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Cypress Introduces PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 Device Selection Tool To Help Designers Easily Customize the Perfect PSoC Solution
Cypress Semiconductor introduced a new online product selection tool for its powerful new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures. The Electronic Product Selector Guide, now available at www.cypress.com/go/PSoCePSG, streamlines the selection of the optimal PSoC device based on the peripheral functions a designer wants to implement in the programmable analog and digital resources.
ip.access contributes to femtocell plugfest success
ip.access, the leading developer of femtocell and picocell solutions, today welcomed the success of the world’s first femtocell plugfest organised by the Femto Forum in cooperation with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
Synopsys enables first-pass silicon success on Infineon's 40-nanometer X-GOLD 626 wireless product
Synopsys announced that the Galaxy Implementation Platform has helped Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE: IFX) achieve first-pass silicon success of the 40-nanometer (nm) baseband processor for its X-GOLD(tm) 626 3G wireless analogue and digital system-in-package (SIP). Infineon utilised the Galaxy platform's powerful implementation flow to optimise the chip's multiple functional modes with multi-corner/multi-mode (MCMM) technology, taking advantage...
Intersil to acquire Techwell - adds leadership positions in two high-growth industrial video markets
Intersil and Techwell has announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Intersil to acquire Techwell through a cash tender offer at $18.50 per share. Net of Techwell's cash and equivalents, the transaction values Techwell at approximately $370 million.
Aonix PERC Ultra Virtual Machine passes muster on modernized guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill
Atego, the leading independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative development tools for engineering complex, mission- and safety-critical architectures, systems, software and hardware, has announced the successful deployment of its industry-leading Aonix PERC Virtual Machine technology in support of Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Java language components used in the Aegis Open Architecture System during recent combat tests. The guided m...
Wolfson’s world-leading power management solution selected by ZiiLABS
Wolfson Microelectronics plc has announced that ZiiLABS, the cutting-edge media processor and platforms company, has selected its WM8352, a world-leading power management IC with integrated stereo codec, for inclusion on its ZMS-08 System Module and Zii Development Kit.
Avago Technologies Files Optical Sensor IP Lawsuit Against STMicroelectronics
Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for wired and wireless communications, industrial and consumer applications, announced today that on March 15, 2010 Avago filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against STMicroelectronics. Avago alleges that certain STMicroelectronics products infringe four of Avago’s patents covering optical navigation...
New Benchmark Comparison of ITTIA DB SQL and SQLite
ITTIA, a global supplier of embedded lightweight relational database software, demonstrates its database benchmark leadership to application developers of embedded systems and devices, with exceptional results. On an ARM device, ITTIA DB SQL surpasses SQLite, an open source database, in three critical areas: insert, select, and update. ITTIA's flagship product, ITTIA DB SQL, is an industry-leading RDBMS that provides performance and reliability i...
How to Speed and Simplify Semiconductor Device Characterization
Model 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System - Leading-Edge Pulse Capability Integrated with Precision DC Measurement for the 65nm Node and Beyond.
CY8CLEDAC Introductory Video
Cypress's Gavin Hesse gives an intro to the CY8CLEDAC kit.