News & Analysis
picoChip attracts $20 million investment to accelerate growth
picoChip has announced that it has completed a $20 million funding round. Already the dominant supplier for femtocell silicon, supporting all the major HSPA carrier deployments, this additional investment will help picoChip extend its leadership and grasp the growing market opportunity in the femtocell sector.
Premier Farnell and Altera are proud to join forces on element14 to give an overview of the new FPGA family recently realeased by Altera
Cyclone IV FPGAs bring an unprecedented combination of low power, high functionality, and low cost to high-volume, power- and cost-sensitive applications. Extending the Cyclone family's leadership in providing the industry's lowest cost, lowest power FPGAs, the new Cyclone IV family also includes integrated transceivers. In this webinar, Theresa Vu from Altera will give an overview of the family and take questions from interested registrants.
Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Allyanz its Representative in Australia and New Zealand
Lattice Semiconductor today announced that Allyanz Pty Ltd will represent Lattice and its full range of products in Australia and New Zealand.
Lattice FPGA Family Wins e-Legacy Awards
Lattice Semiconductor today announced that its mid-range, low power LatticeECP3 FPGA family has won the highly regarded e-Legacy Awards competition sponsored by Electronic Product Design magazine. Lattice was honored in the coveted Environmental Design category, and was the only programmable logic company to be named a finalist in any of the competition's award categories.
Redtree Solutions to represent Lattice Semiconductor in France, Benelux, the UK and Ireland
Lattice Semiconductor has announced that Redtree Solutions Ltd will represent Lattice and its full range of products in France, Benelux, the UK and Ireland.
TT electronics establishes specialist Medical Products & Services team
TT electronics’ component divisions – AB Mikroelektronik, BI Technologies, IRC, OPTEK Technology, Semelab, TT ims and Welwyn – deliver a comprehensive range of products and services for the medical market. From passive components, to optoelectronics, to semiconductors, TT electronics’ products are being specified for a number of applications in medical equipment. In addition to components, TT electronics also provides complete solutions t...
Femtocell-Aware Phone Application Supports Multiple Vendors’ Femtocells
Femtocells Americas – Airvana, Inc, ip.access, and Ubiquisys, together with Intrinsyc Software International, Inc, today announced a demonstration of a femtocell-aware handset application working with all three vendors’ femtocells. The demonstration, which will be shown at the Femtocells Americas conference in San Diego, represents a milestone towards the standardization of femtocell applications, and is aligned to the Femto Forum’s ongoing...
Infineon and ARM Collaborate to Enhance Security Applications
Infineon Technologies AG and ARM announced today a long-term strategic collaboration in the field of security controllers (MCU) for chip card and security applications. Based on the agreement, Infineon will receive an ARMv6M and ARMv7M architecture license. With its own specialized ARM architecture-compliant CPU cores, Infineon will address the current and future needs of the security markets in terms of hardware-based security, combined with th...
NanoKTN Announces Event Focused on Micro and Nanotechnology in Drug Discovery
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced the date of its first NanoPharm Special Interest Group (SIG) event, dedicated to looking at the opportunities for nanotechnology within the pharmaceuticals industry and the barriers to further commercial adoption.
Atmel Introduces Turnkey Security Modules for Femtocells, Smart Meters, Telehealth, USB Token and Gaming Platforms
Atmel today announced its new VaultIC family of security modules for applications including femtocells, smart meters, telehealth, USB token and gaming platforms. The VaultIC460 is the first security module available on the market that provides a secure microcontroller with multiple interfaces and bundled firmware. Based on Atmel's AT90SO secureAVR® microcontrollers, this new family enables higher levels of security and provides a secure turnkey ...