| Atmel Introduces 4-Channel Power Management Unit with Real-Time Clock for 32-bit MCUs |
September 8, 2008 -- Atmel Corp. has announced the release of its AT73C224 analog companion power management unit designed for a wide range of applications based on 32-bit MCUs. The AT73C224 supplies the required voltages and currents to ... read more |
| Denali Software First to Announce Verification IP for PCI Express 3.0 Designs |
September 8, 2008 -- Denali Software, Inc. has announced the availability of PureSpec PCI Express (PCIe) verification intellectual property (VIP) product which now supports the latest version of the Gen 3 specifications from the PCI-Speci ... read more |
| Analog Devices Maximizes Image Quality and Power Performance Across Multiple Ultrasound Platforms |
September 8, 2008 -- To help ultrasound equipment designers meet new and varied demands for a better balance between image quality and power efficiency, Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) is announcing two new products, both eight-channel (octal) ultra ... read more |
| TI Introduces 14-bit, 800-MSPS Digitizer Solution Leveraging Fast Data Converters |
September 4, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced an evaluation module (EVM) that combines TI's fastest 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in an interleaved fashion with a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA to create what TI say ... read more |
| X-FAB Sarawak Set to Begin Volume Production of 0.35-micron Analog/ Mixed-Signal High-Voltage Technology |
September 4, 2008 -- X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG announced that its Malaysian facility in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia now is fully qualified for volume production and second sourcing of the company’s 0.35-micron high-voltage process t ... read more |
| TI Driving Development and Ratification of New IEEE 1149.7 Standard |
September 4, 2008 -- As chips add new functionality and system designs evolve away from boards and toward multi-chip system-on-chip (SOC) architectures, developers of handheld and consumer electronics are faced with stricter pin and package cons ... read more |
| Percello Licenses CEVA DSP Core for Femtocell Basestations |
September 4, 2008 -- CEVA, Inc. today announced that fabless semiconductor Percello, Ltd. has licensed the CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP core for the development of advanced baseband chipsets. Percello's processor architecture leverages th ... read more |
| Anchor Bay Offers Low-Cost HDMI 1.3 Deep Color Video-Processing IC for Blu-ray Players and AV Receivers |
September 4, 2008 -- Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. has announced the release of the ABT1030, a new video-processing IC designed for low-cost format-conversion applications in STB, DVD, AVR, and Blu-ray player/ recorders. In addition to fe ... read more |
| MuChip Adopts Cadence Virtuoso Solution to Speed Wireless RF SOC Design Development |
September 4, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that MuChip, a fabless RF IC company in Taiwan, has adopted Cadence Virtuoso technology for developing its advanced Bluetooth 2.1 RF IC, 2.4GHz ISM band proprietary RF tran ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies and T-Tech Announce Agreement on RF PCB Design and Prototyping |
September 4, 2008 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. and T-Tech, Inc. have announced a joint agreement to offer a solution for fast RF printed circuit board (PCB) design, verification and fabrication. The collaboration combines Agilent’ ... read more |
| IDIS Powers Scalable Video Security Products with TI Digital Media Processor and Software |
September 4, 2008 -- Intelligent Digital Integrated Security Co., Ltd. (IDIS), a provider of digital video surveillance solutions, announces it is utilizing Texas Instruments, Inc.'s (TI's) TMS320DM6446 digital media processor based on DaVinci t ... read more |
| GDA Technologies Adds AXI to Its Serial RIO Silicon IP |
September 3, 2008 -- In the emerging market of wireless base stations, Serial RIO is becoming a natural choice as embedded DSP processors used in these designs offer faster speeds and increased performance. The AXI Bridge was added to GDA Techno ... read more |
| Evatronix Enhances its NAND Flash Controller with OCP Interface and BCH ECC |
September 3, 2008 -- Evatronix SA announced today the latest upgrade to its NAND Flash Controller IP core. Both BCH algorithm and OCP socket further facilitate the component's implementation in various system-on-chip (SOC) environments, a ... read more |
| Socle Adopts Atrenta’s SpyGlass-DFT Product |
September 3, 2008 -- Atrenta Inc. today announced that Socle Technology Corp., an SOC design services company in Taiwan, has adopted its SpyGlass-DFT product for IP verification and testability hand-off. Early design closure soluti ... read more |
| Sonics Joins Power Forward Initiative |
September 3, 2008 -- Sonics, Inc. today announced that it has joined the Power Forward Initiative. Through the Power Forward Initiative, Sonics will work with a collective of leading technology companies addressing power efficiency across ... read more |
| Avnet and Cypress Release Upgraded Spartan-3A FPGA Evaluation Kit |
September 3, 2008— Avnet Electronics Marketing and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. have upgraded the Spartan-3A FPGA Evaluation Kit. The upgraded kit includes the addition of Cypress’ CY3217 (MiniProg) Programmer to the Xilinx Spartan- ... read more |
| Artisan Launches Artisan Studio 7.0 |
September 3, 2008 -- Artisan Software Tools, Inc. has launched version 7.0 of Artisan Studio, its model-driven development tool suite. Artisan Studio provides complete support for UML, OMG SysMLTM, and Architectural Frameworks in a single ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Veloce Deployed by Mitsubishi for High-Quality HDTV Video Decoder Chip |
September 2, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that the Veloce hardware-assisted verification platform was used by to verify its next-generation HDTV video decoder IP. Mitsubishi has deployed a hardware-assisted (emulation) ve ... read more |
| Atmel Launches $399 Starter Kit for ARM7-Based Customizable Microcontrollers |
September 2, 2008 -- Atmel Corp. today announced its AT91CAP7A-STK Starter Kit for the evaluation of its ARM7-based CAP family of customizable microcontrollers. CAP7 customizable MCUs allow designers to migrate ARM7-plus-FPGA designs to a ... read more |
| Green Hills Software Announces µ-velOSity for ARC 600 Core Family and the ARC Sound Subsystem |
September 2, 2008 -- Green Hills Software, Inc. today announced that µ-velOSity is now available for ARC International's ARC 600 Core gamily of configurable cores and ARC Sound subsystem. With a ROM footprint as small as 2kBytes, RAM foot ... read more |
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