| Rockchip and SMIC in Commercial Production of 65-nm Multimedia Chips |
November 29, 2010 -- Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd. has entered into commercial production of its high-end mixed digital/ analog SOC chip at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) using SMIC's 65-nm Low-Power proces ... read more |
| Micrium RTOS Supports Cypress PSoC 5 ARM Cortex-M3 Development Platform |
November 29, 2010 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Micrium, Inc. today announced that RTOS supports Cypress's PSoC 5 development platform.
The programmable analog and digital peripherals in PSoC 5, along with t ... read more |
| CEA-Leti Creates an HgCdTe Infrared Imaging Array with Record-Breaking Thermal Resolution |
November 29, 2010 -- CEA-Leti announced today the first infrared imaging array in the 8-10µm band capable of returning an image with a record-breaking minimum temperature difference, or thermal resolution, of 0.001 to 0.002°K at ambient t ... read more |
| Intel Expands Customer Choice with First Configurable Intel Atom-Based Processor Featured |
November 22, 2010 -- With the debut of six products based on the Intel Atom processor, Intel Corp. is making it easier for OEMs to get to market with differentiated, custom-made designs. The company today announced the configurable Intel ... read more |
| Altera Selects Microtronix as Preferred Partner for Mobile DDR Memory Controller IP Core |
November 24, 2010-- Microtronix today announced it has been selected by Arrow and Altera as the preferred memory controller IP core partner for the new BeMicro software development kit (SDK). As a long-term and committed Altera AMPP desig ... read more |
| Easics and ICsense Join Expertise to Offer Best-Of-Class Mixed-Signal ASICs |
November 24, 2010 -- Easics NV and ICsense have announced a partnership agreement so that the two design houses can now offer high-quality, best-of-class mixed-signal ASIC applications. With the agreement, eASIC and ICsense formali ... read more |
| Xilinx FPGA Development Platforms Accelerate Industrial Systems Designs |
November 23, 2010 -- Xilinx, Inc. today announced three new industrial Targeted Design Platforms based on the low-cost Spartan-6 FPGA family, which will help engineers increase performance and reduce time-to-market for PROFINET real-time ... read more |
| TI's New AM1810 Sitara ARM MPU Reduces Power Consumption and Cost Up to 30% for Industrial Applications |
November 23, 2010 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced its AM1810 Sitara ARM microprocessor (MPU), a new single-chip ARM9 solution with an integrated PROFIBUS interface, the world's most popular fieldbus used for communications ... read more |
| Zarlink Simplifies Design of Wirelessly Enabled Implanted Medical Devices and Monitoring Equipment |
November 22, 2010 -- Zarlink Semiconductor, Inc. has introduced a new application development kit that helps speed the design and evaluation of wireless telemetry systems linking implanted medical devices and home monitoring and programmi ... read more |
| Renesas Electronics Introduces RL78 Microcontroller Family for Next-Generation 8- and 16-bit Embedded Applications |
November 22, 2010 -- Renesas Electronics Corp. has announced the introduction of the new RL78 family of extremely low-power microcontrollers (MCUs). The RL78 integrates advanced features from both the R8C and the 78K (78K0, 78K0R) familie ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics and Rohde & Schwarz Deliver a Hardware-Accelerated Debug Platform for Verifying Wireless Communication SOCs |
November 22, 2010 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. and Rohde & Schwarz, a leading supplier of electronic test and measurement equipment, today announced they have collaborated to deliver a hardware-accelerated, debug platform for the verification ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics and IAR Systems Announce Software Support for SPEAr Microprocessors |
November 22, 2010 -- STMicroelectronics and IAR Systems AB today announced development tool support for ST's SPEAr family of microprocessor units (MPUs). This extends IAR Systems development tool support for ST products, which is a ... read more |
| IP Cores Licenses Encryption Technology to Space Systems/Loral |
November 22, 2010 -- IP Cores, Inc. has licensed its encryption technology to Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for satellite applications. The IP Cores solution will be used in conjunction with SS/L's advanced satellite control subsystem to pro ... read more |
| Discera Silicon Oscillators Deliver 10-ppm Accuracy for Consumer Mobile, Video, and Wireless Applications |
November 22, 2010 -- Discera, Inc. has announced the production availability of 10-ppm versions of its DSC1001 low-jitter and the DSC8001 programmable silicon oscillators. According to Discera, these oscillators are the first silicon timi ... read more |
| ARM Mali-300 GPU Brings Advanced Graphics to Entry-Level and Mid-Range Consumer Devices Featured |
November 22, 2010 -- ARM today announced the ARM Mali-300 graphics processing unit (GPU), supporting ES 2.0 and bringing high-definition (HD) graphics performance to entry-level and mid-range consumer devices. The new GPU offers a seamles ... read more |
| AWR Adds Product, Application and Tutorial Videos to Engineering TV |
November 22, 2010 -- AWR Corp. today announced that it has added nearly 55 product, application and tutorial videos on Engineering TV, expanding its social media outlets beyond the current AWR.TV and AWR Channel on YouTube. AWR's ... read more |
| Fairchild Semiconductor Increases Focus on Mobile Handset Market |
November 22, 2010 -- Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. is increasing its focus on the mobile handset market. It is increasing investment in and development of a targeted portfolio of analog and power intellectual property (IP) to support hand ... read more |
| Broadcom to Acquire Gigle Networks |
November 22, 2010 -- Broadcom Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gigle Networks, Inc., a privately-held company that develops system-on-chip (SOC) solutions for home networking over power lines. When combined with Broadcom ... read more |
| Analogix Announces Availability of DisplayPort-to-LVDS Converter IC |
November 22, 2010 -- Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced the availability of a DisplayPort-to-LVDS converter IC. The ANX1120 is designed to allow OEMs to offer the advantages of the latest DisplayPort enabled source devices to co ... read more |
| Synopsys Announces Immediate Availability of the DesignWare ARC Processor Core for Blu-ray Disc Players |
November 18, 2010 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the DesignWare ARC AS 221 BD dual-core processor optimized for high-definition (HD) audio applications. In addition, Synopsys announced three new enhancemen ... read more |
|
