/> The DA6011 system companion chip integrates power management and clock driver functions and was designed in conjunction with Dialog's Processor Partner Programme. It was demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), San Francisco. The Intel Atom processor E6xx series was also officially unveiled
at IDF.

At IDF Dialog also jointly demonstrated its DA6011, which is already sampling, running on congatec's business card sized embedded PC, the conga-QA6, which is based on the Intel Atom E6xx series processor - see www.diasemi.com/congatecpr.

The Dialog IC manages the complete start-up, state-transitioning and power-down procedures on Intel Atom processor E6xx series-based platforms. It operates autonomously and reduces the overall system power consumption when going into stand-by or power down mode. The flexible state-machine implementation is designed to control the Intel Atom processor E6xx series platforms and I/O hubs from Intel (Intel® Platform Controller Hub EG20T), OKI Semiconductor (ML7223 / ML7213) and ST Microelectronics (ConneXt STA2X11).
With its high level of integration the DA6011 significantly cuts development time for Intel Atom processor E6xx series-based designs. Furthermore, it improves battery life, simplifies design, improves system reliability, requires less than half the board space and cuts the bill-of-materials (BOM) compared with using a discrete power management solution.

Improving on previous generations of the Intel Atom processor, the Intel Atom processor E6xx series integrates a memory controller and graphical video display with the CPU. The device is also the first in the Intel Atom family to adopt the open PCI Express interface, enabling third party companies to more easily create compliant devices that directly connect to the chip and delivering an unprecedented level of I/O flexibility for embedded computing devices.

Jürgen Friedel, vice president and general manager of Dialog's automotive and industrial business unit said: The new Intel Atom processor will stimulate a new wave of innovation through its performance, I/O flexibility and function integration. Our second generation DA6011 companion IC together with the Intel® Atom(TM) processor E6xx series is ideally suited to the demands of embedded applications, like automotive infotainment systems, industrial automation, embedded PCs, IP media phones, and also portable devices.

Our customers, particularly those in the automotive and portable markets, need to create high-performance devices that run cooler for longer, said Jonathan Luse, marketing director of the low power embedded products division at Intel. Pairing the Intel® Atom(TM) processor E6xx series and the DA6011 means designers have more options when creating extremely power-efficient solutions to address a variety of embedded market segments.