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Altera Corporation unveiled its Spectra-Q engine, a new technology at the heart of the company’s proven Quartus II software, to accelerate design productivity and time-to-market for next-generation programmable devices. The Spectra-Q engine extends Altera’s Quartus II software leadership with new capabilities that deliver unprecedented compile time improvements, versatile and fast-tracked design entry, and drop-in IP integration...

DesignDRIVE, a New Evaluation Platform for Drive Subsystems
Texas Instruments (TI) announced DesignDRIVE — a single hardware and software platform that makes it easier for engineers to develop and evaluate solutions for many industrial drive and servo topologies. The DesignDRIVE kit and example software offer an easy path to begin exploring a wide variety of motor types...

World’s Most Energy-Friendly USB Microcontrollers
Silicon Labs introduced the industry’s most energy-friendly USB-enabled microcontrollers (MCUs). The latest addition to Silicon Labs’ award-winning EFM32 32-bit MCU portfolio, the new Happy Gecko MCUs are designed to deliver the lowest USB power drain in the industry, enabling longer battery life and energy harvesting applications...

Helio X20: The World’s First Mobile SoC with Tri-Cluster CPU
MediaTek announces the launch of the MediaTek Helio X20 – the world’s first mobile processor with Tri-Cluster CPU architecture and ten processing cores (Deca-core). The Helio X20 continues MediaTek’s mission of delivering industry-leading computing performance coupled with unmatched power efficiency...

New dsPIC33EP “GS” Family is Optimized for Digital Power Applications
Microchip Technology announced the 14-member dsPIC33EP “GS” family of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). The dsPIC33EP “GS” family delivers the performance needed to implement more sophisticated non-linear, predictive and adaptive control algorithms at higher switching frequencies...

Dual (2.5A + 1.5A) Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Converter
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8616, a 42V input capable, high efficiency dual synchronous monolithic step-down switching regulator. Its dual channel design delivers independent 2.5A and 1.5A continuous current to outputs as low as 0...
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