| Actel's ProASIC3L Family Balances Low Power, Speed and Low Cost Featured |
January 7, 2008 -- Actel Corp. today introduced the ProASIC3L family of FPGAs for designers of high-performance, power-conscious systems. Featuring 40% lower dynamic power and 90% lower static power than its previous-generation ProASIC3 F ... read more |
| Xilinx Teams with Helion to Deliver Enhanced Device Security for Low-Cost FPGAs |
January 7, 2008 -- Xilinx, Inc. has teamed with data encryption IP specialist Helion Technology, Ltd. to enhance the security features in the Xilinx Spartan-3 generation of low-cost FPGAs. The new Helion intellectual property (IP) ... read more |
| OCP-IP Announces Six New Members |
January 7, 2007 -- OCP International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced that Comtech EF Data, CreVinn Teoranta, ENSTA, Princeton University, Silicon Image and Tata Elxsi have joined the organization. The six new members illustrate the i ... read more |
| Ambric's TeraOPS-class Am2045 GT Video Reference Platform Enables New Levels of Video Compression Products |
January 7, 2008 -- Ambric, Inc. has announced the Ambric Am2045 GT video reference platform based on the Ambric Am2045, a massively parallel processor array (MPPA) device with 336 RISC processors. The reference platform is available on Wi ... read more |
| Hynix Semiconductors to Integrate MunEDA's WiCkeD into Analog Mixed-Signal Design Flow |
January 7, 2008 -- Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. and MunEDA GmbH today announced that Hynix has licensed MunEDA’s WiCkeD enhanced DFM-DFY analysis and optimization tool suite for use in Hynix analog mixed-signal design and foundry flow ... read more |
| Xilinx Expands Automotive Infotainment Offering with New logiCRAFT3 Compact Multimedia Display Platform |
January 7, 2008 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced the availability of the new logiCRAFT3 Compact Multimedia Display Development Platform, based on the low-cost family of Xilinx XA Spartan-3E FPGAs. Developed in collaboration with Xylon ... read more |
| Altera FPGAs Used in Sanyo's Latest Home Theater Projector |
January 7, 2008 -- Altera Corp. today announced that Sanyo Electric Co.’s PLV-Z2000 1080p home theater projector leverages the Cyclone II FPGA and Nios II embedded processor to deliver new levels of visual quality for home entertainment s ... read more |
| Micro-Star International Selects Silicon Image's SteelVine SiI5723 Storage Processor for Enthusiast Motherboards |
January 5, 2008 -- Silicon Image, Inc. today announced that Micro-Star International, a manufacturer of computer hardware products and a top-three motherboard manufacturer in Taiwan, has selected Silicon Image's second-generation SteelVin ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Introduces Full High-Definition Integrated Digital TV Platform Supporting Worldwide Standards |
January 4, 2008 -- STMicroelectronics today announced the DTV150, a new cost-saving hardware platform. The DTV150 provides demodulation, MPEG-2 high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) decoding, full HD video processing, high qua ... read more |
| Zoran Announces VaddisHD High-Definition Multimedia Processor Platform for Blu-Ray Disc and HD-DVD Players |
January 4, 2008 -- Zoran Corp. is now demonstrating its VaddisHD high-definition multimedia processor platform, supporting both the Blu-Ray Disc and HD-DVD emerging standards.
The VaddisHD multimedia processor ICs integrate a state- ... read more |
| Sunplus Offers Single Chip DVB Terrestrial Solution for STB and Portable DTV Applications |
January 4, 2008 -- Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. has announced that its new DVB-T SoC SPHE1003, which integrates a front-end COFDM demodulator and backend MPEG decoder for DVB-T STB and portable DTV Solution, is available to the market.
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| DSP Group to Launch XpandR Wireless Multimedia SOC Platform |
January 4, 2008 -- DSP Group, Inc. has announced the launch of its new XpandR platform, a wireless multimedia-enabled system-on-chip (SOC) platform, which supports DECT and Wi-Fi, and enables HD voice, streaming and sharing of video and m ... read more |
| Microsemi Introduces 1-Port High-Power Midspan with Power-Line Communication Capability |
January 4, 2008 -- Microsemi Corp. announced today that it is demonstrating the first Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) midspan unit designed with power-line communication (PLC) capability.
Designated the PD-7001G/PLC, Microsemi's new 1-po ... read more |
| VeriSilicon Introduces VZ.AudioHD Application Platform |
January 3, 2008 --VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon) has announced the licensable VZ.AudioHD application platform to meet the high-performance audio needs required by the latest high definition multimedia devices. To support com ... read more |
| Magma Enables PLX Technology to Deliver PCI Express Gen 2 Switch Family On-Time and On-Budget |
January 3, 2008 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. announced that PLX Technology, Inc. has implemented the PCIe Gen 2 switch family using Magma's RTL-to-GDSII IC design solution. Because of the Magma software's proven ability to deli ... read more |
| GreenSocs Wins OCP-IP Outstanding Contributor of the Year Award |
January 3, 2008 -- The Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) has named GreenSocs the winner of the annual Outstanding Contributor of the Year Award. The OCP-IP Governing Steering Committee gives this award each year ... read more |
| QuickLogic and Chrontel Deliver Simultaneous LCD and Video Output for Handheld Devices |
January 3, 2008 -- QuickLogic Corp., together with development partner Chrontel, is enabling handheld device developers to add simultaneous video output to their products without sacrificing battery lifetime or burdening the host applicat ... read more |
| Vishay's New SiP21301 LDO Controller Offers Adjustable and Fixed 1.2-V and 1.5-V Output Voltages with 80% Efficiency |
January 3, 2008 -- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.has released an LDO controller with adjustable and fixed output voltage options that uses external n-channel MOSFETs to provide extremely low drop-out voltages of under 50mV at very high curr ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Launches Sub-50 Cent 8-bit Flash Microcontroller Family |
January 3, 2008 -- STMicroelectronics has announced a new ultra-low-cost series of Flash microcontrollers (MCUs) intended for highly cost-sensitive products such as electric bicycles (ebikes), air conditioning, small appliances and sensor ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Announces High-Definition Set-Top-Box Decoder with Integrated Demodulator |
January 3, 2008 -- STMicroelectronics has announced the availability of a new single-chip high-definition set-top box decoder combining both the demodulation and decoding functions on a single device. The STi7111, which has been designed ... read more |
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