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Texas Instruments advanced signal conditioners deliver industry’s highest performance at lowest power
Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced 10 signal conditioners designed to drive high-speed interface standards such as 10G/40G/100G Ethernet, 10G-KR (802.3ap), InfiniBand, Fibre Channel and CPRI. More...

Silicon Labs Introduces the Industry’s Smallest, Lowest Power Customizable Clock ICs
Silicon Laboratories Inc. today introduced the industry's smallest and lowest power customizable clock generators. More...

TI’s MSP430 MCUs provide flexible solution for next generation single-phase metering and energy monitoring applications
Offering developers more flexibility in electricity metering and energy monitoring applications, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the MSP430F673x/F672x family of ultra-low-power 16-bit microcontrollers. More...

TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces Seven High-Power Modules for Modular Power System
Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced seven high-power modules for its popular N6700 modular power system. More...

Silicon Labs Announces Industry’s Broadest Choice of PCI Express Timing Devices
Silicon Laboratories Inc. today announced the expansion of its PCI Express clock generator and clock buffer portfolio, providing the industry’s broadest range of clocking solutions to address the stringent specifications of the PCIe Generation 1/2/3 standards. More...

Introducing TI’s SimpleLink product family: The industry’s broadest portfolio of easy-to-use wireless connectivity solutions
Building from more than a decade of proven leadership in the wireless connectivity space, Texas Instruments Incorporated today unveiled the SimpleLink product family, the industry’s widest portfolio of easy-to-use wireless connectivity technologies for low-power, low-cost embedded applications. More...

Redpine Signals Announces Industry’s First Full-Featured and Self-Contained Low-Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Module for M2M Markets
Redpine Signals, Inc. today announced the release of the industry’s first self-contained low-power Wi-Fi module for M2M markets. More...

Marvell Introduces New Four-In-One ZigBee Microcontroller SoC Delivering the Highest Level of Integration in the Industry
Marvell today announced the Marvell 88MZ100 ZigBee microcontroller system on a chip (SoC), the industry’s first SoC with the highest level of integrated features for home automation and LED lighting control applications historically found in four separate chips. More...

High Voltage Surge Stopper with Current Limit Shields Sensitive Electronics from Transients Beyond 100V
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LT4363, an overvoltage protection controller that provides overvoltage and overcurrent protection to high-availability electronic systems. More...

Powercast Exceeds 25-Year Battery Life in Wireless Sensors for Building Monitoring and Control
Powercast Corporation has expanded the capabilities of its Lifetime Power Wireless Sensor System with two ultra-long-life, battery-powered sensors. More...

Agilent Technologies Announces Industry’s First High-Speed Inter-Chip Compliance Test Software for Real-Time Oscilloscopes
Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the release of the first commercially available High-Speed Inter-Chip (HSIC) compliance test software for real-time oscilloscopes. More...

TI takes the driver’s seat with full system solution for connected automotive infotainment
Building on more than a decade of delivering automotive infotainment solutions, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced a full system solution for connected automotive infotainment. More...

Microchip Expands XLP PIC MCU Portfolio with Industry’s Lowest Active Current for 16-bit MCUs & New Low-Power Sleep Modes
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the expansion of its eXtreme Low Power (XLP) microcontrollers (MCUs) with the PIC24F “GA3” family, featuring industry’s lowest active current for 16-bit Flash MCUs, as well as several flexible new low-power sleep modes. More...

Marvell Launches Breakthrough Smart Energy Management Platforms for Appliances and LED Lighting Solutions
Marvell today announced two smart energy management platforms for smart appliance and LED lighting applications, which give consumers the ability to conveniently manage their smart appliances and lighting solutions from anywhere in the world, minimizing wasteful energy consumption and furthering the seamlessly connected lifestyle. More...

Cadence Expands Proven NAND Flash Design IP Offering With ONFI 3 PHY and Controller
Leveraging its experience in the Flash IP market, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced it has expanded its Flash IP offering to include support for the Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) 3.0 specification. More...

Tensilica’s HiFi 3 DSP IP Core Provides Over 1.5x Better Performance for Audio Post Processing and Voice in Smartphones and Home Entertainment
Tensilica, Inc. today announced the HiFi 3 audio/voice DSP (digital signal processor) IP (intellectual property) core for SOC (system-on-chip) design. More...

Tensilica HiFi Audio DSP Supports Dolby Volume to Eliminate Volume Fluctuations in Home Entertainment Systems and DTVs
Tensilica, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Dolby Volume on its popular HiFi Audio DSP. The implementation is based on software developed by Dolby and has passed Dolby's certification. More...

Celeno Launches Video-Grade 3x3 PCIe Wi-Fi Chip
Celeno Communications, a provider of high-performance Wi-Fi chips and software for HD multimedia and home entertainment networking applications, today unveiled the latest in its portfolio of offerings -- the CLR260. More...

Green Hills Software Announces INTEGRITY 11
Green Hills Software today announces a major new release of its flagship INTEGRITY real-time operating system. INTEGRITY 11 includes performance, communication and ease-of-use features that address the demanding requirements of next-generation sophisticated embedded systems. More...

GreenPeak Rolls out GP570 chip for Smart and low cost ZIGBEE RF4CE motion sense remote controls
GreenPeak Technologies today announced the launch of the new GP570 chip that will allow the development of low cost motion-enabled remote controls, addressing the growing demand for smarter and intuitive navigation of interactive entertainment services offered by operators. More...

Qualcomm Atheros Launches World’s First HomePlug Green PHY Solution
Qualcomm Atheros Inc. today announced the QCA7000, the world’s first HomePlug Green PHY silicon solution. More...

ON Semiconductor’s New Family of Trench-Based Low Forward Voltage Schottky Rectifiers Deliver Improved Switching Efficiency
ON Semiconductor has introduced of a new family of 100 volt trench-based low forward voltage Schottky rectifiers for applications such as switching power supplies for notebook adapters or flat panel displays, reverse battery protection circuits, and high frequency DC-DC converters. More...

Silego Technology introduces tiny 2x3 mm Dual Channel 17 mohm GreenFET 2TM Load Switches
Silego Technology, Inc announces a family of GreenFET 2 “GFET2” Dual Channel 17 mohm MOSFET load switches rated up to 4.5A per channel. More...

MEDICAL: BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR World's first production-ready Bluetooth low energy blood pressure monitor will work with any Bluetooth version 4.0 "Smart Ready" smartphone or computer
RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces that IDT International Limited has announced that it has successfully developed the world's first Bluetooth low energy (or Bluetooth "Smart") blood pressure monitor. More...

RFMD POWERS NEW SMARTPHONES WITH INDUSTRY-LEADING 3G/4G PRODUCTS
RF Micro Devices, Inc. today announced it has commenced volume production of multiple 3G/4G power amplifiers, in support of two leading smartphone families. More...

TI introduces industry’s smallest power management ICs for solid state drives
Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a family of tiny, single-chip, power management integrated circuits for powering all the supply rails in solid state drives (SSDs), hybrid drives and other Flash memory management applications. More...

Quickly and easily navigate through microcontroller development with TI’s MSP430Ware software and resource package for MSP430 microcontrollers
Providing a comprehensive software ecosystem for simplified microcontroller development, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the new MSP430Ware software and resource package. More...

Cypress’s PSoC Creator 2.0 Design Environment Now Available to All Users
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that Version 2.0 of its revolutionary PSoC Creator Design Environment for the PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip families is available for free download for all users. More...

Agilent Technologies Announces Shipment of 3-D EM Simulation Platform, Further Enhancing RF Simulation Speed
Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced shipment of the latest release of its Electromagnetic Professional software, EMPro 2011.11. More...

Mentor Graphics Announces Industry’s First Integrated Solution for Component-to-System Thermal Characterization and Analysis
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the electronic industry’s first combined technology for thermal characterization and simulation with T3Ster hardware test products and its FloTHERM software. More...

SuVolta Discloses Deeply Depleted Channel Technology Structure at IEDM 2011
SuVolta, Inc. today disclosed details of its Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC) low-power transistor technology, to be presented at IEDM 2011. More...

QuickLogic Solves HD Display Bridging Issues in Mobile Device Designs with New Family of CSSPs
QuickLogic Corporation has introduced a new line of display interface and enhancement solutions for the mobile market, the ArcticLink III VX series. More...

SILICON LABS MCUS EXTEND BATTERY LIFE IN WIRELESS EMBEDDED SYSTEMS BY 65 PERCENT
Silicon Laboratories Inc. today introduced the industry’s most energy-efficient microcontroller (MCU) and wireless MCU solutions for power-sensitive embedded applications. More...

New PandaBoard ES arms open source mobile developers with TI’s OMAP4460 processor
Pandaboard.org today announced the general availability of PandaBoard ES, the next-generation open mobile software development platform based on OMAP 4 technology from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). More...

Nordic Semiconductor launches enhanced nRF8001 with upgraded Bluetooth stack further extending class-leading power-saving performance
Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces that an enhanced revision of its nRF8001 Bluetooth 4.0 low energy Connectivity IC will further extend the current device's class-leading power-saving performance and benefit from an upgraded Bluetooth core software stack. More...

RFMD RFFM3482E SINGLE-BAND FRONT END MODULE
RFMD’s new RFFM3482E Front End Module (FEM) is a single-chip integrated FEM for high-performance WiFi applications in the 2.4GHz to 2.5GHz ISM band. More...

Qualcomm Atheros Launches World’s First HomePlug Green PHY Solution
Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced the QCA7000, the world’s first HomePlug Green PHY silicon solution. More...

NEW LatticeECP4 FAMILY REDEFINES LOW COST, LOW POWER FPGAs, FEATURES HIGH PERFORMANCE INNOVATIONS
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation today redefined the low cost, low power mid-range FPGA market with its announcement of the next generation LatticeECP4 FPGA family, with 6 Gbps SERDES in low cost wire-bond packages, powerful DSP Blocks and hard IP-based Communication Engines for cost- and power-sensitive wireless, wireline, video and computing markets. More...

Nordic launches nRFready 2.4GHz RF Smart Remote reference design for advanced browsing control of latest connected TVs and set-top boxes
Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces the nRFready 2.4GHz RF Smart Remote, a complete hardware and software reference design for advanced browsing control of the latest Internet-enabled and Web 2.0-enabled TVs and set-top boxes. More...

Texas Instruments’ ultra-low-power automotive microcontrollers improve fuel efficiency and battery life
Fulfilling the need for ultra-low-power microcontrollers in the automotive market, Texas Instruments Incorporated today announced the qualification of MSP430 16-bit microcontrollers for automotive applications. More...

Microchip Integrates Sub-GHz Wireless Transmitter With 8-bit PIC MCU to Simplify Secure Remote Keyless Entry Designs
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the PIC12LF1840T48A—the first in a family of single-chip devices that integrate an eXtreme Low Power, 8-bit PIC microcontroller with a sub-GHz RF transmitter. More...

NEW LatticeECP4 FAMILY REDEFINES LOW COST, LOW POWER FPGAs, FEATURES HIGH PERFORMANCE INNOVATIONS
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation today redefined the low cost, low power mid-range FPGA market with its announcement of the next generation LatticeECP4 FPGA family, with 6 Gbps SERDES in low cost wire-bond packages, powerful DSP Blocks and hard IP-based Communication Engines for cost- and power-sensitive wireless, wireline, video and computing markets. More...

Microchip’s New Silicon Temp Sensor Guarantees High Accuracy and Resolution Across a Wide Temperature Range in Small Packages
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the MCP9808 silicon temperature sensor, which serves a broad range of applications by guaranteeing high accuracy of 0.5 degrees from -20 to +100 degrees Celsius, along with high temperature resolution of 12 bits (0.0625 degrees Celsius/LSB). More...

TI acceleratees industrial designs with Sitara AM335x ARM MPUs
Developers looking to ease and accelerate their industrial automation designs can now benefit from the industry’s first ARM Cortex-A8 system solution with multiple integrated industrial communication protocols, offered by Texas Instruments Incorporated. More...

Silicon Labs Automotive Tuners Drive Future of Car Radio Technology
Silicon Laboratories Inc. today introduced the industry's most advanced automotive tuner IC family designed to deliver the highest RF performance coupled with advanced signal processing while reducing the cost and complexity of car radio systems. More...

WANT FUEL CELLS? THINK OUTSIDE THE HYDROGEN TANK.
When most people hear the words "fuel cell," they think of eco-friendly, hydrogen-powered cars that emit nothing more than water. More...

Analog Devices’ Ultra-Low Noise LDOS Optimize Load Performance in Communications, Medical and Industrial Systems
Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced a pair of LDOs (low dropout regulators) with low noise, high power supply rejection, and excellent line and load transient response. More...

Enpirion's Newest DC-DC Converter Targets Power Management for Solid State Drives
Enpirion announced a new member of its power IC portfolio targeted at solid-state drives (SSDs) as well as industrial embedded applications. More...

STMicroelectronics Launches New Power-Management Family to Enhance Equipment Reliability and Economy from the Enterprise to the Home
STMicroelectronics is rolling out a new family of hot-swap power-management devices that will help reduce ownership costs for important equipment such as storage devices, computers, USB accessories, enterprise systems, appliances and home electronics. More...

Microchip’s New DSCs & MCUs Bring 70 MIPS Performance and Cap Touch to Cost-Sensitive Designs
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the expansion of its enhanced core 16-bit dsPIC33 and PIC24 “E” Digital Signal Controller and microcontroller families to include on-chip op amps and Microchip’s Charge Time Measurement Unit peripheral, enabling advanced features in user-interface, intelligent-sensing, general-purpose and motor-control applications at a low cost. More...

18-Bit, 1.6Msps, Pseudo-Differential Serial SAR ADC Achieves 96.5dB SNR Performance & Low 18mW Power
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2369-18, a serial 18-bit, 1.6Msps pseudo-differential SAR analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which achieves impressive 96.5dB SNR and -120dB THD while supporting a 0V to 5V unipolar input range. More...

TI introduces Sitara AM335x ARM microprocessors, the industry’s first $5 high-performance, feature-packed ARM Cortex-A8 devices
Imagine upgrading from ARM9-based product designs to add 3D interactive touch screens, higher resolution displays, faster performance and multiple, flexible integrated connectivity options for a more robust offering — all while keeping design costs and power levels low. More...

Atmel Revolutionizes Touch User Experience with Industry's Highest Performing Stylus for Tablets and Handsets
Atmel Corporation today announced maXStylus, an active stylus solution for tablets and smartphones. More...

Freescale Semiconductor and Green Hills Software Collaborate on Virtualization Technology for Freescale’s i.MX Multimedia Applications Processors
Freescale Semiconductor and Green Hills Software announce a new alliance grounded in a shared vision for the expanding role of system virtualization technology in ARM-based embedded and mobile applications. More...

AppliedMicro Revitalizes the Cloud with World’s First 64-bit ARM Architecture Compliant Processor Converging Compute Performance with Power Efficiency
AppliedMicro today announced “X-Gene,” the world’s first 64-bit ARM architecture compliant processor for next-generation cloud computing, wireless infrastructure, enterprise networking, storage and security applications. More...

IDT Unveils the World’s First Ultra-low-power ±50 ppm CrystalFree CMOS Oscillators
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. today announced that it has released the industry’s first CMOS oscillators to feature a breakthrough ±50 ppm frequency accuracy and ultra-low power consumption. More...

Microchip Introduces Smallest, Lowest-Cost PIC32 Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced a new series of low pin count 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs) that provide 61 DMIPS of performance in packages as small as 5 mm x 5 mm for space-constrained and cost-sensitive designs. More...

Texas Instruments introduces highly efficient boost charger IC for nano power energy harvesting
Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced its next generation of power management integrated circuits for energy harvesting. More...

Nordic Semiconductor and AKM Semiconductor launch two-microphone wireless audio reference design kit for consumer gaming and home karaoke
Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA and digital audio converter specialist AKM Semiconductor Inc. today announce the nRFready Microphone reference design kit that provides a complete two-microphone audio streaming solution based on the recently announced Nordic nRF2460 2.4GHz mono audio streamer and AKM ADC/DAC audio converters. More...

Industry's First 3GPP Release 9 Compliant Multi-Standard Radio Signal Analysis Solution for Manufacturing Multi-Standard Base Stations
Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced the Multi-Standard Radio measurement application for its X-Series signal analyzers. More...

TI introduces PurePath Wireless audio products with USB support
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced two system-on-chip (SoC) solutions in the PurePath Wireless audio product family, aimed at delivering uncompressed, CD-quality wireless multichannel and multipoint audio streaming capabilities. More...

Mentor Graphics Announces the Next-Generation Nucleus RTOS Addressing Power Management and Connectivity Issues for Embedded Systems
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced its third generation flagship NucleusR Real Time Operating System (RTOS). More...

ARM UNVEILS ITS MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLICATION PROCESSOR EVER
ARM today announced the ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore processor - the most energy-efficient application class processor ARM has ever developed, and big.LITTLE processing. More...

Atmel Launches Low-power RF Transceiver for Cost-sensitive Consumer Applications
Atmel Corporation today announced a new RF transceiver to support the high-volume consumer markets in the 2.4GHz ISM band. More...

Stamp Sized Module Shortens Time to Market
Imsys today announces a new member of its “Simple Network Application Platform”, SNAP. More...

Antenova Offers Complete GPS Receiver Module for Under $3
Antenova Ltd announced a special sub-$3 price offering of its GPS RADIONOVA SS3Receiver Module – a complete GPS receiver including SiRFstarIII GPS IC and all front end RF components in a very small low profile single package module. More...

TI SIMPLE SWITCHER nano modules and nano regulators pack powerful punch in small space
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced four new SIMPLE SWITCHER power management integrated circuits for space-constrained point-of-load designs in industrial, communications and automotive applications. More...

austriamicrosystems expands configurable PMIC family with devices targeting Li-Ion battery based mobile products
austriamicrosystem announced two new members of its Power Management IC (PMIC) family. More...

Nordic Semiconductor ships 500 million 2.4GHz wireless chips
Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces that it shipped its 500 millionth 2.4GHz ULP wireless chip during the summer. More...

TI demonstrates commitment to Smart Grid technology with new wired and wireless system solutions
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced four new system solutions for Smart Grid and metering applications, enabling designers to further accelerate time to market for PLC-based and low-power wireless products. More...

TI clock generator reduces component count up to 80 percent, BOM cost up to 50 percent
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced a highly integrated clock generator featuring the industry’s best jitter performance. More...

TI expands PMBus power solutions for point-of-load designs
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced two 20-V step-down voltage regulators with PMBus digital interface and adaptive voltage scaling capability for non-isolated point-of-load designs. More...

Cavium Unveils OCTEON Fusion: Industry's Most Powerful "Base Station-on-a-Chip" Family
Cavium, Inc. today unveiled the OCTEON Fusion Family, the industry's most powerful, small cell "Base Station-on-a-chip" family specifically designed for LTE & 3G small cell base stations, including picocell and micro base stations. More...

Green Hills Software Releases MULTI Version 6 and Green Hills Compiler Version 2012
Green Hills Software today announced major new releases of its MULTI integrated development environment (IDE) and Green Hills Compiler toolchain. More...

New Energy Micro Line of Low-Power Cortex-M3 MCUs
Not to be outdone in the “race to the bottom”—in terms of low power—Energy Micro has announced the introduction of a further 100 EFM32 Gecko energy friendly microcontrollers. More...

Atmel and Redpine Signals Collaborate to Provide Ultra-Low-Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based Microcontrollers
If you’re not used to thinking of “Wi-Fi” and “low power” in the same sentence, think again. More...

STMicroelectronics’ Backlight Driver for High-Tech Handhelds Saves Power, Time and Money
STMicroelectronics has extended its portfolio of energy-saving solutions for mobile devices with a new IC that simplifies the design of power-efficient LCD and keypad backlights comprising white LEDs. More...

New Avago Technologies Variable Gain Amplifier Modules Deliver Best-In-Class Linearity for Cellular Base Stations
Avago Technologies today announced a high-linearity variable gain amplifier (VGA) module for base transceiver station (BTS) applications. More...

Silicon Labs Introduces Industry's First Single-Chip Hybrid TV Receiver
Silicon Laboratories Inc . today introduced the industry's first single-chip hybridTV receiver family designed to simplify the design of TVs, set-top boxes (STBs), Blu-ray recorders and PC accessories. More...

Solar Power Technologies Brings Clarity to the Performance of Large Scale Solar Assets
Solar Power Technologies Inc. is pleased to introduce the Clarity system, an intelligent suite of hardware and software solutions that provide an unprecedented level of insight and control to maximize the performance of commercial and utility scale solar sites. More...

Microchip Launches 8-bit Microcontrollers With Integrated Configurable Logic in 6- to 20-pin Packages
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced from the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston several new 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) that feature configurable logic and a high level of peripheral integration in 6- to 20-pin packages. More...

NXP Delivers Industry’s Lowest Power Ku-Band Downconverters for Satellite TV Receivers
NXP Semiconductors N.V. today introduced the TFF101xHN, a family of integrated downconverters for use in Low Noise Block (LNB) 10.7-GHz to 12.75-GHz Ku band satellite receiver systems. More...

OSRAM introduces new LED prototypes for headlights
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed two new LED prototypes that combine new chip and package technologies to provide high light output (even at high currents), a uniform light pattern, thermal stability and a particularly good contrast ratio. More...

TI introduces 36-volt op amp for the automotive market
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced an automotive-qualified 36-V, single-supply, low-noise op amp (operational amplifier) that can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7 V to +36 V. More...

STMicroelectronics Launches World’s Most Powerful Cortex processor-based Microcontrollers
STMicroelectronics today announced the introduction of its new STM32 F4 series of microcontrollers.More...

Qualcomm Announces Industry's Highest Capacity Femtocell Solution for Enterprise and Metro Markets
Qualcomm Incorporated today announced expanded availability of the Company's Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) FSM9216, FSM9816 and FSM9832 enterprise chipsets, Qualcomm's fully integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for femtocell development with an extended user capacity of up to 32 active users. More...

Atmel Launches Home Appliance-Certified QTouch Capacitive Touch Controllers
Atmel Corporation today announced the new family of QTouch capacitive touch controllers is International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and European Standards (EN) 60730 ready for the rapidly growing home appliance market. More...

TI’s low-power op amps provide best combination of power and performance for low-voltage, cost-sensitive application
Texas Instruments Incorporated today expanded its 1.8-V, rail-to-rail input and output, general purpose operational amplifier portfolio with the first in a new line of op amps for low-voltage, battery-powered, cost-sensitive industrial, consumer and medical applications. More...

Op Amp Drives SAR ADCs to True Zero on a Single 5V Supply
Linear Technology introduces the LTC6360, a very low noise, high speed amplifier that can drive to 0V while maintaining high linearity on a single +5V supply. More...

TI’s new sub-1 GHz RF family brings more robust, reliable wireless connectivity to metering, security, and home and building automation
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced the sub-1 GHz RF performance line family, providing unmatched connectivity for low-power wireless applications in the security, Smart Grid , industrial, wirelesshealthcare, home and building automation, and other spaces. More...

Mentor Graphics Vista ESL Platform Takes Center Stage in Mentor's ESL Strategy with Expanded Functionality
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced it has expanded the VistaT ESL Platform to address the needs for Virtual Prototyping for early software development. More...

Xilinx Accelerates Broadcast Industry Adoption of Video over IP at IBC 2011
Today, Xilinx, Inc. announced the availability of its SMPTE 2022-5/-6 intellectual property core, the company's newest building block for broadcast equipment developers delivering the internet protocol (IP) -based systems needed to cut the high cost of transporting raw, high-bit video from remote events, to studios, to post editing houses, and other points along the production process. More...

Allegro Microsystems, Inc. Introduces New Full-Bridge DMOS PWM Motor Driver ICS
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announces the release of two devices that complement the next generation family of fully-integrated single, full-bridge motor driver ICs. More...

austriamicrosystems announces high-efficiency 3A step-down converter
austriamicrosystems has announced the AS1328 high-efficiency 1.5 MHz synchronous DC-DC step-down converter. More...

Microchip Launches Utility-BandPower-Line Soft-Modem Development Kit
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced a Power-Line Modem (PLM) PICtail Plus Daughter Board Development Kit (part # AC164145) that is compliant with the utility frequency band and enables products to communicate using the same wiring that provides power, creating an instant network at a low system and deployment cost. More...

TI helps developers make the world safer with its new Hercules safety microcontroller platform for medical, industrial & transportation applications
Designed to help developers obtain safety certifications, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced its new Hercules safety microcontroller platform for medical, industrial and transportation applications. More...

Fail-safe iMEMS Gyroscope for Automotive Applications
For automotive electronic stability control, rollover detection, and pitch detection applications, Analog Devices, Inc (ADI) today introduced the ADXRS800 iMEMS gyroscope, featuring a patented differential quad-beam architecture designed to minimize the influence of linear shock and vibration. More...

Microchip Expands Ultra-High-Performance, Auto-Zero Operational Amplifier Portfolio With New Low-Noise Devices
Microchip Technology Inc today announced the MCP6V2X family of operational amplifiers (op amps). More...

Agilent Technologies Introduces Audio Analyzer with New Digital Audio Interface Options
Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced the enhanced Agilent U8903A audio analyzer with new digital audio interface options. More...

TI introduces breakthrough $1.95 DSP and $55 development kit, extending sophisticated signal processing and ultra-low power to new world of cost-sensitive applications
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) opened order entry for the new TMS320C553x ultra-low-power DSPs on Friday, Aug. 26, enabling developers to add sophisticated signal processing to consumer audio and voice applications, portable medical equipment, biometric security, voice-activated home automation and flow meters — at an unprecedented price. The C553x DSPs offer the lowest price DSP in the industry starting at $1.95 and are supported by the $55 C5535 eZdsp development kit. More...

Skyworks Unveils High Gain and High Linearity LNAs for Cellular Infrastructure Applications
Skyworks is pleased to introduce a series of high gain, two stage LNAs employing both GaAs pHEMT and GaAs HBT technology that offer very low noise figure, high linearity and excellent return loss in a small, quad flat, 4 mm squared leadless package. More...

TI launches 10 new Bluetooth low energy profiles for rapid design of consumer medical, fitness, alert applications and more
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today launched ten Bluetooth low energy technology (Bluetooth v4.0) profiles with associated sample applications to boost market development of Bluetooth low energy-compliant sensor devices. More...

Blackfin Embedded Processor Now Available For Under $2
Continuing to offer designers low-cost and high-performance digital signal processing options, Analog Devices, Inc. today introduced a 200-MHz version of its ADSP-BF592 Blackfin embedded processor that delivers 400-MMAC performance for just $1.99 each (in 1,000-unit quantities). More...

New Products from TriQuint - High-Linearity 0.5W LNA and Ultra Low Noise Dual LNAs
TriQuint is featuring the latest additions to our innovative line of LNAs with ultra low noise and superior linearity. More...

ON Semiconductor Introduces Automotive Grade Non-Synchronous Boost Controller with Wide Input Range
ON Semiconductor today introduced a new adjustable output non-synchronous boost controller for automotive systems. More...

42V Input with 55V Transient Protection, 2MHz Dual Channel Step-Down Regulator with Power-On Reset & Watchdog Timer
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3641, a dual channel, current mode step-down switching regulator with a power-on reset and watchdog timer. More...

Fast, Flexible, and Accurate: NI PXI Solutions that Replace Traditional Instruments
With the launch of the NI PXIe-5665 14 GHz vector signal analyzer, NI is providing customers with best-in-class RF solutions. More...

Microchip Announces Analog Resistive USB Touch-Screen Controller
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the mTouch AR1100 Analog Resistive USB Touch-Screen Controller. More...

Microchip Introduces Compact, High-Efficiency RF Power Amplifier for 5 GHz Wi-Fi Applications
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the new SST11CP15 RF power amplifier for 5 GHz IEE 802.11a/n WLAN embedded applications. More...

National Semiconductor’s Single-Wire 16-bit DAC for 4-to-20 mA Loops Simplifies Smart Transmitter Design
National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) featuring a single-wire interface and 4-to-20 mA current loop drive that simplifies the design of smart transmitters used in industrial two-wire sensor systems. More...

Silicon Designs Introduces Universal MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer Modules
Silicon Designs, Inc. has announced the global market introduction of its 60 Series. More...

Honeywell Introduces New HumidIcon Digital Humidity/Temperature Sensors
Honeywell introduced today the new HumidIcon Digital Humidity/Temperature Sensors, HIH-6130/6131 Series, offering industry- leading accuracy, stability, and energy efficiency in a lowest total cost solution that combines digital output relative humidity and temperature sensing. More...

DVGAs from National Semiconductor Enable Higher-Performance Basestation Radio Architectures
National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a pair of quad- and dual-channel, digital variable gain amplifiers (DVGA) that enable higher-performance wideband radio systems. More...

TI introduces industry’s lowest power near field communication transceiver that lets developers create designs with faster, easier data transfers
Raising the standard for ultra-low-power near field communication (NFC) devices, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the industry's lowest power contactless short-range communication transceiver. More...

Silicon Labs Combines Voice and M2M Connectivity in Latest Communications Chipsets
Silicon Laboratories Inc. today announced the next generation of its widely used Si24xx ISOmodem family, offering advanced voice features, lower power, reduced BOM costs and flexible interface options for a wide range of data modem applications. More...

National Instruments Announces First Multicore CompactRIO With Intel Core i7 Processor and Smallest NI Single-Board RIO Devices
National Instruments today announced expansion to its growing NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) platform with the addition of the highest performance and first multicore NI CompactRIO systems and smallest NI Single-Board RIO devices. More...

National Instruments Introduces New Levels of Productivity With LabVIEW 2011
National Instruments today unveiled NI LabVIEW 2011, the 25th-anniversary version of its award-winning system design software. More...

Atmel Expands ARM926-based MCU Family with Enhanced Connectivity and Advanced LCD Control
Atmel Corporation today announced five new devices to the Atmel SAM9 ARM926-based family of microcontrollers (MCUs). More...

Fairchild Semiconductor's Dual Switch Flyback Solution Provides Competitive Alternative to LLC, Single QR Flyback Topologies
Designers of power supplies for All-In-One(AIO) applications are faced with the challenges of limited space, the need to meet worldwide energy regulations, as well as a solution that provides ease of design. More...

Cypress Introduces World’s First 128-Mbit, 64-Mbit and 32-Mbit Low-Power Asynchronous SRAMs with 32-bit Bus Widths
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced 128-Mbit, 64-Mbit and 32-Mbit MoBL (More Battery Life) Asynchronous SRAMs with 32-bit bus widths. More...

Silicon Labs Introduces Industry’s First Six-Channel 5 kV Digital Isolators
Silicon Laboratories Inc. today introduced a family of digital isolators that offers the highest channel count, performance and data rate for demanding applications with isolation ratings up to 5 kV. More...

TI’s 3-MHz, 100-mA step-down DC/DC converter adds 20-percent run-time to ultra-low power wireless and MCU applications
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced a 3-MHz, 100-mA synchronous step-down DC/DC converter, which integrates a bypass switch and a unique DCS-Control technology and extends battery run-time by 20 percent in low-power wireless and MSP430 MCU-based applications. More...

IDT’s Patent Pending HyperGear Technology Reduces Motherboard Power Consumption and Boosts CPU Performance Simultaneously
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. today announced that it has developed a power savings and performance enhancement architecture for high frequency voltage regulator designs targeted at computing applications. More...

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Announces New Automotive Infotainment LED Driver ICs
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announces two new multi-output LED drivers for LCD backlighting. More...

Silicon Labs Introduces Industry's Most Advanced SLIC Solution for Voice-over-IP Gateways
Silicon Laboratories Inc. today announced the industry's most integrated, cost-effective and power-efficient subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) solution for voice-over-IP (VoIP) gateways. More...

TI introduces industry’s most highly integrated piezo haptic driver
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced the most highly integrated piezo haptic driver for mobile consumer and industrial designs. More...

New miniature infrared ChipLEDs provide high output for super low-profile optical touch screens
Optical touch screens are available in a wide variety of designs, but they share a common principle in that the touch of a finger will either cast a shadow or reflect light. More...

Analog Devices Integrates Two Bucks Regulators and Two LDOs in Smaller More Flexible Power Management ICs
Analog Devices, Inc. introduced today the ADP5034 regulator/LDO, a highly integrated power management IC that combines two 3-MHz, high efficiency, 1.2-A step down regulators with two 300-mA LDO (low drop out) regulators in a small LFCSP (lead-frame chip-scale) package. More...

DesignArt Networks Solves Small Cell Backhaul Problem
DesignArt Networks today announced the availability of its Unified Mobile Backhaul (UMB) software pack for gigabit+ wireless backhaul applications, suitable for all layers of the heterogeneous mobile radio access network (HetNet) evolution. More...

Microchip Makes Global Smart Meter Interoperability Easy With DLMS User Association Certified Stack for PIC Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced that it partnered with Kalki Communication Technologies Ltd. (Kalkitech) to provide a Device Language Message Specification (DLMS) protocol stack that is optimized for 16-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs). More...

TI's new development kit helps engineers quickly and easily design Bluetooth technology-enabled applications based on Stellaris microcontrollers
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the Stellaris 2.4 GHz CC2560 Bluetooth Wireless Kit (DK-EM2-2560B), aimed at jumpstarting Bluetooth-enabled designs. More...

Breakthrough Direct RF-Sampling ADCs from National Semiconductor Revolutionize Radio Architectures
National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a family of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that are the industry’s first to directly sample RF signals beyond 2.7 GHz, with third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) up to -71 dBc and sampling at up to 3.6 Giga-samples per second (GSPS). More...

TI isolated amplifier, modulator enable high-precision current measurement in motor control, green energy applications
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced an isolated amplifier and a delta-sigma modulator that enable best-in-class shunt-based current measurement in motor control and green energy applications. More...

New Freescale i.MX platform extends to advanced, low-power display applications
Building on its leadership in the eReader market and strong penetration into consumer and general embedded spaces, Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its portfolio of i.MX applications processors that integrate hardware-based display controllers and ARM Cortex-A8 cores with three new members of the i.MX50 product family that enable compelling end devices featuring LCD and/or electronic paper displays. More...

IAR Systems launches starter kit for NXP’s LPC11U00 USB microcontroller series
IAR Systems today announced that an IAR KickStart Kit for the LPC11U00 series of microcontrollers is now available. More...

Fairchild Semiconductor Offers Designers a Total Solution Portfolio for Low-, Mid- and High-Power LED Lighting Applications
With the increasing popularity of LED lighting applications, designers face challenges ranging from design complexity and the need for high system efficiency to limited PCB space and the management of multiple vendors to meet all of their design requirements. More...

SiliconBlue launches “Los Angeles”, Custom Mobile Device platform for high-speed sensor management, custom connectivity and video and image solutions
SiliconBlue Technologies today announced availability and fully functioning samples of the new iCE40 “Los Angeles” mobileFPGA family including the LP–Series (Low-Power) and the HX–Series (High-Speed) families targeting smartphones and tablets, respectively. Fabricated on TSMC 40-nm low-power standard CMOS process, the new LP and HX families provide twice the logic capacity of previous 65-nm devices. More...

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Announces New Unipolar Two-Phase Microstepping Motor Driver
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announces a new unipolar two-phase constant-current mode motor driver IC which is manufactured and developed by Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. in Japan. More...

Cypress Brings USB 3.0 to Mobile Handhelds With New West Bridge Peripheral Controllers
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced the industry’s first USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) solution specifically built to improve the performance of mobile handhelds. More...

60V Current Sense Amplifier Offers Adjustable Fault Flags
Linear Technology announces the LT6109, a complete high side current sense device that incorporates a current sense amplifier, dual comparators and a precision 400mV voltage reference. More...

Microchip Launches 60 MIPS Enhanced Core dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controllers and PIC24 Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced 60 MIPS 16-bit dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) and PIC24 microcontrollers (MCUs). More...

QuickLogic Announces Availability of Jupiter Application Reference Platform for ArcticLink II CX Family
QuickLogic Corporation is proud to announce the availability of its Jupiter application reference platform, based on the ArcticLink II CX CSSP. More...

Microchip Brings Advanced Control to Cost-Sensitive Designs With New PIC MCUs & dsPIC DSCs
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced a new series of 16-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) that bring advanced control to cost-sensitive general-purpose and motor-control designs. More...

PLTT Precision Low-TCR, High-Temperature Thin Film Resistor
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced that its PLTT precision low-TCR, high-temperature thin film resistor is now offered in the 0805, 1206, 2010, and 2512 case sizes and features an expanded resistance range from 250 O to 3 MO, with non-standard values available. More...

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Announces a New LED Backlight Driver for Medium/Large Displays
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announces a new multi-output WLED/RGB driver for backlighting LCD monitors and televisions. More...

New Compact Energy-Harvesting and Power-Management IC Enables Low-Power Wireless Devices
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX17710, the industry’s first IC to integrate all of the power-management functions for ambient energy harvesting, as well as for charging and protecting micro-energy cells (MECs), a form of solid-state battery. More...

TI re-architects embedded control to make the world greener with new Concerto dual-core microcontrollers
Empowering developers to design greener, more connected applications, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced its new C2000 Concerto dual-core microcontroller (MCU) series. More...

DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR ADDS ARM MULTICORE SUPPORT IN NEXT GENERATION OF SYSTEM LEVEL POWER MANAGEMENT ICS
Dialog Semiconductor plc has launched two third generation advanced system level power management ICs (PMICs) for tablet PCs, smartphones, embedded computers and multimedia players. More...

It’s your code. Protect it with TI’s new embedded processors.
Today, Texas Instruments Incorporated is offering its customers added protection against unauthorized reading of intellectual property and sensitive data in its TMS320C6748 digital signal processors and OMAP-L138 DSP + ARM processors. More...

Microchip Announces Expansion of MiWi Wireless Development Environment
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced its expanded MiWi Development Environment (DE), which is a complete ecosystem for designing star and mesh wireless networking products. More...

National Semiconductor’s New High-Brightness LED Driver Simplifies Area-lighting Design
National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced the LM3466, a highly integrated linear LED driver that simplifies the design of high power, wide area lighting fixtures such as streetlights. More...

STMicroelectronics Tackles Battery-Charging Burden with Innovative Solar Charger
The small strips of solar cells seen in the front panels of today’s small portable consumer, healthcare and security devices are set to become a more valuable source of free energy with help from a new advanced battery charging IC from STMicroelectronics. More...

Mentor Graphics Announces Common Embedded Software Development Platform
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced a unified embedded software debugging platform, from pre-silicon to final product, based on the integration of the MentorR Embedded SourceryT CodeBench embedded software development tools with Mentor's leading electronic system level (ESL), verification, and hardware emulation products. More...

Micrel Boosts Power Efficiency and High Current Density With High Accuracy Six Channel Linear LED Drivers
Micrel, Inc. today unveiled a pair of new linear WLED drivers aimed at further expanding its portfolio of lighting products. More...

TI’s OMAP4470 apps processor: It’s all about the user experience
Building on the OMAP 4 platform family’s technological achievements , Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced today the power-efficient OMAP4470 applications processor, designed to deliver the perfect balance between processing power, graphics, display subsystem functionality and multilayered user interface (UI) composition. More...

Mentor Graphics Forges TLM Synthesis Link Between Hardware Implementation and Virtual Prototyping
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that the CatapultR C high-level synthesis tool now supports the synthesis of transaction level models (TLMs). More...

TI introduces isolated DC/DC converter for low-noise 2-W power supplies
Texas Instruments Incorporated today introduced a high-efficiency, primary-side feedback transformer driver for isolated 2-W power supplies, which are used in programmable logic controllers, industrial automation and other noise-sensitive data acquisition designs. More...

Qualcomm Atheros AR9004TB Solution Adds In-room 5 Gbps Performance to Industry Leading Wi-Fi Technology
Qualcomm Atheros Inc. and Wilocity, today announced the AR9004TB, the industry’s first tri-band Wi-Fi chipset that integrates the multi-gigabit performance of in-room 60 GHz band with seamless handoff to 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band Wi-Fi. More...

Vitesse Optimizes Power for Green Gigabit Ethernet Networks
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation today announced an expansion of its energy-efficient SimpliPHYTM family of Gigabit Ethernet (GE) physical layer devices. More...