San Jose, CA, June 3, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced production availability of the Atmel AT73C246 analog companion chip to provide power supplies and audio input/output to match the Atmel AT91SAM9 ARM9(TM)-based MCUs (and equivalent 32-bit devices) to host multimedia applications. Operating from a single 2.9V to 5.5V source, the AT73C246, when combined with a high-quality stereo audio codec, provides the multi-level supplies required by the AT91SAM9 devices. This combination reduces the external component count and helps keep system power supply to a minimum.</ … Read More → "Atmel Analog Companion Chip Enables ARM9-based High-quality Audio and Multimedia Applications"

Leuven, Belgium – June 4, 2010 – Imec, a world-leading nanoelectronics research center, and TSMC, the world-leading semiconductor foundry, today announced the extension of imec’s Europractice IC service with the offering of TSMC’s 40 nanometer technologies. Subsequent to the close collaboration between imec and TSMC on advanced technology research and development, both companies will offer TSMC’s CybershuttleTM Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) platform for IC prototyping and production services to European companies and academia. 

The … Read More → "Imec’s Europractice IC service provides TSMC 40nm technologies to European companies and academia"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 3, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing today announced that its Synphony HLS (High Level Synthesis) product now includes optimised support for Xilinx Virtex®-6 FPGAs. The high level synthesis flow provides Virtex-6 FPGA users with more automatic target-specific optimisations and architecture exploration from high level models and delivers up to 10X higher design and verification productivity than traditional RTL flows for communications and multimedia applications.

The Synphony HLS product generates optimised RTL for Virtex-6 FPGA implementation as well as testbench … Read More → "Synopsys announces Synphony HLS support for Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Join Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) at the ARM Pavilion at ESC Chicago June 7 to 9, 2010 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Actel will showcase the newly introduced SmartFusion(TM) intelligent mixed signal FPGAs and attendees can see a live demo of the SmartFusion Evaluation Kit.

Actel will demonstrate the following:

• Motor control development kit in action with multiple controls
• Keil™ and IAR Systems® design environments to support innovative … Read More → "Actel to Showcase SmartFusion Devices at ESC Chicago"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Join Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) at the ARM Pavilion at ESC Chicago June 7 to 9, 2010 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Actel will showcase the newly introduced SmartFusion(TM) intelligent mixed signal FPGAs and attendees can see a live demo of the SmartFusion Evaluation Kit.

Actel will demonstrate the following:

• Motor control development kit in action with multiple controls
• Keil™ and IAR Systems® design environments to support innovative … Read More → "Actel to Showcase SmartFusion Devices at ESC Chicago"

MILPITAS, CA – June 3, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3579, a current mode, fixed frequency step-up DC/DC converter with integrated fault protection features for output shorts, input/output overvoltages, and overtemperature conditions. The LT3579 incorporates two integrated 42V switches, a 3.4A master switch and a 2.6A slave switch, which can be tied together for a total current of 6A. The LT3579 operates from an input voltage range of 2.5V to 16V, with transient protection to 40V, making it suitable for applications with input sources ranging from a single-cell Li-Ion to automotive inputs. The LT3579 is ideal for many local … Read More → "6A, 2.5MHz, 42V Boost/Inverting DC/DC Converter with Fault Protection"

MILPITAS, CA – June 3, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3579, a current mode, fixed frequency step-up DC/DC converter with integrated fault protection features for output shorts, input/output overvoltages, and overtemperature conditions. The LT3579 incorporates two integrated 42V switches, a 3.4A master switch and a 2.6A slave switch, which can be tied together for a total current of 6A. The LT3579 operates from an input voltage range of 2.5V to 16V, with transient protection to 40V, making it suitable for applications with input sources ranging from a single-cell Li-Ion to automotive inputs. The LT3579 is ideal for many local … Read More → "6A, 2.5MHz, 42V Boost/Inverting DC/DC Converter with Fault Protection"

Pittsford, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced PicoScope 9211A – a new, economical instrument specifically designed for time- domain reflectometry, providing a low-cost method of analyzing the real-world functionality of cables, connectors, circuit boards and IC packages.

PicoScope 9211A stimulates a device under test using two independently programmable 100-ps rise-time step generators, and builds up an accurate performance picture from a sequence of reflected or transmitted pulses via its 12 GHz sampling inputs. The results can be usefully displayed as volts, ohms or reflection coefficient against time or distance – and at … Read More → "Saelig Debuts 12GHz TDR/TDT Sampling Oscilloscope"

Edinburgh, UK / Taipei,& … Read More → "Wolfson’s power management and audio solution selected by HelloSoft for the world’s lowest power Android VoIP phone reference design"

COMPUTEX TAIPEI, Taiwan – June 1, 2010 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that ViXS Systems Inc. will demonstrate the Android™ platform running on its MIPS-Based™XCode® 4200 family of Integrated Chipsets at COMPUTEX TAIPEI this week. </ … Read More → "Android™ Platform Continues to Gain Momentum on MIPS® Architecture for the Connected Home"