| TI Expands High-Speed Equalizer Family with Low Jitter, Multi-Rate 11.3-Gbps Equalizer |
December 12, 2007 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced a flexible high-speed equalizer to extend the reach of printed circuit board signal channels, such as backplanes or active copper cables. With multi-rate operation up to 11. ... read more |
| Synopsys, Altera and TSMC Collaboration Delivers Industry-Leading 45-Nanometer Extraction Accuracy |
December 12, 2007 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced the qualification and immediate availability of the Synopsys Star-RCXT parasitic extraction solution for TSMC's 45-nm process technology. This qualification is the result of collaboration ... read more |
| Sun Releases OpenSPARC T2 Processor RTL to Open Source Community |
December 12, 2007 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. has delivered on the commitment it made in August by providing the OpenSPARC T2 RTL processor design to the free and open source community via the GPL license. The OpenSPARC T2 processor is base ... read more |
| Lattice Delivers Industry’s Fastest QDR II/II+ Memory Controller Support |
December 12, 2007 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced FPGA-based support for Quad Data Rate (QDR) II/II+ memory devices. The LatticeSC and LatticeSCM FPGA families now support QDRII/II+ rates up to 750Mbps. The high-speed QDR I ... read more |
| Actel Offers Low-Power FPGAs for Portable Displays |
December 10, 2007 -- Actel Corp. today announced the availability of flexible solutions for liquid crystal display (LCD) control applications. The new Igloo Video Demo Board, LCD adaptor boards with LCD panels, the Igloo Video Demo Kit (I ... read more |
| IDT Introduces 6-, 8-, and 10-Channel Low-Power, High-Definition Audio Codecs |
December 10, 2007 -- Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) today introduced three new high-definition PC audio codecs. The high-fidelity audio codecs are designed to help bring home-entertainment-level audio fidelity to next-generation ... read more |
| Green Hills Software Announces Support for AMCC PowerPC 405EX and 405EXr |
December 10, 2007 -- Green Hills Software, Inc. today announced the availability of its software development solution targeting Applied Micro Circuit Corp.'s (AMCC) PowerPC 405EX and 405EXr embedded processors. Components of the Gr ... read more |
| Chipidea Introduces Class D Audio Driver IP for Portable Consumer Applications |
December 10, 2007 -- Chipidea Microelectronica, SA today introduced a Class D Audio Driver intellectual property (IP) specifically designed for system-on-chip (SOC) devices manufactured in process nodes down to 65nm. Chipidea’s analog/ mi ... read more |
| ATopTech Signs Multi-year, Multi-million Dollar Contract with Broadcom |
December 10, 2007 -- ATopTech, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a multi-million dollar per year, multi-year contract with Broadcom Corp. Broadcom will use ATopTech’s next-generation place and route software for designing inte ... read more |
| ATopTech Debuts and Announces Physical Design Product |
December 10, 2007 -- ATopTech, Inc., a new EDA company, was launched today and unveiled a new product with new technology for the physical design of ICs at 90nm and below. The company was formed in late 2003 and development on the EDA sof ... read more |
| Arrow Electronics and Triad Semiconductor Team to Offer Mixed-Signal Via-Configurable Array ASICs |
December 10, 2007 -- The North American Components business of Arrow Electronics, Inc. and Triad Semiconductor, Inc. will make Triad’s mixed-signal via-configurable array ASICs available through Arrow’s North American sales and des ... read more |
| ARM Announces Processor Licensing Agreement with PMC-Sierra for Cortex and Multicore Processors |
December 10, 2007 -- ARM today announced that PMC-Sierra, Inc. has licensed the high-performance ARM Cortex-A8 processor and ARM11 MPCore multicore processor for a broad range of designs, including devices for Passive Optical Netwo ... read more |
| MontaVista Provides Real-Time Embedded Linux for AMCC PowerPC 405EX and 405EXr Processors |
December 10, 2007 -- MontaVista Software, Inc. today announced two new Linux support packages (LSPs) that make MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 5.0 available for the new AMCC PowerPC 405EX and 405EXr processors. In addition to bringi ... read more |
| Altera Zeros Out Power with New MAX IIZ CPLDs for Portable Applications |
December 10, 2007 -- Expanding its low-power portfolio of programmable logic solutions, Altera Corp. today announced the new, zero-power MAX IIZ CPLD designed specifically to address the power, package and price constraints of the portabl ... read more |
| Magma Announces Talus in Use for 65-nm Design at Broadcom |
December 10, 2007 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. announced today that Broadcom Corp. has evaluated Magma's Talus IC implementation platform and determined that Talus delivered significant advances in runtime, power reduction and timing ... read more |
| AMCC Introduces Low-Cost Evaluation Kits for PowerPC 405EX and 405EXr Processors |
December 10, 2007 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) today announced the availability of low-cost, easy-to-use evaluation kits for its Power Architecture 405EX and 405EXr processors. To accelerate system development time, AMCC's new e ... read more |
| UMC's 90-nm URAM Used in Mobile TV Applications |
December 10, 2007 -- UMC (United Microelectronics Corp.) today announced that DiBcom, a leading provider of Mobile TV solutions, has adopted UMC’s URAM embedded memory solution for its 90-nm products manufactured at the foundry. UMC’s URA ... read more |
| Micrel Introduces New High Performance ULDO Family Featuring Low Input Voltage Down to 1.6V |
December 10, 2007 -- Micrel, Inc. today launched a small, new high-performance, high-PSRR, ultra-low dropout (ULDO) linear regulator family with input voltage down to 1.6V for high efficiency portable devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, ... read more |
| Mobius Microsystems Raises $10.22 Million in Series B Financing |
December 10, 2007 -- Mobius Microsystems, Inc. announced today that it closed its Series B round of financing in the amount of $10.22 million. The investors for this round were Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures and RPM Ventures. The thre ... read more |
| NetLogic Microsystems Introduces the NL8256 Processor |
December 10, 2007 -- NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. today announced the introduction of the NL8256 knowledge-based processor, which is targeted at mainstream applications and is the second device in its fourth-generation processor family. Bo ... read more |
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