| SIA Raises Forecast for Chip Industry Growth Featured |
June 7, 2006 -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released an updated forecast projecting worldwide sales of semiconductors will grow by 9.8% to $249.6 billion in 2006. The forecast was revised upward from the November fo ... read more |
| Crabtree Selects Freescale's ZigBee Solution for Wireless Home Automation Product |
June 7, 2006 -- Crabtree, an electrical accessories manufacturer in South Africa, has selected Freescale Semiconductor Inc.'s ZigBee solution for its iTRONIC system. ZigBee is increasingly selected for home automation applications due to ... read more |
| Timesys Announces Major Upgrade to Embedded Linux Developer Suite |
June 7, 2006 -- Timesys Corp. has announced the latest update to LinuxLink with the release of a major, standards-based Eclipse and CDT upgrade to Developer Suite. This latest update based on Eclipse 3.1 and CDT 3.0.1, provides an end to ... read more |
| Axiom Microdevices Introduces GSM/GPRS Quad-Band Power Amplifier Product |
June 7, 2006 -- Axiom Microdevices, Inc. today re-enforced its position as the first provider of fully integrated CMOS power amplifiers with the introduction of the AX502 device. This product offering from Axiom Microdevices integrates fu ... read more |
| Analog Devices to Acquire RF Innovator, Integrant Technologies |
June 7, 2006 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Integrant Technologies, Inc. of Korea. An innovator in the field of high-performance analog circuits designed for reconfigurable ... read more |
| Celoxica Inks Agreement with Czech Academy of Sciences |
June 2006 -- Celoxica, Ltd. is working with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) to accelerate the wide-scale deployment of high-performance reconfigurable computing and programmable logic implementations of next-generati ... read more |
| 43rd DAC Features Leading-Edge Theme on Multimedia, Entertainment and Gaming Featured |
June 6, 2006 -- The 43rd Design Automation Conference will feature many demonstrations of the themes of multimedia, entertainment and games, dubbed "MEGa" by the DAC leadership. Additional Pavilion Panels include a panel on "Inside the iP ... read more |
| Agere Systems Announces Major Design Win for Its Payloadplus Network Processor |
June 6, 2006 -- Agere Systems, Inc. today announced that Ericsson has selected Agere’s APP300 (Agere’s Advanced PayloadPlus) series network processor product offerings. Ericsson, one of the top-ranked vendors worldwide in shipments of IP-DSLAM p ... read more |
| Akustica Collaborates with Ricoh on Promotion of Voice and Video Over Internet Applications |
June 6, 2006 -- A collaboration between Akustica, Inc. and Ricoh Company, Ltd. has resulted in a new camera module solution for optimized audio and video performance in Universal Serial Bus (USB) Audio/Video applications. The camera modu ... read more |
| STARC Selects Chipidea PLL for Advanced Semiconductor Design Effort |
June 6, 2006 -- Chipidea Microelectronica, SA announced today that the company’s 100-MHz to 1-GHz programmable clock multiplier PLL IP core was implemented in the library of the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC), a ... read more |
| Brion’s Tachyon LMC Put in 65-nm Volume Production by Crolles2 Alliance |
June 6, 2006 -- Brion Technologies, Inc. today announced the successful completion of its initial joint development agreement with the Crolles2 Alliance, enabling STMicroelectronics, Philips Semiconductors and Freescale Semiconductor to p ... read more |
| Enter Triad's ASIC Design Contest and Win a Free ASIC Spin Featured |
June 6, 2006 -- With the introduction of Triad Semiconductor, Inc.’s newest platform, the VCA-4, designers and design teams are invited to submit ASIC applications that utilize the analog and digital resources found on the VCA-4 platform. ... read more |
| PC Card to USB and UART Controller Creates High-Speed Data Ports for Wireless Modems |
June 6, 2006 -- Oxford Semiconductor, Inc. has announced a new controller that combines a 16-bit PC Card host interface, a USB 2.0 full-speed host controller and a high-performance UART. The OXCFU950 provides the flexibility to support ne ... read more |
| Intersil Launches Family of 3.3-V ESD-Protected, Low-Power RF Gain Blocks for Satellite TV and ISM Bands |
June 6, 2006 -- Intersil Corp. has introduced six new RF amplifiers in its ISL550xx family for use in satellite receivers and industry, scientific and medical (ISM) band applications that have integrated ESD (electrostatic discharge) prot ... read more |
| XtremeData Picks Altera's Stratix II FPGAs to Deliver Processor Acceleration for AMD Opteron Processor-Based Systems |
June 6, 2006 -- Altera Corp. announced today that XtremeData, Inc. has chosen Altera's largest Stratix II FPGA device for its XD1000 FPGA coprocessing solution. The XD100 FPGA module is pin compatible with the AMD Opteron processor ... read more |
| SST and Grace Semiconductor Expand Availability of Embedded SuperFlash Technology with New Licensing Agreement |
June 6, 2006 -- Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (SST) and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. have extended their technology licensing agreement. Grace can now offer its customers SST's self-aligned SuperFlash cell for embedd ... read more |
| PLDApplications and ELTEC Elektronik Collaborate on 16-Channel PCI Express High-End Frame Grabber for Security Applications |
June 6, 2006 - PLDApplications (PLDA) today announced a licensing agreement with ELTEC Elektronik AG, which recently launched the PC_EYE/ASYNC 4-channel PCIe frame grabber and the PC_EYE/SEC 16-channel PCIe frame grabber. Both projects in ... read more |
| PLX Technology Smooths Migration to PCI Express with New, High-Performance 16-Lane Switching Device |
June 6, 2006 -- PLX Technology, Inc. has announced the PLX PEX 8517, a PCIe switch that further enhances the usability of PCIe technology in networking, storage and graphics applications. The newest member of PLX's ExpressLane line of PCI ... read more |
| TI's New DaVinci Technology Development Kit Simplifies Design Effort for Next-Generation Video Applications |
June 6, 2006 -- Continuing to streamline the creation of innovative digital video systems, Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced a new digital video software development kit based on DaVinci technology. The new software development ... read more |
| Vitesse Announces Availability of Its Low Cost Stackable Layer-2 Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switch |
June 6, 2006 -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. today announced the availability of the company's E-StaX-34 switch-on-a chip (SOC) product, the first low cost stackable Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Smart Switch designed to bring affordable ... read more |
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