The first European offering of services for Group Purchasing, MyMACS enables ASIC users to fabricate their ICs with low to mid-volume, at reduced costs. The co-ordinated services consist of secured runs of multi-ASIC wafers intended for standard fabrication. MyMACS is complementary to classic MPW services specialising in device characterisation, verification of IP, product protoyping, and proof of concept.

Dolphin Integration has announced MyDolphin, a free evaluation platform. Users on MyDolphin can evaluate its memory offering, thanks to free online generators and presentation sheets.

Until now, portable devices supplied by USB, Li-ion or NiMH batteries with voltage levels up to 5.5 V could not use standard process devices, such as 3.3 V CMOS I/O transistors. This lead fabless semiconductor companies to use expensive alternatives, such as external regulators or expensive process options, including HV/BCD processes.

To reach the stringent low power requirements of LCD Drivers and Touch Screen Controllers, Dolphin Integration has launched a foundry sponsored Single port RAM for the UMC 110 nm embedded flash process.  Fabless companies targeting these applications have huge constraints both in terms of power consumption and area.

Due to its low leakage, the standard cell library from Dolphin Integrations has been chosen by Enverv to enable smart metering applications. Compared to a HVT library operating at 1.2V, the SESAME BIV library reduces leakage by 1/350.

Dolphin Integration announce the launch of sCODp-MT1-VD.02, a voice-oriented converter supporting both analog and digital microphones. It offers high dynamic range over gain range on ADC of 105dB and motor and wind noise filters to reduce the environment disturbance and enhance the voice recognition quality.

Dolphin Integration announces the SESAME BIV standard cell library as a major innovation for ultra low leakage always-on logic block. SESAME BIV standard cell library extends the RCSL offer by delivering a leakage reduction of 1/350 for a silicon footprint up to 7x denser for a 5,000-gate block implemented with a usual HVT standard cell combined with its dedicated low quiescent linear regulator.