| Ubidyne Selects Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-Micron SiGe BiCMOS Process to Develop Pure Digital Radio System |
October 15, 2008 -- Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. and Ubidyne, a developer of digital antenna embedded radio technology for wireless communications, today announced that Ubidyne has selected Jazz Semiconductor’s 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS (SBC18H ... read more |
| Tensilica's Xtensa Customizable Processor Used in Panasonic Mobile’s Wireless Baseband Processor |
October 15, 2008 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. has licensed the Xtensa LX2 customizable processor core for a baseband processor integrated circuit for mobile phones. Panasonic Mobile will ... read more |
| Latest Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX531 Graphics IP Core Available For Licensing |
October 15, 2008 -- Imagination Technologies, Ltd. has announced the launch of the PowerVR SGX531 intellectual property (IP) core with native support for emerging trends in higher performance SOCs (system-on-chip) that incorporate 128-bit ... read more |
| Express Logic and Renesas Electronics Team to Offer Audio-Video Media Player Reference Design |
October 15, 2008 -- Express Logic, Inc. and Renesas Electronics America, Inc. today announced availability of a comprehensive reference design platform for powerful, inexpensive media players. The media player platform is based on Renesas ... read more |
| GSA Reports Fabless Revenue Totaled $27.3 Billion, 12% Growth Year-Over-Year in 1H 2008 Featured |
October 15, 2008 - The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) has released the CYQ2 2008 version of its Global Semiconductor Financial Report. This quarterly report includes detailed trend analysis on financial data for fabless, integrated d ... read more |
| TI's Newest High-Performance Multicore DSP Integrates Three 1-GHz Cores |
October 15, 2008 -- Designers that must integrate multiple digital signal processors (DSPs) on a board in order to handle performance-hungry tasks, such as simultaneously processing on multiple channels or executing multiple software application ... read more |
| TI's New Eight-channel Power Sequencer and Monitor with Non-Volatile Error Logging Improves System Reliability |
October 15, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced a new eight-channel sequencer and monitor with non-volatile error logging to support the latest generation microprocessors, ASICs and DSPs, improving system reliability and ... read more |
| Renesas Electronics Unveils R8C/Lx Series MCUs with Feature-Rich LCD Capabilities, 1.8-V to 5.5-V Operation Support and Versatile Peripherals |
October 15, 2008 -- Renesas Electronics Corp. has announced a new generation of microcontrollers (MCUs) with an on-board LCD controller. The R8C/Lx Series is the latest addition to the Renesas R8C Family of MCUs, which incorporates the po ... read more |
| Renesas SH77721 SH-NaviJ Series SOC Ideal for Low-End to Mid-Range Car Navigation Systems |
October 15, 2008 -- Renesas Electronics Corp. has announced the SH77721 SOC (system-on-chip) device. It's the first product in the new SH-NaviJ series, a new SuperH processor that is tailored for low-end through middle-range car informati ... read more |
| imec Starts New Research Activities on Resistive RAM |
October 15, 2008 -- To explore solutions to overcome the scaling limitations of conventional Flash memory cells, imec has started new research activities on resistive RAM (RRAM) cells.
Resistive switching memories are based on materials w ... read more |
| The MathWorks Announces MATLAB & Simulink Student Version 2008b |
October 15, 2008 -- Inc. today announced the availability of MATLAB & Simulink Student Version Release 2008b, which provides major updates that address student demand for an easy-to-learn, powerful environment for both numeric and symboli ... read more |
| imec Presents Scalable Architecture for Flexible Forward Error Correction |
October 15, 2008 -- imec has developed an innovative architecture for flexible forward error correction (FEC). The solution targets data-transmission applications that need to combine flexibility, high throughput, and low power consumptio ... read more |
| Actel Addresses Miniaturization and Portability Trends in Medical Equipment |
October 13, 2008 -- Actel Corp. believes that its mixed-signal Fusion and low-power Igloo and ProASIC3 families are enabling designers of medical equipment to stay ahead of the growing trends toward miniaturization and portability. The ul ... read more |
| New Digital Current/Power Monitor IC from TI Offers Smaller, More Accurate Current Sensing |
October 13, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced a zero-drift, bi-directional current/ power monitor chip with an I2C interface. Featuring highest accuracy and smallest size, the new INA219 monitors the drop across a shunt ... read more |
| Magma Software Enables Impinj to Reduce Turnaround Time for RFID ICs by 200%, Power by 30%, Area by 25% |
October 13, 2008 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Impinj has standardized on Magma's IC implementation software. Impinj, a provider of radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions, selected Magma's system after it ... read more |
| Mentor's Olympus-SoC Place-and-Route System Slashes Design Closure Times with Parallel Timing Analysis and Optimization Technology |
October 13, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced the immediate availability of new task-oriented parallelism technology in the Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC place-and-route system that allows timing analysis and optimization tasks ... read more |
| TriQuint Releases Small, Highly Integrated GPS Front-End Module |
October 13, 2008 -- TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. today announced the release of its newest highly-integrated RF module for GPS (global positioning satellite) navigation systems. The new front-end module combines filter and low-noise ampli ... read more |
| Frontier Silicon Launches a Next-Generation, Low-Cost, Low-Power Unified Receiver Module |
October 13, 2008 -- Frontier Silicon, Ltd. has announced its latest generation of unified receiver modules. The new Venice 7 module has been fully optimised to ensure the lowest levels of cost and power consumption while providing feature ... read more |
| Verification Now 2008 Global Seminar Series to Focus on SystemVerilog Testbench Design |
October 10, 2008 -- The Verification Now 2008 global seminar program, set to launch on October 14 and run through November 3, will provide design and verification engineers with technical "how-to" information that addresses key points of ... read more |
| Abatron Adds On-Chip Development Support for RMI's Multi-Core Multi-Threaded XLR and XLS Processor Families |
October 10, 2008 -- Abatron AG has added full on-chip development support for ’s multi-core, multi-threaded XLR and XLS processor families. Abatron’s high-speed debugging tools provide a complete solution for board debug and application d ... read more |
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