Friday, February 13, 2004


Elanix Upgrades Communications Design Software
Westlake Village-based Elanix (www.elanix.com) announced it has upgraded the company's software for modeling the behavior and performance of communications, DSP, and RF systems. The company's SystemView 6.0 software now can translate system-level models to very high definition language (VHDL), which allows designers to more easily manage digital signal processing design issues in FPGAs.
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MediaWorks Launches SOC for Camcorders
Irvine-based MediaWorks (www.mediaworks-isi.com) announced the launch of the company with the shipment of a highly integrated chip for MPEG4 video. The system-on-a-chip (SOC) highly integrates circuitry needed for OEMs to support DVD-quality video resolution and still photos. The company is focusing on digital video.
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SMC Ships Enterprise Wireless Access Point
Irvine-based SMC Networks (www.smc.com) has shipped a new wireless access point for 802.11b Wi-Fi. The new 2.4GHz access point provides high performance, enterprise-class 802.11b, including advanced authentication control, protected access, virtual LANs, and MAC address authentication.
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Interview with Derek Cheung, President and CEO of Rockwell Scientific
Derek Cheung is President and CEO of Thousand Oaks-based Rockwell Scientific Company (www.rockwellscientific.com), an R&D organization which has been around for more than 40 years, and which has in recent years focused increasingly on commercialization of its technology. I spoke with him to understand what the company is doing, and how its mission has changed from its corporate R&D days. BK: Can you give me some background on the types of research and products that Rockwell Scientific (More info...)
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