| SoC enables energy-saving power adapter designs
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2011-01-18 |
| Green Plug debuts the Green Power Processor (GPP), an SoC that enables CE manufacturers develop energy-saving digital power adapter architectures offering customisation to other power supply designs. |
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| Verification advancements ease ASIC, FPGA design
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2011-01-14 |
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. revealed advancements that increase verification productivity, including a new release of Cadence Incisive technology. |
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| Cortex-M0 processor designed for curriculum, research
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2010-12-22 |
| ARM reveals the availability of ARM Cortex-M0 processor via the ARM DesignStart online IP portal that aims to accelerate the proliferation of the technology in university curriculum and research projects. |
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| MIPI M-Phy core designed for 40nm process
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2010-12-15 |
| Cosmic Circuits releases its MIPI M-Phy core designed to integrate capability for the G1 and G2 high-speed modes and to support the SYS and PWM low-speed modes for 40nm process technology. |
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| LED driver IC allows high PWM dimming ratios
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2010-12-15 |
| Supertex's three-channel LED driver IC packs three dimmer switch FET drivers that allow high PWM dimming ratios and independent fault management. |
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| Mixed-signal oscilloscope series addresses low price gap
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2010-12-13 |
| Tektronix has extended its oscilloscope offerings with a mixed-signal oscilloscope series of high-bandwidth and low capacitance passive voltage probes starting at Rs.509,239.48 ($11,400 |
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| Mixed-signal MCU SoC allows real-time processing
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2010-12-03 |
| Maxim offers the MAXQ7670A which pushes mixed-signal performance to the 12bit level with a 125Msps ADC, enabling measurements in the microvolt range from various types of sensors like AMR sensors |
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| Development platform serves PL, hardware, software
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2010-11-18 |
| The Altium Designer system development platform was tapped by Microsemi Corp. for SmartFusion because it addresses system design by combining PCB, embedded software development and FPGA design in one system |
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| Automotive LED driver IC packs core functionality
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2010-11-16 |
| NXP delivers LED driver IC solutions which incorporate critical functionality such as direct LED temperature feedback, LED fault detection, internal PWM control for dimming and short circuit protection. |
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| Updated ASL test platform offers 4x pin count
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2010-11-10 |
| LTX-Credence has improved its ASL test platform enabling it to offer 4x the analogue and digital pin count and 5x the power capability of the ASL1000. |
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| Design software integrates board management functions
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2010-11-04 |
| Lattice's PAC-Designer design software version 6.0 enables board designers to integrate a circuit board's power and digital board management functions into the new Platform Manager device family. |
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| DSC uses digital power-control tech to top analogue
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2010-10-29 |
| New Japan Radio Co. Ltd begins mass production of a digital signal controller that uses digital power-control technology supporting applications that tops what can be achieved by analogue technology. |
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| Digital cable front-end chip supports 8 channels
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2010-10-27 |
| MaxLinear unveils the MxL261, a low-power digital cable front end chip that can capture eight channels in a 200MHz input frequency bandwidth. |
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| Oscilloscope series tout high sampling rates
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2010-10-25 |
| Tektronix Inc. rolls out the DPO/DSA/MSO70000C series of digital and mixed signal oscilloscopes that offer 100GSps sample rate on 2 channels or 50GSps on 4 channels |
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| Soft processor gets free software tools
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2010-10-14 |
| Lattice offers free software tools for LatticeMico8 soft processor, including C-compiler |
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| Analogue verification solution speeds up AMS design
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2010-09-23 |
| Synopsys Inc. introduces HSPICE Precision Parallel (HPP) multi-threading technology that claims up to 7x simulation speed-up for complex analogue and mixed-signal (AMS) designs |
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| Pin-limited test solution claims low test time
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2010-09-16 |
| Synopsys revealed Silicon Image's adoption of Synopsys' DFTMAX compression claiming significantly lower manufacturing test cost and time for mixed-signal ICs with tight packaging constraints |
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| 32bit MCU equipped with high-speed interfaces
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2010-09-08 |
| Nuvoton Technology unveils the NuMicro M051 series of MCUs that are powered by the ARM Cortex-M0 processor. |
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| UHS-II PHY IP provides high-speed memory interface
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2010-09-07 |
| Arasan Chip Systems Inc. reveals that it has developed a low-power, compact, highly integrated ultra high speed (UHS)-II PHY IP core, a memory interface that is being finalized by the SD Association. |
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| Linux-compliant OS targets SmartFusion devices
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2010-08-25 |
| Actel Corp. and RoweBots broadcast the immediate availability of Unison, an ultra-tiny Linux-compatible OS for SmartFusion devices. |
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| MxFEs save board space in wireless apps
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2010-08-23 |
| Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) debuts the 12bit and 10bit mixed-signal front-ends (MxFEs) that reduce power and board space for developers of wireless infrastructure and portable radio equipment |
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| PHY transceivers cut Ethernet power consumption
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2010-08-18 |
| Micrel Inc. unveils the KSZ8051/8031 family of low-power, single-port 10/100 physical layer transceivers that provide the MII/RMII interface to transmit and receive data over standard CAT-5 UTP cable or fibre. |
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| Multiplexer supports high switching speeds
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2010-08-16 |
| NXP Semiconductors reveals the NXP CBTU04083, a high-speed multiplexer/switch to support USB 3.0 and PCI Express Gen 3, reaching switching speeds of up to 8Gbit/s. |
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| Unified platform tapes out CMOS bus controller design
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2010-08-12 |
| Synopsys Inc.'s unified platform revealed the tape out of 180nm CMOS industrial bus controller which contains complex analogue and digital blocks. |
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| Lattice tool targets low-cost FPGA apps
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2010-07-07 |
| The Lattice Diamond FPGA ver.1.0 provides tools and user interface that support low power, cost sensitive FPGA applications. |
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| Energy-efficient LED enables flicker-free brightness
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2010-07-06 |
| ZMD AG is entering the LED market with the release of its first energy-efficient LED driver ICs that can achieve up to 95% efficiency. |
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| Isolators replace optocouplers in harsh environment
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2010-06-30 |
| From Silicon Laboratories comes a line of 5kV digital isolators designed to replace traditional optocouplers in harsh application environments and systems powered from universal mains supplies. |
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| GlobalFoundries rolls validated library for 28nm
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2010-06-22 |
| GlobalFoundries rolls a silicon-validated solution to help customers accelerate time-to-volume for complex SoC designs at 28nm and beyond. |
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| 90nm node ColdFire+ MCUs scaled to 5mm²
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2010-06-10 |
| Freescale unveils a ColdFire+ family that includes forty 32bit microcontrollers with ultra low power requirements based on its thin-film storage technology. |
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| PMIC reduces Atom standby power by 50x
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2010-06-04 |
| Freescale's power management IC has cut Atom Z6xx chipset power, extending the battery lifetime of smart phones and other mobile devices based on Intel's Atom. |
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