| Cirrus Logic Develops Two New High-Precision Industrial Power Meter ICs for Growing Power Measurement Market |
March 27, 2006 -- With the introduction of the CS5464 and CS5467 from Cirrus Logic, Inc., manufacturers of residential power meters can implement more reliable, lower-cost and higher-accuracy power meters for measuring consumer ... read more |
| Hitachi Communication Technologies Speeds Time to Market for ASIC Designs with Cadence Synthesis |
March 27, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd. has improved synthesis turnaround time by 50 to 70% with Cadence Encounter RTL Compiler global synthesis. Encounter RTL ... read more |
| Ateme Releases Single-Chip Main Profile MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Encoder |
March 24, 2006 -- Ateme has introduced the ATE4000, a
Single Chip MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Standard Definition Main Profile Encoder. The
ATE4000 achieves high density without compromising on video quality while
boasting exceptiona ... read more |
| austriamicrosystems' Magnetic Rotary Encoder IC at the Heart of Megatron's Next-Generation Contactless Rotary Encoders |
March 23, 2006 -- austriamicrosystems AG is providing its AS5040 small size 10-bit magnetic rotary encoder IC to encoder specialist Megatron Elektronik AG & Co. The AS5040 will be included in a broad range of the Megatron's ... read more |
| DesignAdvance Taps SofTEQ to Distribute Circuitspace Product |
March 23, 2006 -- DesignAdvance Systems, Inc. has announced the appointment of SofTEQ as a member of its value-added reseller program. SofTEQ, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a supplier of end-to-end product development solut ... read more |
| Sun Microsystems Releases UltraSPARC T1 Processor Design Under Free, GNU GPL Open Source License Featured |
March 22, 2006 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. has
announced a significant milestone in its OpenSPARC Initiative aimed at the
creation of the world's first multi-core, multi-threaded eco-system: publication
of the hardware desig ... read more |
| X-FAB and 1st Silicon to Merge |
March 22, 2006 -- Xtrion N.V., the controlling shareholder of X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG and Sarawak Economic Development Corp., the controlling shareholder of 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. have agreed ... read more |
| Prolific Software Accelerates VeriSilicon's Standard Design Platform |
March 22, 2006 -- Prolific, Inc. today announced that VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon) has entered a multi-year agreement to license Prolific's ProGenesis software, which accelerates the creation of ... read more |
| Cypress Deploys Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform |
March 22, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has signed a multiyear agreement to consolidate its digital IC design flows and methodologies using Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platf ... read more |
| CSR's BlueCore with DSP architecture Adds MP3 Support to GGBlu Headset |
March 22, 2006 -- CSR, plc has announced that its BlueCore3-Multimedia is at the heart of GG Telecom's GGBlu stereo Bluetooth headset. GGBlu can be used as a wireless stereo headset for music streaming, a mono headset for handsfree cal ... read more |
| Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs Provide Critical DSP Functionality in General Dynamics JTRS Radios |
March 22, 2006 -- Xilinx, Inc. today announced that General Dynamics C4 Systems has adopted the Virtex-4 Platform FPGA for use in the development of handheld, manpack and small form fit products for the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Tactical ... read more |
| Renesas Electronics Adopts ARM ESL Design Tools to Achieve Significant Time-To-Market Reductions |
March 22, 2006 -- ARM has announced that Renesas Electronics Corp. is the latest ARM Partner to license the ARM RealView SoC Designer electronic system level (ESL) solution. The RealView SoC Designer, which inte ... read more |
| Leadis Technology Shipping LDS518 OLED Display Driver IC for MP3 and Mobile Handset Applications in Volume |
March 22, 2006 -- Leadis Technology, Inc. has announced production volume shipments of a low-power single chip Area Color Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display driver IC with integrated controller. The LDS518 is a highly i ... read more |
| Freescale Expands QUICCsupply Portfolio |
March 22, 2006 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is introducing the third edition of QUICCsupply power management ICs to support its PowerQUICC communications processors. The new MC34703 integrates system power functions into a s ... read more |
| picoChip Launches New Family of Cost-Effective Multi-Core DSP Chips for Next-Generation Wireless |
March 22, 2006 -- picoChip has launched its next generation of picoArray multi-core processor arrays for next-generation wireless systems. The PC202, PC203 and PC205 are the first devices in the family, and are highly integrated, high-performanc ... read more |
| Freescale and Techno Mathematical Deliver H.264 Video Encoding/Decoding Capability |
March 22, 2006 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. and Techno Mathematical Co., Ltd. have succeeded in full-duplex encoding and decoding H.264 high-quality video using Techno Mathematical's proprietary softwar ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Introduces Low-Cost, Highly Integrated Satellite Set-Top Box Decoder for High Volume Markets |
March 22, 2006 -- STMicroelectronics has announced a new low-cost satellite STB receiver/decoder chip - the STI5188 - intended for high-volume free-to-air markets in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Europe. This ... read more |
| Semtech's 1-MHz, Dual-Ended PWM Controller Provides Design Flexibility in Off-Line and Isolated Telecom DC-to-DC Converters |
March 22, 2006 -- Semtech Corp. today announced the SC4806, a dual-ended, pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller that features low power consumption and high speed that makes it ideal for designing compact high power isolated o ... read more |
| Exar Enters Storage Market with Launch of Xstor Family of SATA/SAS Port Multipliers |
March 22, 2006 -- Exar Corp. entered the storage market with unveiling of two new devices the XRS10L140, and XRS10L240 six-port SATA port multiplier and port selector combination. These products are just the beginning in a serie ... read more |
| Fairchild Semiconductor's Integrated PFC Controller Reduces Power Loss up to 320mW in Switch-Mode Power Supply Designs |
March 22, 2006 -- To meet the stringent green standards confronting today's design engineers, Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a power factor correction (PFC) controller IC that reduces standby power as much as 320mW ... read more |
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