ST. PAUL, Minn., May 15, 2012 — Internet Broadcasting (IB), the leading provider of digital publishing technology and services including one of the largest digital advertising agencies, today announced the immediate availability of a new group of mobile advertising products created in HTML5, the emerging standard for interactive media on smartphones and tablets.

The HTML5 programming format brings a rich, “Flash-like” experience to mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad, and devices running the Google Android operating system with which Flash files are incompatible.

IB’s new HTML5 ad products are powered by Celtra, a leading provider of rich-media digital advertising technology.

“We’re giving clients new and exciting ways to engage prospective customers with visually appealing, mobile-optimized campaigns and creative executions,” said Reed Varner, vice president of Internet Broadcasting’s Digital Agency. The new ad products enable users to click-to-call, swipe, erase, watch video, complete puzzles, link to websites and enter text. IB advertising clients can create unified multi-platform campaigns that can be delivered simultaneously to consumers on both traditional desktop/laptop computers and mobile devices.

The new HTML5 ad products include:

Leaderboards

Medium Rectangles

Animated banners

Expanding Rich-Media

In-Ad Video

Lead-generation forms

Image galleries

“The emergence of the HTML5 format is enabling an entirely new and exciting class of digital-advertising products,” Varner added. “Now, we can help our advertisers reach customers in more effective ways — whether it be on their desktop, tablet or smartphone. By surrounding the Celtra technology with our total solution of creative development, execution, trafficking and campaign management, we can provide IB clients an entirely new suite of ad products that extend the reach and impact of their advertisers’ digital campaigns.”

The new Internet Broadcasting HTML5 ad products are available immediately. Pricing information is available upon request.

About Internet Broadcasting

Aiming to transform how broadcast media leaders engage and interact with their audiences, Internet Broadcasting offers scalable publishing solutions that power digital growth and strengthen consumer relationships. Internet Broadcasting solutions include an innovative SaaS-based web publishing platform, original and syndicated content, and the IB Digital Agency, one of the largest digital advertising agencies. Internet Broadcasting has had a long-term focus on serving local television companies. Leading media companies such as Hearst Television, E.W. Scripps, CNN, The Washington Post Company’s Post-Newsweek Stations group and Turner Broadcasting are clients. Founded in 1996, Internet Broadcasting is headquartered in St. Paul. For more information, visit www.ibsys.com.

About Celtra Inc.

Celtra offers the most flexible and easy-to-use platform that enables scalable, rich media mobile advertising across native apps and the mobile web on the most popular device platforms. The company’s AdCreator lets advertisers easily create, distribute and measure rich media mobile display advertising. Leading brands including Adidas, Paramount Pictures, Pepsi, Starbucks, Sprint, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Wrigley and Volvo have utilized Celtra’s ads. For more information, follow-us at www.celtra.com or @CeltraMobile on Twitter. Celtra is headquartered in Cambridge (MA), with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, London (UK), and Ljubljana (SI).

CAMARILLO, CALIF. – May 15, 2012 – Interconnect Systems Inc. (ISI), a leading provider of advanced packaging and interconnect technologies, announced today that it has established a new business unit for Near Sensor Computing. Near Sensor Computing blends ISI’s advanced packaging expertise with FPGA system design to develop and manufacture miniaturized solutions targeted at a wide range of applications, including medical imaging, night vision, industrial inspection, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), helmet cameras, and surveillance.

Latest generation FPGAs provide small, low-cost engines that are ideal for sensor processing applications. ISI’s Near Sensor Computing modules move the processor closer to the sensor, decreasing size, cost, latencies, bandwidth requirements, and power consumption across the entire system. These modules are configured to order with processor, memory, and I/O resources tailored to each customer’s specific requirements.

“We have seen a growing customer demand for miniaturized FPGA solutions,” said Allan Cantle, chief technology officer at ISI. “To address this need, we have assembled an experienced FPGA engineering team that works hand-in-hand with our advanced packaging team. This uniquely positions us to provide turnkey concept-through-production solutions very quickly.”

Current Near Sensor Computing systems in production are the NSC-625 and the NSC-2200. The NSC-625 is a 1-inch square (25mm) form factor, while the NSC-2200 holds a 40 x 60mm footprint. Both utilize a miniaturized processor, memory, and I/O modules delivered pre-configured to the specific requirements of the customer’s near sensor computing application. These FPGA systems perform real-time image enhancement, sensor fusion, and object/event recognition for any analog or digital sensor including 4 x HD IR and visible-spectrum video. Output options include 1/10 GigE and GigE Vision, LVDS, Camera Link, Aurora, RS-232, programmable pins, and custom formats.

London, UK. May 16 2012: Actix, the world leader in mobile network analytics and optimization, announced it has secured its 60th customer for its LTE Network Acceptance solution. As the pace of LTE rollouts increases, Actix is already supporting most of Europe, Asia and North America’s early deployments.

Actix’s LTE Network Acceptance solution helps mobile operators minimize the substantial risks involved in LTE rollout and ensure day one network quality. The solution enables them to independently verify the performance of their LTE networks prior to launch by enforcing transparent and unambiguous KPIs; automating the network acceptance process to manage cost and complexity and deliver centralized governance, ensuring full control of network equipment providers. Full optimization capabilities also allow any issues identified during the process to be addressed at the same time.

“Actix is delighted that our leadership in mobile analytics and optimization is continuing with LTE” said Bill McHale, Actix CEO. “For such a critical investment, taking the risk out of LTE rollout by ensuring specific contractual KPIs are met by network equipment providers is vital. Actix’s network acceptance solution is handing control of the network back into the hands of the operator, and it’s testament to the capability and performance of the solution that so many worldwide operators and vendors are using it to deploy next generation networks.”

Network Acceptance is a critical process used by mobile network operators to ensure that deployed network equipment meets performance targets prior to launch. With ROI dependent on an on-time, on-quality and on-budget delivery of the network, network rollout can be a high-risk activity for operators. Poor quality network delivery can lead to operators experiencing lower service uptake, higher levels of customer dissatisfaction, increased post launch optimization costs, and a reputation for a poor network quality.

The Actix acceptance solution is available in a single-user desktop version, or as a multi-user hosted cloud, allowing hundreds of stakeholders within both the operator and network equipment provider access to the data.

“Our close working relationship with early stage LTE operators is providing us with valuable insight into the very real challenges involved in rolling out LTE, especially in the modern HetNet environment” said Richard Kateley, Actix CTO. “Actix supports over 200 data interfaces and this multi-vendor and multi-technology approach is helping operators make sense of an environment far more complex than the one they faced during the rollout of UMTS”.

Actix has been nominated for the ‘Best Test/Measurement LTE Product’ at the Telecoms.com LTE Awards 2012. Now in its third year, and taking place at LTE World Summit 2012 on May 23rd in the El Xalet, Montjuic, Barcelona, the awards celebrate and recognize the achievements of leadership, quality and innovation in the LTE industry.

About Actix

Actix is the world leader in mobile network analytics and optimization, with more than 400 customers, including 25 of the top 30 operators worldwide. Founded in 1991, today Actix has offices in the U.K., Germany, U.S.A, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Brazil and Dubai.

In 1997, Actix developed the world’s first multi-vendor desktop solution, Analyzer, for mobile network layer 3 analytics, which is the current de facto global standard. In 2007, Actix delivered another world first, a mobile network analytics and optimization platform supporting hundreds of users, called ActixOne. This optimization platform encompasses multiple solutions to assure network rollout quality, improve customer experience in the RAN and optimize multi-vendor 2G, 3G and 4G networks.

Carbon Design Systems® Inc., the leading supplier of virtual platform and secure model solutions, today introduced the Carbon Performance Analysis Kit (CPAK) family for accelerating the analysis, optimization and verification of system-on-chip (SoC) performance.

CPAKs enable architects and engineers to begin analyzing performance and power within hours of installation, and months before tapeout, reducing overall time-to-market pressures and minimizing the risk of a complete re-design. They can be customized using models from Carbon’s IP Exchange model portal, SystemC or Carbon Model Studio.

The CPAK family for ARM® Cortex™ A-Series processors contains reference hardware and software designs along with analysis and debug software for the Cortex-A9, Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7 cores, and the ARM big.LITTLE™ subsystem.

It comes pre-configured with bare-metal initialization software, Linux or Android OS for analyzing, optimizing and verifying performance and power. In addition, the CPAK Family is pre-configured with the multicore task migration software layer between the big.LITTLE processing cluster, which includes ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore and Cortex-A7 MPCore processors, and the client OS.

“Designers often attempt to use 85-90% cycle-accurate solutions that they claim are good enough for system analysis,” comments Joe Tatham, Carbon’s vice president of engineering. “What typically happens, though, is that model is only 50-60% accurate for certain areas. Designers are making multi-million dollar decisions based upon data that’s about as accurate as the flip of a coin. Carbon is the only vendor that offers 100% cycle-accurate models, where design teams can guarantee performance results will match the final silicon, minimizing the risk of a re-design.”

Demonstrations During DAC

Carbon will demonstrate the CPAK for ARM big.LITTLE at this year’s Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco’s Moscone Center June 4-6. Carbon will exhibit and offer presentations in the ARM Connected Community Pavilion, Booth #802.

Availability

The CPAK Family for ARM Cortex Processors will be available in bare metal and Linux configurations in the second quarter of calendar year 2012, and in Android configurations in the second half of calendar 2012.

Details about Carbon’s Performance Analysis Kit Family, including compatibility with ARM tools and popular software debuggers, can be found at: www.carbondesignsystems.com/cpak.

About Carbon Design Systems

Carbon offers the industry’s only unified virtual prototype solution along with the leading solution for accurate IP model creation. Carbon virtual prototypes can execute at 100s of MIPS and with 100% accuracy to enable application software development, detailed architectural analysis and secure IP model distribution. Its solutions are based on open industry standards, including SystemC, IP-XACT, Verilog, VHDL, OSCI TLM, MDI, CASI, CADI and CAPI. Carbon’s customers are systems, semiconductor, and IP companies that focus on wireless, networking, and consumer electronics. Carbon is headquartered at 125 Nagog Park, Acton, Mass., 01720. Telephone: (978) 264-7300. Facsimile: (978) 264-9990. Email: info@carbondesignsystems.com. Website: www.carbondesignsystems.com.

EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, today announced immediate availability of a 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) validation platform for its ZeBu (Zero Bugs) family of system-on-chip (SoC) hardware-assisted verification platforms.

The e-zTest 10GbE software is a transaction-based environment for high-speed validation of 10GbE functions in network routers, switches and controllers, and SoC application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) containing 10GbE ports.

“We continue to maintain our leadership position by supplying the broadest range of accelerated virtual verification environments,” affirms Luc Burgun, EVE’s chief executive officer and president, who adds that more than 30 virtual debug environments are available for ZeBu. “These application-specific debug solutions offer design teams the ability to lead their markets with working silicon faster than their competition.”

(EVE also announced today a variety of new software to expand the capabilities of ZeBu, including power-aware verification, post-run debugging, two vertical application validation platforms, low-power and Flash memory models, and ESL tool interfaces. See news release titled, “EVE Adds New Applications for Leading SoC Emulation Platform Environment,” for details.)

e-zTest 10GbE supports half- and full-duplex modes, variable frame lengths and inter-frame gap modeling. Application programming interfaces allow easy integration with user testbenches as well as commercial Ethernet test generation and protocol analysis applications. The e-zTest 10GbE frame monitoring and capture environment allows exporting frames in Packet Capture (PCAP) format, and is compatible with the open source Wireshark toolkit for network packet analysis. PCAP files also support Ethernet frame generators such as packETH and Tcpreplay to stimulate the design under test (DUT) deterministically using captured network traffic.

EVE provides accelerated SoC transaction-based verification for hardware and software developers who access ZeBu as a network resource to leading semiconductor, communications, video, and portable and stationary consumer product companies. ZeBu provides a library of off-the-shelf, synthesizable emulation virtual components to debug GbE, 10GbE, PCIe, USB, video/HDMI, I2C, I2S and AMBA protocols and integration with virtual platform development environments for pre-silicon software development. EVE’s ZEMI-3 product generates custom, synthesizable transactors for user custom protocols.

Typical projects achieve verification speeds that range from five-to-15 MegaHertz with ZeBu-Blade2 and ZeBu-Server. With Smart Debug, ZeBu provides 100% accessibility into the device under test and a hierarchical debug methodology to trace problems.

EVE will offer demonstrations of the ZeBu SoC hardware-assisted verification platform family in Booth #1926 at the 49th Design Automation Conference (DAC) June 4-6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

About EVE

EVE is the worldwide leader in hardware/software co-verification solutions, offering fast transaction-based co-emulation and in-circuit emulation, with installations at five of the top six semiconductor companies. EVE products shorten the overall verification cycle of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems designs, and can be integrated with transaction-level ESL tools and software debuggers, target hardware systems, as well as Verilog, SystemVerilog and VHDL simulators. EVE is a member of OCP-IP, the MIPI Alliance and Si2, along with ARM, Mentor Graphics, Real Intent, Springsoft and Synopsys Partner programs. Its United States headquarters is located in San Jose, Calif. Corporate headquarters is in Wissous, France. Other offices are located in India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Tunisia. Visit EVE online at: www.eve-team.com.

New York, USA and Cambridge, England, May 16 2012 – Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP), a leading manufacturer of embedded video solutions, is delighted to announce the introduction of its NanoVTV video scan converter.

Smaller than a credit card, the NanoVTV packs a host of advanced features and converts computer VGA signals into high quality PAL/NTSC/RSI170 to drive a comprehensive range of electronic displays.

Despite its compact size, the NanoVTV is both rugged and robust. It delivers consistent high-quality video scan conversion and is almost miserly in its low power consumption. The NanoVTV also requires minimal configuration and is low maintenance.

Ideally suited for multi-purpose displays in fighting vehicles, illuminated panels, aircraft and avionics displays and display systems for simulators, the NanoVTV gives systems integrators, embedded display system designers and specialists involved in aircraft or ground vehicle upgrades access to industry leading, versatile video scan conversion.

Commenting, Lee Foss, Founder and CEO of Advanced Micro Peripherals said: “Our aim is to provide the highest quality video solutions that are low power, utterly reliable, high quality and low maintenance and the NanoVTV is a prime example of achieving that objective.

“We also offer comprehensive software support tools to minimise the time to market as well as full technical support from Advanced Micro Peripherals’ video experts.”

Unlike conventional scan converters, the NanoVTV features on-board Frame Store and a DSP unit which performs scan conversion, flicker filtering, scaling and colour space conversion in the digital domain.

The NanoVTV features a board micro controller allowing it to operate completely standalone without run-time control from an external system. The settings of the card can be modified via a serial link and application-specific configuration can be stored to the non-volatile storage of the card.

The new iC-LO device is a triangulation position sensor specifically designed as a system on chip for the assembly of diffuse reflective photoelectric sensors with switching outputs. Thanks to the high integration of the functions, which includes the photodiodes, LED driver, microcontroller interface, signal conditioning circuitry, and signal filter unit, the overall system is extremely small. Besides the iC-LO, all that is needed to create a triangulation measurement setup are a transmitting LED and a low-cost microcontroller.

The specially designed optical array is divided into one near diode, 127 middle diodes, and one far diode. Two AC amplifiers are integrated together with the optical array to enable high interference and ambient light suppression and a dynamic range of up to 100 dB. Using a filter glass, an ambient light suppression of up to 100 kLux can be obtained.

The number of averaged measurements can be set to digitally filter the signals with measurement rates of up to 13.9 kHz. The integrated lowside LED driver generates transmitting pulse currents of up to 1.2 A. An external laser diode driver can also be activated for laser triangulation. The pulse duration of the illumination signal can be set through the SPI interface.

Data is output through two antivalent switching outputs and an additional output for the weak received light alarm. Alternatively, the SPI interface implemented for the configuration of the device can be used to output sensor results and states to a field bus interface through a microcontroller.

iC-LO operates from 4.5 V to 5.5 V in an operating temperature range of -40°C to +85°C. The 15-pin optoBGA package can be used with SMDs and requires just approximately 4 mm x 9 mm of board space. The design-in process is supported by ready-to-operate demo boards and software for evaluation with a PC.

Introducing iC-Haus

iC-Haus GmbH is a leading independent German manufacturer of standard iCs (ASSP) and customized ASiC semiconductor solutions. The company has been active in the design, production, and sales of application-specific iCs for industrial, automotive, and medical technology for over 25 years and is represented worldwide. The iC-Haus cell libraries in CMOS, bipolar, and BCD technologies are fully equipped to realize the design of sensor, laser/opto, and actuator ASiCs, among others.

The iCs are assembled in standard plastic packages or using iC-Haus chip-on-board technology to manufacture complete microsystems, multichip modules, and optoBGATM, the latter in conjunction with sensors.

Further information is available at www.ichaus.com .

Samples are available from stock and production quantity can be ordered at $9.72 at 1.000pcs. Samples and evaluation module can be order directly at shop.ichaus.us/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=i[...]

Further information is available at the iC-Haus booth on the Sensors Expo 2012, Rosemont IL, June 06-07, Booth 503, or at www.ichaus.com/LO .

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., May 15, 2012 — OpenSystems Media (OSM), LLC today announced the addition of a new embedded moderator, Jim Turley, internationally known industry leader and editor, effective immediately. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Embedded Systems Design magazine and Embedded Systems Conference Chair. Turley will be working with OpenSystems Media moderating embedded webcasts and virtual events. Turley will be the Embedded Moderator for Embedded Computing Design magazine.

OSM is one of the largest providers of editor-moderated webcasts in the embedded space. OSM, the leading producer of embedded E-casts in the industry, continues to be successful with their webcasts because they provide the right tools, leading editorial staff, and a robust streaming architecture, which delivers a seamless experience for online attendees.

The first major initiative is OSM’s Fundamentals of Embedded Computing webcasts. Topics will include:

• Choosing a Processor

• Choosing an Operating System

• Tools, Debugging, Support, and Training

• ARM vs. Anyone Else

• Designing a GUI

• MCU Upgrade: Moving up From 8-bit to 16/32-bit

• Ins and Outs of Open Source

“We are very excited to have yet another industry leader/veteran added to our webcasting team. OSM continues to drive the brightest minds with the best topics for our embedded webcasts,” said Christi Long, Director of Online Business, OpenSystems Media. “We are the largest provider of topics covering the embedded marketplace.”

“In the recent months, some publishers have abandoned their coverage of the embedded space. Our hiring of Jim Turley and our newest Embedded App reinforces our print and online commitment,” said Patrick Hopper, Publisher, OpenSystems Media.

“OSM continues to be a driving force and leader in the embedded marketplace. I am excited to be a part of the OpenSystems Media team and I look forward to adding my 25 years of experience to their expanding webcast initiatives,” said Turley.

Turley is an acknowledged authority on microprocessor chips, semiconductor technology, and embedded systems. He is founder and principal analyst at Silicon Insider, a technology consulting firm specializing in microprocessors and embedded software, providing technical and financial/market analysis for microprocessors, semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP), embedded technology, computers, and silicon technology. Turley is the editor of Electronic Engineering Journal and former Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious industry journal Microprocessor Report. He is the author of seven books and is a popular speaker at industry events.

If you are interested in any of the upcoming webcasts or would like Jim Turley to moderate a webcast, please contact Patrick Hopper.

Jim Turley can be reached at jturley@opensystemsmedia.com

Pat Hopper can be reached at phopper@opensystemsmedia.com

Christi Long can be reached at clong@opensystemsmedia.com

About OpenSystems Media

OpenSystems Media has been a leading publisher of electronics magazines, e-mail newsletters, websites, and product resource guides for more than 20 years. OpenSystems Media is also the leader in driving leads and awareness through social media and is the largest producer of lead-generation tools such as webcasts, whitepapers, product directories, Tech E-Briefs, TechChannels, and Techcasts. OpenSystems Media offers E-casts and Techcasts for engineers and provides interactive tools where engineers can communicate directly with presenters and top industry editors. OpenSystems Media also offers the Embedded Computing Design iPhone and iPad app for the embedded industry. Current publications include: Embedded Computing Design; Military Embedded Systems; CompactPCI, AdvancedTCA, & MicroTCA Systems; DSP-FPGA.com; PC/104 and Small Form Factors; and VITA Technologies. For more information, visit www.opensystemsmedia.com.

Livermore, CA, USA – May 15, 2012

With the greatest economic recession since the great depression, the reality is that most American manufacturing happens overseas. While many world class companies have mastered the art and science of managing off-shore resources, for many others overseas manufacturing presents challenges: IP theft, environmental concerns, and worker rights among them.

In 2012, GDCA has two reasons to celebrate. Not only is it the 25th anniversary, they are also proud to share that all their manufacturing is still happening in the United States.

Based out of Livermore, California, near the heart of innovative and world-famous “Silicon Valley,” GDCA specializes in manufacturing embedded boards. However GDCA has an unusual specialty: eliminating the impact of product obsolescence and ensuring embedded OEM’s legacy in the marketplace.

“I suppose it’s not too surprising that a company focused on long-lasting technology for so many American companies is manufacturing here in the United States. To us it’s always made sense to maintain the highest level of control when supporting mission critical products, and our 25 years in this business demonstrates our serious commitment to our partners and customers.”, comments Ethan Plotkin, CEO.

“In fact, when you consider how long we’ve committed to supporting some of our customers, 25 years is really just getting warmed up…”

And what is GDCA doing to support partners and customers outside the United States? Keeping the same commitment to world-class quality and service.

Says Kip Kingsland, VP of Operations, “I’ve always liked our ‘Made in USA’ policy, and I get a special satisfaction delivering to our international customers. It’s not that I’m competitive, it has more to do with the pride I feel in America’s capability to continue to add value in a global marketplace.”

GDCA has been a pioneer in preventing critical systems from becoming obsolete: worldwide.

Steve Roldan, VP of Sales & Business Development gets in the last word, “Obsolescence is a global issue. From the local hospital x-ray machine, statewide power grids, to integrating railway systems across Europe and Asia, we have developed a global distribution network with one aim: to indefinitely service customers of embedded computing products all over the world.”

For additional information, contact:

Kaye Porter, Marketing Manager

kporter@gdca.com

Phone: 925-456-9900

Originally founded in 1987, GDCA – www.gdca.com – is global trailblazer in manufacturing legacy embedded computer systems and obsolescence prevention. GDCA provides peace of mind to customers with long-lasting, critical embedded computer systems. With operational headquarters in the Silicon Valley and global distribution network, GDCA stands firm on its commitment to eliminate the impact of embedded product obsolescence.