Unterpremstaetten, Austria, April 12, 2010 – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, today introduced the AS3900 27 MHz FSK low-power transceiver with built-in star network management, the only one in the 27 MHz ISM band. Operation in this band avoids the interference found in the popular but cluttered 2.4 GHz band and results in a lower amount of energy being absorbed by the human body (SAR) when compared with the 2.4 GHz band — … Read More → "Low power FSK transceiver from austriamicrosystems features simplest star network management"

Bielsko-Biala/Poland, August 9th, 2010 – The silicon intellectual property (IP) provider, Evatronix SA, today announced its presence at the series of EDA Tech Forum events hosted in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan on August 24th, Shanghai and Beijing, China on August 31st and September 2^nd, respectively. During these selected shows, Evatronix will unveil its latest IP improvements in the hottest design areas of the semiconductor industry – USB 3.0, NAND Flash and SD memory, and multimedia.

The EDA Tech Forum events feature industry’s most … Read More → "Evatronix to exhibit at the EDA Tech Forum events to strengthen its position in key Asian markets"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — August 9, 2010 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that TSMC has successfully taped out a complex 28 nanometer (nm) Product Qualification Vehicle (PQV) test chip using Synopsys’ Galaxy(tm) Implementation Platform. Key features used to design the PQV test chip include 28nm design rule support for place-and-route, interconnect process modeling, IEEE 1801-2009 (UPF)-based hierarchical low power flow, power-aware design-for-test (DFT) and advanced signoff capabilities. Synopsys tools exercised by TSMC in the RTL-to-GDSII implementation and signoff flow for this test … Read More → "Synopsys Galaxy Implementation Platform used by TSMC for 28nm process"

MILPITAS, CA – August 9, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the TimerBlox™ family, a set of simple, small, accurate and low power devices for five commonly used timing functions: voltage-controlled oscillator, low frequency oscillator, pulse width modulated oscillator, monostable pulse generator (one-shot) and delay. As a family, the TimerBlox parts provide a precision, easy-to-use solution; these parts offer a single common platform and allow the use of precise building block solutions for each function.

Leveraging Linear Technology’s advanced silicon oscillator technology, TimerBlox parts combine an accurate, programmable oscillator with precision circuitry and logic. Like all Linear Technology silicon … Read More → "TimerBlox Family of SOT23 Devices Enables Simple Timing Solutions"

MILPITAS, CA – August 9, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the TimerBlox™ family, a set of simple, small, accurate and low power devices for five commonly used timing functions: voltage-controlled oscillator, low frequency oscillator, pulse width modulated oscillator, monostable pulse generator (one-shot) and delay. As a family, the TimerBlox parts provide a precision, easy-to-use solution; these parts offer a single common platform and allow the use of precise building block solutions for each function.

Leveraging Linear Technology’s advanced silicon oscillator technology, TimerBlox parts combine an accurate, programmable oscillator with precision circuitry and logic. Like all Linear Technology silicon … Read More → "TimerBlox Family of SOT23 Devices Enables Simple Timing Solutions"

Duesseldorf, 5^th AugustRead More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces Seven New Power MOSFET Products with 8-Pin HSON Package for More Compact Automotive Electronic Units"

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2010 – Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, announced today that TSMC used Quartz™ DRC for physical verification of its 28-nanometer (nm) product qualification vehicle (PQV) test chip. PQVs are representative of design data customers will use in production designs. By designing and manufacturing the PQV test chip, TSMC offers its customers greater confidence in achieving silicon success in its 28-nm processes.

Read More → "Magma’s Quartz Physical Verification Software used by TSMC on Complex 28-nm Product Qualification Vehicle Test Chip – Delivers Sign-off Accuracy along with Required Performance and Capacity"

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – August 5, 2010) –  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today that it will align product development to deliver on the EDA360 vision. The company will line up research and development (R&D) around the three core tenets of the vision: System Realization, SoC Realization and Silicon Realization.

In April, Cadence® laid out a new vision for the … Read More → "Cadence Aligns Workforce to Deliver on EDA360 Vision"

FREMONT, Calif., August 2010 – Elma Electronic Systems division, a leading supplier of embedded products and systems solutions built on open standards-based platforms like CompactPCI, ATCA, VME and OpenVPX, now offers the Secure PMCDisk for securely erasing and write-protecting sensitive data in harsh environments often found in military and defense applications. 

The new, high-capacity Read More → "New Mass Storage Mezzanine from Elma Offers Fast Secure Erasure and Write Protection"

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, August 4, 2010 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of embedded silicon and platform technologies, today announced the addition of the VIA COME8X80 module to its COM Express™ portfolio; the world’s first COM Express type product to take advantage of the high performance, 64-bit VIA Nano E-Series processor.

“The VIA COME8X80 module harnesses the power of VIA Nano platform to offer a uniquely integrated and performance-optimized COM Express product,” said Daniel Wu, Vice President, VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. “The VIA COME8X80 also … Read More → "VIA Nano E-Series Processor Powers COM Express™ Module"