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Freescale updates plans for Sendai fabrication facility
After completing the assessment of its Sendai, Japan wafer fabrication facility following the recent earthquake, Freescale Semiconductor today announced that it will not reopen the seriously damaged facility.
Freescale and Cactus collaborate to bring technology solutions to the medical market
Freescale Semiconductor and Cactus Semiconductor, a medical application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) company, have agreed to collaborate to provide customized analog mixed-signal and system-on-chip (SOC) solutions to the medical market. The companies have more than 30 years of combined experience in the medical device market and are focused on providing new generations of smaller, lighter, inexpensive and more efficient medical products tha...
Cypress and Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India Sign New Agreement for PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 Lab
Cypress Semiconductor announced an agreement with the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) in Pilani, India, under which Cypress will extend support for the institute through 2014. Cypress will donate new PSoC® 3 and PSoC 5 development kits and software to the PSoC lab, at BITS, Pilani.
Deutsche Bahn and NXP continue cooperation on “Touch&Travel”
Deutsche Bahn and NXP Semiconductors announced to continue their co-operation on “Touch&Travel” in Germany. “Touch&Travel” is a mobile ticketing scheme which is running in a pilot phase in Germany since 2008. Using Near Field Communication (NFC) the ticketing system enables e-ticketing based on NFC-enabled mobile phones. Deutsche Bahn and NXP together with other project partners co-operated in the pilot phase and are now joining forces to...
NXP Ships 500 Millionth ABS Sensor Module
NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced that it has shipped more than half a billion ABS speed sensor modules – a key milestone in NXP’s relationship with Continental, one of the leading global automotive suppliers. The Chassis & Safety Division of Continental has worked closely with NXP to develop advanced ABS/ESC sensor modules that are now used by most car manufacturers in the world, in both the standard and high-end segments of the market...
Fairchild Semiconductor Expanding Technology Innovation with Silicon Carbide
Answering the need for increasing efficiencies and higher performance for semiconductor applications, Fairchild is extending its technology leadership capabilities with the acquisition of TranSiC, a Silicon Carbide (SiC) power transistor company.
Leadcore Technology Addresses High-end Mobile Market with suite of ARM IP including ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore Processor, Mali-400 MP GPU and Artisan Physical IP
Leadcore Technology Co., Ltd. has licensed a suite of ARM IP including the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore Processor, the ARM Mali-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and the ARM Cortex-A9 Performance Optimization Pack™ for the TSMC 40LP process technology. Leadcore will integrate the ARM CPU and GPU-based applications processor with its own baseband chip to target high-end smartphones based on the China’s 3G standard, TD-SCDMA.
ADD semiconductor opens US office, appoints general manager Americas
ADD semiconductor, the high-performance powerline communication (PLC) IC company for smart metering, lighting and home/building automation applications, today announced the opening of its first US office. The Orlando, Florida, based facility will be headed up by Eddie Luaces who joins the company as general manager Americas.
Lattice Semiconductor Announces Lowest Cost Design Platform For FPGAs With Configurable SERDES
Lattice Semiconductor announced the immediate availability of the new LatticeECP3 Versa Development Kit, which is ideal for developing leading edge applications in a variety of markets such as industrial networking, industrial automation, computing, medical equipment, defense and consumer electronics. The low cost LatticeECP3 Versa Development Kit is now available for a promotional price of only $99.
Security manager provides superior data protection regardless of power source
Maxim introduced the DS3660, a security manager with 1024 bytes of nonimprinting memory to securely store sensitive data. The on-chip nonimprinting memory, which consists of eight 128-byte banks, can be selectively cleared by end users based on user-specified tamper events. Additionally, the DS3660 device features an internal 1.8V bias source to power low-voltage external SRAM that can be used to store less critical data, and it is configurable ...