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NEC Electronics Launches “Medity 2” for 3G Mobile Phone Handsets
NEC Electronics announced the completion of the semiconductor platform solution Medity 2. Medity eases the development of mobile phones corresponding to the third and second generation communication standards HSDPA/W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS. Medity 2 consists of 5 components: (1) M2 which is an integrated chip with baseband processing functions and application processor, a semiconductor chipset that includes wireless frequency processing (RF) ICs and p...
Microcontrollers for In-Vehicle Automotive Systems
Addressing the growing demand for greater automation of in-vehicle comfort and safety systems, NEC Electronics today introduced 13 new 32-bit V850ES/Fx3-L microcontrollers (MCUs) that offer increased functionality at a low cost for automotive body and safety applications. As members of NEC Electronics’ F Series MCUs, the new 32-bit devices provide the price/performance ratio required for anti-theft mechanisms, climate control systems, airbags, ...
32-bit microcontroller family for power-sensitive applications
NEC Electronics Europe has announced the V850ES/Jx3-L 32-bit microcontroller family as further enhancement to its All Flash microcontroller line-up. This new family offers new levels of energy saving to power-sensitive applications that still demand a high level of performance, memory and peripheral integration such as battery-backed multi-phase electricity meters, high-end blood glucose meters, test and instrumentation equipment, point of sale e...
NEC Electronics Europe extends its portfolio of P-channel PowerMOSFETs
NEC Electronics Europe today announced that it has extended its portfolio of low-voltage power management devices (PMD). The new devices close the -15 A to -100 A drain current gap in the P-channel NP-Series.
NEC and NEC Electronics Develop Microcomputer and Operating System Platform for Next-generation Automotive Information Systems
NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics Corporation have completed development of prototypes for a system LSI chip and operating systems that will serve as the platform for next-generation automotive information systems. The system LSI chip and OS were developed in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corp., Aishin AW Co., Ltd., and Denso Corp., and capitalizes on synergies between NEC's software expertise and NEC Electronics' device technologies. NEC wi...
Power MOSFETs from NEC are robust
NEC Electronics Europe has announced it has extended its portfolio of low-voltage power management devices (PMD). Part of the NP-Series, the new MOSFETs feature improved ruggedness, with respect to avalanche capability and channel temperature, combined with low values for on-state resistance (RDS(on)) and input capacitance (Ciss). Devices with two VDSS ratings (40 V and 55 V), two ID (DC) ratings (90 A, 100 A) and logic/non-logic gate drive types...
40nm Embedded DRAMs from NEC
NEC Electronics has introduced two new technologies for the manufacture of 40-nanometer (nm) system-on-chip (SoC) devices with embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM). The UX8GD eDRAM technology boasts clock speeds up to 800 megahertz and low operating power, making it optimal for use in consumer electronics products such as digital video cameras and game consoles. The UX8LD eDRAM technology features low leakage-current levels that reduce ...
NEC to Begin 40nm Manufacturing
NEC Electronics Corporation today announced plans for the production of semiconductor devices utilizing 40-nanometer process technology at NEC Yamagata, its manufacturing subsidiary in Tsuruoka, Japan. The company is investing 10 billion yen this fiscal year (ending March 31, 2008) toward the purchase of an immersion lithography system and other leading edge equipment that will enable manufacturing of 55-nanometer and 40-nanometer devices. The eq...
LCD Module from NEC enables Control of Viewing Angle
NEC LCD Technologies has announced the development of color TFT LCD module that enables the viewing angle to be switched from wide to narrow in accordance with display contents, use and application of the LCD. The company has realized the new LCD module by its own unique value integrated TFT-LCD (VIT) technology, along with the addition of a new angle-switching control on the polarizer adjacent to the backlight system. The angle-switching contro...
NEC and Skyley Announce Compliance of ZigBee Platform
NEC Electronics and Skyley Networks have announced that their jointly developed ZigBee platform has been deemed as a ZigBee Compliant platform by the ZigBee Alliance. The ZigBee compliant platform is based on an NEC Electronics’ 78K0R 16-bit microcontroller, a wireless RF transceiver chip by Uniband Electronic Corporation (UBEC) and the ZigBee stack, which is a software to manage the network. By utilizing this convenient platform, OEMs and syst...
NEC and Skyley Announce Compliance of ZigBee Platform
NEC Electronics and Skyley Networks have announced that their jointly developed ZigBee platform has been deemed as a ZigBee Compliant platform by the ZigBee Alliance. The ZigBee compliant platform is based on an NEC Electronics’ 78K0R 16-bit microcontroller, a wireless RF transceiver chip by Uniband Electronic Corporation (UBEC) and the ZigBee stack, which is a software to manage the network. By utilizing this convenient platform, OEMs and syst...
LCD Modules for Medical Use Deliver Industry-Leading Luminance
NEC LCD Technologies has introduced two new 21.3inch [54 centimeters (cm)-diagonal] amorphous-silicon color thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) modules for medical applications such as the display of radiograms for the interpretation and diagnosis of illness. The NL160120AC27-20 is an ultra extended graphics array (UXGA) resolution TFT LCD module with brightness of 950 cd/m2, and the NL204153AC21-09 is a quad extended graphi...
Gateway Controller featuring SMSC’s MediaLB interface technology for seamless adoption to MOST® based infotainment systems
NEC Electronics Europe is introducing a new family member of NEC Electronics’ powerful 32-bit RISC microcontroller family for automotive gateway and body applications. Offering high performance, large memory size and fully-fledged communication interfaces, it is ideal for high-end gateway and other body applications in the automotive field. The V850E/CAG4-M takes the popular V850 family into the high-performance bracket and supports emerging st...
Microcontroller for automotive body applications from NEC
NEC Electronics Europe today announced a new microcontroller for automotive body applications. The V850E/CAG4-M is a member of NEC Electronics’ powerful 32-bit RISC microcontroller family with embedded FlexRay interface. Offering high performance, large memory and fully-fledged communication interfaces, it is especially suited for high-end gateway and other body applications. The V850E/CAG4-M extends the popular V850 32-bit microcontroller fam...
LCD Modules for Industrial Equipment from NEC
NEC LCD Technologies has introduced two new 15-inch amorphous-silicon color thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display modules with extended graphics array resolution for industrial equipment such as factory automation controllers, measuring instruments, automatic teller machine terminals, kiosks and point-of-sale systems. The NL10276BC30-32 is a standard product with brightness of 250 candelas per square meter (cd/m2), while the NL10276BC3...
NEC Electronics Europe to Exhibit at Equip Auto 2007
NEC Electronics Europe today announced its participation in the automotive fair Equip Auto 2007 being held October 15 through 20 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center. The NEC Electronics booth will be featuring the company’s embedded automotive solutions including leading-edge IMAPCAR (Integrated Memory Array Processor for CAR) technology for driving assistance and vision processing.
New Devices added to NEC's 32-Bit All Flash Microcontroller Lineup
NEC Electronics Europe and NEC Electronics America, Inc. today introduced two additions to their popular V850ES lineup of 32-bit all flash microcontrollers (MCUs). The new V850ES/Hx3 and V850ES/Jx3 MCUs execute up to 69 Dhrystone MIPS at clock speeds of 32 megahertz (MHz), and are well-suited for next-generation access control products; point-of-sale systems; industrial controllers and drivers; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; c...
NEC launches two 32-bit ARM processor cores that can be used with its SoC design methodology
NEC Electronics Corporation has announced two 32-bit ARM processor cores that can be used with NEC Electronics’ system-on-chip (SoC) design methodology to develop high-speed solutions for networking, wireless, digital consumer, imaging, storage, automotive and industrial applications. NEC Electronics’ 90-nanometer, 700 MHz (931 MHz under nominal process conditions) dual-core implementation of the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor is the highes...
NEC LCD Technologies to Enhance Line-up of LCD Modules With White LED Backlight System Through Launch of Two New TFT LCD Modules
NEC LCD Technologies today introduced two new 6.5-inch (17cm-diagonal) amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) modules with high luminance and video graphics array (VGA) resolution. The modules, part number NL6448BC20-21C and NL6448BC20-21D, eliminate the need for an inverter circuit by employing white light emitting diodes (LEDs) for the backlight system, instead of the cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) tha...
High Performance Terrestrial DTV Demodulator from NEC
NEC Electronics Corporation has introduced the second generation orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) demodulation LSI, to facilitate compact and low-price set-top boxes (STB) and integrated digital TV (iDTV) with high quality reception of European digital terrestrial broadcasts.