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CES 2013: Bosch Sensortec Launches New Sensors for Smartphones, Tablets and GPS

Bosch Sensortec, a leading global provider of consumer MEMS, today launched new sensors for smartphones, tablets, global positioning systems (GPS) and other consumer electronics for which sensing motion and location are critical. At the 2013 International CES, the company will showcase three new products that reflect its ongoing strategy to offer customers greater design flexibility through the delivery of smaller, energy-efficient, higher-performance and more tightly integrated sensor-software combinations.

From Bosch Sensortec GmbH 8 Jan 2013

STMicroelectronics Reveals Three DOCSIS 3.0 Cable-Modem Supporting Chips

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading producer of ICs for cable set-top boxes and home gateways, has revealed the first three chips in its new family supporting the DOCSIS 3.0 cable-modem specification.

From STMicroelectronics 8 Jan 2013

Unmanned Innovation Integrate VectorNav's VN-100 inertial measurement unit into its os-Series Autopilots

Unmanned Innovation, a leading provider of Development Platforms for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced that it has partnered with VectorNav Technologies to integrate VectorNav's VN-100 inertial measurement unit (IMU) into its os-Series Autopilots.

7 Jan 2013

Atmel Flexible Sensor Functionality Demonstrated on Flat and Curved Corning Gorilla Glass

Atmel® Corporation, a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that Atmel® Corporation and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) are demonstrating Atmel XSense™ flexible sensor functionality on thin IT-sized and curved Corning Gorilla Glass form factors. These respective innovations will be showcased during the CES Unveiled and Digital Experience events. This work potentially enables innovative and cost-effective capacitive touch modules.

7 Jan 2013

RDA Microelectronics Offers High Band WCDMA PAs for Emerging Market Handsets

RDA Microelectronics ("RDA Microelectronics" or the "Company"), a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets wireless SoC and Radio Frequency (RF) semiconductors for cellular, connectivity and broadcast applications, today announced sampling of its RDA6821 and RDA6822 High Band WCDMA PA products for Band 1 (2100 MHz) and Band 2 (1900 MHz) applications. With the launch of these products, RDA now provides a complete 3G WCDMA PA offering for emerging markets.

7 Jan 2013

Anaren CC2530-Based Zigbee Boosterpack to be Demonstrated at CES 2013

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), leading the industry with the most complete wireless connectivity portfolio for embedded applications, today announced the full availability of a new ZigBee® BoosterPack based on TI's CC2530 ZigBee system-on-chip (SoC) that enables developers to jumpstart their designs.

From Texas Instruments Incorporated 7 Jan 2013

Lenovo Ultrabooks Feature eyeSight’s Gesture Recognition Technology

eyeSight Mobile Technologies announced today that the company’s intuitive and natural gesture-control capabilities are included in Lenovo’s exciting new range of Ideapad Ultrabooks. The first device to incorporate the technology is the unique IdeaPad Yoga, the world’s first multi-mode Ultrabook, which features a 360-degree hinge that allows users to effortlessly flip their device from a laptop to a tablet, a free-standing ‘tent’ or even ‘stand’ configuration for total versatility.

7 Jan 2013

Atmel XSense Flexible Touch Sensor Wins CES Innovations Award

Atmel® Corporation, a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, today announced it has won the 2013 CES Innovations Award in the Embedded Technologies category for Atmel XSense™ flexible touch sensor.

7 Jan 2013

Allure Energy to Introduce New EverSense 2.0 Platform at CES 2013

Allure Energy, Inc. will introduce their latest product, EverSense™ 2.0 at CES Unveiled in Las Vegas on January 6, 2013. EverSense™ 2.0, is a home environment and energy management platform that features Allure Energy's patented Proximity Control Technology with privacy protection, as well as streaming music, energy saving video tips, and weather updates.

4 Jan 2013

Leap Motion Announces First Global OEM Partnership with ASUS

Leap Motion, the motion-control software and hardware company changing the future of human/computer interaction, today announced one of its first global OEM partnerships. ASUS, a leading innovator in personal computing products, will bundle the revolutionary Leap Motion controller with select new computers. In an industry first, ASUS will bundle the world's most accurate 3-D motion-control technology into new high-end notebooks and premium All-in-One (AiO) PCs later this year.

4 Jan 2013

CN Innovations Partners with Cambrios to Develop Touch Sensor Modules

CN Innovations (CNI), well known for developing touch sensors included in many devices including for top brand mobile device makers, is partnering with Cambrios Technologies Corporation to enter the market for designing and manufacturing complete touch sensor modules.

4 Jan 2013

IPSO Alliance Extends Partnerships

As a result of efforts to develop relationships with other Alliances globally such as ETSI, the IPv6 Forum, Z-Wave Alliance, and Zigbee, IPSO has recently reached an agreement to partner with the IP500 Alliance. "Our rapidly growing worldwide OEM membership all share the vision of the open communication standard of IP (6LoWPAN / IPv6) extending to billions of devices, such as those used in building safety, security and building automation applications.

3 Jan 2013

Cypress’s PRoC-UI Selected for I-Rocks Wireless Keyboard

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that I-Rocks Technology, Ltd., a leading PC peripherals manufacturer in Taiwan, has selected Cypress’s PRoC™-UI (Programmable Radio-on-a-Chip–User Interface) solution for its RF6496 wireless keyboard with built-in trackpad. PRoC-UI lowers bill-of-materials costs for the keyboard by providing superior touch performance with support for Windows 8 compatible multi-touch gestures along with best-in-class wireless connectivity in a single chip. The RF6496 also employs Cypress’s enCoRe™ V low-voltage companion microcontroller for its mechanical buttons.

3 Jan 2013

CES 2013: InvenSense to Demonstrate Motion Interface Solutions

InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MotionTracking™ devices, is planning to present a host of Motion Interface briefings and solution demonstrations at CES 2013.

From InvenSense Inc. 3 Jan 2013

Grandstream GXP2200 with DSP Media Phone SoC Wins Internet Telephony Award

DSP Group® Inc, a leading global provider of chipset solutions for converged communications, and Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, today announced that Internet Telephony's "Best Product of the Year 2012," the Grandstream GXP2200 Android Enterprise IP Phone, is powered by DSP Group's XpandR III Media Phone SoC.

3 Jan 2013