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MEYREUIL, April 26th, 2012 – StarChip experts in designing, qualifying and industrializing Smart Card ICs today announced that it is currently sampling its SCF335H product, the new generation of SIM controllers designed to cover demands of USIM Java CardTM applications. The SCF335H is the first product of a new family that will fully encompass the …

Takeyuki Inoue to drive “right-sized” solutions strategy Langen, Germany – April 25, 2012 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) today announced that Takeyuki Inoue has been appointed Vice President and Board Member, effective April 1, 2012. He succeeds Joji Murakami, who will return to Japan to work as an advisor for Fujitsu for a further year …

New online design simulation tool helps engineers save time and money when developing power management ICs Langen, Germany – April 17, 2012 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) today launched “Easy DesignSim™”, a web-based design simulator for power management ICs (PMICs). “Easy DesignSim” offers comprehensive online design simulation and support for design engineers working with Fujitsu”s …

MEYREUIL, April 12th, 2012 -StarChip experts in designing and qualifying Smart Card ICs announced today the development of the ARX (Fortress in Latin). The ARX CPU is a High-performance 32-bit RISC Secure Core based on Cortus’ APS3s CPU. This announcement is a step further to confirm StarChip®’s strategic commitment to Smart Card business by extending …

Great Place to Work® Institute lists Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) as one of the “100 best workplaces in Germany” Langen, Germany – March 22, 2012 – The Great Place to Work® Institute has recognised Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) in its annual listing of the “100 best workplaces in Germany”. This further strengthens FSEU”s long standing …

Dresden, Germany, 12th March 2012. Cortus, a technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP, announces the release of two bridges for their processor product range. The first bridge is between the Cortus APS bus and AHB-Lite™ while the second bridge is between the APS bus and APB™. The Cortus family of …

MEYREUIL, March 6th , 2012 -StarChip experts in designing and qualifying Smart Card ICs announced today that it is opening a new office in Shanghai China, the first part of a multi-phase plan to expand its operation and sales to China. With its strong position in electronics manufacturing, China is poised to play a significant …

Malvern, Pa. March 2012 – SEMI-GAS® Systems, a division of Applied Energy Systems, Inc, and a manufacturer of industry-leading ultra-high purity gas source and distribution systems, announced that its Xturion™ Hybrix won the 2012 Golden Gas Award presented by Gases & Instrumentation International Magazine in the gas handling category.   This year’s competition attracted more …

Nuremberg, Germany, 28th February 2012. Cortus, a technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP, announces the latest member of their processor family: the high performance, high throughput FPS6 with integrated floating point. The FPS6 combines excellent integer performance, shared with the other members of the Cortus processor family, with a tightly …

New 2MB Flash / 208KB RAM MCU with APIX1 Interface to enhance Fujitsu”s ARM® Cortex™-R4 based line-up Langen, Germany – February 28, 2012 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) announces the expansion of its scalable line-up for automotive instrument clusters, covering everything from MCUs for traditional clusters up to 3D graphic Systems on Chips (SoC), and …

Fujitsu FM3touch enables state-of-the-art capacitive touch Human-Machine-Interfaces for industrial, home appliance and medical applications Langen, Germany – February 28, 2012 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) today unveils high-performance capacitive touch functionality for its FM3 Family of ARM® Cortex™-M3 based microcontrollers. The FM3touch library delivers the easy integration of capacitive touch functionality in state-of-the-art Human-Machine-Interfaces (HMI) …

Improved performance for transmission of encrypted video and control data with a new single-chip solution with integrated APIX®2 and HDCP interfaces Langen, Germany – February 28, 2012 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) today announced the latest addition to its graphics controller range: a highly-integrated, single-chip graphics solution for automotive display systems. MB88F334 “Indigo2″ is a …

SAN JOSE, CA – February 15, 2012 — Tensoft, a leading revenue management, supply chain solution and ERP SaaS provider for the technology industry, announced today a 24% growth rate in annual billings for calendar year 2011, derived by a solid increase in recurring revenue from its Cloud-based offerings. The company also showed record increases …

New FRAM V Series offers greater efficiency in design and logistics for the industrial and metering sectors Langen, Germany – February 14, 2012 – Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe today introduces a new FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) product series with an extended voltage range of 3.0V – 5.5V, offering significantly greater design flexibility for customers in …

MEYREUIL, February 1st, 2012- StarChip expert in designing and qualifying Smart Card ICs, and CEA-Leti the leading French semiconductor research institute, have signed an agreement to develop a Contactless Front End for Smart Card applications. The Contactless Front End is the result of Leti’s many years of expertise in Contactless and will enable applications such …

SuZhou/China , December 19th, 2011 – Critical Manufacturing, an enterprise which creates innovative software solutions for high-tech manufacturing industries, announced today that it signed a collaboration agreement with China HP to jointly pursue and implement Manufacturing and Automation System opportunities. Critical Manufacturing, through its Chinese subsidiary, Critical Manufacturing (SuZhou) Co Ltd, signed a collaboration agreement …

Device Provides Up To 40 Percent Space Savings and Increased Efficiency Fürstenfeldbruck – December 12, 2011 – Designers of mobile products routinely face the challenge of reducing space as well as improving efficiency in every aspect of their design. In devices that use a one-cell Li-Ion battery pack, such as ultraportable applications, this is an …

Paris, France – December 8, 2011 – Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductors, and Starchip, a semiconductor product provider focused on designing and qualifying secure products for mass production , today announced they have formed an alliance to develop next generation System-on-Chip (SOC) solutions based on Crocus’ Magnetic-Logic-Unit (MLU) technology. Under this …

Dresden/Germany, Oporto/Portugal – Critical Manufacturing, an enterprise which creates leading edge software solutions for the high-tech manufacturing industries of solar, electronics and semiconductors, announced today that Fraunhofer Center Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT), selected and implemented cmNavigo Productivity Suite, comprising of a Manufacturing Execution System and Equipment Integration, in its facilities in Dresden, Germany The business areas of …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that recent improvements to the Talus® 1.2 integrated circuit (IC) implementation platform have triggered a significant increase in customer adoption. Since its initial release 12 months ago, Magma has continued to refine the system, …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the company has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Synopsys (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems headquartered in …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of a new version of the FineSim™ Pro full-chip circuit-level simulation product that delivers 3X faster runtime than previous versions while continuing to deliver SPICE-accurate results. As an example, FineSim Pro was …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that since its release 18 months ago, Tekton has grown its customer base to more than 25 companies, achieving the fastest adoption rate of any tool in the company’s history. Tekton, the most advanced …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 – Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of a new release of the Titan™ Analog/Mixed-Signal (Titan AMS) Design Platform. With patent-pending analog design technology, Titan provides an innovative FlexCell-to-GDSII™ analog/mixed-signal (AMS) flow that organically integrates both electrical design and physical …

High Temperature Optocoupler Series Provides Designers Reliable Isolation and Minimizes System Failure Fürstenfeldbruck – November 21, 2011 – Industrial applications present reliability challenges to designers as a result of the high temperature and tight spaces commonly found in power supplies, motor controls and consumer applications such as chargers and adapters. To combat these reliability challenges, …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that eSilicon Corporation, the largest independent semiconductor value chain producer (VCP), used Magma software to tape out a three-way microprocessor cluster based on MIPS’ leading-edge MIPS32® 1074Kf™ Coherent Processing System (CPS). Typical performance of …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Adapteva used Magma software to tape out the Epiphany-IV 64-core microprocessor array IC targeted to GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 28-nm SLP process. By leveraging Magma’s Talus®, Hydra™ and Titan™ leveraging Magma’s Talus®, Hydra™ and Titan™ digital …

mWSaver™ Technology Provides Ultra-Low Standby Power Without Adding External Components; Saves Design Board Space Fürstenfeldbruck. – November 7, 2011 – As standby power requirements in devices such as notebooks, printers, LCD TVs and monitors continue to decrease, below 50mW in many applications, designers need a solution to address standby power consumption in their current designs. …

Malvern, Pa. November 2011 – SEMI-GAS® Systems, a division of Applied Energy Systems, Inc., and a manufacturer of industry-leading ultra-high purity gas source and distribution systems, now offers Blixer, a custom gas blender that provides a continuous flow of precisely blended gases more economically than buying pre-mixed cylinder gases. On-site blending with a gas blender …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, has used FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology …