TRS-STAR’s EXM-IMX31 CPU module, is based on the Freescale i.MX31 ARM11 architecture. The 32-bit processor is clocked at 533 MHz. On-board memories of a DDR2 SDRAM with maximum capacity of 256 MB as well as a up to 64 MB NOR and a 512 MB NAND Flash memory are available. The compact CPU module with a...

Molex introduces a series of microSD card connectors that offer additional features to help control card ejection in mobile and compact devices. Designed for microSD, the world’s smallest memory card storage system, Molex’s microSD card connectors are available in two profile heights to address card...

Xilinx announced its Virtex-5 FXT FPGA ML510 Embedded Development Platform for developing high-performance embedded systems driven by dual processors. Built around the Virtex-5 FXT FPGA platform with its two integrated Power PC 440 processors and supported by Linux and VxWorks operating systems, the...

National Instruments reported quarterly revenue of $215 million, up 17 percent year-over-year, in the third quarter of 2008. Net income for Q3 2008 was $23.2 million, up 7.5 percent from Q3 last year. NI virtual instrumentation and graphical system design products, which represent more than 90 perce...

Actel announced net revenues of $53.2 million for the third quarter of 2008, down 8 percent from the second quarter of 2008 and up 11 percent from the third quarter of 2007. Including stock-based compensation and other adjustments in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), A...

Microchip announces the MPLAB ICD 3 - a development tool that supports in-circuit programming and debugging of Microchip’s Flash-based 8-bit PIC microcontrollers, and its entire line of 16- and 32-bit MCUs and 16-bit dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). Flash MCU programming times are 15X or fas...

PLX Technology announced the appointment of Ralph Schmitt as president and chief executive officer, and as a member of its board of directors, effective November 3, 2008. Schmitt will succeed Mike Salameh, who will retire as chief executive officer. Salameh served as PLX’s president and chief execut...