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Featured NewsCEVA Unveils 1 GHz Programmable DSP Core with Exceptional Performance and Power Efficiency for Next Generation Communications and Multimedia SoCsSeptember 7, 2010 -- CEVA, Inc. today introduced the CEVA-X1643, a highly-energy efficient, 1 GHz DSP core designed to boost overall chip performance for a broad range of applications including wireline and wireless communications, surveillance, portable multimedia and more. The CEVA-X1643 is the latest family member of the widely used CEVA-X DSP architecture, which has been licensed by more than 25 customers and shipped in over 100 million devices to date. . . . read more Texas Instruments Increases Performance to 150 MHz of Industry's Lowest Power (0.27 mW/MHz) DSPs September 7, 2010 -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the availability of TMS320C5504 and TMS320C5505 ultra-low-power digital signal processors (DSPs) at 150 MHz, providing 25 percent higher performance than previous C55x devices.
The C5504 and C5505 processors offer the industry's lowest total power at less than 0.15 mW/MHz and standby power at less than 0.15 mW. The processors feature up to 320 KB of on-chip memory and multiple integrated peripherals that reduce system cost by more than 20 percent compared to earlier C55x processors. Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling can be used to maximize the battery life for different operating conditions, enabling up to 40 percent additional battery life compared to earlier C55x processors. . . . read more News items since Sunday, August 08, 2010AuthenTec and UPEK Announce Merger BAE Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire OASYS Technology Cimatron Introduces Productivity Acceleration Device for NC Programmers Continuous Computing Announces the Industry's Highest Performance 40G ATCA Packet Processing using NetLogic Microsystems' Multi-Core and Knowledge-based Processors Cypress Annouonces CapSense and TrueTouch Controllers In Industry's Smallest Packages (WLCSP) National Semiconductor Unveils Industry's First Eight-Channel Transmit/Receive Chipset for Portable Ultrasound Systems Siemens and National Semiconductor Align to Advance Ultrasound Technology SMSC Samples Industry's First USB 3.0 Graphics Technology Volvo Technology Transfer and Industrifonden Sell Illuminate Labs to Autodesk Cypress Adds Programmable Peripherals for PSoC Creator Design Environment STMicroelectronics Announces Digital TV System-on-Chip and Video-Enhancement IC for Best-in-Class Motion-Compensated 3DTV and 3D Graphics TI Delivers Industry's First 2.4-GHz System-on-a-Chip Fully Optimized for ZigBee RF4CE Remote Control IR Introduces Power MOSFETs Optimized for Switching Applications Maxim Introduces an Audio Codec that Optimizes Audio Signal Level and Frequency Response and Protects Against Loudspeaker Damage SDI Equalizer from National Semiconductor Delivers Industry's Longest Cable Reach (220m at 3Gbps) at Half (145mW) the Power Consumption Synopsys Completes Acquisition of Virage Logic Corporation Aldec Announces Suppport for VHDL IEEE 1076-2008 Atmel Rolls Out Industry's Smallest Car Radio Antenna IC With Best Noise Performance austriamicrosystems Announces Low-Power, 2.4 GHz Multi-Channel FSK Transceiver with Built-in Star Network Manager Maxim Introduces Fully Integrated Proximity/Touch Sensor for Passive-Entry (PRKE) Systems NXP Announces System Basis Chips That Address Stringent EMC Requirements of Global Car OEMs OmniVision Debuts Two New 2-Megapixel SoC Sensors to Support High-Volume Feature Phone Markets Pericom Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of PTI Sigma Designs Announces Low Cost, Low Power RVU Client Software Silicon Labs Announces USB Interface IC That Simplifies Touch Screen Application Development Trident Announces HiDTV Pro-SXL System-on-Chip for Low-Cost, Internet-Ready and High-Performing Digital Televisions Trident Unveils the Industry's First Integrated 240Hz Frame Rate Converter for Next Generation 3D Televisions Vishay Announces White, Non-Diffused 3-mm LEDs Using Ultrabright InGaN Technology to Achieve High Luminous Intensity From 4,500 mcd to 11,250 mcd Atheros Completes Acquisition of Opulan Autodesk Announces AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS App for iPad and iPhone Diodes Incorporated Introduces DIOFETs that Raise Efficiency and Increase Reliability of PoL Converters Microchip Announces USB Microcontrollers with eXtreme Low Power Consumption in 28- and 44-pin Packages SMSC Announces New Transceiver Product Family Supporting USB-IF Battery Charging Specification Trident Microsystems Announces Plans to License Foundational MEMC Patents AWR Releases Visual System Simulator 2010 Cypress Announces a Capacitive Touch Sensing Controller Requiring No System Tuning Intel to Acquire Infineon's Wireless Solutions (WLS) Business for $1.4 billion cash National Semiconductor's WEBENCH LED Architect Simplifies Lighting Design OmniVision Launches 1/6.5-Inch HD Video Camera for Home Entertainment and Portable Media Markets Texas Instruments Introduces Industry's First -36-V, 200-mA LDO Vishay Intertechnology Releases New Series of Micro-Chip NTC Thermistors With 1.6-mm Body Sensing Diameter, Response Time Down to 0.7 s or Less, and Temperature Accuracy of 0.5 Deg. C From 25 to 85 Deg. C SiGe Semiconductor Launches Second-Generation Higher Efficiency WiMAX Power Amplifier in Small QFN Package
Arasan Chip Systems Announces Industry's First SD UHS-II PHY IP Core Maxim Announces Industry's Only Fully Programmable, Multistate, Dual Digital VGA in TQFN Package Silicon Laboratories and Quintic Settle Lawsuit STMicroelectronics Unveils New High-Performance Digital TV System-on-Chip with Integrated 3DTV and Motion-Compensation Capabilities IR Introduces Family of Rugged AEC-Q100 Qualified 600 V ICs for Energy-Efficient Automotive Gate Drive Applications MathWorks Launches Rapid Control Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Simulation NXP IC Enables Up to 98 Percent-Efficient Power Extraction in Solar PV Applications Intel and Nokia Create First Joint Laboratory Interra's Baton QC Delivers Expanded Efficiencies Leveraging Omneon Workflow Platform IXYS Releases the Highest Density, Highest Efficiency MOSFET Solution with Silicon Carbide Technology in an Isolated Integrated Package MEMSIC Introduces Industry's First Low-Drift (<3 degrees/hr) MEMS Vertical Gyro OCP-IP Delivers Transaction Generator Package STARC, Calypto and Virage Logic Announce SoC Memories with Industry's Lowest Power Consumption Synopsys Announces DesignWare MIPI M-PHY IP in 40-nm Process Technology TI Announces Free Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Board Support Packages (BSPs) for Its OMAP-L1x and Sitara AM1x Devices Wind River Introduces New Safety Critical Platform for DO-178B and IEC 61508 Standards Wind River Updates VxWorks MILS Platform With High Assurance Network Stack and Wind River Linux Guest OS Advantech and NetLogic Microsystems Announce 40Gbps AdvancedTCA Platform austriamicrosystems Announces 144-Channel Dot Matrix LED Driver with Industry's Highest Efficiency (144 LEDs) and Smallest Size (9mm) Broadcom Announces HD ISDB-T Silicon STBs Designed Specifically for South America's Digital TV Transition Mercury Computer Systems Launches Intel Core i7-Based OpenVPX Module for ISR Applications National Instruments Introduces Fiber Optic Sensor Interrogator for PXI Express National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's First Analog Design Tools in Japanese, Chinese Languages SiliconBlue Ships Industry's Highest Logic Capacity (3520 cells) FPGA in 6x6 mm Footprint Package TEOCO Successfully Completes Acquisition of TTI Telecom TI Introduces Industry's Lowest Power 6-Gbps SATA Redriver/Equalizer Xelerated Samples Programmable Ethernet Switches for High-Speed Unified Fiber Access and Mobile Backhaul Analog Devices Announces Mixed-Signal Front Ends to Reduce Power and PC Board Space in Wireless Communications Equipment Avago Technologies Announces Next Generation Low Noise Amplifiers for Cellular and LTE Base Stations Broadcom Announces FastRTV Technology to Accelerate Digital Television Channel Changes to Near Instantaneous Speeds Intel to Acquire McAfee for $7.68 Billion Cash IR Introduces Automotive DirectFET2 Power MOSFETs Optimized for Drsiving Class D Audio Applications IXYS Introduces Demo Boards for New LED Driver Family with 40 V Integrated Synchronous Rectifier to Drive up to 42 LEDs Marvell Acquires DS2 Technology AppliedMicro Acquires TPACK for $32 Million Cash Fairchild Semiconductor Announces Translator that Solves Compatibility Issues in I2C Bus Applications Maxim Announces Industry's First Microcontroller with 6 Channels of Closed-Loop Fan Control to Cut Power and Cooling Costs SanDisk Introduces Industry's Smallest 64-GB Solid State Drive; Launches New Embedded SSD Category AgigA Tech Unveils Family of Battery-Free Energy Modules For Critical Data Back-Up During Power Loss AnalogicTech Introduces Powerful, High-Efficiency Multi-String Backlight LED Drivers Optimized for Notebooks, Netbooks, Monitors and Portable TVs Avago Technologies Releases Family of Four High Performance SOT-89 Power Amplifier Gain Blocks for Cellular Infrastructure Intel, Micron are Industry's First to Sample 3-Bit-Per-Cell NAND Flash Memory on Industry-Leading 25-Nanometer Silicon Process Technology IXYS Clare Introduces 9-Amp Ultrafast MOSFET Drivers Mercury Computer Systems Debuts Industry's First Protocol-Agnostic, Multi-Fabric Interconnect Technology for Intel Embedded Computing Product Line Microsemi Introduces Industry's Smallest WLAN Power Amplifier for Handsets and Wireless Modules NI DIAdem 2010 Simplifies Reporting and Enhances Data Visualization Power Integrations Announces SENZero High-Voltage ICs that Eliminate Sense Resistor Power Losses in Standby Mode QuickLogic Announces Mass Production of Longer Battery Life and Higher Resolution Display Viewability Solutions TI Delivers Industry's First Cross-Wire Immunity Transceiver for Fail-Safe Installations Exar Delivers Dual GbE Mapper for 2.5G Wavelength Division Multiplexing Applications Intel Atom Processors Expand Into Storage Appliances for Homes, Small Businesses Intel to Acquire Texas Instruments' Cable Modem Unit Lattice Announces Improved Synthesis and Power Optimization in CPLD Design Tools Microchip Announces Industry's First 8-bit Microcontroller with 128 KB Flash Memory in 28-pin Package OmniVision Launches High-End VGA Camera for Next Generation Ultra-Thin Notebooks ONFI Introduces New 2.3 Specification With ECC Offload Functionality Power Architecture Silicon Roadmap Signals Strong Growth in Existing and New Markets as Power Architecture Technology Extends Its #1 Worldwide 32-Bit MPU and 32-Bit CPU Market Share Leadership Through 2009 TI Announces DaVinci DM37x Video Processors that Combine 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 and 800MHz C64x+ DSP IR Introduces Online IGBT Selection Tool to Optimize Power Management Design Actel Releases Windows 7 Compliant Libero IDE Avago Technologies FBAR Filter Technology Speeds Design of 4G WiMAX/LTE Handsets with Simultaneous WiFi/Bluetooth Operation AgigA Tech Announces Industry's Highest-Density Non-Volatile DDR3 Memory Fairchild Semiconductor Delivers Small Footprint 1mm2 Boost Switch that Saves 60 Percent Board Space in Smartphone Designs Maxim Announces 1-Wire Secure Authentication IC Combining Crypto-Strong Authentication Using SHA-1 with the Industry's Most Advanced Die-Level Security Microsemi Announces PowerDsine Extender, Industry's First to Deliver 25.5 Watts Over 200-Meter Ethernet Cabling With Full 10/100/1000 Mbps Support ON Semiconductor Introduces Compact Power Line Driver with Reduced Component Count
Synopsys Adds TDD Support to LTE Model Library AuthenTec Releases New Software Development Kit to Simplify Integration for Application Developers Creating Fingerprint Sensor Applications Aldec Announces Phase-Based Linting Methodology Low power (3.9mA) FSK Transceiver from austriamicrosystems Features Built-in Star Network Management Maxim Announces TacTouch Haptic Actuator Controller that Integrates Touch-Pressure Measurement for Piezo and Polymer Actuators Pericom Semiconductor Acquires PTI, an Asian Supplier of Timing, Power Management, and Analog Switch IC Products
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