Industry News (2011/10)

The AT-cut crystals released by IQD

Published:2011/10/30 22:48:00 Author:Li xiao na

Founded 40 years ago, the IQD is a leading company in the frequency control market. It has operations in America, Asia and Europe. It provides one of the most comprehensive frequency products. Its products include the quartz crystals, crystal clock oscillators, silicon or MEMS clock oscillators, VCXOs, TCXOs, OCXOs and so on. (View)

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Microchip Introduced SST39VF80XC and SST39VF160XC

Published:2011/10/30 22:43:00 Author:Phyllis

Microchip Technology introduced their 8 Mbit SST39VF80XC and 16 Mbit SST39VF160XC Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) devices. Manufactured with high-performance CMOS SuperFlash® technology, these low-power, 3V, x16 parallel NOR Flash devices feature active current as low as 5 mA (typical) and standby current of 3 microamperes (typical). These devices feature fixed program and erase times that do not deteriorate ov...   (View)

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HV9861A LED Driver from Supertex Features High Accuracy without High-Side Current Sensing

Published:2011/10/28 5:31:00 Author:Amy

Recently, Supertex, Inc. released HV9861A LED Driver. It is an open loop, average current mode control, LED driver integrated circuit (IC) which is intended to drive LEDs via a buck topology, targeting in a variety of solid-state lighting applications, such as TV and monitor backlighting, signage, decorative, and general lighting. Using ...   (View)

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LTC6360 from Linear Technology Features Low Noise Single-Ended with True Zero Output

Published:2011/10/28 2:31:00 Author:Amy

Linear Technology’s LTC6360 features very low noise, high precision, high speed amplifier which is ideal for driving SAR ADCs. The LTC6360 has an output noise of 2.3nV/√Hz with 150ns settling time to 16-bit levels (AV = 1). The device is powered from a single 5V (View)

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The Technique Detail of ARM’s New 64-bit Processor

Published:2011/10/28 1:23:00 Author:Li xiao na

The technical detail of the next generation ARMv8 architecture has been disclosed by ARM. This is the first architecture to include a 64-bit instruction set. The 64-bit processing and virtual addressing make the ARMv8 architecture different from the 32-bit ARMv7 architecture which includes the ...   (View)

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Toshiba announced the Addition of the TLP290-4 （AC input） and TLP291-4 （DC input） to its Ffamily of Optocouplers

Published:2011/10/27 22:29:00 Author:Phyllis

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, has announced the addition of the TLP290-4 (AC input) and TLP291-4 (DC input) to its family of optocouplers. Aimed at general-purpose applications requiring isolation, including power supplies and motor controller, the new (View)

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Mirics Develops the DAB and DAB+ Devices for ARM Cortex Processors

Published:2011/10/27 22:06:00 Author:Li xiao na

Founded in the year of 2004, Mirics is specialized in developing software-based TV receivers. It is headquartered in Hampshire, UK. It pays much attention on the markets of smart phone and tablet PC. Recently, it has designed the DAB and DAB+ digital radio receivers to run on ARM Cortex processors. Mirics is a big advocate of the Corte...   (View)

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AMCC demonstrated the first 64-bit ARM Processor

Published:2011/10/27 21:48:00 Author:Phyllis

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. demonstrated core functionality of the world’s first 64-bit ARM processor during the ARM TechCon 2011. On the same day ARM Holding announced its 64-bit ARMv8 instruction set architecture. The X-Gene chip is the first of an array of competitors that will attacks Intel’s multi-billion dollars server franchise with cheaper, lower power ARM SoCs. The demonstration marks a fundamen...   (View)

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SEMI Completed its Silicon Shipment Forecast

Published:2011/10/27 2:45:00 Author:Phyllis

Recently, SEMI completed its annual silicon shipment forecast that provides an outlook for the demand in silicon units for the period 2011 to 2013 for the semiconductor industry. According to the forecast, polished and epitaxial silicon shipments will total 9131 million square inches in 2011, 9529 million square inches in 2012, and 9995 mill...   (View)

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The Partnership between Green Hills and Fujitsu Semiconductor

Published:2011/10/27 2:24:00 Author:Li xiao na

Green Hill software is the world’s leading independent embedded software provider. It owns the most safety and security certifications and the best record for solving embedded problems. A support package is introduced by the Green Hills Software, which was developed at Green Hills Software’s European Technical Centre in the Netherlands. This package is developed for Fujitsu Semiconductor’s Emerald and Jade graphics...   (View)

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National DAC161P997 Features Single-Wire Current Loop Drive

Published:2011/10/27 0:48:00 Author:Amy

The DAC161P997 from National Semiconductor is a 16- bit ∑Δ digital-to-analog converter (DAC). It is used for analog output current transmitting over an industry standard 4-20 mA current loop. With a low output current temperature coefficient (29ppm/°C) and excellent long-term output current drift (90 ppmFS), it offers 16-bit accuracy whi...   (View)

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TI OPA171-Q1 Features 36V, Single-Supply and General-Purpose

Published:2011/10/26 22:44:00 Author:Amy

TI’s OPA171-Q1 is a 36V, single-supply, low-noise operational amplifier. It can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7V (±1.35V) to +36V (±18V). This OPA171-Q1 is available in micro-packages and has low offset, drift, and bandwidth with low quiescent current. The single, dual, and quad versions all are in identical specifications. (View)

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Freescale Improves the Efficiency of Real-time Control

Published:2011/10/26 22:19:00 Author:Li xiao na

In order to improve power efficiency in real-time control and graphic systems, Freescale Semiconductor announces the asymmetrical-multiprocessing-platform which connects an ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller and a Co...   (View)

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Atmel Samples the first ARM Cortex-M4 Processor-based SAM4S16

Published:2011/10/26 22:13:00 Author:Phyllis

Atmel is sampling the first device in the ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based SAM4S16 and unveiling its fifth generation Cortex-M4 based flash MCUs. The SAM3 and SAM4 families will quadruple the Atmel Cortex-M product portfolio to nearly 200 ARM-based microcontrollers and will include devices with on-chip memory densities of up to 2MB f...   (View)

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Ultra-Compact Flash Memory Portfolio Released

Published:2011/10/26 4:25:00 Author:Amy

With the introduction of the SST39VF80XC and SST39VF160XC, Microchip Technology Inc. released an expansion of Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) memory portfolio. The SST39VF80XC features 8-Mbit of memory, while the SST39VF160XC features 16 Mbit of memory. By adopting CMOS SuperFlash technology, these low-power, 3-V, x16 parallel NOR Flash devices have active current as low as 5 mA (typical) and standby cur...   (View)

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FPGA is Going to Take Into the Mainstream Asic Market

Published:2011/10/26 4:22:00 Author:Li xiao na

With the performance, cost structure and power efficiency, FPGAs are believed to enter the mainstream Asics designs. Xilinx announced it was shipping commercial devices of its highest capacity FPGA, the Virtex-7 2000T which has 6.8 billion transistors. This chip has the equivalent of 20 million Asic gates, and Xilinx will be going after estab...   (View)

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Virginia Rometty Assumes Office as IBM’s First Female CEO

Published:2011/10/26 3:38:00 Author:Amy

As Sam Palmisano stepped down from the position, Virginia Rometty was named IBM Corp.’s first female CEO on Tuesday. 60- year old Palmisano has been CEO for nearly a decade and he will stay on as chairman. Rometty, 54, is in charge of IBM’s sales and marketing. With Rometty’s appointment, Rometty will be in charge of two of the world’s largest technology companies. Last month, Meg Whitman took the p...   (View)

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PMC Rolled Encryption Technology into Its New Controllers

Published:2011/10/26 1:33:00 Author:Phyllis

PMC-Sierra, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise storage system solutions for networked (SAN/NAS) and server storage applications, has rolled encryption technology into two new versions of its 6 Gbit/s Serial-attached SCSI controllers. The Tachyon SPCve chips let storage array designers provide embedded security as an alternative to external appliances, software, self-encrypting drives or separate security chips....   (View)

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Xilinx Begins Shipping the stacked Silicon FPGA to Replace ASIC

Published:2011/10/25 22:41:00 Author:Li xiao na

Founded in Silicon Valley in 1984, the Xilinx is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices. It is specialized in inventing the field programmable gate array (FPGA). It is also the first semiconductor company with a fabless manufacturing model. It is headquartered in San Jose, California, U.S.A.; Dublin, Ireland; Singapore; and Tokyo, Japan. The stacked silicon FPGA has begun to be shipped by Xilinx，w...   (View)

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Xilinx announced the shipment of the World’s Highest Capacity FPGA

Published:2011/10/25 22:00:00 Author:Phyllis

Xilinx has announced the first shipments of its Virtex-7 2000T Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The Virtex-7 2000T is currently the world’s highest-capacity programmable logic device, which contains 6.8 billion transistors and provides users with 2 million logic cells equivalent to 20 million ASIC gates. This high capacity makes t...   (View)

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