| Allegro DVT Now Shipping Third-Generation H.264/MPEG-4 AVC/MVC High-Definition Video-Encoding IP Core |
September 13, 2010 -- Allegro DVT has announced the immediate availability of the third generation of its H.264/MPEG-4 AVC/ MVC high-definition hardware video-encoding IP. Already licensed to a major IC vendor, it offers ultra-low latency ... read more |
| Trident and ARM Join Forces to Deliver a Web-Enabled Set-top Box Platform for Next-Generation Internet TV Services |
September 13, 2010 -- Trident Microsystems, Inc. and ARM, announced today that they have brought together all the key Web 2.0 and broadcast elements on a set-top box (STB) platform that can enable consumers to seamlessly view TV pr ... read more |
| eMemory Standardizes on Synopsys FastSpice for Circuit Simulation |
September 14, 2010 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that eMemory Technology, Inc. has selected Synopsys' CustomSim solution for all of its circuit simulation needs. On a 45-nm embedded non-volatile memory, the CustomSim solution d ... read more |
| Alvand Technologies Announces Ultra-Low-Power, Small Die-Area ADC IP In Advanced 40-nm Process Node |
September 14, 2010 -- Alvand Technologies, Inc. has announced the production-readiness of what the company claims is the industry's lowest power, smallest die-area analog-to-digital converter (ADC) intellectual property (IP) for advanced ... read more |
| Apache's Power, Noise and Reliability Solutions Selected by Exar for SOC Products |
September 14, 2010 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. today announced that Exar Corp. has chosen Apache's platforms for comprehensive power, noise and reliability solution from RTL to sign-off, including analog and mixed-signal desi ... read more |
| AppliedMicro Picks Tensilica's Dataplane Processors for High-Throughput Communications Chip Design |
September 14, 2010 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that AppliedMicro (AMCC) has selected Tensilica's Xtensa LX dataplane processors (DPUs) for an upcoming high-throughput communications chip design project.
"We ... read more |
| Beijing Nufront Launches NuSmart 2816 Computer System Chip Based on Multi-Core ARM Cortex-A9 Processor |
September 14, 2010 -- China-based Beijing Nufront and ARM today announced the availability of NuSmart 2816, a 40-nm system-on-chip that integrates a full computer system including a dual-core Cortex-A9 MPCore implementation at 2GHz ... read more |
| Renesas Electronics Receives USB-IF Certification for Second-Generation USB 3.0 Host Controller and USB 3.0 IP Core |
September 13, 2010 -- Renesas Electronics Corp. today announced that its latest Universal Serial Bus 3.0 (USB 3.0) xHCI (eXtensible Host Controller Interface) host controller (µPD720200A) and USB 3.0 intellectual property (IP) core (NBU3D ... read more |
| ARM Unveils Cortex-A15 MPCore Processor to Accelerate Capabilities of Mobile, Consumer and Infrastructure Applications |
September 9, 2010 -- ARM today introduced the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor that delivers a 5X performance improvement over today’s advanced smartphone processors, within a comparable energy footprint. In advanced infrastructure application ... read more |
| CoreEL Launches Low-Cost Audio-Video Decoder Module Product |
September 10, 2010 -- CoreEL Technologies, has launched its low-cost customizable audio-video decoder module product and also marked its entry into the H.264 Profile encoder arena with the demonstration of its I-Frame encoding solution. ... read more |
| RivieraWaves Announces First Bluetooth Low-Energy Qualified Baseband IP |
September 9, 2010 -- RivieraWaves announced today that it has successfully passed the Bluetooth Qualification with its Bluetooth low energy baseband intellectual property (IP).
RivieraWaves is working to provide shortly a complete ... read more |
| Xilinx and NSA Announce Approval of Virtex-5Q FPGA Solution for High-Grade Cryptographic Processing |
September 7, 2010 -- Xilinx, Inc. today announced that the latest version of its high-performance programmable solution for high-assurance applications in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industries has been approved for use in Type 1 Crypto Syst ... read more |
| CEVA's 1-GHz DSP Core Offers Performance and Power Efficiency for Next-Generation Communications and Multimedia SOCs |
September 7, 2010 -- CEVA, Inc. today introduced the CEVA-X1643, a highly energy efficient, 1-GHz DSP core designed to boost overall chip performance for a broad range of applications including wireline and wireless communications, surve ... read more |
| Continuous Computing Announces 40G ATCA Packet Processing Using NetLogic Microsystems' Multi-Core and Knowledge-based Processors |
September 7, 2010 -- Continuous Computing and NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. today announced their collaboration to deliver the industry's highest performance 40G AdvancedTCA (ATCA) packet processing platforms using NetLogic Microsyst ... read more |
| QuickLogic's Customizable "VEE Apps Builder" Android Application Enables Mobile Product Differentiation |
September 8, 2010 -- QuickLogic Corp. today announced the availability of VEE Apps Builder, an Android OS-based Java application for customer-specific control of QuickLogic's Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) and Display Power Optimizer (DP ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies' SystemVue Now Offers Modeling, Scripting Capability Using MATLAB |
September 8, 2010 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of its SystemVue 2010.07 software. This system-level design environment now provides the ability to perform complete mathematical modeling and scripting in System ... read more |
| Barco Introduces IP for Sub-Frame Latency Processing of Single-Tile JPEG 2000 Images |
September 7, 2010 -- Barco Silex has presented a new JPEG 2000 IP core which performs at sub-frame latency while preserving the high quality of single-tile images. With these new cores, the cumulated latency delay to encode and decode an ... read more |
| Ambarella A6 Chip Platform Deployed By Harmonic |
September 8, 2010 -- Ambarella, Inc. has announced that Harmonic, Inc. is utilizing Ambarella's A6 semiconductor platform. First introduced last year, the A6's small footprint, low power and flexible multi-streaming architecture enable a ... read more |
| Samsung Introduces High Performance, Low Power Dual Cortex-A9 Application Processor for Mobile Devices |
September 7, 2010 -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today introduced its new 1-GHz ARM Cortex A9-based dual-core application processor, code-named Orion, for advanced mobile applications. Device OEM developers now have a powerf ... read more |
| Cypress Adds New Programmable Peripherals for PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 Architectures to PSoC Creator Design Environment |
September 8, 2010 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has added new features for its PSoC Creator Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip (SOC) families. PSoC Creator now supports enhanced ... read more |
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