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National Semiconductor and SunEdison LLC, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, have initiated field trials to optimize the energy output of solar arrays. SunEdison has initiated field trials in California using National Semiconductor’s SolarMagicTM power optimizers. National’s SolarMagic power optimizers enable individual solar panels to maximize energy-produced independent of performance of other panels in an array. In...

Renesas Technology Europe today announced the availability of the SH77722 (SH-NaviJ2) device, the second-phase product in its SH-NaviJ car navigation SoC (System on Chip) series. Designed for compact portable navigation systems and low-end through middle-range dashboard-mounted car navigation systems, the device offers even higher performance and improved ease of use compared to the first product in the series, in a 17% smaller package.

Analog Devices has announced the introduction of two RF transceivers that deliver the best-in-class performance, low power consumption and high integration effective for smart grid and home and building automation applications. Smart grid technology measures how much power is consumed and at what time and price to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability for the delivery of electricity from utility companies to consumers.

National Semiconductor is celebrating its 50th anniversary. National was founded in 1959, the same year the integrated circuit was created. In 1966, National moved the company’s headquarters to a large plot of land in Santa Clara, California, that was to become known as “Silicon Valley.” Known for its world-class manufacturing and logistics, product reliability, and innovative technology, National has had many notable “industry firsts”...

ARM today announced that Netronome, a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor products that provide intelligent and secure flow processing for virtualized servers and network equipment, has licensed the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor and a portfolio of ARM Physical IP for incorporation into its NFP-32xx family of Network Flow Processors.

DELTA Microelectronics, the European leader in providing the semiconductor industry with a complete ASIC supply chain solutions, announces that it has been selected by Fraunhofer IIS as a primary ASIC service provider.

Intersil has introduced a series of voltage logic level translators featuring industry-leading ESD protection and 100 Megabit/second data rates for translating fast data streams. The ISL3034E and ISL3035E are six-channel, auto-direction sensing, bidirectional voltage level translators that ease the interface between mixed supply voltage peripherals and controllers.

Renesas has announced the release of the SH7724, the third product in the SH772x series of low power application processors designed for multimedia applications such as audio and video for portable and industrial devices. The SH7724 provides 30% more processing performance than the previous product, as well as HD video playback and recording combined with various connectivity interfaces, such as USB 2.0, SD and Ethernet, and two 5 Megapixel camer...

Fujitsu Microelectronics and Advanced Digital Design S.A, a world leader in the development of SoCs for communication over Power Line and solutions for AMM, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop products for the Automatic Meter Management (AMM) market.

NXP has introduced a triple-mode PC TV tuner in a low-power half-mini card form factor, providing access to the widest range of global content for an improved viewing experience. The new, integrated NXP SAA7231 single-chip solution combines simultaneous decoding and capture of analog and digital TV broadcast signals with sophisticated power management, while supporting Windows 7 with Quad-Pulse remote control standards.