| XMOS Extends AVB Support to Gigabit Ethernet |
September 14, 2009 -- XMOS Semiconductor, Ltd. announced today that it will provide support for AVB networking. The XMOS Gigabit end-point implementation supports AVB applications including high-speed streaming of up to 72 channels of aud ... read more |
| Cypress Partners with ARM for Next-Generation Embedded Platform Solutions |
September 11, 2009 -- ARM and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced today that Cypress has licensed a broad range of intellectual property (IP) from ARM for use in next-generation programmable platforms. Cypress has licensed the AR ... read more |
| Innodul Selects Rad3's FEC IP for Its Plastic Optical Fiber Products |
September 14, 2009 -- RAD3 Communications, Inc.today announced that Innodul AG, a Swiss supplier of plastic optical fiber (POF) products, has chosen RAD3's advanced forward error correction (FEC) solutions for its POF product line.
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| Robotics Development Kit Announced by Digilent and Microchip Technology |
September 14, 2009 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. has announced the availability of a PIC32 32-bit microcontroller (MCU)-based robotics development kit through Digilent, Inc. The Digilent Cerebot 32MX4 Robotics Development Kit addre ... read more |
| Radiocomp Releases 4G Ready OBSAI RP3 v4.1 IP core for LTE, WCDMA and WIMAX |
September 11, 2009 -- To enable higher performances and carrier grade capacity for current as well as 4G multi-standard radio access networks, Radiocomp has released its OBSAI RP3 v4.1 compliant IP core for LTE, WCDMA, CDMA, GSM and WIMAX ... read more |
| Micrel Introduces Family of Sub-100-fs Jitter Clock Synthesizers and Jitter Attenuators |
September 14, 2009 -- Micrel, Inc. today announced a partnership agreement with Multigig, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company providing advanced next generation clock and timing ICs for communication markets. The agreement enables Micre ... read more |
| HOYA Adopts SpringSoft Laker System for Custom Chip Design |
September 14, 2009 -- SpringSoft, Inc. today announced that the Mask Division of Japan-based HOYA Corp. has adopted the Laker Custom Layout System in Japan and China. The Laker software enables HOYA design teams to support the diverse req ... read more |
| PSoC Creator Software Provides Design Environment for New Cypress PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 Architectures |
September 14, 2009 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced the PSoC Creator Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip families. The new design software lets engineers design ... read more |
| element14 Invites Engineers to "RoadTest" New Technologies from Freescale and Altera |
September 11, 2009 -- element14 has launched a RoadTest Group on its site, providing users the opportunity to trial and review the newest technologies from a variety of industry leading manufacturers. The initial offer is for 50 Freescale ... read more |
| Carbon Design Systems Adds Co-Simulation Model Library to System-Level Validation Tool Suite |
September 8, 2009 -- Carbon Design Systems, Inc. has announced immediate availability of the Carbon Model Library for co-simulation that includes the most advanced ARM processors.
It gives RTL and firmware engineers a way to simulta ... read more |
| Entropic and NXP Collaborate to Develop High-Performance Home Networked Set-Top Box Reference Design |
September 9, 2009 -- Entropic Communications, Inc. and NXP Semiconductors have collaborated on a MoCA-enabled (Multimedia over Coax Alliance), high-performance, set-top box (STB) reference design for the satellite, cable and IP ST ... read more |
| Magma Design's Camelot CAD Navigation Software Adopted By Analytical Solutions for Failure Analysis |
September 9, 2009 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Analytical Solutions, a leading parts and failure analysis laboratory service provider, has adopted the Camelot CAD Navigation software to enhance its failure-analysi ... read more |
| Synopsys Announces DDR3 IP with Support for 2133-Mbps Data Rates and 1.35V DDR3L |
September 9, 2009 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its DesignWare DDR3/2 PHY and digital controller IP supports the emerging 1866-Mbps and 2133-Mbps data rates currently being added to the JEDEC DDR3 standard. The DDR3/2 PHY also su ... read more |
| SynaptiCAD Tools Import Xilinx Timing Information |
September 8, 2009 -- SynaptiCAD, Inc. has announced version 14 of its timing diagram editors: WaveFormer Pro, Timing Diagrammer Pro, and Data Sheet Pro. Dozens of new features have been added including support for Xilinx post-route timing ... read more |
| Apache Design Solutions Acquires Sequence Design |
September 8, 2009 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. has acquired the assets, including intellectual property, and foreign subsidiaries of Sequence Design, Inc. Sequence operations will be integrated under Apache's global rese ... read more |
| Wind River to Support Cavium Networks' Econa CNS3XXX Family of ARM-Based Processors |
September 8, 2009 -- Wind River Systems today announced that it will develop and market a software platform optimized on the Econa ARM-based processors from Cavium Networks. The Wind River and Econa CNS3XXX-based solution will targ ... read more |
| Abu Dhabi's ATIC Makes Bid to Acquire Chartered |
September 7, 2009 -- Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ltd. today announced a definitive agreement whereby ATIC would acquire Chartered.
The propo ... read more |
| Cavium Networks Introduces Econa Family of Very Energy-Efficient ARM-Based Processors for the Digital Home |
September 8, 2009 -- Internet service providers and CE manufacturers are utilizing high bandwidth links to enable services such as video-on-demand, VoIP, video conferencing, HD multimedia interactivity and 100Mbps to 1Gbps of data connectivity. ... read more |
| New Lattice Reference Designs and Development Kits Target Low-Power, Space-Constrained Applications |
September 8, 2009 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. today announced the immediate availability of eight new reference designs, a $49 development kit for the ProcessorPM POWR605 power manager device, and a $69 development kit for the ispMACH ... read more |
| Broadcom Announces HD Satellite Set-Top Box SOC Solutions with Integrated MoCA 1.1 |
September 8, 2009 -- Broadcom Corp. today announced new single-chip, multi-format high definition (HD) satellite set-top box (STB) solutions featuring an integrated Multimedia-over-Coax Alliance (MoCA) 1.1 core. With these new system-on-c ... read more |
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