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Analog Devices announced that Silentium Ltd., developers of spatial & broadband active noise control (ANC) technologies, has selected Analog Devices’ Blackfin processors to power their ANC products. Utilising low cost, powerful Blackfin processors for their core ANC technology, the S-Cube™ Controller, Silentium is able to deliver more than 10dB (A) broadband noise reduction covering the entire audible range and, in addition, deliver from 100H...

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced its support of the USA Science & Engineering Festival, the country's first national science festival. The event will take place in Washington, D.C., in October 2010. The festival, expected to be a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary celebration of science in the United States, will offer science and engineering organizations throughout the country the opportunity to present hands-on science act...

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) announced it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Power Integrations, Inc. in the People's Republic of China.

An innovative, interactive self-service kiosk that meets the demands of drive-through restaurant owners, is now using a 32-inch ZYTOUCH touchscreen from Zytronic, the leading designer and manufacturer of award-winning PCT-based touch sensors.

Anglia Designs has released a family of four graphics interface modules and reference designs that interface Hitachi graphical TFT displays to ST Microelectronics STM32 and 16 and 32 bit Microchip PIC processors. The modules were developed by an in-house Anglia Design engineering team to give customers an out of the box solution for driving one of the world’s most extensive ranges of graphical TFT and STN panels from two of the most popular emb...

At the Embedded World trade show in Nuremberg, Germany, Kontron announced its centralized Global Software Design Center. This move further extends Kontron's in-house design services for customer applications by offering enhanced, complex software support, helping OEMs reduce time-to-market and improve application quality.

Viaccess, a France Telecom company and leader in conditional access and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, today announced their collaboration to offer Viaccess’ conditional access incorporated in NEC Electronics’ new EMMA™3SL/P system-on-chip (SoC), targeted at MPEG-4 HD hybrid set-top boxes (STBs).

Texas Instruments introduced what it says isthe industry’s first 12-channel sequencer and system health manager with fan control and multiphase PWM clock generator. The UCD90124 integrates system power management and system thermal management into one device, which reduces board space and eases design, while providing highly intelligent system health monitoring. The UCD90124 features power supply margining and comprehensive non-volatile err...

Mirics today announces that Hong Kong-based USmart Electronic Products Ltd. (USmart) has partnered with Mirics to develop multi-standard broadcast TV platforms targeting notebook computers. USmart has developed solutions using FlexiTV, the world’s first commercial software-based global TV receiver. These new product developments will be timed to target fans following the 2010 FIFA World Cup on TV in Europe, Asia and South America, regions widel...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the mass production start of the RX610 group with up to 2MB flash embedded. The first RX610 microcontroller (MCU) group is based on the new RX CPU that is destined to become the mainstay of the company’s business in serving global embedded systems markets. With 1.65 MIPS/MHz processing performance, the new products incorporate up to 2 MB of on-chip flash, and provide legacy, enhanced and new peripheral ...