| Kit Provides PC-based Evaluation of Frontier Silicon's Multi-Standard Mobile TV Chipset |
June 13, 2006 -- Frontier Silicon has introduced a complete evaluation kit which will let designers explore the capabilities of its mobile TV chipset. The kit, named Troy, contains Frontier Silicon's Apollo RF receiver and Kino 2 chipset ... read more |
| Renesas Design Vietnam Selects Synopsys as Its EDA Provider for SOC Design |
June 13, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Renesas Design Vietnam Co. (RVC), Ltd, a system LSI semiconductor design subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Corp., has chosen Synopsys as its electronic design automation provider for ... read more |
| Metal Programmable Cell Fabric Technology Doubles Gate Array Density Featured |
June 13, 2006 -- Atmel Corp.’s SiliconCity Solutions has announced a metal programmable cell fabric (MPCF) technology that effectively doubles the gate density of previous generation gate array-based ASICs. The MPCF technology offers the ... read more |
| Cypress Introduces Reference Design Kit for Low-Power Wireless Mice and Keyboards |
June 13, 2006 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a reference design kit that simplifies development of wireless mice and keyboards. The WirelessUSB LP Reference Design Kit (RDK) provides designers with illustrative implementati ... read more |
| Fairchild Semiconductor's 4x4mm Dual-Band Power Amplifier Saves Space, Extends Range in WLAN Applications |
June 13, 2006 -- Building upon its portfolio of WLAN power amplifiers (PA), Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. has introduced the FMPA2151, a highly integrated dual-band WLAN power amplifier module optimized to increase performance and reduce ... read more |
| Synopsys Delivers New Release of Sentaurus TCAD Tool Suite on Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors |
June 13, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced the availability of a new Sentaurus TCAD release that adds significant process and device modeling capabilities for accelerated development of advanced technologies, as well as full support for 64-bi ... read more |
| UMC Achieves QC 080000 IECQ HSPM Qualification for All Fabs |
June 13, 2006 -- UMC (United Microelectronics Corp.) has completed the final system audit for QC 080000 IECQ Hazardous Substance Process Management (HSPM) qualification to become the first semiconductor manufacturer worldwide to achieve H ... read more |
| Raza Microelectronics and AMD Announce Broad Strategic Relationship, Transfer of AMD Alchemy Processor Product Line |
June 13, 2006 -- Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) today announced that the two companies have entered into a broad strategic relationship. As a key part of this cooperation, RMI will acquire ... read more |
| Atmel and u-blox Introduce Single-chip GPS Receiver with High Sensitivity and Low Power Consumption |
June 13, 2006 -- Atmel Corp. and u-blox AG, a provider of GPS receiver technology, have announced the availability of their latest weak-signal tracking GPS technology in an ultra- small form factor. The new single-chip ATR0635 measures ju ... read more |
| TriQuint Introduces New GaAs Switches |
June 13, 2006 -- TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. has introducesd two new gallium arsenide (GaAs) switches as part of TriQuint's continuing commitment to high-reliability applications such as electronic warfare signal receivers and general wi ... read more |
| HUMAX Selects Genesis FLI8532 Cortez Video Controller for New LCD TV Platform with Built-in Satellite Receiver |
June 13, 2006 -- Genesis Microchip, Inc. today announced that HUMAX Co. Ltd. of Korea, a leading digital satellite set-top box manufacturer, has designed Genesis Microchip's FLI8532 (Cortez) video controller into its new 20-inch LCD TV pl ... read more |
| ADI Announces Co-Development with Intel Leading to Improvements to Power System Management and Control within Computing Applications |
June 13, 2006 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has teamed with Intel Corp. to develop a new way to efficiently communicate computer system heat dissipation and voltage management and control information to safeguard the performance and relia ... read more |
| ON Semiconductor Expands High-Speed Operational Amplifier Portfolio with 500-MHz to 1.4-GHz Devices |
June 13, 2006 -- Expanding its existing high-speed, low power operational amplifier portfolio, ON Semiconductor has introduced seven new devices designed for the rapidly growing high definition video applications market. The op amps utili ... read more |
| PMC-Sierra's New Multi-Service Residential Gateway Solution Powered by Multi-Threaded MIPS32 34K Core |
June 13, 2006 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. announced that its new multi-threaded core, the MIPS32 34Kc processor, is powering PMC-Sierra's new MSP7100 carrier-class residential gateway platform. The MSP7100 platform, now shipping as working silico ... read more |
| Freescale Achieves Breakthrough in Cost-Effective Plastic Packaging for High-Power RF Transistors |
June 13, 2006 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. has introduced the first 2-GHz high-power RF transistors housed in over-molded plastic packages that deliver performance comparable to air-cavity flange packages. The advanced devices will b ... read more |
| AWR and Cree Offer MMIC Process Design Kit for Microwave Office Design Suite |
June 13, 2006 -- AWR Corp. and Cree, Inc. announced today the availability of a process design kit (PDK) supporting Cree's high-power silicon carbide (SiC) process. The kit enables monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) designers ... read more |
| Analog Devices Introduces SST-Enabled Temperature and Voltage Sensors for Desktop Computers, Servers and Workstations |
June 13, 2006 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has introduced a family of digital temperature and voltage sensors for use in desktop computers and workstations that employ the Simple Serial Transport (SST) bus. Combining ADI's expertise in c ... read more |
| Skyworks Launches Direct Demodulator for Broadband Wireless Applications |
June 13, 2006 -- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has introduced a new direct quadrature demodulator with integrated low-noise amplifier (LNA) for the 5-GHz band, delivering new levels of integration and performance for standard products in this ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Introduces High-Level Synthesis Tool to Create High-Performance Subsystems from Pure ANSI C++ Featured |
June 12, 2006 – Mentor Graphics Corp. has expanded the Catapult product line with Catapult SL (System Level), the first high-level synthesis tool to automatically create high-performance multi-block subsystems from pure sequential ANSI C+ ... read more |
| The SPIRIT Consortium Sends IP-XACT Specification to IEEE |
June 12, 2006 -- The SPIRIT Consortium will contribute the current version of its system-on-chip meta-data specification, v1.2, to the IEEE for consideration as an industry standard. This technical specification, to be known as the IP-XAC ... read more |
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