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15V, Dual 3A Monolithic Synchronous Step-Down Regulator Powers DDR1, DDR2 or DDR3 Memory

June 29, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – June 29, 2011 – The LTC3634 is a high efficiency, dual-channel monolithic synchronous step-down regulator from Linear Technology, which provides power supply and bus termination rails for DDR1, DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAM controllers. The LTC3634 operates from an input voltage from 3.6V to 15V, making it ideal for dual cell Li-Ion applications as … Read More → "15V, Dual 3A Monolithic Synchronous Step-Down Regulator Powers DDR1, DDR2 or DDR3 Memory"

Cadence Donates UVM World Website to Accellera

June 29, 2011

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that it has donated the UVM™ World Website (www.uvmworld.org) to the Accellera standards organization. Accellera, which released the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) as a standard in February, will operate and fund the site, which Cadence established in May 2010 to serve as an open, definitive … Read More → "Cadence Donates UVM World Website to Accellera"

Digi-Key Corporation and Swissbit Announce Global Distribution Agreement

June 29, 2011

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 – THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., USA and Bronschhofen, Switzerland – Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation and Swissbit Announce Global Distribution Agreement"

CEVA and CellGuide Partner to offer Software GPS Solution on CEVA-XC

June 28, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 28, 2011 – CEVA, Inc. [(NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, and CellGuide, a leading GNSS solution provider, today announced a partnership to offer a software-based GPS solution for the CEVA-XC communications processor. Leveraging CellGuide’s GPS/GLONASS software IP, CEVA-XC licensees can add GPS capability to their processor designs without any hardware modifications or increase in die size.

CEVA-XC is a high-performance, scalable, low-power communication DSP designed specifically to overcome the stringent power consumption, time-to-market and cost constraints associated with … Read More → "CEVA and CellGuide Partner to offer Software GPS Solution on CEVA-XC"

AMIMON Reaffirms Commitment to MIPS® Architecture with New Core License

June 28, 2011

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – June 28, 2011 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications, announced that WHDI™ founding member AMIMON, the market leader in wireless High Definition, licensed the MIPS32® M4K® processor core for development of its third-generation transmitter and receiver chips designed for the WHDI™ (Wireless Home Digital Interface™) standard.

AMIMON is a long-time MIPS licensee, having leveraged MIPS cores for its previous generation WHDI products. Numerous companies are developing products based on AMIMON’s MIPS-Based& … Read More → "AMIMON Reaffirms Commitment to MIPS® Architecture with New Core License"

Quad & Single LTPoE++ PSE Controllers Deliver Up to 90W

June 28, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – June 28, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4266A and LTC4274A, 4-port … Read More → "Quad & Single LTPoE++ PSE Controllers Deliver Up to 90W"

Kilopass Embedded Non-Volatile Memory IP Selected For SMIC 55nm CMOS Logic Processes

June 28, 2011

Santa Clara, Calif. –– June 28, 2011 –– Kilopass Technology Inc., the leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 981.HK), a leading global foundry, today announced the next phase of their embedded NVM IP partnership. Kilopass is expanding its one-time programmable (OTP) NVM product offering to SMIC’s 55 nanometer (nm) logic CMOS process. Kilopass has already successfully taped out in SMIC’s 65nm … Read More → "Kilopass Embedded Non-Volatile Memory IP Selected For SMIC 55nm CMOS Logic Processes"

DSM Computer joins Intel’s® Embedded Building Blocks Initiative

June 28, 2011

Munich, June 2011 – DSM Computer has joined the new Embedded Building Blocks (EBB) Initiative of Intel^®. The EBB Initiative has the objective of giving system integrators and resellers the possibility of entering the embedded computing market on the basis of existing, flexible building blocks. Compact and robust IPCs that satisfy a wide range of requirements, such as for the industrial automation, can be configured with the EBBs consisting of high-quality industrial housings and standardized computer-on modules with the associated baseboards. This allows customers to define fast and easily … Read More → "DSM Computer joins Intel’s® Embedded Building Blocks Initiative"

Namsong Designs Spartan-6 into Newest Line of Multi-format Portable Field Monitors for Professional Broadcast Applications

June 28, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 28, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that longtime customer Namsong Industrial Co., Ltd. has designed Xilinx’s Spartan®-6 field programmable gate array (FPGA) into its newest line of professional, multi-format portable field monitors recently introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2011 conference.

Namsong’s new high-performance multi-format Read More → "Namsong Designs Spartan-6 into Newest Line of Multi-format Portable Field Monitors for Professional Broadcast Applications"

CISSOID introduces a High-Temperature 80V Dual Series Small-Signal Diode

June 28, 2011

Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium – June 28, 2011. CISSOID, the leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions, releases CHT-GANYMEDE, a high-temperature 80V dual series small-signal diode in a small hermetically sealed metal can TO-18 package. This new device includes two diodes connected in series that can sustain a reverse voltage of 80V, have a maximum forward current of 300mA at 225°C and are suitable for operation from -55°C up to +225°C. This dual diode is a general purpose discrete component which and can be used in a variety of applications, including clamping, low-current rectification and sensing, among others. </ … Read More → "CISSOID introduces a High-Temperature 80V Dual Series Small-Signal Diode"