| STMicroelectronics Brings Ethernet, Large Memory, and the ARM9E Core to Low-Cost Embedded Flash Microcontrollers |
May 2, 2006 -- STMicroelectronics has combined Ethernet connectivity, an ARM9E processor core, and large embedded SRAM and Flash memories in a general-purpose Flash microcontroller family. The STR910F series sets new standards for price/p ... read more |
| BiTMICRO Networks Standardizes on Synopsys' DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express and SATA |
May 2, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that BiTMICRO Networks has chosen Synopsys' DesignWare physical layer (PHY) Cores for PCI Express and Serial-ATA (SATA) high-speed serial interfaces. DesignWare PHY's are a part of Syno ... read more |
| Aprio Joins ARM Connected Community |
May 1, 2006 -- Aprio Technologies, Inc. today announced it is a new member of the ARM Connected Community. As part of this program, Aprio will gain a full range of resources to help it market and deploy its DFM solutions that allow sub-mi ... read more |
| Magma Design Automation Joins Si2 OpenAccess Coalition |
May 1, 2006 -- The Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (Si2) today announced that Magma Design Automation, Inc. has joined Si2 and is the newest Director-level OpenAccess Coalition member. Since the keynote address by Magma CEO Ra ... read more |
| Analog Devices' SHARC Processors Enable Digital Synthesizers to Re-Create Vintage Instrument Sounds |
May 1, 2006 -- Analog Devices, Inc. today announced that its SHARC processors are being used by CreamWare Audio GmbH, a developer of modular digital audio solutions, in its Authentic Sound Box (ASB) family of sound modules designed to emu ... read more |
| Altera Ships Second Member of Stratix II GX FPGA Family |
May 1, 2006 -- Altera Corp. has begun shipping the second member of its Stratix II GX family, the EP2SGX90F, featuring 16 mulitgigabit transceivers and 90,000 logic elements (LEs). Stratix II GX FPGAs are built using the "adaptive logic m ... read more |
| Fastrack Design Standardizes on Cadence Fire & Ice QX Extraction |
May 1, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced today that Fastrack Design, Inc. is using Cadence Fire & Ice QX cell-based extraction technology to tape out a 65-nm design for a consumer product. Fire & Ice QX has provided Fastrack ... read more |
| Broadcom Introduces Low Power, Small 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Physical Layer Transceiver |
May 1, 2006 -- Broadcom Corp. has introduced what it says is the industry's lowest power and smallest sized 8-port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) physical layer (PHY) transceiver chip. This octal GbE PHY device is manufactured in a 90-nm process ... read more |
| Japan Recovers and Consumer Shipments Jump |
May 1, 2006 -- Following three quarters of lackluster performance, DSP
shipments to Japan were up a whopping 27.7% in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the prior quarter, while the entire DSP market was up 4.3% to the $2.04 billion level. T ... read more |
| Altium Releases Updated Designer Viewer Edition |
May 1, 2006 -- Altium, Ltd. today announced the latest release of the Altium Designer Viewer Edition, which lets users quickly and easily view, print, cross probe and explore design projects and documents that have been created in the Alt ... read more |
| Micrel Launches New Limiting Amplifier with Programmable Decision Threshold |
April 27, 2006 -- Micrel, Inc. has expanded its portfolio of post amplifier ICs with the introduction of the SY88353BL. The low power, high-performance, 3.2-Gbps limiting amplifier is an optimized solution for Wavelength Division Multiple ... read more |
| Cypress Delivers Embedded USB Host/Peripheral Controller for Automotive Infotainment' Applications |
April 26, 2006 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a version of its CY7C67300 EZ-Host embedded USB host/peripheral controller optimized for automotive applications. The device is compliant with AEC (Automotive Electronics Coun ... read more |
| Synopsys Releases DesignWare Mobile Storage IP Featuring CE-ATA Support |
April 26, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. has released a fully configurable and synthesizable DesignWare Mobile Storage Host Controller intellectual property (IP), featuring support for the CE-ATA protocol. Synopsys has demonstrated interoperabili ... read more |
| Accellera Calls for Nominations for Its Technical Excellence Award Featured |
April 26, 2006 -- Accellera is inviting the electronic design community to nominate an individual for its 3rd annual Technical Excellence Award. Accellera's Technical Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding individual who has helped cr ... read more |
| Micronas Licenses MOSAID 90-nm DDR/DDR2 Memory Controller Solution |
April 26, 2006 -- MOSAID Technologies, Inc. announced today that Micronas GmbH has licensed the MOSAID 90-nm DDR/DDR2 memory controller solution for use in its advanced system-on-chip (SOC) products. Micronas will employ the semico ... read more |
| Sidense to Deliver OTP Cores in UMC's 90-nm and 65-nm Process Nodes |
April 26, 2006 -- Sidense Corp. and UMC (United Microelectronics Corp.) today announced that Sidense's 1T-Fuse family of embedded OTP cores are slated to be silicon-verified in UMC 90-nm and 65-nm processes through UMC's IP Allian ... read more |
| Cadence Continues Product-Segmentation Strategy with Allegro Silicon-Package-Board Platform |
April 26, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has extended its product-segmentation strategy to the Cadence Allegro system interconnect design platform and is now able to offer a tiered range of products to printed circuit board (PCB) de ... read more |
| Cadence and PDF Solutions to Collaborate on IC DFM Products and Roadmap |
April 26, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and PDF Solutions, Inc. are collaborating on design for manufacturing (DFM) technology and products to improve IC manufacturability, yield, and reliability. To cost effectively improve ... read more |
| Broadcom's Family of High-Definition Video Compression Chips Support Dolby Digital Plus and Coding Technologies' aacPlus Audio Codecs |
April 26, 2006 -- Broadcom Corp. today announced that its family of AVC/MPEG-2/VC-1 high-definition (HD) digital video decoder chips for satellite, cable and IP set-top boxes and media gateways now supports Dolby Digital Plus and Coding T ... read more |
| Altera Broadcast Studio Converter Solutions Boost Performance and Lower Cost |
April 26, 2006 -- Altera Corp. announced today at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference new broadcast studio solutions, optimized for Altera FPGAs, that significantly improve high-definition (HD) video converter perfor ... read more |
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