fail to support many of the critical objectives of embedded application project

Such failures in process represent a high risk of defective applications being deployed or of significant cost overrun since correction of software defects identified in later lifecycle stages have resulted in a cost multiplier of 900 times!

“Software-driven advances offer the opportunity to meet customer demand for more functionality and improve the quality of products,” noted Baldo Rincón, Managing Director of Visure Solutions. “However, failure to manage requirements through the development process lowers quality and productivity, increasing development costs and time to market. Our strength in Requirements Definition and Management will ensure the updates and changes that are part of any software development lifecycle will automatically be fed into the requirements traceability, analysis and testing—the competencies that LDRA brings to the table.”

“Our customers, particularly in the safety-, mission- and security-critical spaces, daily face the challenge of certifying software that is becoming increasing complex and unwieldy,” noted Bill StClair, LDRA Technical Evangelist. “We hope to provide them with a solution that coherently connects the extensive details inherent in an embedded application with an overall system perspective so that developers and managers alike can collaborate, communicate and work together effectively.”

LDRA and Visure plan to announce their integrated ALM solution in Hall 10, Stand 316 at Embedded World 2010 taking place in Nürnberg, Germany from March 2–4, 2010.

About LDRA

For more than thirty years, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security- and business- critical markets. Working with clients to achieve early error identification and full compliance with industry standards, LDRA traces requirements through static and dynamic analysis to unit testing and verification for a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. Boasting a worldwide presence, LDRA is headquartered in the UK with subsidiaries in the United States and an extensive distributor network. For more information on the LDRA tool suite, please visit: www.ldra.com.

About Visure Solutions

Visure Solutions, “The Requirements Company”, is the market leader in Requirements Definition and Management. Requirements are the most critical element in the development of complex systems and problems derived from their mismanagement have a very high incidence in lowering quality and productivity, increasing development costs and time to market.

With IRQA as our centralized requirements platform, Visure offers specialized and innovative solutions that are easy to use in the implementation of efficient processes for the requirements definition and management, and thereby guarantee the highest quality in the development of the products, systems and services of our clients. Visure is headquartered in Spain and provides a large distributor network throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.visuresolutions.com

Please send reader enquiries to:

Mark James

LDRA, Portside, Monks Ferry, Wirral, CH41 5LH, UK

Email: mark.james@ldra.com

Ana Malumbres

Visure Solutions C/Labradores, 1, 4th Floor, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain

E-mail: amalumbres@visuresolutions.com

Parasoft Unveils Runtime Memory Analysis to Increase Team Productivity and C and C++ Software Quality

Parasoft — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:10:26 -0800

Parasoft Unveils Runtime Memory Analysis to Increase Team Productivity and C and C++ Software Quality

Parasoft launches a webinar series to help C and C++ software development teams enhance productivity by integrating vital automated analyses

Monrovia, CA (February 3, 2010) –Parasoft Corporation, leading provider of automated solutions that improve software quality and the development process, today announced the new release of Parasoft C++test, an integrated solution for automating a broad range of best practices proven to increase software development team productivity and software quality for C and C++. In this new release, Parasoft significantly expands the scope of C++test with the introduction of integrated runtime memory analysis that is suitable for both enterprise and embedded development.

“Software verification techniques such as static code analysis, runtime memory analysis, unit testing, and data flow analysis can each prevent and detect specific types of defects,” stated Wayne Ariola of Parasoft Corporation. “Now, with the latest release of C++test, development teams can apply all of these complementary techniques in concert. This integrated approach dramatically reduces the risk of going to market with the defects and security vulnerabilities that commonly evade traditional fragmented testing efforts.”

New Capabilities for Reducing the Risks of C and C++ Software Development

•Runtime memory analysis enables teams to automatically identify serious runtime defects—such as memory leaks, null pointers, uninitialized memory, and buffer overflows—during execution. It operates at both the unit level and application level. Since the instrumentation used for this analysis is lightweight, it can be run on the target board, simulator, or host for embedded testing.

•Parasoft Concerto Task Assistant brings change-based testing and automated task management directly to the developers’ familiar work environment. Parasoft Concerto interacts seamlessly with Visual Studio and Eclipse-based IDEs to distribute, manage, and monitor each team member’s assigned tasks. Moreover, the correlation of requirements, tasks, test cases, and artifacts not only establishes a flawless audit trail, but also provides the base correlations for change impact analysis.

• Extended environment and compiler support for ARM, Keil, IAR, Texas Instruments, QNX, AIX, and Eclipse 3.5 enables more developers to use Parasoft C++test as a seamless part of their development process.

To learn more about Parasoft C/C++ Solution, see www.parasoft.com/c_cpp_testing.

C and C++ Webinar Series

An upcoming Parasoft C and C++ webinar series is designed to help C and C++ development teams reduce the time, effort, and cost of testing applications through integrated, automated analysis and testing. This webinar series will kick off with a two-part program, beginning next week, with the following:

•February 11, 2010 - Introduction to Parasoft C and C++ Solutions

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/784958825

•February 12, 2010 - Introduction to Runtime Memory Analysis for C and C++ Development

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/993996369

About Parasoft

For 21 years, Parasoft has investigated how and why software defects are introduced into applications. Our solutions leverage this research to dramatically improve SDLC productivity and application quality. Through an optimal combination of quality tools, configurable workflow, and automated infrastructure, Parasoft seamlessly integrates into your development environment to drive SDLC tasks to a predictable outcome. Whether you are delivering code, evolving and integrating business systems, or improving business processes—draw on our expertise and award-winning products to ensure that quality software. For more information visit: www.parasoft.com

Wind River Delivers Suite of Multi-architecture Embedded Software Development Tools

Wind River — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:26:00 -0800

ALAMEDA, Calif., February 2, 2010 – Wind River today announced the immediate availability of its latest suite of development tools, including Wind River Workbench 3.2, Wind River On-Chip Debugging 3.2 and Wind River Compiler 5.8, that can help a broad range of customers, including those in the automotive, industrial, and networking market segments, reduce device software development cycles, eliminate project delays and accelerate time-to-market. Wind River’s development tools enable greater choice and flexibility for customers, whether they choose to develop systems based on Wind River’s VxWorks and Wind River Linux operating systems or use their own choice of operating system.

“While Wind River is best known for its operating systems, we have been providing our customers with a rich set of development tools and support for many years,” said Tomas Evensen, chief technology officer, Wind River, and original creator of the Diab compiler. “The embedded device market is continuously evolving and a one-size-fits-all development tools approach is limiting. We are committed to delivering innovative development tools to support both our Wind River and non-Wind River operating systems while providing a level of integration, services and support not possible from the many smaller companies in the embedded tools market.”

Wind River Workbench

Wind River Workbench is a fully integrated end-to-end, open standards-based collection of tools for device software design, development, debugging, testing and management for VxWorks and Wind River Linux. Workbench 3.2 supports the latest versions of VxWorks and Wind River Linux and provides the foundation for Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging 3.2. Workbench 3.2 is based on the open industry standard Eclipse 3.5 IDE which enables integration with a multitude of third-party and in-house developed tools. In 2008, Wind River Workbench was awarded Best Commercial Eclipse-Based Developer Tool by the Eclipse Foundation.

Wind River On-Chip Debugging

Wind River On-Chip Debugging is an extensible JTAG solution that simplifies the entire embedded development lifecycle and optimizes developer efficiency. Wind River On-Chip Debugging consists of the Workbench On-Chip Debugging IDE, which powers a choice of two hardware-based debug units: the high-performance, multicore-capable Wind River ICE 2 and the entry-level USB-based Wind River Probe. Wind River On-Chip Debugging supports a wide range of target operating systems on the latest 32-bit and 64-bit processors based on ARM, Coldfire, Intel, MIPS, and PowerPC architectures.

Workbench On-Chip Debugging 3.2 is optimized for development of multicore, multi-OS, and virtualized environments, and debugging the most complex system-level issues such as deadlocks, memory corruption, and core synchronization. Enhancements include the ability to visualize and perform run-control operations on multiple target systems, CPU cores, and kernel objects such as threads, tasks, and processes within a single windowed environment. Wind River ICE 2 and Wind River Probe utilize Wind River’s JTAG acceleration technology, which optimizes use of the JTAG interface bandwidth resulting in a highly responsive and efficient debug experience.

"As one of the world's largest producers of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid-electric automobiles and medium duty trucks, we’re continuously developing new high-power, high-energy, compact, and lightweight battery systems,” said Michael Trader, software/systems manager, Compact Power, Inc. “Our technology is key to building new hybrid and electric vehicles. To meet our customers rapidly changing needs, we’re under pressure to bring these battery systems to market quickly and need a development tools supplier that gives us confidence to meet our deadlines. Wind River came through with a cost-effective, integrated tools environment, including Workbench and Wind River Compiler, and is backing it up with world-class support."

Wind River Compiler

Wind River Compiler, formerly known as the Diab compiler, is an OS agnostic tool suite, including a C/C++ compiler, an assembler, a linker, ANSI C and C++ libraries, and an instruction set simulator. It is the most reliable and mature compiler in the industry, with a proven track record for generating compact and highly optimized code for thousands of designs and millions of devices using a wide variety of processor architectures. Diab compiler technology is widely used in the most demanding and mission-critical applications, such as automotive under-the-hood, industrial and aerospace and defense systems.

Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging 3.2 and Wind River Compiler 5.8 add support for a multitude of new processors, including the Power Architecture e200 core-based automotive controllers from STMicroelectronics and Freescale, select Intel® Xeon® and Intel® Core™2 Duo processors targeted for a wide range of embedded applications, and Freescale QorIQ P4080 Communications Processors targeted for high-performance networking applications. Additional new processor support includes Cavium Networks ECONA processors, Freescale i.MX51 and i.MX25 multimedia application processors, and RMI® Alchemy Au1300 media processors.

Wind River offers an integrated solution for debugging and compiling, and is a one-stop shop for customers in need of support. For the fourth consecutive year, Wind River received certification under the Service Capability and Performance (SCP) Support Standard, a standard that measures an organization’s capability to deliver world-class customer support.

Availability and Support

Wind River Workbench 3.2 supporting Wind River Linux 3.0.2 and VxWorks version 6.8, Wind River On-Chip Debugging 3.2 and Wind River Compiler 5.8, are immediately available to customers worldwide. More information about Wind River’s development tools can be found at www.windriver.com/announces/development-tools/.

About Wind River

Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is a world leader in embedded and mobile software. Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981 and its technology is found in more than 500 million products. Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif. with offices in more than 15 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com

Core Systems announces award with Panasonic Corp

Core Systems — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:36:37 -0800

Core Systems www.coresystemsusa.com , the leader in rackmount industrial computers and displays, announces award with Panasonic Corp.

Core Systems will start to deliver rackmount LCD units to Panasonic Corp. later this month to multiple locations.

Core Systems is a premier provider of rackmount LCD units and industrial computers for the Industrial, Embedded, Military and Communications marketplaces. Core Systems also supplies a large line of off the self and custom integrated enclosures to meet the demanding requirements of customers' programs, using both standard and enhanced Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology

www.coresystemsusa.com

For nearly 50 years, Panasonic has delighted American consumers with innovations for the home and business. Panasonic's consumer electronics and technology products range from award-winning VIERA High Definition Plasma and LCD TVs and LUMIX Digital Cameras to ruggedized Toughbook® laptop computers, communications solutions, networkable office solutions, security systems, home appliances, personal care products, components and entire in-flight entertainment and information systems.

Panasonic operations in North America include R&D Centers, manufacturing bases, the highly rated Panasonic Customer Call Center in Chesapeake, VA, business-to-business and industrial solutions companies and consumer products, sales and service networks throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Panasonic Corporation of North America and its subsidiaries and affiliates employ about 12,000 people in the region.

Core Systems

13000 Danielson St. Suite Q,

Poway, CA 92064

(858) 391-1006

www.coresystemsusa.com

Kontron announces ITAR registration and compliance with the United States Department of State

Kontron — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:23:51 -0800

Poway, CA, February 2, 2010 – Kontron today announced that the company’s United States operation has registered and is in compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) administered by the United States Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls who controls the export and import of defense articles and services. ITAR registration and compliance is a key strategic achievement for Kontron and builds upon the company’s existing and expanding embedded computing platform support for a growing list of military market customers by complying with the Arms Export Control Act (AECA). As an ITAR registered company, it has met the corporate procedures and control requirements for compliance to fully participate as an approved supplier for a wide variety of military, aerospace and homeland security applications and programs in the United States.

“Kontron has a long and proven history of serving the international military and aerospace markets by supplying standards-based, custom and modular embedded computing platforms that help OEMs reduce development costs and meet program deadlines," said Mike Kadri, vice president of North America sales at Kontron. "The company’s ITAR registration and compliance demonstrates Kontron’s full commitment to its defense-based customers and provides them with a reliable and established source for ITAR-controlled programs.”

About Kontron

Kontron 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’s diverse product portfolio includes: boards & mezzanines, Computer-on-Modules, HMIs & displays, systems & platforms, and rugged & custom capabilities. Kontron is a Premier member of the Intel® 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 "KBC". For more information, please visit: www.kontron.com

Jonathan Smith Joins Ultra Electronics Criticom

Ultra Electronics Criticom — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:51:37 -0800

Lanham, MD – February 2, 2010 – Ultra Electronics Criticom, the secure video communications experts for government operations, today announced that Jonathan Smith has joined the firm to serve as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

“Jonathan brings extensive experience working with the Federal marketplace,” said William Sapp, President, Criticom. “His understanding and expertise with the government will be invaluable, as Criticom continues to expand and reinforce its role as a trusted advisor with its government customers. “

Mr. Smith will be responsible for driving sales, helping with business development efforts, and building Criticom’s strategic programs efforts. Mr. Smith has over 20 years of Federal IT Sales and Marketing Senior Management experience, in such companies as Cisco, US Robotics/3com and Zenith Data Systems.

He comes to Criticom from Sun Microsystems, where he was the Executive Director-Sun Federal Civilian Agencies. While at Sun, Mr. Smith achieved double-digit sales increases in all product and service categories year over year and helped make the Civilian division the number #1 performing area in Sun Federal. Most notably, prior to Sun Microsystems, Mr. Smith was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Northrop Grumman IT/CS Sector, a $1Billion Reseller Division involved in complex IT solutions. During his tenure at Northrop, that division was the top rated reseller VAR by both CRN and Washington Technology in the Federal space. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

About Criticom

From complex command centers communicating with secure/nonsecure videoconferencing facilities, to secure video in the battlefield, Ultra Electronics Criticom is the secure video communications expert for government operations. Criticom’s ISEC™ product line of automated, fail-safe video communication solutions are the secure system of choice across DoD. ISEC products are the only DISA-certified, automated solutions that work concurrently across both ISDN and IP networks. For more information, please visit www.ultra-criticom.com.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University IC&System Research Center Purchases Hardware/Software Co-Verification Platform through EVE University Program

EVE — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:32:05 -0800

EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, today announced that the IC&System Research Center at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) of China has purchased its ZeBu emulation platform through the EVE university program known as unEVErsity Connections Program.

As the leading university in microelectronics in Shanghai, SJTU has been at the forefront of educating technical experts in the area of microelectronics. The IC&System Research Center of SJTU is dedicated to system-on-chip (SoC) Design and research and development for multimedia processing, communication and navigation technologies. It cooperates with industries and works with the government of China to develop SoC designs compliant with the national standard. It also provides design services to electronic companies in need of embedded intellectual property (IP), high-speed emulation and simulation expertise.

EVE’s ZeBu (for zero bugs) emulation platform was selected because many of the design projects require hardware/software co-verification and system validation, and existing solutions were deemed inadequate. IC&System Research Center engineers needed a more accurate and significantly faster emulation solution to address their needs. ZeBu’s capabilities, including user friendliness, fast debug and emulation setup and support for software development, were cited as reasons for selecting the tool. Since deploying ZeBu, IC&System Research Center has reported design productivity improvements.

“EVE’s university program has provided us with a useful solution that is proving to be invaluable to our engineers,” remarks Dr. Liu Pei-Lin, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Adds Chris Yang, EVE sales manager of Greater China: “Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s IC&System Research Center is an impressive organization. In the last several years, several hundred software, hardware and systems engineers have designed complex SoCs for multimedia and communication applications. We welcome the opportunity to work with this group of extraordinary individuals.”

The unEVErsity Connections Program was created to supply universities with first-rate technology to bridge the integration of hardware and software for SoC design. It connects EVE with universities worldwide by providing access to its advanced verification technologies and methodologies, and enables students to gain valuable experience with best-in-class hardware-assisted verification solutions and to better prepare them for real-world situations.

About EVE

EVE is the worldwide leader in hardware/software co-verification solutions, including hardware description language (HDL) acceleration and extremely fast emulation, with installations at nine of the top 10 semiconductor companies. EVE products significantly shorten the overall verification cycle of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems designs. Its products also work in conjunction with popular Verilog, SystemVerilog, and VHDL-based software simulators from Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems and Mentor Graphics. Follow EVE on Twitter at www.twitter.com/EVETEAM. Its United States headquarters are in San Jose, Calif. Telephone: (408) 457-3200. Facsimile: (408) 457-3299. Corporate headquarters are in Palaiseau, France. Telephone: (33) 1 64.53.27.30. Fax: (33) 1 64.53.27.40. Email: info@eve-team.com. Website: www.eve-team.com.

Intel Atom-based Tactical Mission Computer Subsystem with MIL-STD-1553 Displayed by Parvus at AFCEA West

Eurotech — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:56:28 -0800

Amaro (ITALY), February 1, 2010. (ETH.MI) Eurotech subsidiary Parvus Corporation will preview a new MIL-COTS rugged mission computer subsystem based on the low-power Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor with Gigabit Ethernet and MIL-STD-1553 databus connectivity at Booth #1411 of the AFCEA/USNI West 2010 Conference. AFCEA West is the largest defense and technology exposition and conference on the West Coast, being held at the San Diego Convention Center Feb. 2-4

Optimally designed for Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP)-constrained military / aerospace vehicle and aircraft installations, the new DuraCOR 820-A small form-factor rugged processor delivers processing and multimedia performance comparable (or better) to Pentium M-based DuraCOR solutions, but with less power consumption, double the RAM memory capacity, and dual Flash Solid State Disks (SSDs). The system is equipped with a 28V high efficiency power supply compliant with MIL-STD-1275 and MIL-STD-704 voltages, spikes, and surges, which makes the unit compatible with not only airborne, but also military ground vehicle platforms. System I/O includes 1x Gigabit Ethernet, 1x MIL-STD-1553, 3x USB 2.0, 2x RS-232, 2x PS/2, 8 DIO, and VGA, which are brought out through lightweight, high-density MIL-38999-like connectors, making the product an ideal solution for a variety of unmanned and manned command and control (C2) applications.

The DuraCOR 820-A offers a compact mechanical design (~3lbs weight, ~ 3.0” height) very similar in form factor to flight-qualified legacy Parvus DuraCOR 820 systems currently deployed in unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and other military applications. The unit is fanless, conduction cooled and designed for use under extended temperature (-40 to +71C) and other demanding MIL-STD-810F environmental conditions (thermal, shock, vibration, altitude, humidity). The new 820-A model offers enhanced ingress protection from dust and water immersion, along with improved filtering and shielding from EMI/EMC conditions. The system is designed to meet and will undergo MIL-STD-810F and MIL-STD-461E environmental and emissions/susceptibility qualification testing as it prepares for production.

For application flexibility, the unit comes with a 4GB industrial SSD pre-loaded with a Linux or Windows Embedded operating system, as well as a 16 GB Compact Flash disk for file storage. The unit is based on a modular PC/104-Plus open architecture, making it possible to customize/special order and meet program-specific I/O requirements. For programs requiring additional I/O expansion capabilities, Parvus offers the DuraCOR 810 and DuraCOR 810-Duo platforms, which feature up to 6x PC104(+) expansion slots.

Availability

The DuraCOR 820-A is currently in pre-production. Official pricing is not yet available. MIL-STD qualification testing should begin later in Q1 2010 with production to follow.

Company contacts:

Eurotech Group

Giuliana Vidoni

+39.0433.485462

g.vidoni@eurotech.com

Sales: sales.it@eurotech.com

Korenix Unveils New Brochure Targeting Embedded Networking Systems' Market

Korenix Technology — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:40:44 -0800

Korenix Technology, the market leading brand in industrial embedded networking and computing platforms, is proud to release its new Embedded Brochure specifically designed to provide detailed information to professionals, system integrators involved in the embedded market. This brand new brochure illustrates the wide range of Korenix embedded networking and communication platforms with detailed specifications, product comparisons and benefits for the market users.

The brief content of the new brochure:

* Korenix Overview

* Embedded Platforms Selection Guide

* JetOS, Korenix Embedded Linux Platform

* Product specifications / Quick Selection Guides / Product Interfaces for:

o JetBox 3300 series Compact Embedded Linux Computer

o JetBox 5300 / 5400 series Ruggedized Embedded Linux System

o JetBox 9300 series Powerful All-in-One Communication System

o JetBox 9400 series Embedded Routing Platform

o JetBox 8000 series High-Speed Embedded PC

o JetCard Series UPCI-PCI-104 Embedded Switch Cards

To download the digital version of the brochure, please contact us.

A printed copy can be requested at sales@korenixembedded.com.

Korenix Technology

www.korenix.com; www.korenixembedded.com

+886-2-8911-1000

sales@korenix.com

North Shore Components Expands its Counterfeit Avoidance Programs

North Shore Components — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:51:47 -0800

BELLPORT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--North Shore Components, a leading broad line distributor of electronic and electromechanical components, has just expanded its industry-leading counterfeit detection services with the addition of the Insight 200 motorized 3-axis scanning acoustic microscope inspection system and the LTS-200 Robotic Lead Tinning System.

“With component counterfeiters becoming increasingly sophisticated, we need to become increasingly proactive by continually upgrading our Testing Services and Quality Management Systems to provide our customers with peace-of-mind, knowing that they are receiving only superior quality OEM parts when sourcing components on the surplus and franchise markets.”

North Shore Component’s ultra-modern test lab and warehouse features the latest systems designed to test and validate the authenticity of electronic devices used in high-performance military/aerospace applications. This capability has been enhanced significantly with the purchase of the Insight 200 motorized 3-axis scanning acoustic microscope inspection system for determining the authenticity of semiconductor plastic and flip chip packages.

The Insight 200 complements the Company’s comprehensive in-house testing services, including: Advanced Decapsulation (DCAP) to verify the authenticity of raw dies within component chips; Solderability Testing to determine whether strong electrical connections are being made; ESD S 20.20:2007- Certified Workstations (verified by KEMA) to ensure that sensitive electronic components are protected against electro-static discharge (ESD); X-Ray Equipment to verify whether wire bonds are intact, the existence of chip dies, and the uniformity of chip die sizes by lot and date code; High Power Microscopic Inspection (300X) to determine if surfaces have been sanded and remarked while checking for bruised or non-uniform component leads; and Resistance-to-Solvent permanency marking tests to authenticate OEM markings, logos and date codes.

North Shore Components has also purchased the LTS-200 Robotic Lead Tinning System, which enables aged components to be re-tinned by removing old solder plating and recoating the component leads with virgin alloy.

According to Joseph Ruggiero, Vice President of North Shore Components, “With component counterfeiters becoming increasingly sophisticated, we need to become increasingly proactive by continually upgrading our Testing Services and Quality Management Systems to provide our customers with peace-of-mind, knowing that they are receiving only superior quality OEM parts when sourcing components on the surplus and franchise markets.”

About North Shore Components:

A Woman-Owned Small Business, North Shore Components is an authorized Franchised Distributor representing more than 50 different leading manufacturers, including: Alpha Wire, Belden, Littelfuse, Potter & Brumfield, SE Relays, and other leading brands. North Shore Components provides comprehensive solutions involving obsolete and hard-to-find military and commercial components. The company sources products globally, and sells excess inventory on behalf of leading OEMs and CEMs. A quality-focused organization, North Shore Components is ISO 9001:2008 certified, AS9120 Certified, CTI CCAP-101 Certified, ANSI/ESD S20.20:2007 Certified, and is a member of leading trade organizations such as IDEA, ERAI and AIA.

AIS Introduces a Mobile Rugged Tablet PC featuring 3G, GPS and LED Sunlight Readable Display Technology for Field Sales Force Automation Applications

AIS — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:44:52 -0800

Irvine, CA – American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) introduces a lightweight 10.4” Semi-Rugged Touchscreen Tablet PC utilizing a low power high efficiency 1.6Ghz Intel® Atom Z530 Processor. The large touch screen display features enhanced transflective LED technology providing vibrant color and sharp text in all environments including direct outdoor sunlight, perfect for running application, reading documents, and surfing the web. Staying connected is simple with a built-in 802.11 b/g/n WLAN module, Bluetooth V2.0 +EDR, and available 3G and GPS modules for increased range and tracking information. Everything is packaged within a compact lightweight semi-rugged chassis weighing in at 2.6lbs and featuring IP54 rated water/dustproof resistance, multiple 3-foot drop rated, and enhanced shock and vibration protection.

Compared to consumer tablets the enhanced ruggedization and outdoor viewing capability give the unit a huge advantage in on the field real life usage. Mobile reporting, logging, and POS ordering can be performed in a variety of environments including, rain, dust, and in vehicle use. The unit is completely sealed, including the I/O connections to an IP54 dust/waterproof rating, in additional to a rugged housing with rubber bumpers for enhanced shock and vibration resistant operation. Optional standard and glass-film-glass (GFG) resistive touchscreens are also available for excellent durability during heavy commercial usage which would wear out standard touchscreens.

A complete line of optional accessories are custom designed to attach seamlessly onto the rugged tablet PC, enhancing the versatility for the outdoor tablet to many application. GPS, 3G cellular wireless, MSR (magnetic swipe reader) credit card reader, barcode scanner, shock absorbing rubber bumpers, upright stand, 2nd battery, and charging cradle are all currently available. Mixing and matching optional modules such as the MSR credit card reader, barcode scanner, and 3G wireless can turn the Semi-Rugged Tablet PC into a mobile POS station, excellent for amusement parks, drive thru, mobile field sales automation, event parking, and outdoor exhibits.

The custom engineered hot-swappable 2nd battery to allow 24/7 continuous operation without any downtime; allowing on the field battery swapping without any interruption. The primary and Secondary battery combine for up to 6 hours operating time; running low power consumption, high performance, Intel® Atom Z530 processor. The completely fanless processor allows for silent operation, high reliability, and long lifetime support from Intel®. Windows XP Embedded Professional and XP Embedded operating systems are both supported. The AIS 3G and GPS enabled Semi-Rugged Tablet PC provides a mobile automation, mobile communication, and mobile terminal to industrial, commercial, and retail environments where reliability, quality, flexibility, and service are paramount.

Feature and Benefits of the AIS 10.4” Semi-Rugged Tablet PC:

• Efficient Low-power 1.6GHz Intel® Atom Z530 Processor

• 10.4" XGA high resolution LED Transflective LCD for Sunlight Readability

• Low-Reflectance Resistive Touchscreen

• Rich I/O Port array for application expansion

• Multiple 3 foot drop rated ; IP54 Rated Water/Dustproof; Vibration-resistant

• Thin and Lightweight only 2.6lbs

• Long Battery Life: up to 6 hours Operating Time (with 2nd Battery)

• 802.11 b/g/n WLAN; Bluetooth V2.0 +EDR

• Hot-Swappable 2nd Battery Option

• Available OS: Windows XP Professional Embedded / Windows XP Embedded

• Accessories: Add-on 2nd Battery; Cradle/Dock; Credit Card/MSR (magnetic swipe reader); Barcode Reader; Rubber Grips; 3G Module; Stand

• 3G Service Capable *Service Sold Separately

About American Industrial Systems, Inc.

AIS is a leading global designer and manufacturer of specialty industrial panel pc, industrial display, digital signage, and rugged tablet pc solutions for customers in the industrial automation, military & aerospace, medical, transportation and power & energy markets. AIS specializes in designing and manufacturing cost-effective LCD and embedded computing products for the industrial market, as well as ODM/OEM applications worldwide. For additional information on AIS products and services, please call AIS toll-free at (888) 485-6688 or visit: www.aispro.com

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Selects Corelis

Corelis, Inc. — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:22:27 -0800

Cerritos, CA, February 1, 2010 – Corelis, Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance boundary-scan test and measurement tools, announced the deployment of their ScanExpress boundary-scan toolset at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for use in the Reconfigurable Cluster Element (RCE) initiative. The initiative is led by Mike Huffer and supported by Information Systems Specialist, Chris O’Grady.

The RCE circuit board modules are currently used to store detector data collected during proton collisions traveling near the speed of light in the two-mile linear accelerator at the University of Stanford. The technology is also being considered for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Array in Chilé, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN research center of the Swiss/French border, and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in Chilé which will study Dark Matter and Dark Energy.

Prior to boundary-scan testing, O’Grady was limited to probing circuit board test points with an oscilloscope resulting in an average debug time of two days for each problematic board. Now with boundary-scan testing, the debug time has been reduced to about one minute, or roughly the time it takes to set up a board and run the boundary-scan test.

O’Grady explained, “Two days of troubleshooting per board is excessive, especially when highly skilled personnel need to be involved. When five boards are bad, two weeks of my time is tied up causing major delays on other projects. It simply got to a point where we needed to either reduce the debug time or assign the task to someone else.”

“The Corelis tools have allowed me to recover lost time. When five boards have problems, not only do Corelis tools save me two weeks worth of work, but I can deliver five boards that much faster!”

About SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is a multi-program laboratory exploring frontier questions in photon science, astrophysics, particle physics, and accelerator research. Located in Menlo Park, California, SLAC is operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.

About Corelis

Corelis, Inc., a subsidiary of Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., offers bus analysis tools, embedded test tools, and the industry’s broadest line of JTAG/boundary-scan software and hardware products combining exceptional ease-of-use with advanced technical innovation and unmatched customer service. Corelis’ development and test tools are used by companies such as Agilent, Dell, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Qualcomm, Nokia, Panasonic, TI, Ford, Broadcom, Ericsson, and many others. Corelis products are found globally in every industry developing or manufacturing electronic products.

Micro Focus Opens New Offices in Rockville, MD

Micro Focus — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:24:21 -0800

Contact: Aris Lazdins, 301-924-0330 or aris@adviceunlimited.net

Rockville, MD – February 01, 2010 — To support its growing presence nationally and in the federal arena, Micro Focus® (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced the opening of its new Washington metro area offices, located at:

One Irvington Centre

700 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 400

Rockville, MD 20850-5736, USA

The company’s new North American and Federal Division headquarters will house Micro Focus’ dedicated team of government specialists, as well as commercial staff to support both regional and national operations. Of note, the new offices provide more space and excellent proximity to many of Micro Focus’ federal customers. Having a substantial office near the nation’s capitol was a top priority to ensure Micro Focus can continue to provide excellent, hands-on attention and tailored support to help government agencies in meeting their missions.

“We take our commitment to government customers very seriously,” said Ken Powell, president of Micro Focus North America. “We’re proud to be a trusted provider of application modernization, testing and management solutions for the federal government, and we look forward to continuing to help agencies get even more value from their existing IT systems.”

With locations based throughout the United States, Micro Focus’ new headquarters will also serve as an important hub to support national customers and company operations.

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization, Testing and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com.

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APRO teams with ProSaleTech and PST to accelerate European expansion

APRO — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:19:39 -0800

Taipei, Taiwan – 1st February 2010. APRO, Taiwan’s leading manufacturer of industrial-grade NAND Flash storage devices, has teamed with European Flash memory specialists, ProSaleTech and Phoenix Systems Engineering & Technologies (PST), in order to expand and strengthen its presence in the European market.

The collaboration with ProSaleTech and PST is central to APRO’s strategy for fundamentally accelerating its European sales growth. It will enable APRO to draw on the combination of ProSaleTech’s extensive experience in pan-European sales, business development and channel management within the solid state device (SSD) market and PST’s associated pan-European logistics and technical support capabilities. The collaboration will also enable APRO to focus on its core expertise in the design and manufacture of industrial/military-grade Flash memory products and provide a fast-track technology customisation capability designed to meet the specific requirements of individual European customers.

“Building a strong presence and quality image in Europe is an important part of our ongoing business development strategy,” said Tanja Hsu, CEO of APRO Co., Ltd. “However, we realise that, in order to be successful, we must understand and cater for the idiosyncrasies of the European market. Teaming with ProSaleTech and PST will allow us to short-circuit the initial learning process by leveraging their pan-European market knowledge and channel connections. Our decision to team up with them is based on their demonstrable track record with other large, pioneering Flash solutions manufacturers going back over 15 years.”

Since its formation in 2004, APRO has developed into Taiwan’s leading manufacturer of NAND Flash storage products serving a broad range of industrial markets and applications from embedded computing, industrial automation and entertainment systems through to medial equipment, military and aerospace systems, telecommunications and networking. The company has gained an enviable reputation for its commitment to R&D resulting in the delivery of high quality products through technology innovation and manufacturing excellence as well as the ability to quickly customise products to meet customers’ specific needs.

“Unlike the consumer Flash storage market, the requirement for industrial applications is very different. Standard products will not necessarily suffice,” said Erez Lev, Managing Director of ProSaleTech. “Success in Europe depends on several factors. A knowledgeable local presence that enables manufacturers’ to work closely in partnership with their European customers in order to understand and solve their storage design issues is essential. The ability to differentiate a value proposition through immediacy of service and the ability, where necessary, to tailor products to meet customers’ specific requirements are also important.”

ProSaleTech provides comprehensive sales, business development and channel management services to companies wishing to target the European market. Working in partnership with its customers, ProSaleTech’s approach is designed to leverage its extensive market knowledge to achieve rapid results at minimum cost and with minimum risk. Co-founded by Erez Lev, who spent 15 years at M-Systems and SanDisk, most recently as European General Manager of their embedded business, ProSaleTech draws on his extensive experience of the solid state storage market. Working in association with ProSaleTech, PST has over 15 years experience in providing pan-European logistics and technical support services in relation to Flash memory devices and systems in both commercial and military markets.

In March, APRO will be exhibiting at Embedded World 2010 in Nürnberg, Germany (Hall 9, Stand 326) where it will showcase its complete range of industrial-grade NAND Flash storage devices and solutions. It will also announce the further expansion of its fast-growing product portfolio with the launch of a new family of high capacity, high performance and high reliability 2.5 inch Serial ATA (SATA) SSDs and a new family of high reliability 2.5 inch Parallel ATA (PATA) SSDs.

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About APRO

Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Taipei County, Taiwan, APRO has become the leading Taiwanese manufacturer of NAND Flash storage products for industrial applications, supplying the global market through an extensive network of distribution partners. With extensive investment in R&D and customer service expertise, APRO continually exceeds expectations in terms of the product quality, performance and application of its industrial flash storage technology. APRO is renowned for delivering optimal, rugged and reliable solutions. For further information visit: www.apro-tw.com.

General Dynamics Trusted Virtual Environment Added to U.S. Cross-Domain Baseline List of Trusted Network Products

General Dynamics C4 Systems — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:52:22 -0800

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trusted Virtual Environment (TVE), a product of General Dynamics C4 Systems, has been added to the Unified Cross Domain Management Office's (UCDMO) Cross Domain Baseline list, a list of systems and equipment approved for rapid use by the U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence communities. A software application, TVE allows users to view and access multiple operating systems, security levels and domains from a single computer. TVE reduces information technology costs associated with the size, weight and power needs of multiple secure computing systems by using commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) technology.

General Dynamics C4 Systems' TVE is the company's second trusted computing product included in the UCDMO Baseline list, joined by the Trusted Network Environment (TNE®). UCDMO is tasked by the U.S. government to speed cross-domain equipment and technology to the field, enabling timely access to and sharing of classified information among military and intelligence agency users.

General Dynamics C4 Systems is a leading integrator of secure communication and information systems and technology. With more than 10,900 employees worldwide, the company specializes in command and control, communications networking, computing and information assurance for defense, government and select commercial customers in the United States and abroad.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 91,700 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.

Avnet Electronics Marketing and Fox Celebrate 20-Year Milestone

Avnet Electronics Marketing — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:54:07 -0800

The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Fox Electronics are celebrating their 20-year alliance.

The year was 1989. George H.W. Bush became the 41st president of the United States; a gallon of gas cost just 97 cents; Indiana Jones was starting his last crusade; and Avnet began providing supply chain services and support for Fox’s highly precise, highly reliable frequency control products in the Americas.

More than two decades later, Avnet and Fox still provide the electronics industry with one of the industry's largest ranges of frequency control products – including quartz crystals, clock oscillators, temperature compensated crystal oscillators, voltage controlled crystal oscillators, real time clock modules and crystal filters. Fox products can be found in numerous wireless communications equipment and telecommunications devices, instrumentation and aerospace applications.

“For over twenty years, Avnet and Fox have been helping engineers meet their toughest design needs by providing one of the world’s broadest lines of frequency control products,” said Ed Smith, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. “Together we offer the support capabilities, off-the-shelf and custom products our customers need to help them shorten their design time and speed their time to market – both today and into the future.”

“Since day one we have treasured our relationship with Avnet,” said E.L. Fox, Jr., president of Fox Electronics. “Fox and Avnet have a very special bond that continues to grow and we look forward to the next 20 years with our number one sales partner.”

For more information about Avnet and Fox Electronics products, please visit www.em.avnet.com/fox.

Evatronix and CMP collaborate to provide Universities and Research Laboratories with advanced IPs.

Evatronix SA — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:52:58 -0800

GRENOBLE, FRANCE and Bielsko-Biala, POLAND, February 1st, 2010 – The silicon Intellectual Property (IP) provider, Evatronix SA and CMP (Circuits Multi Projects®), today announced their collaboration and development of an educational program by including the distribution of the large portfolio of Evatronix Intellectual Property (IP) for Universities and Research Laboratories.

CMP is a service of Multi Projects on Wafer supporting several technologies. Since 1981, more than 1000 institutions from 66 countries have been served through 5200 projects on 600 Runs. CMP will now license Evatronix IPs to ease the access and shorten the time of designs’ development.

Evatronix brings to the partnership more than 13 years of experience in IP development and over 400 successful designs. The entire Evatronix IP portfolio will be available through CMP - 8051 microcontrollers, USB 2.0 and 3.0 as well as SD and NAND Flash memory controllers, multimedia IP and a variety of complementary solutions.

This agreement allows Universities and Research Laboratories to access IP cores easily; it targets the universities’ requirements and budget constraints.

According to CMP, this offer opens up new opportunities for the University Educational program and adds new features to its actual IC’s manufacturing service. Evatronix IPs will be available in several technology processes supported by CMP, listed in cmp.imag.fr/products/ic

”Our expectation of this program is to help universities and laboratories bring their innovative ideas to life,” said Wojciech Sakowski, Evatronix President and CEO. “With this very special pricing universities and research labs that will take part in the program will be able to focus on the added value of their designs rather than struggle with time and budget limitations.”

About Evatronix

Evatronix SA, founded in 1991 in Poland, develops electronic virtual components (IP cores) along with complementary software and supporting development environments. The company also provides electronic design services. Product lines cover a multitude of solutions from interface controllers and microprocessors to integrated System-on-Chip development platforms.

Evatronix is headquartered in Bielsko-Biala, Poland, and employs over 75 engineers.

For more information about the company please visit the company’s website at www.evatronix-ip.com.

About CMP

CMP is a broker in ICs and MEMS for prototyping and low volume production. Circuits are fabricated for Universities, Research Laboratories and Industrial Companies. Advanced industrial technologies are available in CMOS, BiCmos, SiGe BiCMOS, P-HEMT E/D GaAs and MEMS etc. CMP distributes and supports several CAD software tools for both Industrial Companies and Universities. Since 1981, more than 1000 institutions from 66 countries have been served, more than 5200 projects have been prototyped through 600 runs, and 56 different technologies have been interfaced. More information on CMP is available at cmp.imag.fr

EVOC Technology Awarded German and Russian Patents

EVOC — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:13:49 -0800

EVOC is the only company in the world to obtain these patents, symbolizing that embedded and industrial computing technology in China has taken another step forward.

As one of EVOC’s featured industrial computer product families, EVOC rugged laptop series has important role to play in industrial automation, transportation and some special divisions of national economy. As the IPC industry continues to advance and application fields increasingly expand, new and higher requirements follow. While traditional computers have been unable to meet the requirements of some emerging industries and new applications, more and more industrial sites need rugged notebook computers which can maintain stable operation in harsh and hostile environments. In addition, the increasing frequency of computer virus outbreaks, possible loss of and damage to computers may pose grave threats to data security, therefore more stringent requirements have been imposed on the security features of computers. Development of rugged notebooks is a critical project in the IPC industry in terms both technology and production.

EVOC, a homegrown enterprise, is proud of these hard-won patents granted by Germany and Russia, two great nations boasting powerful technology. As the market leader in China and with its advanced state-of-the-art technology contributing to the world’s IPC industry, EVOC is an epitome of pioneering enterprises in China to push the transformation from "Made-in-China" to "Innovated-in-China".

About EVOC

EVOC is one of the leading manufacturers of embedded and industrial computing products. It has over 1,500 types of products, including Fanless Systems, ETX/Com-Express, Full-size CPU Card, Half-size CPU Card, 3.5" Single Board, 5.25" Single Board, EPIC Board, Industrial Panel PC, Workstation, PC/104 product, CompactPCI, Network Application Platform, Rugged Laptop and OEM/ODM services. As a high-tech company, EVOC devotes itself to providing highly reliable and stable embedded products and system-integrated solutions for various applications, such as banking, electric power, electronics, energy, environmental protection, gaming, instrumentation, manufacturing, medical care, networking, telecoms, traffic systems, transportation and special industries.

Discussing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Initiatives at Upcoming UAV Summit

The Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:44:36 -0800

UAV Summit 2010

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) announced the details for the UAV Summit 2010, taking place April 26-28, 2010 in the Washington, DC Metro Area.

Taking into account recent developments, including last month’s interceptions into U.S. Predator drones video feeds, the event discusses UAV initiatives critical to strengthening overall communication links, achieving greater autonomous controls and hearing DoD visions for the UAVs of the future.

Topics will also cover current AFRL research, UAS payloads, UAV acquisition and certification opportunities, with a distinguished military speaker faculty leading discussions, including:

• Lieutenant General David Deptula, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, US Air Force

• John Stanton, SES, Executive Director, National Air Security Operations, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

• Captain Paul Stewart, USN, Commander, US Naval Research Laboratory

• Colonel Eric Mathewson, USAF, Director, UAS Task Force, US Air Force

• Colonel Jessie O. Farrington, USA, Assistant G-3 for Operations and Aviation, US Army Forces Command

The 4-day Summit offers a UAV Technology Day, 2 Main Summit days and a UAV Focus Day. The Focus Day features a session presented by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "Making the UAS Better," as well as a presentation from the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, "MCWL UAS Test Efforts." In addition, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will present “UAS Sense and Avoid (SAA) Development,” led by Vince Raska, AFRL Air Vehicles Directorate, UAS SAA Program Manager.

Other featured sessions include:

• Remotely Piloted Aircraft: Charting a Way Ahead

• Navy UAS Vision

• Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Current and Future Operations

• Striving for Unmanned Capabilities

• Autonomous Path Planning

Additional government and academic incentives are available in order to extend the education of unmanned aerial vehicles to a wider community. For complete event information, visit www.uavevent.com or contact IDGA at idga@idga.org.

The Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) is a non-partisan information-based organization dedicated to the promotion of innovative ideas in public service and defense through live conferences and events. IDGA brings together speaker panels and events comprised of military and government professionals while attracting delegates with decision-making power from military, government, and defense industries. IDGA also offers an online community dedicated to providing defense industry professionals with breaking news, business opportunities, introductions, podcasts, webinars, and presentations from key industry leaders. Members of the online community are able to extend their live event experience and interact with the defense industry by leveraging the opportunity to network, share ideas, best practices, and business solutions. For more information, please visit www.idga.org.

FPGA Cluster Demonstrates Massively Parallel, Hardware-Accelerated DES Cracking

Pico Computing — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:50:32 -0800

Arlington, VA – January 29, 2010 – Pico Computing today announced that it has achieved the highest-known benchmark speeds for 56-bit DES decryption, with reported throughput of over 280 billion keys per second achieved using a single, hardware-accelerated server.

The FPGA computing platform assembled by Pico Computing for this demonstration, based on 11 Pico EX-Series cards, reportedly consumes less than 1000 peak watts of power and fits into a single off-the-shelf 4U server.

The 56-bit Data Encryption Standard (DES) is now considered obsolete, having been replaced by newer and more secure Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption methods. Nonetheless DES continues to serve an important role in cryptographic research, and in the development and auditing of current and future block-based encryption algorithms.

“This DES cracking algorithm demonstrates a practical, scalable approach to accelerated cryptography,” said David Hulton, Pico Computing Staff Engineer and an expert in code cracking and cryptography. “Previous methods of acceleration using clustered CPUs show increasingly poor results due to non-linear power consumption and escalating system costs as more CPUs are added. Using FPGAs allows us to devote exactly the amount of silicon resources needed to meet performance and cost goals, without incurring significant parallel processing overhead.”

Hulton’s DES cracking algorithm uses brute force methods to analyze the entire DES 56-bit keyspace. The massively parallel algorithm iteratively decrypts fixed-size blocks of data to find keys that decrypt into ASCII numbers. This technique is often used for recovering the keys of encrypted files containing known types of data. The candidate keys that are found in this way can then be more thoroughly tested to determine which candidate key is correct.

Such brute force attacks are computationally expensive and beyond the reach of software algorithms running on standard servers or PCs, even when equipped with GPU accelerators. According to Hulton, current-generation CPU cores can process approximately 16 million DES key operations per second. A GPU card such as the GTX-295 can be programmed to process approximately 250 million such operations per second.

When using a Pico FPGA cluster, however, each FPGA is able to perform 1.6 billion DES operations per second. A cluster of 176 FPGAs, installed into a single server using standard PCI Express slots, is capable of processing more than 280 billion DES operations per second. This means that a key recovery that would take years to perform on a PC, even with GPU acceleration, could be accomplished in less than three days on the FPGA cluster.

“Our research efforts in cryptography and our real-world customer deployments have given us unique insights into parallel computing methods for other domains, including genomics and simulations,” said Dr. Robert Trout, Pico Computing Founder and President. “The use of an FPGA cluster greatly reduces the number of CPUs in the system, increases computing efficiency and allows the system to be scaled up to keep pace with the data being processed.”

Pico Computing will demonstrate the FPGA-accelerated DES decryption algorithm at the Black Hat DC 2010 digital security conference, January 31 through February 3 in Arlington, Virginia.

About Pico Computing

Pico Computing, based in Seattle, Washington specializes in FPGA computing platforms for cryptography, networking, signal processing, bioinformatics, and scientific computing. For more information about Pico Computing products and services, visit www.picocomputing.com.

GPS Source Receives Supplier Recognition from Boeing for On-time Delivery

GPS Source, Inc. — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:51:53 -0800

PUEBLO, Colorado (January 2010) - Boeing has recognized GPS Source, Inc. for their dedication and commitment to meet customer expectations by delivering a fully qualified GPS RS (Retransmission System) for the Boeing C-17 program per the contractual schedule. The GPS RS is a new and complex C-17 capability requiring full scale design, development, hardware/software aircraft integration and qualification. It will enable an end user to perform Joint Precision Airdrop Missions (JPADS) with greater ease and reliability.

Boeing said it was extraordinary accomplishment for a new supplier (GPS Source) to meet Boeing's goals. Four executives from Boeing flew to Colorado and personally thanked GPS Source for their demonstrated technical competence, attention to detail, ability to adapt to a dynamic environment and commitment to teamwork.

Robert Horton, CEO of GPS Source, said "I was honored by Boeing's visit and their recognition of GPS Source's efforts. Our success with the Boeing C-17 GPS RS Program can be directly attributed to the dedicated professionals working here GPS Source. They made it possible for us to meet Boeing's EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) and Environmental Qualification testing on our first try. Their remarkable work ethic and self-sacrifice helped make this honor possible." Mr. Horton went on to say that "GPS Source employees have consistently surpassed my expectations, producing outstanding results."

About GPS Source Inc.

Founded in 2000, GPS Source, Inc. is a global leader in design, development and manufacturing of leading edge solutions that bring GPS inside for telecommunications, defense, aerospace, automotive and industrial markets. The “GPS Live Inside” product line ensures GPS signal availability inside. GPS Source, Inc. is veteran owned, AS9100 certified company. For more information, visit www.GPSSource.com.

About Boeing

Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales.

Kontron integrates Intel(r) Core(tm) i7 processor technology across multiple embedded platforms

Kontron — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:08:58 -0800

Poway, CA, January 27, 2010 – Kontron today announced the integration of the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor across many of the company’s popular embedded platforms including AdvancedMC™, CompactPCI®, COM Express™ and VPX. As a leader in standards-based and custom embedded solutions, Kontron’s complete portfolio of Intel® Core™ i7-based platforms is designed to reduce system development time and provide high reliability and long product life resulting in a lower total cost of ownership. The new platforms from Kontron give OEMs access to leading-edge technologies that will help in their development of a broad range of compute and graphic-intensive applications in the communications, military, aerospace, medical, industrial and infotainment markets.

The new Kontron platforms capitalize on the intelligent, feature-rich Intel® Core™ i7 processor architecture enabling OEM customers to minimize system development costs, offer amazing new system design flexibility options and provide features to manage what were previously challenging multiple requirements in terms of performance, power, graphics, memory, software compatibility, security and upgrade path migration. Utilizing the 32 nanometer manufacturing process for exceptional performance per watt, lower power consumption and heat dissipation, Kontron’s new Intel® Core™ i7 processor based platforms employ a more efficient two-chip solution that provides better signal integrity and minimizes board space enabling higher performance in smaller, power-constrained portable designs.

For visually demanding military, medical, security/surveillance and infotainment applications, the new Kontron platforms will also deliver significantly enhanced integrated graphics capabilities and data flow performance via the integrated Intel® QM57 Express chipset and advanced display interfaces helping OEMs to design these features faster and across more products. In addition, applications can now support multiple graphical and multimedia functions including separate ports for SDVO and PEG. Telecom, Netcom and military system design flexibility is increased with an integrated error-correcting code (ECC) memory controller to match high data integrity requirements. Design flexibility is further improved with additional I/O and PCI Express configuration options. Furthermore, long embedded system life requirements are supported with an extended seven-year lifecycle.

"Kontron continues to offer its customers the latest technologies in a comprehensive range of proven solutions, which provide increased options for OEMs in the development and differentiation of their product lines while minimizing engineering costs and shortening their time to market. Intel® touts this as the highest performance processor architecture in the industry offering significant overall performance and graphics performance improvements to capably support complex and intensive computing environments," says Dirk Finstel, CTO of Kontron AG. "In addition to the breakthrough performance for demanding applications, the new platforms from Kontron provide a seamless upgrade path enabling more solutions that can benefit from the improved performance per watt, enhanced graphics, data integrity and design flexibility features inherent in this next-generation processor technology.”

Kontron has already introduced its Kontron VX6060 VPX computing blade and the Kontron AM4020 AdvancedMC™ processor board. The Kontron VX6060 delivers substantially increased computing power and reduced heat dissipation for parallel data and signal processing applications, while the Kontron AM4020 is the market’s most powerful single-width AdvancedMC™ processor module, in an extremely small footprint. The company will continue to launch specific AdvancedMC™, CompactPCI® and COM Express™ products designed with Intel® Core™ i7 processor technology throughout 2010.

DRC Awarded $13.9 Million Air Force Logistics Services Contract

Dynamics Research Corporation — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:06:15 -0800

ANDOVER, Mass. – January 28, 2010 – Dynamics Research Corporation (NASDAQ: DRCO), a leading provider of innovative management consulting, engineering, and technology solutions to federal and state governments, today announced that it was awarded a task order valued at $13.9 million under the Logistics, Maintenance and Supply Support contract supporting the F-16 Program Office at the Aeronautical Systems Center Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This work includes supporting the United States Air Force and various foreign military sales F-16 programs. The task order, which approximately doubles the Company’s current level of services supporting the Program, has a one-year base period of performance and two option years.

Under the terms of the contract, DRC will provide program management and technical services assisting with the modernization and maintenance of the F-16 weapon system.

“We are delighted to continue our work extending our decade-long support to the F-16 system,” said Jim Regan, DRC’s chairman and chief executive officer. “This competitive award highlights our long and successful track record in delivering state-of-the-art services and solutions supporting mission systems deployment.”

DRC was one of six prime contractors awarded the Logistics, Maintenance and Supply Support, or LMSS, contract to provide lifecycle management services across the Defense Department.. This is DRC’s fifth task order award under the LMSS contract. DRC’s preceding task order supporting the F-16 Program was as a subcontractor under the Consolidated Acquisition Professional Services contract.

About Dynamics Research Corporation

Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) provides measurable performance improvements for government customers through the delivery of innovative management, engineering and technology solutions. DRC offers the capabilities of a large company and the responsiveness of a small company, backed by a history of excellence and customer satisfaction. Founded in 1955, DRC is a publicly held corporation (Nasdaq: DRCO) and maintains more than 25 offices nationwide with major offices in Andover, Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C. region. For more information please visit our website at www.drc.com.

DRC Awarded $13.9 Million Air Force Logistics Services Contract

Dynamics Research Corporation — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:06:15 -0800

Under the terms of the contract, DRC will provide program management and technical services assisting with the modernization and maintenance of the F-16 weapon system.

About Dynamics Research Corporation

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle visits Surface Mount Technology Corp. in Appleton, WI

Surface Mount Technology Corp. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:31:46 -0800

Jan 28, 2010 -- Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle stopped at Surface Mount Technology Corp., 5660 Technology Circle, Grand Chute, an electronics manufacturer planning a $2.5 million expansion that will add 36 new positions over a three-year span.

"This is exactly the kind of company and kind of business we want to grow and prosper in Wisconsin," he said.

The company, founded in 1997, employs about 100 people. It designs, assembles and tests products for industrial controls plus military, medical and automotive markets.

The state will provide $158,000 in tax credits toward the project. Chris Sumnicht, president and chief executive officer, said the firm incorporated the incentives into a multi-pronged financing package. Doyle said the state assistance will help "make the expansion a little more doable. But I really want to say to Chris and the leadership team, you're the ones that are really making the financial commitment and we're very thankful for it and glad we could be a part of it."

Surface Mount Technology Corp. serves the Industrial Controls, Military (High Reliability), Medical and Automotive markets, by providing integrated electronic product development and manufacturing services, and provides solutions to decrease your products time to market. Surface Mount Technology Corp. offers a complete product life cycle of services including design, Prototype, Domestic and Off-Shore Assembly, High Level Assembly, Test solutions, Global Distribution and Continuing Product Support.

Mainstream Network Appliance with 7 Ethernet Ports and Lanner 8800 Module Slot

Lanner Electronics, Inc. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:21:50 -0800

(Taipei, Taiwan January 28, 2010) Lanner Electronics Inc., a leader in OEM and ODM network appliances, today announced the release of the FW-8755, a 1U rack mount, Intel CPU based appliance equipped with 7 Ethernet ports and a Lanner Ethernet Module slot. This platform targets the mainstream inline network security segment, focusing on applications such as UTM and Firewall.

While classified as a mainstream network appliance, the FW-8755 offers high-end customization with the addition of a Lanner 8800 series Ethernet Module. Usually reserved for only the enterprise series of appliances, these 10 different Lanner modules offer 2 to 8 LAN ports with copper, fiber and bypass options. In combination to the 7 onboard Ethernet ports, the FW-8755 can have a maximum of 15 LAN ports.

Onboard there are 6 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 1 FE port, controlled by the Intel 822574L and the Intel 82562 chipsets. Each pair of the 6 GbE ports support bypass. The additional RJ45 port can be used as an FE or as an IPMI/IPKVM port for in-band management- allowing system administrators to monitor and manage the platform through an internet connection.

For the CPU, the FW-8755 has a LGA775 socket which is compatible to the Intel Core 2 Quad, 2 Duo, Pentium DC, Celeron DC, and the Celeron Processor 440. Two DIMM sockets support up to 8GB DDR2 memory, and there is space for 2 x 2.5” hard drives or a single 3.5” hard drive. There is also a CompactFlash socket for flash storage. Additionally, the FW-8755 features a front LCM panel, dual USB and a RJ45 Console port.

For ordering information please visit our website at: www.lannerinc.com/module/fw-8755

Or contact our sales department at sales@lannerinc.com

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About Lanner

Founded in 1986 and publicly listed (TAIEX 6245) since 2003, Lanner Electronics, Inc. is an ISO 9001 certified designer and manufacturer of network application platforms, network video platforms and applied computing hardware for first-tier companies. Lanner's expertise also extends to include driver and firmware support, enabling customers to optimize hardware and software communication to achieve faster time to market. With headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in the U.S. and China, Lanner is uniquely positioned to deliver custom technical solutions with localized, value-added service. Lanner is an Associate Member of the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, a group of companies committed to developing modular, standards-based solutions based on technologies, processors, products, and services from Intel®.

Leading Rackmount Computer provider, Core Systems announces today that it will provide integrated industrial systems to Cubic Defense Corporation.

Core Systems — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:52:05 -0800

Leading Rackmount Computer provider, Core Systems announces today that it will provide integrated industrial systems to Cubic Defense.

Cubic Corporation is a leader in Defense and Transportation. The company supplies innovative defense products, systems and services to U.S. and allied governments in more than 50 nations.

Recently, Core Systems www.coresystemsusa.com was choosen to supply industrial rackmount computer systems in multiple configurations.

The rackmount industrial systems utilize Intel's Core I7 920 processors and Core Systems standard rugged componenets.

Cubic's defense communications business provides search-and-rescue avionics and tactical data links and surveillance receivers for "C4ISR" applications. Cubic's government services businesses provide live, virtual and constructive training services for defense and security agencies, as well as force modernization, battle command training and education, weapons effects modeling, and maritime security services.

www.coresystemsusa.com

Core Systems is a premier provider of complete integrated systems for the Industrial, Embedded, Military and Communications marketplaces. Core Systems also supplies a large line of off the self and custom 1U display LCD units. We design, manufacture and customize open system platforms to meet the demanding requirements of our customers' programs, using both standard and enhanced Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology.

Core Systems

13000 Danielson St, Ste Q | Poway, CA 92064

phone (858) 391-1006 | facsimile (858) 391-0109

dB Control Awarded $13.2 Million Five-Year Contract by U.S. Navy to Provide TWT Amplifiers for ECM Systems in Airborne and Ground Based Applications

dB Control — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:21:46 -0800

Fremont, Calif. – January 27, 2010 – dB Control, an established manufacturer known for its reliable, high-power microwave amplifiers, radar transmitters and power supplies, has been awarded a five-year contract worth approximately $13.2 million by the U.S. Navy to produce up to 300 amplifiers to be integrated into Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) systems. The contract includes 500-Watt traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers that will be integrated into the entire life cycle of the U.S. Navy’s ECM systems, including rack-mount units used in laboratories and loop facilities during product development, airborne pods onboard manned aircraft, ground-based applications, testing and fleet training systems.

In addition to designing and producing the amplifiers at the company’s secure, 40,000 square-foot facility in Fremont, Calif., dB Control will also provide the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., with ongoing engineering, technical and repair support services. Text of the official contract announcement is available from the U.S. Department of Defense N68936-10-D-0010.

“Detecting potential threats quickly and accurately depends on the reliability of the TWT amplifier powering the ECM systems. As it can be a matter of life or death for our armed forces personnel, reliability is paramount,” said dB Control CEO Joe Hajduk. “When the U.S. Navy evaluated competitive bids, our rugged TWT amplifiers stood out as the best choice to provide exceptional reliability, even in harsh airborne environments.”

About dB Control

Established in 1990, dB Control Inc. (www.dBControl.com) supplies mission-critical, often sole-source, products worldwide to military organizations, as well as to major defense contractors and commercial manufacturers for a wide variety of applications. dB Control has an outstanding record of successfully repairing, refurbishing and replacing tightly packaged high-voltage transformers, assemblies and power supplies and offers specialized contract manufacturing services, including transformer winding and testing, full-vacuum encapsulation, pressure cure and conformal coating laboratory services.

ITT develops "super clean" miniature, lightweight connectors for military and medical applications

ITT Interconnect Solutions — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:56:10 -0800

SANTA ANA, CA - January 27, 2010 - ITT Interconnect Solutions, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of connectors, interconnects, and cable assemblies, has expanded its family of sealed, miniature, lightweight connectors for modern and "future soldier" applications with a "Super Clean"

version. Also ideal for medical use, the Nemesis SC connectors are sealed but cleanable, allowing them to operate in all conditions, including harsh military and medical environments.

"The miniature, lightweight Nemesis SC connectors feature a patented pull back barrel system that facilitates cleaning and allows the user to return the connector to full operational functionality in seconds," said Keith Teichmann, director of marketing for ITT Interconnect Solutions. "These connectors also feature our innovative Pogo Pin/Pad and Breakaway technologies, increasing the number of mating cycles to more than 10,000."

Nemesis SC MIL-DTL-38999-style connectors are blind-mateable and can be cleaned more than 2500 times. The Nemesis SC connectors are available with 7, 14 or 19 pins, feature five locking positions and are color-coded for simple identification. Contacts are rated at 3A. While the first products are based on the key elements of the MIL-DTL-38999 specification, a full range of circular and rectangular styles are also in development.

The Nemesis SC connectors are sealed to IP67 standards in the unmated state and are resistant to salt spray for more than 500 hours. The connectors weigh less than 25g (which is critical for on-soldier applications), measure less than 15mm in diameter and have an anti-reflecting coat. The RoHS-compliant connectors also exhibit superior EMC properties.

The Nemesis SC connectors will be available in Q2 of 2010.

About ITT Interconnect Solutions

ITT Interconnect Solutions is an international manufacturer and supplier of connectors including circular, rectangular, fiber optic, RF, power and high voltage, audio, PCMCIA, Compact Flash Card, enclosures, cable assemblies, and application specific custom solutions. The Interconnect Solutions portfolio includes the brands Cannon, VEAM, and BIW. For more information on ITT Interconnect Solutions and an archive of its press releases, please visit www.ittcannon.com.

About ITT

ITT Corporation is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. With a heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver extraordinary solutions that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2008 sales of $11.7 billion. www.itt.com.

VIRTIUM adds DDR3 MiniDIMM and DDR3 VLP MiniDIMM to their DDR3 MEMORY MODULE product family of DDR3 VLP Unbuffered Mini-DIMM, VLP Registered Mini-DIMM, SO-UDIMM, SO-RDIMM, Mini-UDIMM, Mini-RDIMM

Virtium — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:53:16 -0800

VIRTIUM adds DDR3 MiniDIMM and DDR3 VLP MiniDIMM to their DDR3 MEMORY MODULE product family of DDR3 VLP Unbuffered Mini-DIMM, VLP Registered Mini-DIMM, SO-UDIMM, SO-RDIMM, Mini-UDIMM, Mini-RDIMM

Rancho Santa Margarita, California, January 26, 2010 – Virtium Technology Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of memory modules for specialized computers in demanding environments, today announced the addition of the DDR3 MiniDIMMs and DDR3 VLP MiniDIMMs to their DDR3 high density product family for Telecom, Networking, Storage and embedded computing industrial applications. These new small footprint memory modules are now available at densities of 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB, with future expansion to 8GB.

The DDR3 MiniDIMM and DDR3 VLP MiniDIMM expands the current lineup of Virtium DDR3 memory which includes DDR3 VLP Unbuffered Mini-DIMMs, VLP Registered Mini-DIMMs, SO-UDIMMs, SO-RDIMMs, Mini-UDIMMs, Mini-RDIMMs.

“The high density, small form-factor DDR3 MiniDIMM and DDR3 VLP MiniDIMM memory modules are well suited for vertically mounted space-constrained designs that increase the competitive edge of today’s rugged embedded systems,” said Phan Hoang, director of research and development, Virtium Technology Inc. All Virtium memory modules are available using monolithic DRAM that have an extended / industrial temperature range (-40° to 85°C) which makes them ideal as rugged AdvancedTCA memory (ATCA memory), AdvancedMC memory, MicroTCA memory, PicoTCA memory, AMC memory and COM Express memory for blades, SBB canisters or PICMG SBC applications.

For specific part numbers, mechanical specifications, datasheets or to request memory module samples, contact Virtium or visit www.virtium.com.

About Virtium

Virtium provides memory and solid state storage solutions for single board computers and systems. Virtium's products are designed to satisfy demanding applications in the embedded computing, telecom, networking, storage, military and aerospace markets. Virtium provide extra-mile service to save design engineers and procurement professionals time, money and deliver a worry-free experience.

Established in 1997, Virtium is a privately-held, financially-sound technology company with design facilities in the U.S.. Headquartered in Southern California, Virtium has U.S. manufacturing facilities certified IS0 9001:2000 and AS9100 Rev. B, and maintains representative offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. For more information, call toll-free at 1-888-VIRTIUM (1-888-847-8486) or visit Virtium Technology online at www.virtium.com.

Core Systems, the leader in rackmount industrial computer systems, announces today that it will provide storage systems to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Core Systems — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:44:04 -0800

Core Systems, the leader in rackmount industrial computer systems, announces today that it will provide storage systems to the Department of Health and Human Services

www.coresystemsusa.com

The fully integrated and customized storage systems shipped to the Department of Health and Human Services provide just over 28 terabytes of storage with integrated RAID, redundant power and hot swap carriers. The production units provided by Core Systems implement Intel’s Xeon E5520 Nehalem 2.26GHz Quad-Core Server Processors and 36GB of DDR3 memory. Core Systems has worked closely with the IT staff at the Department of Health and Human Services before deployment at multiple facilities.

Core Systems growth and increasing market share in the industrial computer market are evident signs of their knowledge, attention to quality and customer service that is otherwise lacking with many other industrial computer firms in the market, says Chris Schaffner, President of Core Systems.

Core Systems is a premier provider of complete integrated systems for the Industrial, Embedded and Military Communications marketplaces. Core Systems also supplies a large line of off the self and custom integrated enclosures and displays to meet the demanding requirements of customers' programs, using both standard and enhanced Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology

Core Systems

13000 Danielson St, Ste Q | Poway, CA 92064

phone (858) 391-1006 | facsimile (858) 391-0109

www.coresystemsusa.com

EVE to Present ZeBu-Server at DesignCon 2010

EVE — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:21:12 -0800

EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification and developer of ZeBu-Server, a scalable and affordable emulation system, will exhibit in Booth #815 at DesignCon 2010 February 2-3 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.

Continuous demonstrations of ZeBu-Server will highlight its usefulness for all system-on-chip (SoC) verification needs across the entire development cycle, from hardware verification, hardware/software integration to embedded software validation. EVE representative will be available to discuss ZeBu-Server’s unique features, including fast compile time, a catalog of virtual intellectual property and Smart Debug methodology, its environmentally friendly footprint and ability to serve multiple concurrent users.

Additionally, EVE will participate in the Power Architecture Ecosystem Day organized by Power.org to be held February 4 from 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. in Great America #1. Registration is free, but seating is limited. For details, go to: www.power.org.

Information on EVE and its hardware/software co-verification tools can be found at: www.eve-team.com.

To learn more about DesignCon 2010, visit: www.designcon.com.

About EVE

EVE is the worldwide leader in hardware/software co-verification solutions, including hardware description language (HDL) acceleration and extremely fast emulation, with installations at nine of the top 10 semiconductor companies. EVE products significantly shorten the overall verification cycle of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems designs. Its products work in conjunction with popular Verilog, SystemVerilog and VHDL-based software simulators from Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys. EVE is a member of Power.org and ARM, CoWare, Mentor Graphics, Real Intent, Springsoft and Synopsys Partner programs. Follow EVE on Twitter at www.twitter.com/EVETEAM. Its United States headquarters are in San Jose, Calif. Telephone: (408) 457-3200. Facsimile: (408) 457-3299. Corporate headquarters are in Palaiseau, France. Telephone: (33) 1 64.53.27.30. Fax: (33) 1 64.53.27.40. Email: info@eve-team.com. Website: www.eve-team.com.

Kontron Integrates Intel(r) Core(tm) i7 Processor Technology Across Multiple Embedded Platforms

Kontron — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:13:55 -0800

Actel Announces Compliance With Quality Management Standards SAE/AS9100 and ISO 9001

Actel — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:36:50 -0800

Actel Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL) announced it has established ongoing compliance with both the rigorous SAE/AS9100 Aerospace Certification and the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 quality standards. These milestones demonstrate Actel's ongoing commitment to management principles and control of product development and operational activities.

"The continued achievement of this certification allows our customers to purchase Actel products with the confidence that they are getting the highest quality and reliability while ensuring their cost of ownership goals are met or exceeded," said Ken O'Neill, director, military and aerospace product marketing at Actel. The AS9100 standard was developed by Working Group 11 of ISO TC20 and was supported by the International Aerospace Quality Group in order to satisfy internal, government, and regulatory requirements.

The aerospace industry is rapidly adopting commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products for cost savings while still requiring extreme high-reliability standards. The AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards reduce costs and improve reliability by consolidating the quality requirements and quality systems employed by aerospace and avionics suppliers. By continuing to demonstrate certification in AS9100 and ISO 9001, Actel remains the go-to vendor for reducing costs and improving reliability for its customers.

With more than 20 years of flight-proven reliability and tens of thousands of high-reliability FPGAs in space and aviation applications, Actel offers low-power flash- and antifuse-based FPGAs for use in military and aerospace applications. Long committed to designing and manufacturing high-quality FPGAs, Actel has received several other important certifications recognizing the company's dedication to quality and reliability, including PURE and TS16949:2002.

Actel's certifications can be viewed at: www.actel.com/techdocs/qualrel

About Actel

Actel is the leader in low-power FPGAs and mixed-signal FPGAs, offering the most comprehensive portfolio of system and power management solutions. Power Matters. Learn more at www.actel.com.

LEMO USA Signs Agreement with Avnet Electronics Marketing to Distribute LEMO's Line of Precision Modular Connectors

Avnet Electronics Marketing — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:51:12 -0800

LEMO (www.lemo.com), a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions, announced today that they have signed a distribution agreement with the Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas (www.em.avnet.com) business region of Avnet, Inc. Under the terms of the new agreement, Avnet will distribute LEMO’s line of medical and military circular connectors in North America.

Timothy J. Hassett, Managing Director, LEMO USA, Inc. commented, “By partnering with Avnet we will have a unique position in the marketplace to gain the attention of the design engineers due to Avnet’s dedicated design engineering sales personnel and expertise in the applications to take LEMO product to areas that we have not played before.” Hassett continued, “The LEMO Group vision is to anticipate and innovate. Avnet’s vertical marketing focus teams in Medical, Industrial, Military and Energy open up a link to the design centers and super cluster geographies that LEMO feels is a must for long term growth and design-in-wins.”

“With applications in the medical, industrial control, test and measurement, audio/video, telecommunications and military/aerospace areas, LEMO’s connectors offer additional diversity to our customers,” said Alex Iuorio, senior vice president of supplier business management for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. “It’s a great fit for our line card -- these markets are our ‘sweet spot’ for Avnet in the Americas, and as we continue to look for new ways to satisfy our customers’ interconnect requirements, we believe this is a win for Avnet, LEMO and the markets we both serve.”