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Canon EOS 5D Mark III Now Available for Pre-Order at Adorama.com

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Now Available for Pre-Order at Adorama.com











Canon EOS 5D Mark III


New York, NY (PRWEB) March 02, 2012

Few digital SLRs have been greeted with such anticipation and excitement as the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. The long-awaited successor to the hugely popular Canon EOS 5D Mark II, this new model takes the groundbreaking qualities of its predecessor to another level, updating and improving nearly every key feature. Now available for pre-order at Adorama and Adorama.com—America’s most expert supplier of photographic equipment— the Canon EOS 5D Mark III is bound to set a new standard of excellence in the DSLR world.

Featuring a higher-resolution 22.3-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III delivers a two-stop improvement in image quality over the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, an increase due in part to its new DIGIC 5+ Image Processor. According to Adorama, this means that EOS 5D Mark III images shot at ISO 1600 deliver quality equal to those shot at ISO 400 on the EOS 5D Mark II. The new camera’s standard ISO settings now range up to ISO 25,600 vs. its predecessor’s ISO 6400. This range is expandable to an ultrasensitive ISO 104,200, allowing the Canon EOS 5D Mark III to capture photographs in the dimmest possible lighting.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III’s astounding autofocus performance is directly inherited from the flagship Canon EOS-1DX. The camera’s high-density reticular 61-point AF system provides much faster, more precise focusing than its predecessor; a full 41 of those AF points are the more accurate cross-type. What’s more, the new model has a full-resolution framing rate of six frames-per-second, much faster than the 3.9 frames-per-second of its predecessor. The Canon EOS 5D Mark III’s shutter is also much quieter, and it features the “silent” mode found on the flagship Canon EOS-1DX. TTL metering is now performed even more accurately with 63 zones vs. 35 in the previous model.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III also has been endowed with a more contoured, ergonomic body and control layout similar to those of the popular Canon EOS 7D, offering enhanced programmability comparable to that model as well. The streamlined EOS 5D Mark III features better weather-sealing and overall durability compared to the EOS 5D Mark II, while its new, dual memory card slots accept both CompactFlash (CF) and Secure Digital (SD) formats. The camera’s “intelligent” viewfinder now shows a professional-level 100 percent of the subject. Even its 3.2-inch, 1.04-million-dot LCD screen is slightly larger and sharper than before, and features improved reflection control.

Of special importance to all the photographers and videographers now using DSLRs to shoot video, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III’s full-HD 1080p video is now time-coded. Artifacts have also been reduced compared to before. And in response to Canon photographers’ requests, there is now a dedicated button for video recording. Full-HD video can now be shot at sensitivities up to ISO 12,500, expandable to ISO 25,600.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is being introduced with a number of new lenses and accessories, all of which will be available at Adorama and Adorama.com. These include three new lenses, the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8II USM, the Canon EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM, and the Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM. Two new dedicated shoe-mount flash units are also available for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, the Canon Speedlite 600EX and Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT, along with the Canon ST-E3-RT Speedlite Transmitter. Other new accessories include the Canon BG-E-11 Battery Grip, the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver, and the Canon WFT-E7 for Wireless File Transfer.

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CMOS IC Layout: Concepts, Methodologies, and Tools

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

CMOS IC Layout: Concepts, Methodologies, and Tools

This book includes basic methodologies, review of basic electrical rules and how they apply, design rules, IC planning, detailed checklists for design review, specific layout design flows, specialized block design, interconnect design, and also additional information on design limitations due to production requirements.

*Practical, hands-on approach to CMOS layout theory and design

*Offers engineers and technicians the training materials they need to stay current in circuit design technology.

*Covers manufacturing processes and their effect on layout and design decisions

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Analog Rails To Release IC Design Environment August 31, 2008

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Analog Rails To Release IC Design Environment August 31, 2008











Analog Rails Simulation Environment


Chandler, AZ (PRWEB) August 13, 2008

Analog Rails will release a IC Design environment on August 31, 2008. Analog Rails(TM) is a complete semi-automatic IC design environment targeting the entire analog circuit design flow. It is the most automated solution in the “custom” IC industry. Along with unified, correct by construction schematic and layout, Analog Rails features automatic layout, which includes an automatic placer, router, parameterized cells, and differential structures. Additionally, Analog Rails also incorporates a complete simulation environment. Layouts are assisted by real-time DRC and LVS aware functionality, which allows Analog Rails the unique approach of porting real parasitics. This enables the user to simulate with real layout values instead of estimations, which is the current industry standard. A free spice simulator is included so that the user can launch as many simulation runs as necessary for the built-in optimizer without requiring third party simulator licenses.

The release of this expert analog design system represents a new methodology based on inputs from leading designers in the industry. By simplifying analog design methodology via the combination of automated and semi-automatic approaches, Analog Rails addresses analog design challenges for next generation designs.

Steven Klass of Standard Microsystems had this to say in an article posted on his blog about Analog Rails: “This tool represents a clear methodology shift… The demise of the block level analog layout engineer. Why? First as I said earlier, the layout automation piece is very intuitive and friendly. Plus the smaller technology geometries that analog design is pushing into (less than 90nm) is forcing simulation earlier (using Cadence) to account for device parasitics (LOD). So the analog engineer is already doing a fair amount of the placement and letting the layout guy clean up the work. But this tool is correct by construction and so the layout is clean from the get-go. So involving a layout person to ‘clean it up’ isn’t necessary.”

Pirooz Hojabri, co-founder and VP of Engineering at Plato Networks, had this to say: “Utilizing the high ft of sub-micron CMOS has opened a new paradigm in circuit design and to reduce the product cycle time, there is a need to understand the parasitics early in development process. Analog Rails has taken a critical step in this direction.”

And Mike Kappes, CEO of IQanalog, said that “what Analog Rails is developing is a tool that will enable circuit designers to extend their deliverable from annotated schematics to finished and polished layout without outside layout or CAD involvement. Furthermore, having a tight coupling of schematics and layout design will result in better design practices with fewer extraction iterations.”

Analog Rails has been natively developed upon the new industry standard database, OpenAccess, which allows customers to seamlessly adopt individual tools or a whole flow. It also allows seamless design exchange between tools and partners supporting OpenAccess. OpenAccess has been widely accepted by leading EDA vendors such as Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor, Magma, and Silicon Canvas.

Free, 24/7 PDK support is included with every Analog Rails license purchase. Pricing, contacts, and specific details about Analog Rails (including online video demos), can be found at the company’s website, http://www.analograils.com.

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Kilopass Introduces 90-nanometer Standard CMOS Embedded Non-volatile Memory Technology for Secure Storage of System Firmware and Chip IDs

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Kilopass Introduces 90-nanometer Standard CMOS
Embedded Non-volatile Memory Technology for Secure Storage of System Firmware and Chip IDs










(PRWEB) October 21, 2004

XPMÂ?s process scalability, low cost, high density & data security

key to customer acceptance

Santa Clara, CA ARM DevelopersÂ? Conference Â? October 19, 2004 Â? Kilopass Technology, Inc., an emerging supplier of embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) Intellectual Property (IP) based in Santa Clara, California, today announced that its XPM technology is now available for use in ASICs and SoCs using standard logic CMOS 90 nanometer silicon processes in addition to its current products utilizing 0.18, 0.15, and 0.13 micron processes.

XPM, a unique embedded one-time-programmable (OTP) NVM technology, offers the combination of scalability to advanced silicon processes such as 90 nanometer, low standard logic CMOS fabrication cost, storage density from a few bits to up to multiple mega bits and highly secure storage. With its complete range of bit sizes and its wide variety of applications XPM can enhance almost any chip design.

Dr. Jack Peng, CEO, Kilopass Technology, noted, Â?We have shipped our patented XPM technology to over a dozen customers, and are very pleased to announced that we have tested and verified silicon, in 90 nanometers, with 1,000 hours of burn-in, and that our customers expect to move from silicon prototypes to high volume manufacturing in the next few months.Â?

As a replacement for external memory chips XPM technology can be used in high density embedded memory applications for publishing games, movies and other multimedia content, as well as for secure firmware storage in embedded MCU and DSP-based systems. XPM can also be used for secure ID and data storage for smart cards, for embedded ID and parameter storage, for storing encryption keys, for analog trimming and calibration parameter storage, for storing unique configuration codes and for embedded memory repair.

More about XPM Technology

XPMÂ?s patented fuse-programmable technology uses 1.5 transistors per memory cell, is programmable with a low program current by either an external or internal voltage source, and offers a fast read access time of 40nsec ~ 70nsec (for 1Mbit, 0.18 micron process).

Applications requiring more than one-time programming can use a multiple sector approach with a minimal die area penalty. For example sizing up from 1K bits of XPM-based memory to 8K bits offers eight sectors for limited-time re-programmability and it adds a negligible amount of die area.

XPM Memory Technology Reliability & Security

XPM technology is highly secure. Data is permanently retained for the life of most systems (over 20 years), and is protected from reverse engineering, since it is not possible to detect the stored data with a microscope or by voltage contrast testing.

Availability

Licenses for XPM memory technology are available now, and include GDSII layouts as well as simulation and timing models.

About Kilopass

Kilopass Technology, Inc. was founded with the mission of becoming the industry leader in embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. The CompanyÂ?s super-permanent memory technology is manufactured using standard commercial CMOS process, and is used for storage of firmware and security codes.

The company is headquartered at 3333 Octavius Dr. Suite 101, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA

For more information, please visit http://www.kilopass.com, call (408) 980-8808 or email klptinfo@kilopass.com.

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Acronyms

ASIC    Application Specific IC

CMOS    Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon

DSP    Digital Signal Processor

IC    Integrated Circuit

ID    Identity

IP    Intellectual Property

MCU    Micro Controller Unit

NVM    Non Volatile Memory

OTP    One Time Programmable

SoC    System-on-a-chip

A white paper and data sheet are available on request.

XPM is a trademark of Kilopass Technology, Inc.

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Helic’s VeloceRF? is Selected by Fujitsu to Build RFIC Design-flow for Sub-100nm CMOS Processes

Sunday, July 17th, 2011

Helic’s VeloceRF™ is Selected by Fujitsu to Build RFIC Design-flow for Sub-100nm CMOS Processes










Athens, Greece (PRWEB) June 4, 2007

Helic S.A. proudly announces that Fujitsu Limited has adopted VeloceRF™ and Helic’s technology to build a new design-flow for RFICs in its 90nm and 65nm CMOS processes. The parties have agreed to develop world-class tooling and design methodology to support rapid prototyping and volume production of high-frequency ICs applying advanced lithography techniques.

Helic’s EDA tool, VeloceRF™ features a rapid and high-capacity vector-based RLCK modeling engine, the VeloceRaptor™, a powerful matching engine to support layout-vs.-schematic verification of any kind of integrated inductive component and a spiral inductor synthesizer, the Spiral Wizard™. The tool efficiently addresses DFM requirements emerging for RF CMOS at the 90nm process node and below. Features such as conductor track slotting to mitigate metal stress, geometry resizing under current density constraints and the use of dummy fill patterns are programmed in the VeloceRF™ parametric inductor library and are consistently supported by the Spiral Wizard™, the modeling engine and the layout and LVS modules.

The Spiral Wizard™ synthesis engine supports the creation of patterned shields to enhance inductor quality factor (Q) and improve substrate isolation. Generated inductor layouts are fully parametric and DRC-clean by design, easing adoption by foundries and design teams. VeloceRaptor™, the rapid, vector-based RLCK modeling engine is powered by a proprietary broadband skin-effect model, with demonstrated accuracy even above 40 GHz. The engine’s speed is class-leading and outperforms commercial EM simulators and shape-based extraction tools. Built-in netlist reduction keeps netlist sizes and simulation times at reasonable levels, without loss of model precision.

“First-time-right RF silicon has been a dream. We strongly believe the designer-centric methodology, the tools and the PDK adaptation we provide with Helic is the ultimate door opener to the whole new world of RF COT/ASIC,” said Mr. Tetsu Tanizawa, principle director, Technology & Business Foundation, Electronic Devices Business Group of Fujitsu Limited.

“Fujitsu leverages its leadership in sub-100nm CMOS silicon fabrication to foray the RFIC market and we are very proud to be part of the project. Their process engineering and EDA teams have challenged us to set higher standards for our product to address efficiently their needs,” said Dr. Yorgos Koutsoyannopoulos, CEO of Helic.

“Our new approach with Helic enables deeper and direct communication with customers on RF design issues in designer’s language, other than just a COT library support. Grounding, substrate noise, magnetic coupling are just a few among those critical effects that vary the true performance of RF circuits. Dynamic PDK support reflected in shorter design-time is the key for success,” said Dr. Yuu Watanabe, deputy general manager, Technology Development Division, Electronic Devices Business Group of Fujitsu Limited.

About Helic

Helic specializes in the development of enabling EDA technologies for RFIC and systems-in-package (SiP) design. Helic’s VeloceRF™ is the leading EDA tool for integrated inductor synthesis, modeling, and verification and has been adopted by several renowned semiconductor companies worldwide. With a global reach and sales offices in Europe, the U.S., and Japan, Helic offers its customers EDA tools, intellectual property (IP), and services that enable delivery of first-pass silicon, while greatly reducing the development cycle for complex wireless transceiver products. Helic is headquartered at 12 Sorou str., Marousi, GR-15125, Athens, Greece. For additional information please visit Helic at http://www.helic.com or call +30-210-9949390.

Additional information on VeloceRF™ is available at: http://www.helic.com/products/VeloceRF.

Helic and the Helic logo are registered trademarks, VeloceRF and Spiral Wizard are trademarks of Helic S.A. All company or product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Information provided in this press release is accurate at time of publication and is subject to change without advance notice.

Editorial Contact:

Helic S.A.

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T: +30-210-9949390

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Hon Hai To Complete The Merger In April Next Year, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Industry Pattern

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

11 14,

Chi Mei

Electronics and Hon Hai’s group announced a record ratio of 1:2.05 Amalgamation. 23, the group announced that the company will record with Chi Mei Optoelectronics and TPO on April 30 next year to complete the merger. This reporter learned that, due to CMO four consecutive quarters of substantial losses, while Hong Haiguo Taiwan Chi Mei Ming needs to complete its optoelectronics industry layout, so the merger can be said to hit it off.

CMO changed, but so the pattern of the entire optical industry will change.

Concentrated strength to contend

Samsung

, LG

11 23, the world’s second-largest computer monitor maker Innolux major news release, the company’s 20, and Chi Mei Optoelectronics and TPO held a provisional board of directors simultaneously, through the triple merger. Three companies scheduled for January 6 shareholders meeting convened to approve the merger, on April 30 next year to complete the merger.

It is reported that three companies after the merger, the group will be known as Chong Chi Mei Optoelectronics, challenges

Taiwan panel

AUO’s leading status of the first manufacturers.

In addition, the group has also stepped up the record layout in China, also announced last Friday, will set up a new subsidiary in Chengdu, called Group Health Tech (Chengdu), the investment amount of approximately 10 million U.S. dollars, will be engage

LCD

Products and their components and production assembly systems.

This, according to news

is “a meal” great deal of time to complete the back, Chi Mei and Hon Hai is the desire of both intertwined and integrated.

CMO before the merger substantially consecutive losses since the third quarter of 2008, the four quarter loss of 3.965 billion CMO, respectively, 310 million, 19.6 billion, 8.835 billion yuan of NT, even if the Taiwan panel industry after another showing a warming trend, but the delay in reducing losses of Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Chi Mei Group, the parent company has become a burden.

Chi Mei is a problem, the desire of people a lot of disk access. It is reported that AUO and Samsung have had a negotiation with Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Chi Mei, but ultimately chose Hon Hai.

Butt plate Hsu, founder of Chi Mei’s requirement is that the combined company to retain “Chi Mei” sign, which Ling You reached unacceptable. However, industry believes that the real reason should be the Chi Mei and AU Optronics chain overlap more adjustments after the acquisition will a beating.

And Hon Hai

Boss

Gou then have no worries. Chi Mei all, is Hon Hai want.

Innolux win

Sony

Mexican factories, machine manufacturing capacity strengthening, while impressive comeback Sony 200 million TV manufacturing business, and is responsible for some of the Chinese mainland distribution channels. Looking further ahead, Foxconn introduced “full steam ahead” scheme, plan three years, planted 10,000 in mainland China 3C retail outlets. Now, by Chi Mei, Guo Ming’s optoelectronics industry was enriched further territory, formed from various components including, size, size panel production, to TV, PC OEM’s the complete vertical production chain, which is also in line Gou has been driven the direction of vertical integration.

Chi Mei

carry merger trend, Hon Hai to step up the foundry layout. November 24, Spanish television reported that Sony will sell plants, three

LCD TV

Foundry Hon Hai, TPV and Flextronics is committed to fight for. If you win the Spanish factory, Sony, Hon Hai will hand in Western Europe, North America, a major force in the mainland market orders.

According to statistics, the Hon Hai group record with LCD TV shipment goal for this year only about 100 million units next year’s planned target for the leap to 11 million units, an increase of 10 times the target lung power, precisely because of its won the Sony, Samsung and LG factory orders for these three.

DisplaySearch Greater China, Deputy General Manager Hsieh believes that the merger Chi Mei Hon Hai, the flat panel display industry’s business model will change.

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South China Sea Layout: build semiconductor lighting the whole industry chain

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Foshan is the important production and R & D base electric light, electric light output value of 2009, 10.0 billion, with electric light industry, 45 high-tech enterprises in Guangdong area of R & D center power source 5, the relevant upstream and downstream enterprises 400 many.

Foshan South China Sea as a light source lighting the core area of the industry chain, from upstream of the material with, electric light source to the downstream lighting, mold and application side complete industrial chain, and closely integrate all aspects of upstream and downstream integration of a strong supporting capacity. In order to fully extend the advantages of traditional electric lighting industry, the South China Sea area has for the semiconductor industry, the development of this new lighting first established high-tech services to the financial district of Guangdong, the Guangdong Urban Industry Base, the South China Sea Economic Zone, Luocun new light industrial base, the South China Sea national ecological industrial park and other mature carrier.

In the semiconductor lighting industrial upgrading in the process of gathering the snow Wright Nanhai District, Nanhai CMO, Xu Rui optoelectronics, Akinobu Group, economic win photoelectric, GeIL large number of high-quality electronics, enterprise, and Zhongshan University, Huazhong University of Hong Kong Science and Technology University and so close the LED cooperate with universities have Zhongshan, Foshan Institute of Technology Research Institute Guangdong flat panel display industry and other public service platform and LED under construction industries of Hong Kong University of Science Engineering Research and Development Center, the existing LED related dozens of businesses and services in 2009, semiconductor lighting industrial output value of 2 billion yuan. Currently the South China Sea to Foshan Lighting, Osram, Snow Wright and some other country and the world’s leading companies as a leader, to the South China Sea area Luocun electric light illumination for the support of considerable size of the lighting appliance industry clusters, and with the close of danzao Hardware , Dali Industrial aluminum, in water, mold, Lion of the photoelectron, Guicheng mechanical equipment manufacturing facilities, and the Foshan region with the country’s largest cluster of small household appliances such as electric light, Foshan and to jointly develop a complete industrial chain lighting.

Since 2009, has also received the South China Sea semiconductor lighting industry developed rapidly. Xu Rui company settled with the Foshan, Nanhai semiconductor lighting industrial technology innovation platform and test base to invest in construction, South China’s largest source market of South China Lighting Electric (International) Electric Light Source Lighting City beginning to take shape, the South China Sea by the Provincial Science and Technology Department identified The new light source for the industrial base of Guangdong, South China Sea has opened up LED industry chain, is expected to end the first breakthrough LED lighting applications to promote the bottleneck, significantly reduce the price of LED products, traditional business restructuring and LED lighting products to find breakthrough universal.

To speed up the development of the industry, the South China Sea area has been introduced in October 2009 to accelerate the development of semiconductor lighting industry support measures related to the establishment of the total size of one billion to 20 billion special fund for industrial development, in enhancing independent innovation capacity, strengthening public platform construction, building demonstration project, promoting investment and financing for industries such as strong support, will rely on independent innovation and industrial agglomeration combined to create from chip research, equipment manufacturing, LED epitaxial wafers and chips, power package, applications development, pilot and production, product testing to market the whole flow of semiconductor lighting industrial chain, the next 3-5 years will be formed 30 billion to 500 billion industrial scale, a well-known semiconductor lighting industrial base.

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