| Microsemi Announces First Pre-standard IEEE802.3at Power-over-Ethernet Integrated Solution |
March 22, 2007 -- Microsemi Corp. has announced the industry's first pre-standard IEEE802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE) integrated solutions, delivering 36W of power for devices ranging from video screen phones and WiMAX transmitters to p ... read more |
| austriamicrosystems Launches 10-bit Magnetic Rotary Encoder with Ambient Temperature up to 150°C |
March 22, 2007 -- austriamicrosystems AG has expanded its magnetic rotary encoder family with the AS5140H 10-bit encoder that is fully qualified to AEC-Q100 and designed for applications in an ambient temperature range up to 150°C.
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| MoSys Launches New Memory Macros Specifically Configured for Mobile Handset Displays |
March 22, 2007 -- MoSys, Inc. has announced the availability of an application-specific implementation of its 1T-SRAM memory IP for the cellular phone market. The MoSys 1T-SRAM Dual-Port Display macros have been designed specifically for ... read more |
| OCP-IP Releases OCP SystemC Channel Version 2.2 Featured |
March 21, 2007 -- Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) has announced the availability of the SystemC Transaction Level Model (TLM) Channel version 2.2. The new release provides full support of OCP 2.2 including support fo ... read more |
| SEMATECH Offers Program-Based Memberships in 3D Interconnect Program |
March 21, 2007 -- SEMATECH, Inc. is opening membership in its 3D Interconnect Program to suppliers, chip-makers, assembly and packaging companies and other participants in the semiconductor industry. SEMATECH's invitation is the first of ... read more |
| New Members Join in VSIA IP Ecosystem Standardization Efforts |
March 21, 2007 -- The VSI Alliance (VSIA) today announced that Altera Corp., Denali Software, Inc., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Synplicity, Inc. have joined the Alliance to support the creation and adoption of inte ... read more |
| Hynix and SanDisk Announce Patent Cross License Agreement |
March 21, 2007 -- Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. and SanDisk Corp. have reached an agreement for a patent cross license covering the Flash memory components of both companies and an agreement for product supply. Concurrently, the compan ... read more |
| iVivity Selects Mentor Graphics Ethernet IP Family for iDiSX State Machine Architecture |
March 21, 2007 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that iVivity, Inc. has selected Mentor Graphics' 10/100/1000 Mbps and 10G Ethernet intellectual property (IP) cores for the iVivity iDiSX architecture. The iVivity iDiSX pro ... read more |
| TI Introduces Versatile Industrial Output Driver for Universal Voltage or Current Output Applications |
March 21, 2007 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced a precision voltage-to-current converter/ transmitter designed for standard 0-20-mA and 4-20-mA analog signals, as well as 5-25-mA signals and voltage outputs. The XTR111 can d ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics and Infra-Com Develop Wireless Digital Audio Reference Design for High-Quality Home Entertainment Systems |
March 21, 2007 -- STMicroelectronics has announced a complete reference design for a high-bit-rate wireless audio solution intended for consumer electronic products such as home theater systems, surround-sound and gaming speakers, DTV spe ... read more |
| Key ASIC Selects Mixel for Advanced Mixed Signal IP for Silterra Foundry |
March 20, 2007 -- Mixel, Inc. today announced a silicon intellectual property partnership with Key ASIC, Inc. within which Mixel will license interface transceivers, serializer/deserializer, and analog IPs to Key ASIC. Key ASIC is ... read more |
| Fairchild Semiconductor Introduces 2nd Generation Video Switch Matrix |
March 20, 2007 -- Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. new FMS6502, an 8-input, 6-output video switch matrix, offers cost effectiveness and space savings in consumer and industrial video applications such as automotive in-cabin entertainment sys ... read more |
| Silterra and Novelics Demonstrate Low Power coolSRAM-1T |
March 20, 2007 -- Novelics and Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. have demonstrated Novelics' coolSRAM-1T ultra-high-density memory intellectual property (IP) in Silterra's 0.13-micron CMOS process. This memory is substantially smaller th ... read more |
| Altium Designer 6 Now Supports Altera's New Low-Cost Cyclone III FPGA Family |
March 20, 2007 -- Altium, Ltd. is expanding the range of programmable devices supported by its Altium Designer 6 with the addition of support for Altera Corp.'s Cyclone III FPGAs. Engineers using Designer 6 can easily target any s ... read more |
| Core Logic Runs SPIRIT Voice on Its Mobile Processors |
March 20, 2007 -- SPIRIT DSP today announced that Core Logic, Inc. has integrated SPIRIT voice processing solution into its Multimedia Application Processor (MAP) targeted for mobile phone OEMs. The Core Logic MAP is an ARM-based d ... read more |
| Adaptive Digital Technologies Provides 128 Channels of Full-Featured Echo Cancellation on a Single Chip |
March 20, 2007 -- Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc. has announced the availability a new high performance, low-cost echo cancellation chip, the EC-168 C6424. The chip is based upon Adaptive Digital's AT&T certified echo cancellation sof ... read more |
| Octalica Licenses MIPS32 Core for Next-Generation MoCA-Driven Applications |
March 20, 2007 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. today announced that Octalica, Inc.has licensed a MIPS32 core for next-generation SOCs targeted at digital home applications. Octalica, whose primary applications include digital video reco ... read more |
| BiTMICRO Networks Selects QualCore Logic to Develop Analog IP Cores |
March 20, 2007 -- BiTMICRO Networks, Inc. has partnered with QualCore Logic, Inc. to develop a series of analog intellectual property (IP) cores for the development of its flash solid state disk drives (SSDs). Under terms of the ag ... read more |
| Microsemi Launches High Performance Power MOS 8 Ultra Fast FREDFETs |
March 20, 2007 -- Microsemi Corp. has added its first high performance Ultra Fast FREDFETs (H-FREDFETs) to its latest generation POWER MOS 8 product line. The new MOS 8 H-FREDFET devices are designed for a broad range of 500-V and 600-V h ... read more |
| Semtech's Compact Buck Controllers Offer Dynamic Voltage Control and Voltage Margining |
March 20, 2007 -- Semtech Corp. today announced the SC471(A) and SC475A synchronous, pulse-width modulation (PWM) buck controllers with integrated voltage-transitioning switches for "on-the-fly" voltage output changes and voltage marginin ... read more |
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