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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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The Popularization of ECDIS

Published:2011/10/25 21:10:00 Author:Li xiao na

For the drivers, Satnavs are the first choice. When it comes to the navigators, they have many choices, such as the GPS, paper maps, radar and ordinary radio communications. Recently, the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) becomes very popular among the devices. It is a kind of Google Maps for ships. The GPS, r...   (View)

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$25 Computer Board Introduced

Published:2011/10/25 2:42:00 Author:Amy

At this week’s ARM TechCon event, it rolls out $25 computer board and it contains everything you might need. The Raspberry Pi has been developed by a UK-based foundation that aims to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing. The ultra-low-cost computer targets in the areas of charity and school in teaching...   (View)

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Texas Instruments Releases Two 20V Step-down Voltage Regulators

Published:2011/10/25 2:29:00 Author:Li xiao na

Texas Instruments is the world’s leading company to deign and manufacture the analog and digital semiconductor IC. Apart from the analog technologies, digital signal processing (DSP) and microcontroller (MUC) semiconductors, TI is also specialized in designing and producing semiconductor solutions for analog and digital embedded a...   (View)

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TSMC’s 28-nm Process Technology in Volume Production

Published:2011/10/25 1:27:00 Author:Phyllis

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has confirmed that its 28-nm process technology is currently in volume production and production wafers have already been shipped to customers. TSMC’s 28-nm line-up includes 28-nm high performance (28HP), 28-nm high performance low power (28HPL), 28-nm low power (28LP), and 28-nm high performance mobile computing (28HPM), which would join the volume production at t...   (View)

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Analog Devices Introduced ADA4096-2 Op Amp

Published:2011/10/24 22:47:00 Author:Amy

The ADA4096 operational amplifier features high precision with micropower operation and rail-to-rail input and output ranges. The voltage ranges from 3 V to 30 V making these amplifiers perfectly suited to monitor battery usage and to control battery charging. The performance of 27 nV/√Hz voltage noise density makes them an ideal option fo...   (View)

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EMCORE Corporation is Greatly Affected by Thai Flooding

Published:2011/10/24 22:06:00 Author:Phyllis

EMCORE Corporation, which provides compound semiconductor-based products for the broadband, fiber optics, space, and solar power markets, said that its business during the rest of the year will be affected greatly by the flooding in Thailand. According to the company, rising water penetrated a contractor’s production facility over the...   (View)

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Nuvoton Announced the ChipCorder ISD9160 SoC with 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0

Published:2011/10/24 6:04:00 Author:Amy

It is said that Nuvoton Technology Corp. has released the ChipCorder ISD9160 system-on-a-chip (SoC) device. The device integrates a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller core and is intended to improve low-power audio recording and playback in a range of demanding industrial applications including portable medical devices, security sys...   (View)

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TDI Released 2.5kW Mercury Rectifiers

Published:2011/10/24 3:23:00 Author:Amy

According to information, TDI Power has announced the 2.5kW Mercury Rectifier solution whose DC output up to 400V. The TDI Power system contains a high voltage Mercury rectifier module which also can be used as an OEM building block f...   (View)

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NXP’s Entrance to Low Drop-out Voltage Regulator Market

Published:2011/10/24 2:11:00 Author:Li xiao na

A chip that drops only 60mV at 200mA in a 0.76x0.76mm package is released by NXP Semiconductor to help this company to enter the low drop-out voltage regulator market. This chip is called LD6806CX4 which can still support an SD card with a mandatory 2.9V if the battery of a smart phone goes down to 3.0V because of the low drop-out voltage. Output noise on from the LD6806 series is 30µVrms and, according to an...   (View)

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