HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that its 0.25-micron One-Time-Programmable (OTP) IP now meets Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) standard AEC-Q100 specification.

The IP is fully compatible with TSMC Bipolar-CMOS- DMOS (BCD), mixed signal/analog and standard CMOS logic processes and does not require additional processing steps, making it an ideal System-on-Chip (SoC) choice for automotive power management and analog applications.

TSMC’s 0.25-micron OTP IP passes AEC-Q100 grade 1 product qualification specifications, features fully tested at multi-probe electrical testability and supports the automotive industry’ … Read More → "TSMC Announces Automotive Qualified 0.25-Micron One-Time-Programmable IP"

Eindhoven, the Netherlands, June 27, 2010 — JTAG Technologies, a leading world-wide provider of board test and device programming tools based chiefly on IEEE Std 1149.x, has broadened its portfolio by offering device programming solutions for an array of serial bus types, including SMBus, SPI, I2C and MicroWire.

Classified by their Serial Controlled IC Programmer (SCIP) grouping, JTAG Technologies is pleased to announce an unrivalled range of support for the in-system programming of devices from the world’s leading silicon vendors. SCIP has solved several difficulties.

Whilst many highly integrated … Read More → "JTAG Technologies Introduces ‘SCIP’ for In-System Programming"

HILLSBORO, OR — JUNE 29, 2010 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that it has partnered with Affarii Technologies to successfully demonstrate the industry’s lowest cost, low power Remote Radio Head (RRH) solution at 1300mW per antenna.  The integration of all RRH processing has been achieved on a single LatticeECP3™-150 device, part of Lattice’s award-winning, high value LatticeECP3 FPGA family.  The single chip solution supports 2×2 MIMO configurations for WCDMA, LTE and WiMAX applications and is part of an overall RRH hardware evaluation platform jointly developed by Lattice and Affarii.  The platform is … Read More → "Lattice and Affarii Technologies Offer Complete Remote Radio Head Hardware Solution For Wireless Infrastructure"

SUNNYVALE, CA–June 29, 2010– Real-Time Innovations (RTI), The Global Leader in DDS, announced today the release of version 4.5 of RTI Data Distribution Service. Version 4.5 introduces new features that significantly reduce the time and cost required to build and integrate real-time systems-of-systems. These features include new mediation capabilities to bridge between applications that natively support different external interfaces and protocols.

RTI Data Distribution Service 4.5 extends the capabilities of the market-leading implementation of the Object Management Group (OMG) Data-Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems (DDS) standard. RTI’s DDS platform provides … Read More → "RTI Data Distribution Service 4.5 Accelerates Integration of Real-Time Systems-of-Systems"

NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 29, 2010 – Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in safety testing and certification, is developing a first-edition standard for induction power transmitters and receivers for use with low-energy products. UL 2738 applies to induction power transmitters, such as wireless battery chargers, employing magnetic induction coils that transmit energy to receiving coils in low-energy devices, such as cell phones, portable media players and global positioning devices. The new requirements will not apply to these products powered by the induction transmitters or receivers.

< … Read More → "UL Developing First-Edition Standard for Wireless Charging Devices For Use With Low-Energy Products"

• Manufacturing process highly simplified and more efficient
• Floated inserted pins increase reliability and performance
• High power surface mount DC/DC converters contribute to improve board’s utilization, to simplify inventory management and reduce energy consumption

Ericsson Power Modules’ has introduced a surface mount version of its 380W PKM4000B module with an input voltage of 36 to 75V and an output of 12V/33A. The PKM4000B SI addresses the increasing need for surface mount versions to meet the ever-increasing space saving requirements demanded by applications and designers.

The number … Read More → "Ericsson’s Floated Inserted Pin Simplifies The Utilization Of High-Power Surface Mount Modules"

June 2010 – Foremost Electronics, the Essex based specialist distributor of electromechanical components has been appointed as the UK distributor for the Marquardt 6425 range of keypad switches. With worldwide sales of more than 3,000,000 pieces per year the 6425 switch range has proven to be highly reliable and very successful in a wide range of applications including telecoms, control and alarm panels, weighing scales and similar instrumentation and point of sale equipment. The 6425 switch range has low operating noise making them suitable for pro-audio, broadcast and medical applications.

The low profile& … Read More → "New Low Profile Keypad Switches from Foremost Electronics are Reliable and Versatile"