Microchips Low Power Radiation Tolerant RT PolarFire FPGA is Available in Engineering Silicon and On a Path to Full QML Class V Spaceflight Qualificat

December 15, 2020, New Delhi – Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announced it is shipping engineering silicon for its RT PolarFire Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) while the device is being qualified to spaceflight component reliability standards. Designers can now create hardware prototypes with all the same electrical and mechanical performance that the space-qualified RT PolarFire FPGAs will provide for high-bandwidth on-orbit processing systems with industry-low power consumption and the ability to withstand radiation effects in space.

“This is a major milestone as we release RT PolarFire FPGA engineering silicon to our customers and begin the spaceflight qualification process through full QML Class V standards,” said Bruce Weyer, vice president of Microchip’s FPGA business unit. “Many of our customers have already jump-started satellite system payload development using our commercial PolarFire MPF500T FPGAs and now all prototyping can be done with silicon that will be identical in form, fit and function to our eventual flight-qualified RT PolarFire FPGAs.”

Microchip is qualifying its RT PolarFire RTPF500T FPGAs to Mil Std 883 Class B, QML Class Q and QML Class V -- the highest qualification and screening standard for monolithic integrated circuits in space. Designed to survive a rocket launch and meet demanding performance needs in space, RT PolarFire FPGAs are ideal for applications including high-resolution passive and active imaging, precision remote scientific measurement, multi-spectral and hyper-spectral imaging, and object detection and recognition using neural networks. These applications require high levels of operating performance and density, low heat dissipation, low power consumption and low system-level costs.

About the RT PolarFire FPGA

Microchip’s RT PolarFire FPGAs increase computational performance so satellite payloads can transmit processed information rather than raw data and make optimal use of limited downlink bandwidth. The devices exceed the performance, logic density and serializer-deserializer (SERDES) bandwidth of any other currently available space-qualified FPGA. They also enable more system complexity than previous FPGAs and withstand Total Ionizing Dose (TID) exposure beyond the 100 kilorads (kRads) typical of most earth-orbiting satellites and many deep-space missions. Their power-efficient architecture reduces power consumption up to 50 percent compared to SRAM FPGAs, leveraging SONOS configuration switches that also eliminate the problem of configuration upsets due to radiation in space.

Availability

The RT PolarFire RTPF500T FPGA engineering models are available in a hermetically sealed ceramic package with land grid, solder ball and solder column termination options. They are supported by development boards, Microchip’s Libero® software tool suite and radiation data. Additional information is available here.

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About Microchip Technology

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 120,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.

Bigger Brains ELearning for Microsoft Teams App is Available

Bigger Brains is excited to introduce a Microsoft Teams app.  Now the Uniquely Engaging™ library of over 180 award-winning online courses is accessible directly from the Teams environment, just like Planner, One Note, and other productivity applications. Traditionally the courses have been accessed through a company Learning Management System (LMS), or through a web portal. Now the entire training library is easier than ever to find, utilize, and manage for users of Microsoft Teams.

 

Millions of people – including myself – spend all day in Microsoft Teams.  It’s where we communicate, where we access files, where we meet and setup meetings – and now, it’s where we learn," Chip Reaves, CEO of Bigger Brains explained. "The ability to click over to a learning tab to access a course, without leaving Teams, makes learning much more convenient.  I’m excited that we are making it available to everyone who uses Microsoft Teams."

 

The Bigger Brains eLearning app essentially turns Microsoft Teams into a mini-LMS, with an entire suite of on-demand courses that can be made available to every user or assigned to specific teams or channels. By incorporating Teams' own features, users can discuss and collaborate around course topics and use the unique management reporting tab to keep track of which courses each user has completed.

 

For companies and individuals already licensed to use the Bigger Brains Library through their company LMS, IT service provider (MSP), or from a direct subscription, their courses are also available through the Bigger Brains eLearning Teams app at no additional charge.  Just load the app through the Microsoft Teams app store and follow the instructions to choose the appropriate license.  New users can access a limited number of free sample courses, but to fully use the app an active subscription to Bigger Brains is needed and is available through many top IT and eLearning providers.  Individual and small business licenses can also be purchased at www.GetBiggerBrains.com.

 

ABOUT BIGGER BRAINS

Combining television-style video production with experienced teachers and entertainers, plus modern graphics and animation, Bigger Brains courses are popular with both learners and training professionals around the world. Working with top teachers and subject matter experts, with real world experience in their topic areas, Bigger Brains courses create the most realistic and comprehensive e-training possible. Learning categories include Microsoft, Productivity, Communication, and Sales and Marketing. The expansive course library is available via a mobile-friendly online classroom, any SCORM or xAPI compliant LMS, or the Bigger Brains eLearning app for Microsoft Teams. For more information visit www.GetBiggerBrains.com or contact Bigger Brains at 864-421-6950.

Digital Defense Joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Digital Defense Frontline Active Threat Sweep Integration with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Complements Threat Detection

SAN ANTONIO – December 15, 2020 – Digital Defense, Inc., a leader in vulnerability management and threat assessment solutions, today announced its membership in the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) and technology integration between its Frontline Active Threat Sweep (Frontline ATS) and Microsoft Defender for EndpointThe combined solution increases Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s proven security coverage and efficacy beyond other endpoint detection and response solutions, offering comprehensive endpoint protection for joint clients.

“Dwell time is one of the most common yet challenging tactics that attackers use to obfuscate threats and execute a successful breach,” said Sanjay Raja, vice president of strategy and technical marketing at Digital Defense. “Together with Microsoft, we can offer one of the most comprehensive and unobtrusive next generation endpoint protection solutions for addressing this challenge and significantly improving clients’ security operations effectiveness at early threat detection and breach prevention.”

MISA is an ecosystem of independent software vendors and managed security service providers that integrate their security products and solutions with Microsoft’s to better defend against a world of increasingly sophisticated, fast-moving threats.

Frontline ATS complements Defender for Endpoint capabilities by identifying passive or dormant attacks that leverage dwell time to evade traditional security monitoring solutions. As a result, users no longer have to wait for an indicator of compromise to determine that their systems are infected. With the combined capabilities, customers have one of the most proactive solutions for identifying compromised systems and enabling security teams to be even more proactive in preventing breaches.

Additional joint solution benefits include:

  • Better visibility and early detection of passive and active threats.
  • Enhanced threat detection by combining targeted active threat scanning with AI-based behavioral anomaly detection, malware signature and file analysis.
  • Rooting out of small passive attack artifacts that are extremely difficult to find and planted by attackers for infecting or even re-infecting assets.
  • Identification of out-of-date or disabled endpoint protections to quickly flag at-risk devices and prioritize investigation and remediation.
  • Immediate clean-up of infections before patching efforts can be implemented.
  • Proactive analysis of assets for indications of a malware infection before other agent-based security tools can be deployed.

“We wanted to provide a cloud-native solution to clients that could build on the detection and remediation capabilities in Defender for Endpoint. With MISA, we are part of a collaborative community providing integrated solutions that solve customers’ security program challenges and requirements,” added Raja.

“The Microsoft Intelligent Security Association has grown into a vibrant ecosystem comprised of the most reliable and trusted security software vendors across the globe. Our members, like Digital Defense, share Microsoft’s commitment to collaboration within the cybersecurity community to improve our customers’ ability to predict, detect and respond to security threats faster,” said Rani Lofstrom, senior product marketing manager, Microsoft Security.

For more information about the Digital Defense Frontline Active Threat Sweep and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integration, visit: https://www.digitaldefense.com/partners/technology/frontline-ats-microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/ or the Microsoft AppSource: https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/web-apps/digitaldefenseinc.ddi-frontline-ats-1-defender-atp?tab=Overview.

About Digital Defense:

Serving clients across numerous industries, Digital Defense’s innovative and leading-edge technology helps organizations safeguard sensitive data and ease the burdens associated with information security. Frontline.Cloud, the original Security SaaS platform, delivers unparalleled accuracy and efficiencies through multiple systems including Frontline Vulnerability Manager (Frontline VM), Frontline Web Application Scanning (Frontline WAS), Frontline Active Threat Sweep (Frontline ATS) and Frontline Pen Test, while SecurED®, the company’s security awareness training, promotes employees’ security-minded behavior. The Digital Defense Frontline suite of solutions, underpinned by patented technology and complemented with superior service and support, are highly-regarded by industry experts, as illustrated by the company’s designation as a 2020 Hot 150 Cybersecurity Company2020 Tag Cyber Distinguished Vendor, 2020 U.S. Department of Labor Platinum Medallion Award, a five-star review in SC Magazine and CRN 5-Star Partner Program rating.

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Atlant 3d Nanosystems Starts Collaboration with Sony Europe B V Research and Development Division

ATLANT 3D Nanosystems, a revolutionary Danish deep-tech startup that created the first-ever most accurate and versatile atomic layer 3D printing technology for advanced materials development now started collaborating with Sony Europe B.V. research and development division, in order to test and evaluate the ATLANT3D™ technology for various electronic micro-components. ATLANT 3D received an investment from Sony after participating in Sony’s three-month Sony Startup Acceleration Program for early-stage startups.

Copenhagen, December 09, 2020 -- ATLANT 3D Nanosystems, a revolutionary Danish deep-tech startup that created the first-ever most accurate and versatile atomic layer 3D printing technology for advanced materials development, prototyping and manufacturing of micro and nanodevices, now started collaborating with Sony Europe B.V. research and development division, in order to test and evaluate the ATLANT3D™ technology for various electronic micro-components. Also, ATLANT 3D received an investment from Sony after participating in Sony’s three-month Sony Startup Acceleration Program for early-stage startups.

ATLANT3D™ technology disrupts the existing 60 years of inflexible, expensive, and time-consuming processes of micro and nanofabrication. ATLANT 3D Nanofabricator™ enables smart & cost-efficient electronic materials, micro and nanodevice rapid prototyping in days, instead of months or years, outside of cleanrooms for innovators, scientists and engineers in industrial companies, SMEs & Academic R&D that work with prototyping & manufacturing of microdevices.

“Our vision is to democratise access to nanotechnology on a global scale, making it easily accessible to innovators enabling the creation of a new state-of-the-art electronics we haven’t even envisioned yet. Our Nanofabricator™ will make a paradigm shift to the market of microdevices and will find its implementation in the biomedical, aerospace, IoT, mobiles, communication, and quantum computing fields on Earth and beyond. We very much look forward to our collaboration and are very excited to welcome Sony as one of our investors.” said Maksym Plakhotnyuk, CEO & Founder of ATLANT 3D Nanosystems.

ABOUT ATLANT 3D NANOSYSTEMS:
ATLANT 3D Nanosystems is a deep-tech Danish start-up that develops unique advanced technologies for on-demand atomic layer 3D printing. The company was founded in 2018 by Dr Maksym Plakhotnyuk, Ivan Kundrata, and Prof. Dr Julien Bachmann. The company's vision is to enable and inspire innovators, scientists and engineers on Earth and beyond with the first-ever material versatile atomic layer 3D printing technology. Its sophisticated solution consists of three proven technologies, atomic layer deposition, MEMS, and 3D printing, and it can rapidly accelerate material development and prototyping of micro-/nanodevices at a fraction of the current cost with previously impossible geometries. ATLANT 3D Nanosystems partnered up with more than 20 global leading research institutions and industrial companies to develop market-ready state-of-the-art atomic layer 3D printing technology and it is also funded by the EU Commission and the Innovation Fund Denmark.

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SQUAN Expands with Acquisition of ElecComm Electric and Communications Line Construction Company

Electric and Communications Line Construction Company to Complement SQUAN’s Plans to Enhance and Scale its Geographic Reach to New England

 

Englewood, NJ – December 7, 2020  SQUAN, an industry leader specializing in telecommunications design/build services for network infrastructure, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of ElecComm (ECC), an electric and communications line construction company, based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, known for its commitment and emphasis on safety and quality control. The two companies have begun the process of integrating their operations and services to provide enhanced services for the electric utility and telecommunications infrastructure sectors throughout New England and New York.

ECC is one of the largest 24/7 underground and overhead high/low voltage electric and communication line construction companies in New England and provides round the clock overhead and underground emergency outage support. Being in business for nearly 20 years, the ECC team has laid and spliced thousands of miles of cable up to 35,000 volts. ECC is UWUA Local 369 company with its core focus on safety, health, and training.

“With the support, resources and operational expertise of the ECC team, SQUAN will further expand into untapped expanses providing high-performing services and execution efforts,” said Keith Pennachio, CSO and EVP of SQUAN. “As we remain focused on growth and creating long-term value, we are confident that ECC is a great strategic addition to the SQUAN family and we look forward to capitalizing on new opportunities and reaching even greater heights together.”

“The convergence of power and telecom infrastructure is inevitable. In joining SQUAN, we see a clear path for ECC to support the company’s position as a smart infrastructure services leader,” said Sean Martin, President of ElecComm. “My father, Steve Martin and I have built a solid foundation at ElecComm. The SQUAN acquisition takes our vision to a higher level, adding greater depth of resources across a broader base of clients”.

Bolstering SQUAN’s extension, ECC will aid the progress of its core infrastructure services business in New England. Together, both companies will work towards providing additional benefits for new and existing clients as they continue to strengthen their existing presence.

About SQUAN

SQUAN combines its unique and in-depth knowledge of network engineering and fiber construction to solve complex and evolving telecommunications problems around macro networks, small-cell, DAS, 5G, IoT and smart cities for wireless, wireline and enterprise customers. SQUAN is focused on the evolution of communications networks of all types and how new technologies are changing the landscape of infrastructure. SQUAN provides design/build and advisory services for backhaul, small-cells, C-RAN, fiber, Right-of-Way, technical installs and maintenance. For more information visit: http://www.squan.com, or contact SQUAN’s Head of Strategy, Keith Pennachio at kpennachio(at)squan(dot)com.

About ElecComm

ElecComm (ECC) is one of the largest 24x7 underground and overhead high/low voltage electric and communications line construction companies in New England. ECC’s storm response team is available 24x7 for both overhead and underground emergency outages bringing power back to life for customers.ECC is a reputable organization and is the TRUSTED company for both emergency and planned high voltage and communications work. In the 13 years its been in business, its team has laid and spliced thousands of miles of cable up to 35,000 volts. ECC is UWUA Local 369 company with a core focus on safety, health and training. The ECC workforce is highly skilled, and cross trained in order to perform every aspect of electric and communications work in the underground and overhead.

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