| New PSoC Devices Strenghten Cypress's Position in Capacitive Sensing |
September 27, 2006 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has today introduced a family of PSoC (Programmable System-on-Chip) devices optimized for use in capacitive sensing interface applications. The new CapSense devices deliver 45X better noise immun ... read more |
| Synopsys Triples Automatic Test Pattern Generation Performance for TetraMAX Test Tool |
September 27, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced enhancements to its TetraMAX automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) product that result in a typical speedup of 3X or more in runtime performance across all design styles compared with ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Eases Software Development Tool Cost Issue with EDGE Development Suite |
September 26, 2006 -- The embedded systems division of Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced the EDGE Development Suite, a bundled version of its EDGE Development Tools, including integrated development environment (IDE), software simulat ... read more |
| ArchPro Offers Fully Functional Mixed-Language Support for Multi-Voltage Simulator |
September 26, 2006 -- ArchPro Design Automation, Inc. today announced that its Multi-Voltage Simulator (MVSIM) for pre-tapeout verification of power-managed designs, offers fully functional mixed-language support. This support for the Ver ... read more |
| Summit Design Licenses IBM PowerPC Models for Its SystemC IP Initiative to Enable Easier IP Selection, Integration and Interoperability |
September 26, 2006 -- Summit Design, Inc. today announced that it has licensed SystemC models for the PowerPC core and the associated bus and peripheral devices from IBM. These models will be offered as part of Summit's SystemC IP portfol ... read more |
| TI Reference Design Brings High-End Performance and Flexible Image Enhancement to Low-Cost Digital Still Cameras |
September 26, 2006 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has leveraged its DaVinci technology to introduce an optimized digital still camera (DSC) silicon with a production-ready reference design. The technology includes a highly flexible proce ... read more |
| Panel to Spotlight "What Fabless Companies Really Want" at 2006 FSA Suppliers Expo and Conference |
September 26, 2006 -- The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) has announced a 2006 FSA Suppliers Expo and Conference panel focusing on design for manufacturing (DFM) and the development of a standard form of interface. The panel will ... read more |
| NEC Electronics Introduces Device Wire Adapter Chip for Connecting Wired USB Peripherals to Systems Based on Certified Wireless USB Technology |
September 26, 2006 -- NEC Electronics Corp. and its subsidiaries in the Americas and Europe, NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, today announced the availability of samples of a new device wire adapter (DWA) L ... read more |
| National Semiconductor Unveils 14-bit, Dual, 105 MSPS ADC With Serial LVDS Outputs |
September 26, 2006 -- National Semiconductor Corp. today unveiled the first 14-bit, dual, 1-GHz-input bandwidth analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with serial low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) outputs for demanding communications, ... read more |
| ProDesign to Provide ASIC Prototyping and Verification for Tensilica's Diamond Standard Processors |
September 28, 2006 -- Tensilica, Inc. and ProDesign GmbH today announced that system-on-chip (SOC) designers can now use ProDesign's CHIPit ASIC Rapid Prototyping and Emulation systems to verify designs using Tensilica's popular Di ... read more |
| LG-Nortel's Key Telephone Team Standardizes on Nucleus IPv6 and Gains TTA's IPv6 Certification |
September 26, 2006 -- The embedded systems division of Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that, through its collaboration with LG-Nortel, the Nucleus IPv6 software has been certified by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TT ... read more |
| Freescale Brings Analog-Digital Converter and 5-V Operation to the Low-End S08 Microcontroller Family |
September 26, 2006 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is providing embedded developers a cost-effective microcontroller (MCU) solution to help expand their application possibilities. As personal electronic devices continue to become smalle ... read more |
| Highly-Integrated Hard-Disk-Drive Motor Controller Chip from STMicroelectronics Maximizes Battery Life in Portable Consumer Electronics Products |
September 26, 2006 -- STMicroelectronics has announced a compact and highly-integrated hard disk-drive (HDD) motor controller intended for the 1.8-inch and sub-1.8-inch drives used in portable consumer electronics (CE) products such as MP ... read more |
| Freescale and Aimetis Develop Solution for Embedded Intelligent Video Applications |
September 26, 2006 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. and Aimetis Corp. have developed an embedded intelligent video solution that combines the advanced capabilities of Aimetis' VE250 video content analysis software with the performance of ... read more |
| New Camera from Lumenera Leverages TI DaVinci Technology to Deliver Higher Quality Intelligent Video Surveillance |
September 25, 2006 -- Lumenera Corp. has introduced a series of cameras that leverage Texas Instruments Inc.'s (TI) DaVinci technology to deliver advanced image processing, video analytics and a variety of compression techniques. The Li family ... read more |
| Fulcrum Microsystems Debuts 2.5/10G Ethernet Switches for Multi-Port GPON Line Cards |
September 25, 2006 -- Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc. today announced an expansion of its FocalPoint Ethernet switch device family with the first Ethernet switch chips targeted at the coming wave of multi-port optical line termination (OLT) ca ... read more |
| IDT Application-Optimized Network Search Accelerator Enables Scalable Lookups for Bay Microsystems' 40 Gbps Chesapeake Network Processor |
September 25, 2006 -- Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) today announced that its application-optimized network search accelerator was selected by Bay Microsystems as the packet header processing solution of choice for its recently ... read more |
| International Rectifier Signs Foundry Agreement with Tower Semiconductor for Wafer Production |
September 25, 2006 -- Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. today announced that it has signed a definitive long-term foundry agreement with International Rectifier (IR) to produce semiconductor wafers for IR at Tower's most advanced facility, Fab2, ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Upgrades Nucleus PLUS RTOS Software to Provide Easier Portability, Faster New Hardware Support |
September 25, 2006 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced the newest release of its flagship Nucleus PLUS real-time operating system (RTOS), giving developers a smaller, faster and even easier to use RTOS to build embedded applications fo ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Announces PIC18 MCU with High-Speed 12-bit ADC |
September 25, 2006 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. today announced the four-member PIC18F4523 family, which is Microchip's first family of high-end 8-bit Flash microcontrollers to include a high-speed 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (AD ... read more |
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