News & Analysis
NMI membership increases by 50% in a year
The National Microelectronics institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, has announced a 50% increase in its membership in little over a year. The University of Southampton has just become the NMI’s 150th member.
Interactive Learning with Reward System is Wire-Free
LPRS has demonstrated again how the simplicity of its plug and play easy-Radio wireless solutions simplify product development and speed time to market.
Elan Digital enables PCMCIA interface for Intel Atom processors
Elan Digital Systems is launching its USBPC16 and USBPC32 chipsets to the market. The chipsets, which up till now were used as a proven solution in-house, now offer a simple and inexpensive product for designers using Intel’s new Atom Processors and needing to provide a legacy PCMCIA interface. Unlike other products on the market, these devices are not restricted to memory cards only.
Logipard chooses Toshiba SoC solution to develop advanced ASIC for MPEG-4 and H.264 video processing applications
Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced the successful completion of an ASIC development project with video codec and processing specialist Logipard, subsidiary of Anoto Group AB. The fabless semiconductor manufacturer has used Toshiba’s renowned process technology and the company’s local engineers to create an advanced, low power ASIC. This ASIC is targeted for video processing applications being developed by Logipard customers.
Masco Corporation Announces Partnership with EnOcean Alliance
Masco Corporation announces its partnership with the EnOcean Alliance. The partnership aligns EnOcean’s energy harvesting wireless control technology with patented technologies developed by Masco to support intelligent green buildings and to deliver forward-looking products to customers.
Dual-ports for industrial control, medical imaging and communications applications from IDT
IDT has announced the availability of two new dual port devices to its family of multi-port devices. For applications ranging from industrial control to medical imaging and communications, the new 9Mbit and 4Mbit dual-port devices deliver 200MHz performance to satisfy demanding memory buffering requirements. By offering a 1.8V core voltage, the devices require significantly less power than existing solutions.
Programmer aids Flash ROM programming
Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) has announced the VPROG-1 programmer. Designed specifically to programme FTDI’s Vinculum host controller product range including VNC1L-1A and evaluation modules, the programmer allows quick and easy writing of data to the device’s Flash ROM.
Software Configurable 4 & 8 Port Desktop USB to Serial Adapters
Sealevel Systems announces two additions to the popular SeaLINK USB to serial product line, the SeaLINK+4.SC and SeaLINK+8.SC. Offering four or eight serial ports that are software configurable for RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485, the adapters eliminate the need to open the enclosure to change jumper settings or dipswitches. The devices maintain their electrical interface settings locally, allowing the host computer to be repaired or upgraded without r...
Tensilica Appoints Jack Guedj as New President and CEO
Expanding its executive team with the talented leadership required to take the company into its next phase of growth, Tensilica, Inc. today announced it has appointed Dr. Jack Guedj, Ph.D. as the company’s president and chief executive officer (CEO). Guedj has extensive experience as a senior executive with a variety of fast-growing start-ups and high-profile semiconductor companies focused in high-performance communications and multimedia. He ...
Laser Transmitter Modules for 10Gb/s and 8Gb/s SFP+
With its new transmitter optical sub assembly (TOSA) series Mitsubishi Electric has developed four 1.3µm band laser modules for optical transmission at speeds of 10Gb/s and, respectively, 8Gb/s. Each individual module fits into an enhanced 8.5 and 10 Gigabit small form factor pluggable module (SFP+) measuring just 13.3mm x 13.4mm x 56.5mm. Compared to XFP (10 Gigabit small factor pluggable module) the SFP+ compliant transceivers are 60 percent...