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ChipX Inc and Northwest Logic offer a complete DDR/DDR2 SDRAM solution with speeds up to 667Mbps, including a DDR/DDR2 PHY and DDR/DDR2 SDRAM Controller Cores for use on all CX6000 Structured ASIC products. and Northwest Logic offer a complete DDR/DDR2 SDRAM solution with speeds up to 667Mbps, including a DDR/DDR2 PHY and DDR/DDR2 SDRAM Controller Cores for use on all CX6000 Structured ASIC products.

Intersil has introduced the ISL6263A single-phase core controller. The device reduces power consumption and enhances the performance of graphics processing units (GPUs) or graphics cores for Intel Santa Rosa computing products.

Arrow UK and Toshiba Electronics have teamed up to create a one-day engineering seminar covering 8- and 16-bit Flash-based microcontroller technologies. In addition to finding out about the latest technologies, all attendees at the ‘hands-on’ technical training workshop will also get to take away a Toshiba MCU development platform free of charge.

National Instruments has announced NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Version 3.0, the latest upgrade to the interactive software for configuring, benchmarking and deploying complete machine vision applications without programming. This version introduces a new state-machine process model that gives engineers one of the most flexible environments available for configuring vision systems.

To ease the development and design of mobile phones with multiple wireless technologies, Texas Instruments today announced the extension of its OMAPT Technology Center (OTC) program to include support of TI's WLAN, Bluetooth technology and mobile TV solutions. TI's OTCs provide handset manufacturers and developers access to a broad range of wireless systems expertise adding their value and products on top of TI's wireless solutions. By extendi...

Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated (AnalogicTech) and Siliconix, a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (NYSE: VSH), have reached an amicable settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit brought by Siliconix in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit, filed in January 2004, related to alleged infringement of three U.S. patents pertaining to trench DMOS technology.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the further expansion of its Dynastron CMOS image sensor product line with the addition of two new devices: the 3.2-megapixel ET8EE6-AS CMOS image sensor and 2.0-megapixel ET8EF2-AS CMOS image sensor SoC with integrated image-signal processor (ISP).

IDT announces that its application-optimized network search accelerator was selected by Bay Microsystems as the packet header processing solution of choice for its recently announced Chesapeake Network Processor. The IDT 75S10000A delivers a search rate of one billion searches per second - an order of magnitude greater performance than previous generation solutions - facilitating Bay’s support of enhanced triple play services and future 100G E...

AnalogicTech has signed a product distribution agreement with Mouser Electronics, the broad-line catalogue distributor. Through its online and print catalogues, Mouser will offer selected AnalogicTech power management products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mouser will market most AnalogicTech products, including newly introduced devices and they will be available in small quantities.

3M Touch Systems will display its portfolio of world-renowned touch products and technologies at electronica 2006 (Hall A3, Stand 175). Stand visitors will see demonstrations of high endurance LCD capacitive touch screens, capacitive and resistive electronics, a kiosk chassis monitor and PL resistive touch sensors from 3M applied to demanding applications in markets such as gaming casino, retail lottery, financial ATM and retail self-service.