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Lattice Ships More Than 20 Million Programmable Mixed Signal Products

February 13, 2012

HILLSBORO, OR – February 13, 2012 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that it has shipped more than 20 million programmable mixed signal devices. Fast-growing, worldwide adoption is spread over key mixed-signal device families including the Lattice Power Manager II, the newly released Platform Manager™, and ispClock™ families. Lattice programmable mixed-signal devices are used in a range of applications from low-cost solid state drives to complex high-end telecommunication infrastructure cards.

The Power Manager family was the first programmable mixed-signal device family created by Lattice. Responding to customer need for integration and true “management,” … Read More → "Lattice Ships More Than 20 Million Programmable Mixed Signal Products"

Synchronous Rail-to-Rail, Single Resistor Step-Down Regulator Delivers 1.5A at 0V to 15V

February 13, 2012

MILPITAS, CA – February 13, 2012 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3600, a 1.5A, high efficiency, synchronous buck regulator that can be easily paralleled for higher current applications and is adjustable down to 0V with a single resistor. This new switching regulator architecture uses a 50µA current reference, combined with a single resistor to set the output voltage. This unique design … Read More → "Synchronous Rail-to-Rail, Single Resistor Step-Down Regulator Delivers 1.5A at 0V to 15V"

AMD Fusion-based congatec COMs support OpenCL for flexible task distribution

February 13, 2012

San Diego, California, February 13, 2012 * * * congatec Inc., a leading manufacturer of embedded computer modules, supports OpenCL (Open Computing Language) for its Computer-on-Modules (COMs) with AMD Fusion technology across the popular module standards ETX, XTX, COM Express and Qseven.

OpenCL is an Application Programming Interface (API), which enables developers to take full advantage of the high performance graphics cores of AMD’s Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) for a variety of non-graphical computing tasks. For parallel tasks, the processor cores can offload jobs to the graphics unit, thereby increasing overall system performance far beyond previously possible … Read More → "AMD Fusion-based congatec COMs support OpenCL for flexible task distribution"

Texas Instruments advanced signal conditioners deliver industry’s highest performance at lowest power

February 10, 2012

DALLAS (Jan. 30, 2012) –Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced 10 signal conditioners designed to drive high-speed interface standards such as 10G/40G/100G Ethernet, 10G-KR (802.3ap), InfiniBand, Fibre Channel and CPRI. The new integrated circuits (ICs) join a comprehensive family of repeaters and retimers that combat signal impairments caused by insertion loss, jitter, reflections and crosstalk in high-speed enterprise servers, routers and switches. Manufactured using TI’s high-performance BiCMOS SiGe process technology, these new signal conditioners deliver the industry’s highest signal reach performance at less than 6-mW per gigabit. For more information on these products, … Read More → "Texas Instruments advanced signal conditioners deliver industry’s highest performance at lowest power"

Mouser and Amphenol TCS Initiate Worldwide Distribution Agreement

February 10, 2012

This new accord will enable design engineers to achieve their performance targets by providing rapid access to Amphenol TCS’s extensive range of connector products with Mouser’s fast and convenient ordering capabilities and library of the latest product information and data. The product line includes a diverse range of high-speed backplane and mezzanine connectors including the InfinX and NeXLev families that are designed to meet the increasing bandwidth demands of parallel board to board interconnection. Capable of support 25+Gbps and 12.5Gbps respectively, the InfinX and NeXLev connectors are optimized for differential signalling and offer the reliability … Read More → "Mouser and Amphenol TCS Initiate Worldwide Distribution Agreement"

Industry’s First Low-Voltage Digital Thermometers/Thermostats with Versatile SPI/3-Wire Interface

February 10, 2012

Sunnyvale, CA—February 9, 2012—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) announces the MAX31722/MAX31723 digital thermometers and thermostats. The devices provide local temperature readings over a user-selectable SPI or 3-wire interface. While most competitive solutions require at least a 2.7V supply, these temperature sensors can operate from a voltage supply as low as 1.7V. This low supply voltage, along with a 2.4µA low-power standby mode, makes these products ideal for low-power or battery-operated systems.

The MAX31722/MAX31723 offer the designer an array of options to help ease design. An SPI or 3-wire interface … Read More → "Industry’s First Low-Voltage Digital Thermometers/Thermostats with Versatile SPI/3-Wire Interface"

Microsemi Announces New Package for Radiation Tolerant “Space Flight” FPGAs

February 10, 2012

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—Feb. 10, 2012—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced that its radiation tolerant RT ProASIC®3 family of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) is now available in a ceramic quad flat pack (CQFP) package. CQFP packages comply with time-tested and flight-proven circuit board and assembly techniques. In addition, ceramic withstands extreme operating temperatures, which makes it an ideal material for demanding space applications.

Microsemi’s RT ProASIC3 FPGAs are the first devices of their type to provide … Read More → "Microsemi Announces New Package for Radiation Tolerant “Space Flight” FPGAs"

Power supply app and web interactive product selector launched

February 10, 2012

XP Power today announced two new online product selection tools for engineers that ease the process of choosing a power supply. Available from the XP Power web site, http://www.xppower.com, the product selector allows searching by product type, (AC-DC or DC-DC), or by application type such as healthcare, industrial, technology, defense & avionics and LED lighting. Simple search parameters such as power rating, input voltage, output voltage(s) and mechanical format provide a quick and straightforward method of finding the ideal power supply … Read More → "Power supply app and web interactive product selector launched"

MOST150 Rolls Off the Line

February 10, 2012

Karlsruhe (Germany) February 9, 2012 – At the fourth MOST Forum on March 20, 2012 in Stuttgart/Esslingen (Germany), the MOST Cooperation (MOSTCO) – the standardization organization for the leading automotive multimedia network Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) – will again participate as knowledge partner and exhibitor to showcase the latest technology highlights. “The theme of this year’s exhibit is ‘MOST150 Rolls Off the Line’, describing the third generation of MOST Technology hitting the road in 2012,” stated Dr. Christian Thiel, Administrator of the MOST Cooperation. “MOST150 meets the requirements not only for the traditional areas of entertainment and information, but also for the new … Read More → "MOST150 Rolls Off the Line"

Setra Systems Introduces Low-Cost, High-Pressure Transducer Series for Larger Volume OEM Applications

February 10, 2012

February 9, 2012, Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA – Setra Systems, Inc. (www.setra.com), a leading global designer and manufacturer of pressure measurement instrumentation for industrial, test & measurement, HVAC/R, semiconductor, energy, environmental, medical, pharmaceutical, and meteorological requirements, has introduced the Model 3100/3200 series, a family of compact, low-cost, high-pressure transducers, designed to support the rigorous performance demands of high-volume OEM applications, and particularly within space constrained environments.

Available in standard (Model 3100) and heavy duty (Model 3200) versions, design of the 3100/3200 series incorporates the use of thin-film strain gauge sensing technology … Read More → "Setra Systems Introduces Low-Cost, High-Pressure Transducer Series for Larger Volume OEM Applications"

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