| Renesas Electronics America Expands Its RX Microcontroller Ecosystem |
October 11, 2010 -- Renesas Electronics America, Inc. has announced the expansion of its RX600 microcontroller (MCU) ecosystem. The new products include a Wi-Fi(R) (802.11n) kit jointly developed with Redpine Signals, Inc., compiler suppo ... read more |
| Jungo and Renesas Electronics America Partner On USB for SuperH MPUs |
Ocotober 11, 2010 -- Jungo, Ltd. today announced a partnership with Renesas Electronics America, Inc. to bring feature-rich USB connectivity to Renesas Electronics' SuperH series of RISC microprocessors. The two companies have inte ... read more |
| C-Compiler Support Now Available for LatticeMico8 Microcontroller |
October 11, 2010 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. today announced the availability of GNU software development tools for its LatticeMico8 soft processor. The tool chain, including a GCC C-Compiler and Linker, was developed as part of an ong ... read more |
| MoSys Deploys Altos' Liberate for High-Speed I/O Characterization |
October 11, 2010 -- Altos Design Automation, Inc. today announced that MoSys, Inc. has adopted Liberate, its ultra-fast cell characterization solution. MoSys is using Liberate to re-characterize foundry-based s and for characteriza ... read more |
| Wind River and Alcatel-Lucent Collaborate to Boost Wireless Network Performance |
October 5, 2010 -- Wind River today announced its collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent to develop common platform assets for Alcatel-Lucent's wireless network base station portfolio. Alcatel-Lucent's common platform provides the hardware and ... read more |
| Semico Research Sees Growth In Third-Party Semiconductor IP Market |
October 6, 2010 -- The semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) industry was not immune to the market forces unleashed in 2008, declining 21.9% in 2009, observes Semico Research Corp. It is Semico's view, however, that the SIP market wil ... read more |
| Analog Devices Rolls Out New MEMS Digital Gyroscope |
October 5, 2010 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has introduced the ADXRS453 iMEMS gyroscope, the latest addition to ADI's portfolio of fourth-generation high-performance, low-power gyroscopes with digital output.
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| eASIC Enables Early Rollout of On-Ramp Wireless' eNODE Solutions |
October 6, 2010 -- eASIC Corp. today announced that On-Ramp Wireless, Inc., a provider of low-power, wide area scalable wireless networking systems successfully rolled out its eNode Wireless modules six months ahead of schedule. Its fast- ... read more |
| LSI Unveils 28-nm Custom Silicon Platform |
October 6, 2010 -- LSI Corp. today announced the availability of its 28-nm custom silicon platform that includes a broad portfolio of intellectual property (IP) blocks and an advanced design methodology for custom systems-on-chip (SOC). T ... read more |
| 4M Wireless Completes LTE Protocol Stack Software Port for Tensilica's 3GPP LTE Reference Architecture |
October 6, 2010 -- Tensilica, Inc. and 4M Wireless, Ltd. today announced that 4M Wireless has completed its port of the PS100 LTE protocol stack to Tensilica's ConnX Atlas LTE reference architecture and has also officially joined Tensilic ... read more |
| Sundance Combines FPGA and Power-PC440 With PCI Express for PC/104 |
October 6, 2010 -- Sundance Multiprocessor Technology, Ltd. has recorded its centenary product landmark for the PC/104 Embedded Computing specification. With solutions that combine FPGA and Power-PC440 with PCI Express for PC/104, Sundanc ... read more |
| SENSIO Licenses 3D Technology to Top Semiconductor Manufacturer for Consumer Electronics Applications |
October 6, 2010 -- SENSIO Technologies, Inc. today announced that a global leader in semiconductors is integrating SENSIO 3D technology into its products to offer its customers premium-quality 3D capability. The SENSIO 3D format will be i ... read more |
| MindTree Unveils IP Suite to Target Bluetooth Low-Energy Market |
October 6, 2010 -- MindTree, Ltd. has announced the launch of BlueLitE, the company's single-mode Bluetooth low-energy (Bluetooth 4.0) intellectual property suite today. This IP offering complements MindTree's classic Bluetooth (Bluetooth ... read more |
| LSI Media Processor Powers Next-Generation Ericsson Mobile Media Gateway |
October 5, 2010 -- LSI Corp. today announced that Ericsson has entered high-volume production of its next-generation mobile media gateway that incorporates LSI . The mobile media gateway platform also includes a multicore communications p ... read more |
| Elliptic Partners With Carbon Design Systems to Create Accurate System-Level Models |
October 5, 2010 -- Elliptic Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has partnered with Carbon Design Systems, Inc. to translate Elliptic's portfolio of security IP into system-level models which can be used by SOC architects and ... read more |
| Cavium Introduces PureVu-3D Standards-Based, Low-Latency 3D Wireless Display Solution |
October 5, 2010 -- Cavium Networks today announcedsampling of a new family of PureVu-3D 1080p system-on-chip (SOC) H.264 video processors. The PureVu-3D CNW53XX processors utilize Cavium's high performance WiVu wireless display technology ... read more |
| GN ReSound Standardizes on Magma Talus to Increase Performance and Minimize Power On Next-Generation ICs |
October 5, 2010 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced that GN ReSound, a maker of hearing instruments, has standardized on the Talus implementation system for its next-generation ICs. GN ReSound selected Talus after encounterin ... read more |
| VarioTAP In-System Emulation Technology Powers Energy Micro EFM32 Gecko MCU With Serial Wire Debug (SWD) From ARM |
October 4, 2010 -- GOEPEL electronic has announced the extension of the VarioTAP emulation technology for the support of the ARM's Serial Wire Debug (SWD) interfaces. VarioTAP's functional range includes on-chip programming up to emulati ... read more |
| QuickLogic's High-Speed Secure Access Module Controller PSB Simplifies Mobile Point-of-Sale Product Design |
October 5, 2010 -- QuickLogic Corp. has expanded its Proven System Block (PSB) library with the addition of a Secure Access Module (SAM) Controller. It supports the ISO 7816 Smart Card standard as well as all modes of the high-speed proto ... read more |
| TSMC Expands IP Alliance to Include Soft IP |
October 5, 2010 -- TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) today expanded its IP Alliance to incorporate a soft IP program that will improve soft IP readiness for advanced technology nodes and drive earlier time-to-market. TSMC ... read more |
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