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Altera and Intel have today revealed that the companies have entered into an agreement for the future manufacture of Altera FPGAs on Intel's 14 nm tri-gate transistor technology. These next-generation products, which target ultra high-performance systems for military, wireline communications, cloud networking, and compute and storage applications, will enable breakthrough levels of performance and power efficiencies not otherwise possible.

Rochester Electronics has re-introduced and continues to manufacture the 8251A – Programmable Communication Interface, the industry standard Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter designed for communications with microprocessor families.

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium reveals that Silicon Labs has joined the consortium’s working group developing a benchmark for ultra-low power microcontrollers (MCUs). This working group is a subset of the EEMBC Automotive/Industrial subcommittee, which is also developing benchmarks that target low-power automotive applications.

Atmel Corporation revealed it is shipping production quantities of the Atmel SAMA5D3 series, its highest performance, low-power microprocessor units based on the ARM Cortex-A5 core. The new SAMA5D3 series is designed for embedded applications in the industrial space, including factory and building automation, smart grid, medical and handheld terminals, along with consumer applications such as smart watches, outdoor GPS, DECT phones.

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium has announced that Energy Micro have joined their Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller Benchmark Development. Energy Micro will join with EEMBC’s working group that is developing a benchmark targeting ultra-low power microcontrollers. This working group is a subset of the EEMBC Automotive/Industrial subcommittee, which is also developing benchmarks that target low-power automotive applications.

Frost & Sullivan have today announced their new analysis, Analysis of the Global Industrial Machine Vision Market, which finds that the market earned revenue of $4.50 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $6.75 billion in 2016. The study covers the segments of vision systems, industrial cameras, frame grabber, optics & illumination systems, and machine vision software.

Microchip Technology has revealed the expansion of its wireless product portfolio with a certified Bluetooth Audio Module that supports audio for voice and music. The RN52 module provides extremely low power consumption in a small, surface-mount form factor, and includes standard Bluetooth audio and data profiles for all smart-phone platforms.

Molex Incorporated has augmented its CPU solutions with the launch of an Intel-approved LGA 2011-0 CPU socket for the Intel Core i7 series of 32nm-Sandy Bridge-E microprocessors. Designed to handle 130W Thermal Design Power (TDP†), the LGA 2011-0 socket replaces the LGA 1366 CPU socket, which was used with the Intel Core i7-930, i7-950, i7-960, i7-980 and i7-990X processors.

STMicroelectronics has revealed the latest generation of its pace-setting switch ICs for vehicle electronics such as lights and body modules. The new devices provide enhanced intelligent features, improve protection and reliability, and are up to 40% smaller than competing alternatives.

Spending on research and development by semiconductor companies grew 7% in 2012 to a record-high $53.0 billion, even though the semiconductor market declined 1% to $317.6 billion, according to the 2013 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report. The increase lifted R&D spending by chip companies to 16.7% of total semiconductor sales in 2012, the highest level since the peak of 17.5% was reached in both 2008 and 2009.