| National Semiconductor Releases Industry's Advanced Controller for Forward Active Clamp Reset Converters |
October 11, 2005 -- National Semiconductor Corp. has expanded its family of single and dual forward active clamp pulse width modulation (PWM) controllers with the introduction of the LM5026, an integrated, 100V forward active clamp reset PWM con ... read more |
| Thomson Multi Media Selects ZiLOG Crimzon Devices to Power New Universal Remote Platforms |
October 11, 2005 -- Zilog, Inc. today announced a strategic development partnership that will see its Crimzon family of microcontrollers, Infra-Red (IR) code database, and engineering and design services used by Thomson, a provider of technology ... read more |
| MOSAID Acquires Virtual Silicon Technology |
October 11, 2005 -– MOSAID Technologies, Inc. today announced it has completed the acquisition of Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc., an established supplier of semiconductor intellectual property (SIP). Virtual Silicon, founded in 1997, offers c ... read more |
| Altium Releases Service Pack 3 for P-CAD 2004 |
October 10, 2005 -- Altium, Ltd. has announced the release of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for P-CAD 2004 PCB design system for layout professionals. Available as a free download to existing licensed P-CAD 2004 customers, SP3 is a substantial upgrade, ... read more |
| Cypress Introduces Next Generation of 2.4-GHz WirelessUSB Radio-on-a-Chip with Low Power Consumption |
October 10, 2005 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced its next-generation 2.4-GHz WirelessUSB Radio-on-a-Chip. The new WirelessUSB LP offers a robust solution with the low power consumption for keyboards, mice, and other human interfa ... read more |
| Jennic Announces Serial RapidIO to PCI Bridge |
October 10, 2005 -- Jennic, Ltd., a supplier of system-level intellectual property (IP) cores and semiconductor solutions for the communications market, today announced the launch of its Serial RapidIOR to PCI Bridge. Over the last year Jennic h ... read more |
| Macraigor Systems Provides On-Chip Debug Solutions with Full GNU Toolset Support for ARM 1136, iMX31 and Intel 81342 Dual Core XScale Processors |
October 10, 2005 -- Macraigor Systems has ported its proprietary On-Chip Debug Technology, OCDemon, to the ARM 1136, iMX31 and Intel Dual XScale 81342 processors and is now offering full GNU toolsets to be used with these processors and Macraigo ... read more |
| Marvell Adopts Synopsys' Galaxy Platform for High-Performance Communications Products |
October 10, 2005 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., a provider of high-performance broadband communications technologies, has adopted Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform as an RTL-to-GDSII design solution to develop ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Announces dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controller Family |
October 10, 2005 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. today announced the dsPIC33 family of digital signal controllers (DSCs) for embedded designers who need high levels of performance, memory and I/O without the complexity of traditional digital sign ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Announces First Family of 16-bit PIC MCUs |
October 10, 2005 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. has announced its first family of 16-bit PIC microcontrollers, the PIC24, to address the growing performance needs of embedded designers. The PIC24 16-bit microcontroller family debuts with 22 gener ... read more |
| Silicon Laboratories Expands ProSLIC Family |
October 10, 2005 -- Silicon Laboratories, Inc. today announced the Si324x Quad ProSLIC family of fully-integrated, quad-channel SLIC plus codecs implemented in 100% CMOS technology. The new Si324x Quad ProSLIC family is an extension of its the ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Unveils Breakthrough in Passive Integration Technology |
October 10, 2005 -- STMicroelectronics today unveiled the first details of a breakthrough technology that significantly increases junction capacitance density in thin-film passive integration. The new technology greatly extends the capabilities ... read more |
| Superior Signal Integrity Puts Altera's Stratix GX FPGAs Into Ceterus Networks' New Cross Connect |
October 10, 2005 -- Ceterus Networks is using Altera Corp.'s Stratix GX FPGA family for its UTX8212 multiservice cross-connect, the two companies announced today. Altera's transceiver solution enables the UTX8212 to aggregate high volumes of all ... read more |
| TI Strengthens its Wireless Infrastructure Portfolio and Stakes its Claim on the Emerging Pico Base Station Market |
October 10, 2005 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. has announced a pico base station solution that combines a high performance DSP, optimized baseband software and development tools. Pico base stations are small, low-power cellular network nodes that ... read more |
| Wireless Industry Leaders Promote Next-Generation Wi-Fi Technology to Accelerate IEEE Standards Development |
October 10, 2005 -- Twenty seven Wi-Fi industry leaders today announced a coalition formed to accelerate the IEEE 802.11n standard development process and promote a technology specification for next- generation wireless local area networking (WL ... read more |
| Advanced Chipsets from Atheros to be Based on Enhanced Wireless Consortium Specification |
October 10, 2005 -- Atheros Communications, Inc. has announced endorsement of the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) and its efforts to accelerate resolution of the 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) standard. Atheros, a founding member of the EWC, pla ... read more |
| DexCom Selects AMI Semiconductor for Turnkey SoC Design and Fabrication |
November 7, 2005 -- AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) today announced that DexCom Inc., a manufacturer of implantable medical devices, is using an AMIS ultra-low power wireless ASIC system-on-chip (SoC) solution for a new implantable glucose monitoring ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Announces Comprehensive Portfolio of Automotive Electrical/ Electronic Design Tools |
October 6, 2005 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced it has extended its automotive offerings and is launching a comprehensive set of electrical and electronic (E/E) design solutions for the automotive market. With the recently acquired Vol ... read more |
| Broadcom to Acquire Athena Semiconductors for Mobile Digital TV Tuner and Low-Power Wi-Fi Technologies |
October 6, 2005 -- Broadcom Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Athena Semiconductors, Inc. Athena is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in the design and development of mobile digital television tuner and low-power ... read more |
| TI Introduces Unique Level-Shifting Difference Amplifier for Data Acquisition, Industrial Control and Test Equipment |
October 6, 2005 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. has announced a unique level-shifting difference amplifier from the company's Burr-Brown product line. Featuring a gain of 0.2, the INA159 is designed to interface +/-10V signals to single supply analo ... read more |
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