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QDR Consortium Unveils New, Highest-Speed QDR SRAMs

April 20, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20, 2011 – The QDR Consortium, which includes Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:CY) and Renesas Electronics Corporation(TSE: 6723), today announced the industry’s fastest Quad Data Rate (QDR) SRAMs (static random access memory). The new memory devices will be named QDRII+ Xtreme and will operate at clock speeds as fast as 633 megahertz (MHz). They will be fit-, form- and function-compatible with existing QDR II+ devices, allowing manufacturers of network switches, routers and aggregation platforms to boost performance by simply increasing clock speeds within the system without any board design changes.

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Security manager provides superior data protection regardless of power source

April 20, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA—April 20, 2011—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the DS3660, a security manager with 1024 bytes of nonimprinting memory to securely store sensitive data. The on-chip nonimprinting memory, which consists of eight 128-byte banks, can be selectively cleared by end users based on user-specified tamper events. Additionally, the DS3660 device features an internal 1.8V bias source to power low-voltage external SRAM that can be used to store less critical data, and it is configurable to operate with a low-voltage microprocessor for battery-operated devices. Combining internal tamper monitors with tamper-detection inputs that interface with external sensors, this device … Read More → "Security manager provides superior data protection regardless of power source"

TI offers the world’s lowest power capacitive touch solutions with new easy-to-use software, silicon and tools for all MSP430™ microcontrollers

April 20, 2011

DALLAS, TX (April 19, 2011) – Enabling the world’s lowest power touch sense capabilities on all MSP430 devices, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the ultra-low-power MSP430 16-bit microcontroller capacitive touch portfolio. Building on TI’s embedded processing expertise, the portfolio  introduces new hardware and free software solutions that gives developers easy-to-use, cost-effective options for microcontroller-based capacitive touch applications, while still benefitting from the battery-saving features of MSP430 devices. For more information, please visit www.ti.com/capacitivetouch-pr-lp.

The royalty-free MSP430 capacitive touch … Read More → "TI offers the world’s lowest power capacitive touch solutions with new easy-to-use software, silicon and tools for all MSP430™ microcontrollers"

IAR Systems eases development of Fujitsu FM3 microcontroller designs

April 19, 2011

April 19, Uppsala – IAR Systems announced that IAR KickStart Kit for Fujitsu MB9BF506R is now available. The kit has been designed specifically for evaluating and prototyping using Fujitsu’s FM3 ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontroller family. The 32-bit MB9BF500 series, of which the MB9BF506R has the most on-chip flash and comprehensive peripheral support, are a range of high-integrated microcontrollers aimed at high performance cost sensitive applications.

The kit includes an MB9BF506R-SK evaluation board, USB host and device connectors and CAN interfaces, a 16 x 2 black and white LCD, … Read More → "IAR Systems eases development of Fujitsu FM3 microcontroller designs"

TI introduces efficient 25-W digital audio power amp for thin-panel televisions

April 19, 2011

DALLAS (April 19, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today introduced a 25-W digital audio power amplifier for driving stereo bridge-tied speakers. The TAS5727 boasts an RDS(on) that is 32 percent lower ­than previous product generations, resulting in a 20-percent lower total case temperature. Additionally, two-band dynamic range compression allows for audio processing in two different frequency bands to overcome audio quality limitations of small speakers. The TAS5727 enables designers to create efficient, thermally cool designs in the ever smaller packages demanded by the HDTV and … Read More → "TI introduces efficient 25-W digital audio power amp for thin-panel televisions"

connectBlue™ Increases Focus in the Wireless Medical Market

April 19, 2011

Wireless innovator connectBlue has been a major player in the wireless medical market since its FDA clearance of the world’s first Bluetooth wireless medical device in 2003. Now, connectBlue is expanding its resources in business development and sales to better cater to the needs of new and existing medical customers. 

Wireless solutions bring to healthcare providers new high-tech possibilities for wireless connectivity across medical devices and mobile networks. These connectivity possibilities help grow the wireless medical market; a market growth which has accelerated even further with the introduction of smart mobile devices. 

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Kilopass Introduces Industry’s First Embedded Multi-Time Programmable Non-Volatile Memory in 40nm Logic CMOS

April 19, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 19, 2011 – Kilopass Technology Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today unveiled Itera, the industry’s first and only embedded multi-time programmable (MTP) NVM in 40nm, during the Linley Tech Mobile Conference. Using Itera, system-on-chip (SoC) designers can achieve significantly lower costs (70% less), higher performance (24X increase), and improved integration by replacing external serial EEPROM and NOR flash in high-volume mobile and consumer applications. Implemented in standard CMOS with no additional process steps or wafer process adders, Itera provides up to 1 megabit (Mb) of storage capacity and 1024 … Read More → "Kilopass Introduces Industry’s First Embedded Multi-Time Programmable Non-Volatile Memory in 40nm Logic CMOS"

NetLogic Microsystems Announces the Industry’s Widest Bandwidth Digital Front End Processors for 3G and 4G/LTE Base Stations

April 19, 2011

Santa Clara, Calif. – April 18, 2011 –NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, today announced the availability of the OP6100 family of digital front-end (DFE) processors which delivers 65MHz of occupied bandwidth, 145MHz of total bandwidth and 325MHz of pre-distortion bandwidth for next-generation 3G and 4G/LTE base stations, remote radio heads (RRUs) and distributed antenna systems (DAS). This dramatic breakthrough represents over 220% increase in bandwidth over competing available merchant DFE solutions, and at a fraction of the cost and power of FPGA-based solutions.  In addition, the … Read More → "NetLogic Microsystems Announces the Industry’s Widest Bandwidth Digital Front End Processors for 3G and 4G/LTE Base Stations"

Optimized development tool for NXP’s digital signal controller (DSC) architecture

April 19, 2011

Lauta (Germany) April 19, 2011 – PLS presents at ESC Silicon Valley Booth 2301 at multicore Expo, the latest Version of the Universal Debug Engine (UDE). UDE 3.0.7 is equipped with optimized test and debug functions for NXP’s LPC4300 highly integrated dual-core system-on-chip (SoC) family and offers unlimited dual-core debugging under a single user interface.

The LPC4300 family brings together an ARM Cortex-M4 with a Cortex-M0 to an asymmetrical dual-core digital signal controller (DSC) architecture. Both processors each operate with their own … Read More → "Optimized development tool for NXP’s digital signal controller (DSC) architecture"

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