| X-FAB Brings Choice and Cost Efficiencies to 0.35-micron Chip Design for Analog/ Mixed-Signal and Smart-Power Applications |
September 11, 2007 -- X-FAB Silicon Foundries AG has announced major enhancements to its XH035 0.35-micron analog/ mixed-signal platform, making it the foundry industry's first to offer full modularity of digital, analog, high-voltage and ... read more |
| ApaceWave Introduces the APW-2000 Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Baseband SOC |
September 10, 2007 -- ApaceWave Technologies has announced its APW-2000 Mobile Station system-on-chip (SOC). The APW-2000 is a high-performance, low-power, mobile WiMAX baseband chip containing PHY, MAC, embedded CPU, and multiple data in ... read more |
| ARC and Cadence Offer New Low-Power Design Methodology for Demanding Mobile Applications |
September 10, 2007 -- ARC International and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. have announced that a new automated Common Power Format (CPF)-enabled low-power reference design methodology (LP-RDM) has been implemented in ARChitect, ARC's ... read more |
| ARC Announces Energy PRO Technology, Lowering Core and Subsystem Power by Four Fold |
September 10, 2007 -- ARC International has unveiled its Energy PRO technology to enable ultra low-power operation. Configurability enables creation of power efficient cores and Energy PRO further reduces power consumption by as much as f ... read more |
| ARM Announces Low-Cost Cortex-M1 Development Kit for Altera Cyclone III |
September 10, 2007 -- ARM has introduced the ARM Cortex-M1 Development Kit, a complete ARM design solution optimized for Altera Corp. Cyclone III FPGAs. Complementary to the Cortex-M1 processor, the first ARM processor designed spe ... read more |
| Atmel Introduces Three New UHF ASK/FSK Receiver ICs for TPMS and RKE Applications |
September 10, 2007 -- Atmel Corp. has announced the availability of the new ATA5723, ATA5724, and ATA5728 UHF ASK/FSK receiver ICs, extending Atmel's existing portfolio of automotive RF devices. These three new devices offer the best comp ... read more |
| AWR Introduces AXIEM with New EM Technology for Microwave/RF Electronic Product Design |
September 10, 2007 -- Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR) has announced AXIEM electromagnetic (EM) design software that delivers EM analysis as a true upfront design technology. The AXIEM product was developed specifically for three-dimensi ... read more |
| Cadence Accelerates Time-to-Volume for Advanced ICs with Model-Based, Variation-Aware Design Technologies |
September 10, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced a broad set of new design products and capabilities for faster production of digital system-on-chip (SOIC) designs. These new capabilities are included in advanced Cadence S ... read more |
| Chip Estimate Collaborates with IBM and Chartered to Deliver IP Search and Chip Planning |
September 10, 2007 -- Chip Estimate Corp. is collaborating with IBM and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ltd. to consolidate information on semiconductor intellectual property (IP) that supports Common Platform technology. The Commo ... read more |
| Conexant Delivers Lowest Power, Single-Chip 802.11n Product Family |
September 10, 2007 -- Conexant Systems, Inc. has announced what the company claims is the industry's lowest power 802.11n draft 2.0 product family for high-performance, power-sensitive wireless local area networking (WLAN) applications. T ... read more |
| Zoran Delivers Enhanced IPS Interpreter for XPS Printer and MFP Manufacturers |
September 10, 2007 -- Zoran Corp.'s new release of its IPS page description language (PDL) interpreter for the XML Paper Specification (XPS) is now available to printer and multifunction peripheral (MFP) manufacturers. This latest IPS int ... read more |
| Mindray Selects Actel Low-Power Flash FPGAs for Demanding Medical Equipment Applications |
September 10, 2007 -- Actel Corp. today announced that Mindray Medical International, Ltd., China's leading developer and manufacturer of medical devices, has chosen Actel's flash-based ProASIC3 FPGAs for implementation in its portable pa ... read more |
| IDT and RMI Collaborate to Deliver High Performance, Feature-Rich Next Generation Networking Solutions |
September 10, 2007 -- Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDTI ) and Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI) have announced the availability of a proven interoperable solution comprised of the IDT network search engine (NSE) and RMI's X ... read more |
| MediaTek to Acquire Analog Devices Cellular Handset Radio and Baseband Chipset Operations |
September 10, 2007 -- MediaTek, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets related to the Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) Othello radio and SoftFone baseband chipset product lines, as well as certain cellular handset b ... read more |
| MediaTek and Apache Partner to Address 65/45-nm Design Challenges |
September 10, 2007 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. today announced that MediaTek, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital media solutions, has selected Apache as its EDA partner for addressing ... read more |
| Lattice Delivers Low Power, Small Footprint Programmable Bridge Solution |
September 10, 2007 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced what the company says is the industry's lowest power XAUI/ HiGig/HiGig+ to SPI4.2 programmable Fabric Interface Chip (FIC) solution implemented in its LatticeSCM FPGAs. The s ... read more |
| New STMicroelectronics RF Synthesizer with Integrated VCOs Stretches Out to 5GHz |
September 10, 2007 -- STMicroelectronicshas unveiled its new RF synthesizer with integrated voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) with the highest frequency coverage in the market. ST's STW81103 is the first single-chip device that opera ... read more |
| The MathWorks Introduces RF Blockset 2 |
September 10, 2007 -- The MathWorks today introduced RF Blockset 2, which extends Simulink with a library of blocks to model the behavior of linear and nonlinear radio frequency (RF) components, such as filters, transmission lines, amplif ... read more |
| FormFactor Expands Relationship with Tera Probe to Achieve Greater Reductions in Cost of Test |
September 10, 2007 -- FormFactor, Inc. today announced that Tera Probe, Inc., a leading test service provider, has entered into a strategic relationship with FormFactor. The agreement is designed to help Tera Probe consistently achieve gr ... read more |
| Cypress's PSoC FirstTouch Kit Comes in USB Thumbdrive Format |
September 10, 2007 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has introduced the PSoC FirstTouch Starter Kit, a USB thumbdrive kit that provides a quick, easy, and affordable way for embedded customers to evaluate the integration, flexibility, and re ... read more |
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