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errors the first time. Prior to this,
we were always cautious that our
PCB packages would introduce
unforeseen errors and we would
have to factor one spin of the board
that was barely functional,” said
David Edwards, founder and CEO
of Abicom. “Cadence has built tools
that are enabling us to develop
better designs faster, while giving us
a better understanding of expected
performance. This advancement
has saved us upwards of £3-8K per
new board design.”
“OrCAD continues to be the
clear choice for new and existing
companies designing IoT, wearable
and mobile products,” said Dirk
Müller, CEO, FlowCAD EDA-
Software Vertriebs GmbH. “The
new flex and rigid-flex capabilities
allow designers to create faster and
smarter products in a timely and
cost-effective manner.”
“Our customers are demanding
solutions that address their broader
system-design challenges,” said
Steve Durrill, senior product
engineering group director, SPB
Solutions at Cadence. “The latest
OrCAD release provides upfront
virtual prototyping support in
PSpice, support for high-speed
interfaces and a comprehensive
implementation solution for rigid/
flex designs. We are confident this
latest release of the OrCAD solution
provides the time to market savings
our customers require.”
Uurmi Fog Removal
Software Now Available on
Cadence Tensilica Vision
DSPs
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CDNS) and Uurmi
Systems today announced that
Uurmi’s fog removal software
targeted for automotive and
camera markets is now available
on the Cadence® Tensilica® Vision
digital signal processor (DSP). By
porting their fog removal software
to the Tensilica Vision DSP,
Uurmi achieved up to 5X higher
performance, with 15X less power
consumption.
Uurmi’s fog removal software
eliminates fog present in the photo
and applies correction to improve
the image. It uses a spatial diffusion
filtering-based approach with local
contrastenhancement to remove fog
during the image post-processing
stage. It also offers fog correction
for images captured from un-
calibrated camera systems. Uurmi’s
software provides fog correction
with scene sharpness preservation
and is capable of fog/non-fog region
separation. For more information
on Uurmi’s fog removal software,
fusion-image-system.html.
The Tensilica family of imaging/
vision DSPs was designed for the
complexalgorithms in imaging, video
and computer vision applications,
including innovative multi-frame
image capture, video pre- and
post-processing, object and face
recognition, low-light enhancement
and many other complex tasks.
For more information, visitwww.
“By porting our fog removal software
to the Tensilica Vision DSP, we
achieved dramatic improvements in
power,” said Dr. Swarup Medasani,
CTO at Uurmi Systems. “With a
quick turnaround time, we achieved
significant performance gains with
low power consumption, which are
critical differentiators in the ever-
growing mobile, camera and
security applications market.”
Infineon and GoerTek
optical sensor solutions
deliver precise, ultra-low
power heart rate monitoring
for smart devices
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE:
IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and GoerTek
Inc. (SHE: 002241) launched two
high-resolution, highly integrated
optical sensors. The optical chips
deliver the precise measurement,
small size and ultra-low power
consumption demanded by ambient
light sensing, proximity detection,
heart rate and pulse oximetry
monitoring applications in smart
devices. The sensor solutions
offer best-in-class performance for
headphones, fitness bands, smart
watches and phones. They are
integrating three LED outputs, a
photodetector, a low-noise analog
front-end, a digital interface and a