News & Analysis
Next-Generation 90nm SuperFlash Technology will be from SST and TSMC
SST (SiliconStorage Technology and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) today announced the two companies have signed a new technology development and licensing agreement that will offer the first licensable 90nm embedded flash technology. Under terms of the agreement, TSMC will license SST's next-generation 90nm SuperFlash technology as part of TSMC's embedded flash memory portfolio.
From £655, Integrated PXI Chassis and Controller Lowers Entry Cost for High-Performance PXI Systems
Engineers can now create a new PXI system at a significant cost savings compared to previous systems using the National Instruments PXI-1033 chassis with an integrated MXI-Express remote controller. As part of the company’s recognised aim of reducing the cost of test systems, the NI PXI-1033 chassis takes advantage of commercial off-the-shelf technology to reduce the cost required to start a PXI system. The chassis integrates PCI Express tech...
Light guides deliver even, linear light pattern
Recent developments in LEDs and acrylic optical structures have made it possible to deliver durable and cost-competitive rigid light guides able to provide even, linear light patterns like fluorescent and neon tubes. CML-IT’s rugged and cost-effective 7530 series of rigid light guides (RLGs) is available in diameters of 6.5, 10 and 14mm and has been designed for use in a wide range of applications.
Arrow is Freescale's Demand Creation Distributor of the Year
Freescale Semiconductor has presented Arrow Electronics with its ‘Demand Creation Distributor of the Year Award’ for the UK and Ireland. The award is in recognition of the business that the company has generated as a result of providing technical design-in support on Freescale technologies for customers in the region.
New VP of Sales, Asia Pacific for Intersil
Intersil has announced the promotion of Kent Chon to the position of vice president of sales, Asia Pacific, located at Intersil’s sales office in Seoul, Korea. Chon has worked for Intersil for the past four years, joining the company as country manager for Korea after Intersil acquired Elantec in 2002.
High-Performance 32bit PCI-to-PCI Bridge
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation has announced availability of its Tsi350, a 32bit PCI-to-PCI Bridge. The Tsi350 is an industry standard, low power 32bit 66MHz asynchronous PCI-to-PCI bridge that is competitively priced and targets new designs or existing board footprints using standard 32bit 66MHz PCI-to-PCI bridges.
Register for TI's Live Webcast on Designing Digital Video Systems Leveraging DaVinciT Technology
Texas Instruments will present a live webcast entitled "Designing Digital Video Systems Leveraging DaVinciT Technology" on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at 8:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. EST. The webcast will be lead by Greg Mar, Worldwide DSP SoC Platform Manager for DSP Systems, Texas Instruments, and J.B. Fowler, DSP applications engineer for DSP Systems, Texas Instruments, who will provide designers with technical information on simplifying digital v...
Track-and-Hold Amplifiers from Aspen Support Ultra-Wide Analogue Bandwidth
The latest Inphi GigaTrack range of track-and-hold amplifiers, now available in the UK from Aspen Electronics, will enable an entirely new class of instrumentation, communications, ATE, and military systems. This top of the range series of low jitter devices supports an ultra-wide analogue bandwidth up to 18GHz and operates at 2GSamples/s.
Online Evaluation Tool From Analog Devices Simplifies IC Selection
Analog Devices has expanded its suite of online evaluation tools with the introduction of ADIsimDDS. Available to designers at no charge on ADI’s Web site, the ADIsimDDS tool assists users in selecting, evaluating and troubleshooting direct digital synthesis ICs from Analog Devices.
LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT from NI
National Instruments has announced the NI LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. With the new toolkit, LabVIEW users can create and download VIs to operate and control the MINDSTORMS NXT robotics platform. Third-party software and hardware developers also can use the toolkit to create native blocks for MINDSTORMS NXT software. MINDSTORMS NXT, the next generation of the popular LEGO robotics invention system, became available earlier this month...