| EMA Brings Digi-Key Part Information into Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS |
July 2, 2008 -- EMA Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Cadence Design Systems’ OrCAD Capture CIS users now have access to the engineering data offered in the Digi-Key part database.
"Bringing Digi-Key data into the OrCAD ... read more |
| CoWare Delivers Support for ARM Cortex-Based Applications |
July 1, 2008 -- CoWare, Inc. has announced support for the ARM Cortex A8 and ARM Cortex R4 processor models. The addition of these ARM models further extends the CoWare Model Library of ARM processor models for use in heterogeneous, multi ... read more |
| Altera Increases Productivity for High-Performance DSP Designs |
July 1, 2008 -- Targeting high-performance digital signal processing (DSP) designs, Altera Corp. today announced its DSP Builder tool version 8.0, featuring second-generation model-based synthesis technology. This technology lets DSP desi ... read more |
| ChipX Strengthens Video and Wireless ASIC Capability with Addition of 10-bit, 210-MSPS DAC Family to IP Portfolio |
July 1, 2008 -- ChipX Corp. today announced the addition of a family of 10-bit, 210MSPS current steering digital-to-analog converters (DACs) to its line-up of analog and mixed-signal IP.
Designed for high-speed applications, the sin ... read more |
| Cypress's CYRF6936 2.4-GHz Wireless Solution Unleashes Savant's Innovative Remote Controls from Line-of-Sight Dependency |
July 1, 2008 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that Savant Systems, LLC has selected Cypress’s CYRF6936 proprietary 2.4-GHz wireless solution for its Rosie RF remote controls. The Rosie remotes use the Cypress wireless techno ... read more |
| IDT Introduces Low-Power Timing Solutions for Ultra-Mobile PCs |
July 1, 2008 -- Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) today announced a family of low-power timing devices designed for use in ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). These low-power timing devices minimally require 1.5-V power supply, as opposed to ... read more |
| Lattice Semiconductor Announces Automotive Versions of Its Flash-Based, Non-Volatile FPGA Family |
July 1, 2008 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. today announced that automotive versions of its non-volatile 90-nm Flash-based LatticeXP2 FPGAs have been characterized and qualified to meet the certification requirements of the AEC-Q100 stand ... read more |
| MIPS32 24Kc Pro Cores Power Magnum Semiconductor's DX1 Family of Professional Video Encoders |
July 1, 2008 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. today announced that its synthesizable MIPS32 24KcTM Pro processor cores are powering current and future generations of Magnum Semiconductor's DX1 family of professional video encoders. Magnum also ... read more |
| Photron Turns to Xilinx Programmable Solutions for Latest High-Speed Camera |
July 1, 2008 -- Xilinx Inc. today announced that its programmable solutions, including software, high-performance silicon and IP, have enabled the latest high-speed camera from Photron, a provider of imaging technology with headquarters i ... read more |
| Virage Logic Acquires Impinj's Logic Non-Volatile Memory IP Business Featured |
July 1, 2008 -- Virage Logic Corp. and Impinj, Inc. today announced that Virage Logic has acquired Impinj’s logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP) business for an aggregate purchase price of $5.2 million. The pu ... read more |
| Tower Semiconductor to Launch Volume Production of QuickLogic’s ArcticLink II VX Solution Platforms |
July 1, 2008 -- QuickLogic Corp. and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. have entered into an agreement to manufacture volume production of QuickLogic’s next-generation ArcticLink II VX solution platforms, expected to start during Q3 2008. ... read more |
| AWR and UMS Announce Availability of New Process Design Kit for Advanced GaAs MMIC Foundry Process |
July 1, 2008 -- AWR Corp. and United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) have introduced an advanced process design kit (PDK) for the UMS PPH25X GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) foundry process. The UMS PPH2 ... read more |
| VirtualLogix Enables Enhanced Security of Mobile Commerce with Freescale's Applications Processor |
June 20, 2008 -- VirtualLogix, Inc. has entered into a collaboration agreement with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. to create a trusted environment for mobile devices and other terminals that can be used to ensure security of mobile ... read more |
| Sigma Media Processors Power Advanced Communications' IPTV Set-Top Boxes Across Japan |
June 27, 2008 -- Sigma Designs, Inc. and Advanced Communications Co., Ltd. (Adcom), a Japanese communications technology company, have announced that Sigma’s highly integrated SMP8654 media processors will be used to power Adcoms’ IPv6 se ... read more |
| ARC Launches New Annual Licensing Model for Multimedia Codecs |
June 27, 2008 -- ARC International has launched a new, innovative licensing model for its multimedia software libraries (codecs). ARC's extensive portfolio of audio, video and imaging codecs are now packaged into annually licensable libra ... read more |
| ARM RealView Family of Tools Adds Device Support for Freescale i.MX31 Platform |
June 27, 2008 -- ARM has announces the availability of device support within the RealView family of development tools for Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s i.MX31 multimedia applications processors. The device support is provided to ... read more |
| DSP Group Licenses SPIRIT DSP Low Bitrate Voice Codec for Digital Phone Baseband Processors and SOCs |
June 27, 2008 -- SPIRIT DSP announced that DSP Group, Inc. through its acquisition of the former Cordless & VoIP terminals businesses of NXP Semiconductors, has become a licensee of SPIRIT's proprietary low bit-rate voice codec, Vo ... read more |
| CodeSourcery's GNU-based Toolchain Available Now, Optimized for MIPS Cores |
June 27, 2008 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. announced that a MIPS-optimized release of CodeSourcery's Sourcery G++, a complete C/C++ development environment based on the GNU Toolchain and the Eclipse IDE, is available now from CodeSou ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics and NXP Unveil Management Team for Joint Venture |
June 27, 2008 -- NXP Semiconductors and STMicroelectronics have announced that their new joint venture name will be ST-NXP Wireless. Created from the mobile and wireless businesses of STMicroelectronics and NXP, which together gene ... read more |
| ProDesign CHIPit ASIC Prototyping System Accelerates Marvell ASIC Verification |
June 27, 2008 -- ProDesign GmbH today announced that Marvell Semiconductor’s Printer Division has successfully integrated the CHIPit prototyping flow. Marvell has taped out a next-generation printer design using CHIPit in addition to othe ... read more |
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