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Renesas Electronics and ESCRYPT Collaborate on State-of-the-Art Combined Hardware/Software Solution with High-Level Security for Protecting Automotive ECUs

November 10, 2016

Düsseldorf/Bochum, Germany, November 9, 2016 — Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and ESCRYPT GmbH (“ESCRYPT”), a leading system provider for embedded security, today announced their collaboration on an integrated hardware and software platform solution that provides high-level security for protecting automotive electronic control units (ECUs).

The new joint hardware/software platform … Read More → "Renesas Electronics and ESCRYPT Collaborate on State-of-the-Art Combined Hardware/Software Solution with High-Level Security for Protecting Automotive ECUs"

Macronix Unveils New-Generation Low-Pin-Count OctaBus Memory Subsystem Solution for IoT and Automotive Electronics Markets

November 10, 2016

Hsinchu, Taiwan, November 10, 2016 – Macronix, world-leading non-volatile memory (NVM) solution manufacturer, today unveiled its new-generation 12 pin-count bus interface. This breakthrough design keeps the high speed, high efficiency features of OctaFlash and uses only 12 pins, sharing the same data I/O, to enable simplicity in system design and optimizes PCB space, resulting in significant cost savings and dramatically enhancing the performance.
Macronix introduced OctaFlash, the world’s fastest, high-efficiency 8 I/O Serial NOR Flash with 400MB/s data transfer rate in 2015. The booming development of … Read More → "Macronix Unveils New-Generation Low-Pin-Count OctaBus Memory Subsystem Solution for IoT and Automotive Electronics Markets"

Thread 1.1-Conforming Software from Silicon Labs Helps Accelerate Market Adoption of Thread Protocol

November 10, 2016

AUSTIN, Texas – Nov. 9, 2016 – Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) has announced the release of a conforming Thread mesh networking stack that has successfully passed testing based on the Thread 1.1 technical specification. Developers using the new Thread 1.1-conforming stack running on Silicon Labs’ wireless SoCs and wireless modules can submit their Thread-enabled products for conformance testing using Thread test resources to ensure conformance based on the 1.1 standard. 

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Intersil Expands Single-Chip USB-C Buck-Boost Battery Charger Family

November 10, 2016

Milpitas, Calif., Nov. 10, 2016 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today introduced two new USB-C™ buck-boost battery chargers that support bidirectional power delivery in ultrabooks, tablets, power banks and other mobile products. The single-chip ISL9238 and ISL9238A battery chargers replace … Read More → "Intersil Expands Single-Chip USB-C Buck-Boost Battery Charger Family"

TI introduces the industry’s first precision nanopower operational amplifiers

November 9, 2016

DALLAS (November 9, 2016) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ:TXN) today introduced the industry’s first precision nanopower operational amplifiers (op amps). The LPV811 and LPV812 consume quiescent current as low as 320 nA and are part of a family of four new ultra-low-power op amps. With up to 60 percent lower power consumption than competitive precision op amps and offset voltage as low as 300 µV, the new family of op amps extends battery and sensor life for applications such as building automation, wired and wireless sensor nodes, and wearables. For more information about … Read More → "TI introduces the industry’s first precision nanopower operational amplifiers"

World record: Infineon chip solves Rubik’s Cube in 637 milliseconds

November 9, 2016

Munich, Germany – November 9, 2016 – The Rubik’s Cube was solved in just 637 thousandths of a second: At the “electronica” trade fair, the machine “Sub1 Reloaded” pulled off the feat with the help of microchips from Infineon. The microcontroller AURIX™, one of the world’s most powerful minicomputers, also contributed to the record-breaking effort: It is one of the essential elements that enable autonomous driving. For the Rubik’s Cube, it achieved the best time in the approximately 30 years that have passed since the Hungarian Ern? Rubik invented the cube. … Read More → "World record: Infineon chip solves Rubik’s Cube in 637 milliseconds"

Xilinx Unveils Details for New 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ FPGAs with High Bandwidth Memory and CCIX Technology

November 9, 2016

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today unveiled details for new 16nm Virtex® UltraScale+™ FPGAs with HBM and CCIX technology. Containing the highest memory bandwidth available, these HBM-enabled FPGAs offer 20X higher memory bandwidth relative to a DDR4 DIMM and 4X less power per bit versus competing memory technologies. The new devices are architected to support the higher memory needs of compute-intensive applications such as machine learning, Ethernet connectivity, 8K video, and radar. They also contain CCIX IP, enabling cache-coherent acceleration to any … Read More → "Xilinx Unveils Details for New 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ FPGAs with High Bandwidth Memory and CCIX Technology"

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