RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sep 22, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — siXis, Inc., pioneers of advanced Silicon Circuit Board (SiCB) technology, introduced the SX2000 Reconfigurable Computing Platform, a scalable, high-performance reconfigurable computing platform designed to streamline and accelerate data-intensive applications. Through a heterogeneous mix of FPGA and microprocessors, the SX2000 delivers the industry’s leading I/O bandwidth combined with extensive computation capabilities.
“The SX2000 resulted naturally from our efforts to build a more efficient reconfigurable computing platform technology,” said John Goehrke, President and CEO of siXis. “What the market will truly appreciate is …

Jack Roush’s cows graze under buzzing, crackling, 765-kilovolt power lines, and neither he nor the cows mind the arrangement.
Roush, 72, said the American Electric Power lines were running across the land when he started working at mother and daughter Lou and Ruth Pine’s dairy in 1971. He inherited the land from the Pines in 1991 and now raises 11 cows on 70 acres of grazing land.
The four acres under the lines have been cleared of all vegetation except for the grass Roush’s cows dine on.
“This is all for my benefit,” …

EDMONTON — A growing public campaign to bury proposed power lines attracted more than 1,300 people to an information session Monday night.
The meeting began with a crackling, buzzing noise over the loudspeaker.
“That sound you just heard — that’s the sound of electricity,” said June McNeil. “That’s the sound we could be hearing 24-7.”
McNeil is a member of the Coalition of West End Communities for Burying the Line. The group, along with Responsible Electrical Transmission for Albertans, organized the meeting to clear up some of the static they think is being …

WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 10, 2009 — Continuing in its tradition of promoting and recognizing Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design excellence, Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced winners of its 21st annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards. Started in 1988, this program is the longest running competition of its kind in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and Computer Aided Design (CAD) designers who use innovative methods and design tools to address today’s complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products.
“The complexity of …

Seoul (Korea Newswire) September 22, 2009 11:33 AM — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today at the sixth annual Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum held at the Westin Taipei Hotel that it has been ramping up production of its 1Gigabit (Gb) OneDRAMTM, a Samsung proprietary fusion memory, over the past two months.
“We are witnessing growing interest in the OneDRAM solution,” said Sei-Jin Kim, vice president, mobile memory planning and enabling group, Memory Division, Samsung Electronics. “OneDRAM exemplifies our commitment to keep pace with innovative …

Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), the consortium dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of serial ATA (SATA[tm]) technology, announced it is developing a specification for a mini-SATA (mSATA[tm]) interface connector. This new low-profile connector will enable more effective SATA integration in small form factor applications. mSATA will support 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s transfer rates.
mSATA leverages the speed and reliability of the popular SATA interface to provide a high-performance, cost-effective storage solution for smaller devices like notebooks and netbooks. The specification maps SATA signals onto an existing small …

The Clermont County Transportation Improvement District (CCTID), in cooperation with the Clermont County Engineer’s Office, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), and Union Township, will host an open house meeting to obtain public input for the Aicholtz Connector Project. The open house will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Union Township Civic Center, located at 4350 Aicholtz Road.
The Aicholtz Connector Project will evaluate the corridor between Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road at Old SR 74 and Eastgate Boulevard; recommendations will then be made for …

Power lines don’t scare me, but people who say they should are pretty scary.
I think they are raising unjustified fears, triggering undue stress and causing the spending of public funds that could be much more usefully allocated.
I have no expertise in electricity, but I have a good handle who does and on appraising the scientific literature. I’m also well aware that views expressed on the effects of power lines, on both sides of the debate, may be motivated by factors other than the pursuit of pure science.
The current controversy, so …

Having crossed through anxious times with the slump in the real estate activities, laminate manufacturers in Chandigarh are once again bullish.
Reason with the surge in real estate activities in the last few months the laminate manufacturers in the region maintain that business is moving back on track. There are around six to seven laminate manufacturers in the region.
The slump in the real estate activities coupled with the global turmoil had affected the business of laminate manufacturers in the region by 20-25 per cent. Satish Gupta, executive director, Golden Laminates Ltd, …

We can not think that small kitchen appliances must be thought so, when it’s time to buy again because they are smaller and generally inexpensive compared to major appliances, which are usually larger and more static to the extent that not all can be moved easily as refrigerator-freezers and cookers.
But small appliances are very important because they provide the finishing touch to your kitchen and the things that probably use more. And not all small kitchen appliances are the same. With the birth of such intelligent technology in the last …