| Microtronix Enhances 1080p Display Quality with Altera Cyclone III FPGA-Based Development Kit |
December 3, 2007 -- Tapping into the high functionality, low power and low cost of Cyclone III FPGAs from Altera Corp., Microtronix Datacom, Ltd. has released the newest member of its ViClaro family of video intellectual property (IP) dev ... read more |
| XMOS Unveils First Software Defined Silicon |
December 3, 2007 -- XMOS Semiconductor, Ltd. today announced it has working silicon and beta design tools in the lab. Test chips were produced by TSMC on its 90-nm G process.
Central to the XMOS technology is a compact, event-driv ... read more |
| Hitachi Selects PLX USB 2.0 Controller for First Blu-ray Disc Camcorders |
December 3, 2007 -- PLX Technology, Inc. today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. has selected PLX’s NET 2272 USB 2.0 controller chip as the I/O interconnect solution for Hitachi’s new DZ-BD7HA and DZ-BD70A products, the first Blu-ray Disc camc ... read more |
| Siliconaire and Fastrack Design Form Partnership to Benefit Fabless Semiconductor Companies |
December 3, 2007 -- Siliconaire, Inc. and Fastrack Design, Inc. have announced the formation of a partnership that will offer total turnkey service. Existing fabless ASIC models have a lot of margin built in to the unit cost of fin ... read more |
| Sidense OTP Integrated in XMOS Programmable Semiconductor |
December 3, 2007 -- Sidense Corp. today announced that its one-time programmable (OTP) technology has been designed into XMOS Semiconductor, Ltd.'s Software Defined Silicon (SDS) programmable semiconductor product that will be manu ... read more |
| Motorola Taps IPextreme to Bring Advanced Semiconductor Technology to Market |
December 3, 2007 -- IPextreme, Inc. and Motorola, Inc. today announced that IPextreme is bringing advanced Motorola clock generation technology to market in the form of licensable semiconductor intellectual property (IP).
The Multip ... read more |
| Pintail Test Suite Adopted by Power Integrations |
December 3, 2007 -- Pintail Technologies announced today that Power Integrations, a leader in high-voltage analog ICs for power conversion, has adopted the entire suite of Pintail’s software.
"Pintail’s solutions will give Power In ... read more |
| Atmel and Fraunhofer IIS Collaboration on SOCs based on Atmel's AT91CAP Customizable Microcontroller |
November 29, 2007 -- Atmel Corp. and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Germany are collaborating to develop system-on-chip ICs for their mutual clients. Atmel’s AT91CAP ARM-based customizable microcontroller ... read more |
| Supertex Eight-Channel Analog Switches Ideal for Noise Sensitive Applications |
November 29, 2007 -- Supertex, Inc. has introduced four new high voltage, eight-channel analog switches: the HV2203, HV2303, HV2221, and HV2321. These ICs feature robust latch-up protection and quiescent power dissipation of 10µA, w ... read more |
| Certicom Licenses Elliptic Curve Cryptography to IdentiPHI |
November 29, 2007 -- Certicom Corp. today announced that it has licensed its Elliptic Curve Cryptography technology to Austin Texas-based IdentiPHI, Inc. involved in enterprise advanced authentication, single sign-on and endpoint manageme ... read more |
| BAE Systems and Achronix to Develop High-Performance Radiation-Hardened Reconfigurable FPGA |
November 29, 2007 -- BAE Systems, a global defense and aerospace leader, and Achronix Semiconductor Corp. today announced an agreement to jointly develop a reconfigurable radiation-hardened FPGA. The device will be developed using BAE Sys ... read more |
| Atmel Introduces AVR 32-bit Platform for FlexRay In-Vehicle Networking |
November 29, 2007 -- Atmel Corp. announced today the availability of its AVR 32-bit FlexRay evaluation environment. In addition, Atmel demonstrated its new technology at the FlexRay day conference held in Stuttgart, Germany with a mockup ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Introduces Free Self-Test Software for STM32 MCU |
November 28, 2007 -- STMicroelectronics today announced a new software library for the recently-announced STM32 Flash microcontroller family, based on the breakthrough ARM Cortex-M3 core, designed specifically to simplify the testing and ... read more |
| Micronas Selects Cadence Incisive Plan-to-Closure Methodology for Verification Planning |
November 28, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Micronas has selected the Cadence Incisive Plan-to-Closure Methodology and Incisive Enterprise Manager for verification planning after a joint full functional verifica ... read more |
| DS2 Licenses Tensilica's Xtensa Processor for 200-Mbps Powerline Chipset |
November 28, 2007 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2), a provider of high-speed semiconductor solutions for powerline communications and other wire-line network communications products, has licensed ... read more |
| Intersil's Multiple Output Controllers Deliver Outstanding Fault Protection and Reduced BOM |
November 28, 2007 -- Intersil Corp. today announced a pair of multiple-output standard buck ICs that integrate critical power management functions to lower the number of components and save valuable board space. The triple and dual output ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Adds More Flash Memory to Low-Cost Digital Signal Controllers |
November 27, 2007 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. today announced an expansion of its low pin count 16-bit digital signal controller (DSC) portfolio with the addition of three dsPIC33F general-purpose family members and three dsPIC33F motor ... read more |
| AnalogicTech's Mini-Power Management Unit Maximizes Design Flexibility |
November 27, 2007 -- Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech) today announced the AAT2504, an adjustable 3-channel regulator that combines a step-down converter with two low dropout linear regulators (LDOs). Targeted at mobile ... read more |
| Blue Planet Designs Ramtron Processor Companions Into Smart Retrofit Diesel Particulate Filters |
November 27, 2007 -- Ramtron International Corp. today announced that Blue Planet Co., Ltd., a Korean supplier of retrofit diesel particulate filter (DPF) systems and diagnostic modules, has designed Ramtron's FM3130 and FM3104 Processor ... read more |
| Cadence Expands in Russia |
November 27, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced the opening of its second office in Russia, the latest in a series of strategic investments by Cadence. The office will be located in Zelenograd, which is recognized as the ... read more |
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