| Audio/voice DSPs speed smartphone algorithms
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2012-01-11 |
| Tensilica Inc. HiFi 3 audio/voice DSP IP core is suited for SoCs in home entertainment systems and smartphones |
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| Wi-Fi module simplifies Wi-Fi connectivity
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2011-11-17 |
| Broadcom releases WICED, a Wi-Fi module that can implement Wi-Fi on devices even those without previous networking support. |
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| Development kit features 28nm FPGAs
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2011-09-12 |
| Altera unleashes a full-featured Stratix V GX FPGA-based development kit that provides customers a platform to measure and evaluate transceiver link performance ranging from 600Mbps to 12.5Gbps. |
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| SLIC devices designed for low-power VoIP gateway apps
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2011-07-28 |
| Silicon Labs unveils the Si3226x Dual ProSLIC family of integrated, cost-effective and power-efficient subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) solution designed for voice-over-IP (VoIP) gateways |
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| Protocol stack customised for 16bit MCUs, DSCs
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2011-07-25 |
| Microchip teams with Kalki Technologies to provide DLMS protocol stack customised for 16bit MCUs, enabling interoperability for broad range of energy types and communication protocols. |
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| Virtual prototyping sol'n boosts design productivity
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2011-07-22 |
| Synopsys unveils Virtualizer tool set as a part of its next-generation virtual prototyping solution that accelerates software development schedules by up to nine months with lower engineering effort. |
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| Lattice PCIe IP meets PCIe v2.0 requirements
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2011-07-08 |
| Lattice says its LatticeECP3 FPGA and PCI Express (PCIe) IP core are now PCIe v2.0 compliant enabling cost and power savings for communications, multimedia, server and mobile platforms |
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| Firmware library aids motor drive development
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2011-06-30 |
| ST rolls out the STM32 FOC PMSM SDK v3.0 motor-control firmware library that simplifies the design and development of a series of energy-saving motor drives aimed at industrial and other applications |
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| Online, interactive design platform aids IP creation
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2011-06-13 |
| Element14 launches an interactive, online design platform called knode that offers a single interface for research, design, develop and prototype manufacture for application design and IP creation |
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| NAND Flash controller complies with ONFI 3.0
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2011-05-17 |
| Arasan's NAND Flash Controllers comply with the ONFI 3.0 specification while supporting fast transfer modes up to 400MTS with differential signalling on clock and data, and double data-rate transfers (DDR). |
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| Tool aids development for Kinetis microcontroller
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2011-04-08 |
| Freescale Semiconductor's Kinetis line of microcontrollers (MCUs) built on the ARM Cortex-M4 core now has a development tool, KwikStik that aids its evaluation, development and debugging. |
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| HiGig MAC IP core packs XGMII, XAUI interfaces
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2010-12-01 |
| The HiGig MAC IP core for the LatticeECP3 FPGA family from Lattice interfaces to the PHY layer and supports variable-sized packet transmission with fixed-sized messaging capability (HiGig2 only |
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| Embedded initiative unveils new design flow tool
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2010-10-18 |
| Altera Corp. is pursuing the integration of programmable logic and processors in embedded systems through its newly unveiled Embedded Initiative, offering a single design flow tool called Qsys. |
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| Synthesis tools feature team-design capabilities
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2010-10-01 |
| Synopsys Inc. releases enhancements to its Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier FPGA synthesis tools with team-design and shorter runtime features in the 2010.09 release. |
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| ASIC processor flaunts 2.4GHz performance
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2010-09-27 |
| Open-Silicon Inc., MIPS Technologies Inc. and Dolphin Technology have been successful in taping out an ASIC processor at over 2.4GHz under typical conditions. |
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| Design tools enhance signal processing systems
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2010-09-16 |
| MathWorks enhances MATLAB and Simulink offering RF modelling, stream processing, and enhanced code generation for FPGAs and embedded processors. |
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| Web Server supports VxWorks RTOS
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2010-09-01 |
| AdaCore reveals that Ada Web Server (AWS) supports Wind River's VxWorks Real-Time Operating System offering a target-independent solution for creating user interfaces for embedded applications. |
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| Beefed up HiFi Audio codec lib offers FLAC decoder
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2010-07-13 |
| Tensilica is upgrading its HiFi Audio DSP family of IP core software library with the addition of the increasingly popular Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) decoder |
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| MCUs with USB, 96KB RAM cut system cost, footprint
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2010-07-02 |
| Microchip Technology unveils its four-member line dubbed PIC24FJ256GB210 of microcontrollers that integrated USB for Embedded Host/Peripheral/On-the-Go and 96KB RAM to improve throughput and data buffering. |
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| DSP packs 24 cores to deliver 36GMACs at <55mW
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2010-06-23 |
| Octasic Inc. is increasing the number of Opus DSP cores from 15 to 24. The new Opus DSP core (Opus2) can deliver over 36GMACs with less than 55mW of power consumption per GMAC. |
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| PCIe-enabled sub-system boards allow re-programmability
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2010-04-30 |
| CebaTech Inc. releases the CebaFlex series of re-programmable PCIe-enabled sub-system boards that enables OEM customers to rapidly deploy next-generation equipment, independent of the CPU technology lifecycle. |
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| Processor offers 1.7DMIPS/MHz performance
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2010-03-09 |
| eASIC Corp. has released the Aeroflex Gaisler's LEON4 processor that betters the performance of its predecessors by up to 50 per cent at the same clock frequency. |
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| Cortex-M4 extends to mathematical computation apps
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2010-02-25 |
| ARM has launched the Cortex-M4 MCU core which extends the use of Cortex-M cores to applications requiring intensive mathematical computation. |
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| FPGA dev't kits up SoC design productivity, innovation
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2009-12-17 |
| The Virtex-6 FPGA and Spartan-6 FPGA kits are fully equipped with ISE Design Suite 11.4 to shorten development time by enabling developers to focus on competitive differentiation. |
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| Processor cores support 96 user-defined instructions
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2009-11-27 |
| The processor cores based on EnSilica's eSi-RISC scalable processor architecture support both 16 and 32bit configurations suitable for a number of ASIC and FPGA designs. |
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| Serial RapidIO 2.1 IP core tips 20 GBaud
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2009-11-20 |
| The RapidIO 2.1 supports up to four lanes at 5GBaud per lane, addressing the increased bandwidth and reliability needs of the wireless and military markets. |
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| NAND controllers support ONFI 2.2
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2009-11-17 |
| ONFI 2.2 flash controllers can be interfaced with a wide range of NAND memory devices |
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| IP libraries enable low-power 32bit MCUs
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2009-08-04 |
| ARM's ultra low-power Physical IP libraries are designed to drive the next generation of energy-efficient microcontroller devices |
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| 32bit MCU consumes only 0.48mW/MHz
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2009-06-25 |
| A 32bit MCU with a power consumption of only 0.48mW/MHz in active mode rolls from Atmel Corp. |
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| Multiprocessor tool suite gets upgrade
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2009-06-22 |
| Multiprocessor design firm 3L has introduced version 3.2 of its Diamond multi-processor tool suite. |
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