| Qimonda Expands Foundry Agreement with SMIC |
August 21, 2007 -- Qimonda AG and the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) have jointly announced that they have signed an agreement to expand their existing cooperation on the production of standard memory chips ... read more |
| New Zilog 8-bit MCU Targets Fan Control and Universal Motor Control Applications |
August 21, 2007 -- Zilog, Inc. today announced the latest addition to its Z8 Encore! XP portfolio, the Z8F083A Series Flash microcontroller (MCU). The new solution delivers embedded design engineers the best cost/performance ratio for fan ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus OS and EDGE (Eclipse) Developer Suite for the IBM Cell Broadband Engine Processor |
August 21, 2007 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced a joint collaboration with IBM on the targeting and porting of Mentor's Nucleus operating system (OS) and EDGE Developer Suite for the IBM Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) processor, ... read more |
| D2 Technologies Delivers Expanded VoIP Support for ARM Microprocessors |
August 21, 2007 -- D2 Technologies, Inc. has announced expanded support for ARM processors, including integration with the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor. This support enables OEMs and ODMs to utilize ARM processors with D2’s embedded ... read more |
| Xilinx DSP Development Tools Deliver Up to 38% Higher DSP Performance |
August 21, 2007 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced that its DSP development tools now deliver up to a 38% faster Fmax performance for multi-rate DSP designs and improved ease of use. With the release of version 9.2 of the AccelDSP synthesis to ... read more |
| Cadence Extends DFM Solution with Acquisition of Clear Shape Technologies Featured |
August 20, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has acquired Clear Shape Technologies, Inc., a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) technology company. Combined with Cadence's existing DFM methodologies and capabilities, the acquisition ... read more |
| Actel FPGAs Enhance Clarity of Video Processing Platform from LYYN |
August 20, 2007 -- Actel Corp. today announced that LYYN AB, a Swedish company specializing in video enhancement, has developed a hardware and software video processing platform enabled by the Actel ProASIC3 family of FPGAs. The solution ... read more |
| Tilera Now Shipping the TILE64 High-Performance Embedded Processor |
August 20, 2007 -- Tilera Corp. has launched the TILE64 processor, the first in a family of Tile Processor chips based on an architecture that can scale to hundreds and even thousands of cores. The TILE64 processor contains 64 full-featur ... read more |
| Zoran's Vaddis Processor Selected by Sony for In-Dash AV Entertainment System with Super Audio CD Playback |
August 20, 2007 -- Zoran Corp. today announced that its Vaddis DVD multimedia processors have been integrated into a high-quality, high-definition DVD car stereo from Sony Corp. Vaddis DVD multimedia processors are fully digital end-to-en ... read more |
| Stretch Introduces 16-Channel H.264 Digital Video Recorder in a PCI-Express Add-in Card |
August 20, 2007 -- Stretch, Inc. has introduced a PCI-Express (PCIe) add-in card for the surveillance industry capable of 16 channels of D1 H.264 video encoding. The Stretch PCIe DVR reference design kit (RDK) is a production-ready, high- ... read more |
| Stretch’s Intelligent Encoder Couples Multi-Standard Encoding with Video Analytics |
August 20, 2007 -- Stretch, Inc. has announced its Intelligent Encoder Software Development Kit (SDK), the first video surveillance encoder with built-in intelligence. Optimized for the Stretch S6000 family of software configurable proces ... read more |
| QuickLogic Announces Availability of Ultra-Secure, DRM, Single-Chip Silicon Solutions for Handheld Electronics Products |
August 20, 2007 -- QuickLogic Corp. has added a suite of digital rights management (DRM) security functions, including AES encryption, to the library of IP available for its programmable connectivity platforms. The technology lets develop ... read more |
| National Semiconductor's New 12-Bit ADCs for WiMAX Provide SFDR of 84.1dB at 250-MHz Input Frequency |
August 20, 2007 -- National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced two 12-bit 170-MSPS analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and a 14-bit, 155-MSPS ADC, each with a full-power bandwidth of 1.1GHz. Available in dual data rate, low-voltage differ ... read more |
| LSI to Sell Mobility Products Business to Infineon |
August 20, 2007 -- LSI Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its mobility products business to Infineon Technologies AG for $450 million in cash, plus a performance-based payment of up to $50 million payable in the first quarter ... read more |
| Elliptic and Impinj Collaboration Bolsters System-on-Chip Digital Content Protection |
August 20, 2007 -- Elliptic Semiconductor, Inc. and Impinj, Inc. are collaborating to develop a secure, standards-based system-on-chip (SOC) reference architecture for content protection applications such as digital rights manageme ... read more |
| Dongbu HiTek Commits Long-Term Applications on Anchor's NanoScope DFM Platform |
August 20, 2007 -- Anchor Semiconductor, Inc. and Dongbu HiTek have announced the increased applications and long term commitment to Anchor's NanoScope DFM Platform after rigorous evaluation among multiple suppliers. Anchor and Don ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies Announces Antenna Modeling Design System with Hearing-Aid Compatibility |
August 20, 2007 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. has today announced the next release of its Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS), now containing new capabilities to verify that handheld wireless devices are equipped with hearing-aid compat ... read more |
| Tiny 40-Mbps Transceivers Deliver Unmatched Temperature Range Performance and ESD Protection |
August 20, 2007 -- Intersil Corp. has introduced the ISL3159E and ISL3179E RS-485/RS-422 transceivers. These next-generation interface ICs combine 40-Mbps transmission performance over the widest temperature range, along with 15-kV IEC610 ... read more |
| Boundary Scan Software Platform Automates Structure Test of Complex Memory Clusters |
August 20, 2007 -- Goepel Electronic GmbH has introduced a new generation of intelligent tools for the structural test of complex memory clusters as another feature of the boundary scan software platform System Cascon. The newly developed ... read more |
| Cypress Supports Philips Lumileds Luxeon K2 Power LEDs with New EZ-Color Controller Family |
August 20, 2007 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. is making it easier to design custom-color lighting systems with Luxeon K2 power LEDs from Philips Lumileds. Using Cypress's PSoC Express 3.0 visual design software, designers can simply inpu ... read more |
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