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Atmel First to Achieve UL Certification for QTouch Capacitive Touch Controllers for Household Appliances

San Jose, CA, December 5, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, and UL (Underwriters Laboratories), today announced that Atmel has achieved certification for the UL 60730-1, a standard for automatic electrical controls for household and similar use, for the AT42QT1244/5 and AT42QT1481 capacitive touch controllers. Atmel is … Read More → "Atmel First to Achieve UL Certification for QTouch Capacitive Touch Controllers for Household Appliances"

Racing Electronics

One of the perks of writing about electronics is that you get to see some really cool stuff.  And while motor racing is not at the top of my list of enthusiasms, an invitation by Freescale to visit the McLaren Technology Centre was just too good to pass up. Besides which, it turned my fellow … Read More → "Racing Electronics"

RISC Pioneers Impart MIPS® Architecture Creation Story

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – August 5, 2011 – During a panel discussion “Risking It All on RISC” hold at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA, on July 27th several of the MIPS progenitors discussed the creation of the MIPS® architecture and its continued influence on the semiconductor and computing industries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3paiCK3dlK0 In 1981, Dr. John Hennessy led … Read More → "RISC Pioneers Impart MIPS® Architecture Creation Story"

Renesas Electronics Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 for Its Powerful, Economical SoCs

TOKYO, Japan,  March 3 , 2011 —  Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced its support of the newly released Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system for the company’s systems-on-chip (SoCs) including the R-Car series of SoCs to offer new functionality and a development environment that supports the quick creation of small, … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 for Its Powerful, Economical SoCs"

IAR Systems first to support Atmel 32-bit AVR UC3C devices

November 9th, Uppsala, Sweden, IAR Systems today announced the availability of software development tools for Atmel’s 32-bit AVR UC3C family of microcontrollers that feature an extended instruction set capable of hardware-accelerated floating point arithmetic. IAR Embedded Workbench is currently the only tool suite offering compiler support for the FPU on UC3C devices. Developers using devices … Read More → "IAR Systems first to support Atmel 32-bit AVR UC3C devices"

4G Chipset Provider Sequans Communications Licenses MIPS Technologies’ Processor Core

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – October 22, 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, announced today that 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications has selected its MIPS32® M14Kc™ synthesizable processor core for next-generation mobile solutions. The M14K™ family of cores is … Read More → "4G Chipset Provider Sequans Communications Licenses MIPS Technologies’ Processor Core"

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