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Semtech has announced the SX8801R, an ultra low power, high-resolution system-on-chip (SoC) for data acquisition from micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors in battery-powered consumer, medical and industrial systems.
Altera's Quartus II Software Version 10.0 Delivers Unprecedented Performance and Productivity for High-End FPGAs
Altera announced the release of its Quartus II development software version 10.0, the programmable logic industry's number-one software in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA and HardCopy® ASIC designs. Quartus II software v10.0 continues to provide an industry-leading productivity advantage by delivering 2X to 3X faster compile times than the nearest competitor for high-density designs. The latest software release includes support for ...
Altera Ships Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit Featuring a 530K Logic Element FPGA
Altera Corporation has announced the availability of its latest development kit targeting Stratix IV FPGAs. The Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit features the industry's highest density, highest performance FPGA available. The kit provides users with a comprehensive design environment that includes the hardware and software needed to immediately begin prototyping their high-density designs.
Altera Acquires Avalon Microelectronics, Extending Its Communication System IP for FPGA and ASIC Product Portfolio
Altera announced today it has acquired Avalon Microelectronics Inc., an industry leader in flexible Optical Transport Network (OTN) IP, for use in its FPGA and ASIC products. With the acquisition of Avalon, Altera expands its portfolio of customizable IP solutions for OTN applications, supporting data rates at 1.2G, 2.5G and 10G, as well as 40G and 100G.
Atmel - Flexible Architecture for Low-Cost Custom Defined SoC Development
Atmel has announced a new custom architecture for 90nm SiliconCity ASIC development, providing up to 350K gates/mm2, offering customers gate densities in the range of a standard cell ASIC. SiliconCity Flexible Architecture allows designers to create their own unique base wafer architecture for multiple product variations while generously reducing customer design time, lowering the NRE and reducing risk through design reuse.
ARM Passes x86 and Power Architecture to Become The Leading MCU/eMPU Architecture in 2010
According to preliminary findings from the 2011 edition of Semicast’s 32/64-bit Microcontrollers & Embedded Microprocessors study, ARM became the leading architecture for 32/64-bit MCUs/eMPUs in 2010.
ARM announces 45nm SOI Test Chip Results Demonstrating 40 Percent Power Saving Potential
ARM announced at the IEEE SOI Conference, Foster City, Calif., the results from a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) 45nm test chip that demonstrate potential power savings of up to 40 percent over traditional bulk process for manufacturing chips. The test chip was based on an ARM 1176™ processor and enables a direct comparison between SOI and bulk microprocessor implementations. The results confirm SOI technology is a viable alternative to traditiona...
Frost & Sullivan Award Recognises ZMDI’s Commitment to Developing Innovative, ‘Green’ Products
The Frost & Sullivan ‘2009 European Sensors & Sensor Interfaces Green Excellence Product Innovation Award,’ is presented to Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG (ZMDI). The award recognises the company’s energy-efficient sensor interfaces, sensor signal conditioners, temperature sensors and other application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that have helped customers in the automotive, medical, industrial and consumer industries to meet t...
Verigy Receives SEMI's First Advanced Testing Innovation Award
Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY), a leading semiconductor test company, has won Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International's (SEMI) first Advanced Testing Innovation Award, created to honor exemplary contributions to improving functionality and efficiency in semiconductor testing. The award was presented in Taipei by Vincent Siew, vice president of Taiwan, Republic of China, to Rwei-Ming Chen, Verigy's Taiwan country manager, at last week's SEMICO...
GUC and Synopsys Achieve Design Milestone
Global Unichip Corp. and Synopsys, Inc. today announced the tape out of 30 customer devices during the past four years using a combination of Synopsys' DesignWare IP and GUC's ASIC design services. This milestone marks GUC's emergence as an ASIC industry leader, demonstrates the quality and breadth of Synopsys' IP portfolio and underscores the successful partnership between the two companies.