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Media processor SoC for multimedia display products
Media processor SoC for multimedia display products
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Conexant Systems announced a single-chip media processor for multimedia display products including connected Web devices and interactive video displays, and…
Report: Intel’s faulty chip slows PC production
Report: Intel’s faulty chip slows PC production
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The design error found by Intel in its Cougar Point support chip for the Sandy Bridge processor has started to…
MIPS plans 64-bit multithreaded cores
MIPS plans 64-bit multithreaded cores
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Hoping to get a jump on archrival ARM Ltd., MIPS Technologies aims to launch this fall at least two 64-bit…
Digi-Key first to Stock NXP LPC11C2x
Digi-Key first to Stock NXP LPC11C2x
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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation is the first to stock NXP's LPC11C2x series; industry's first integrated CAN microcontroller and transceiver…

Cypress extends CapSense design guides
Cypress extends CapSense design guides
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The five new guides are complete reference manuals detailing the CapSense technology as well as how to implement it into a variety of end products. They claim to give comprehensive…
Supply chain: too lean, too mean, too late now
Supply chain: too lean, too mean, too late now
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Analysts are trying to think through the implications for global manufacturing of the lost and damaged production of materials, equipment and ICs in Japan as a result of the devastating…
Report: Japan quake hits microcontrollers
Report: Japan quake hits microcontrollers
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The production of microcontroller ICs – and therefore everything from automobiles to washing machines to consumer gadgets and industrial controls and on to medical equipment – is likely to be…
STMicroelectronics announces Autonomie ‘OpenWorld Design Contest’ Initiative
STMicroelectronics announces Autonomie ‘OpenWorld Design Contest’ Initiative
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To promote human-assistance technologies STMicroelectronics is offering a $20,000 in cash prizes for applications, based on ST's EvoPrimer, that promote advanced navigation and augmented-reality implementations to assist the handicapped. STMicroelectronics…
Free IDE supports Cortex
Free IDE supports Cortex
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced a sophisticated, integrated development environment (IDE) that supports the development of embedded systems built around any of the company's TX09 ARM9 and TX03 ARM Cortex…
Industrial rated embedded graphics processor released
Industrial rated embedded graphics processor released
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Channel One International now conducts temperature screening of AMD's high performance GPU for high reliability and safety critical embedded platforms. Product offering includes 20-year component lifecycle management. ALT Software provides…
Intel plans sub-10W Atom server CPU
Intel plans sub-10W Atom server CPU
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Taking aim at a growing set of low power ARM-based server processors, Intel Corp. will ship next year its first CPU for servers based on its Atom core and consuming…
China’s top car maker goes 32-bit
China’s top car maker goes 32-bit
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Chery Automobile Co. Ltd.—the largest passenger car maker in China—said Tuesday (March 15) that it is going 32-bit with its entire line of vehicles in order to improve their fuel…
PSoC 3 extended with new dev kit and software
PSoC 3 extended with new dev kit and software
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Designed for low power, the kit showcases a 1-microAmp sleep current with the real-time clock running. It offers built in programming and debugging without the need for an external programming…
PSoC 3 extended with new dev kit and software
PSoC 3 extended with new dev kit and software
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Cypress Semiconductor has announced the new CY8CKIT-030 development kit for its PSoC 3 programmable system-on-chip architecture, along with a new version of its PSoC Creator software tool. The new dev…
Multicore comms spec gets an update
Multicore comms spec gets an update
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has released version 2.0 of its multicore communications application programming interface (MCAPI) specification. The spec, available from its Web site, defines new features, such as domains for routing purposes.
Multicore comms spec gets an update
Multicore comms spec gets an update
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"Our original MCAPI specification has seen enthusiastic uptake with more than 1,000 downloads," said Markus Levy, president of the Multicore Association. "Extensive member feedback, combined with our ongoing dialog…
Multicore MCUs target ADAS applications
Multicore MCUs target ADAS applications
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A new range of 32-bit MCU family has been designed to make advanced driver assistance systems more affordable for a broad range of vehicles. It could help promote safety features,…
Inside the iPad 2 and the Apple A5
Inside the iPad 2 and the Apple A5
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  There are major design wins for Qualcomm again with the MDM6600. Essentially Qualcomm has pushed Infineon–whose wireless properties now belong to Intel–right out of Apple’s flagship products. "It…
Inside the iPad 2 and the Apple A5
Inside the iPad 2 and the Apple A5
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Information on what's inside the Apple iPad2 is becoming available as teardown experts open up the first tablets going on sale. Here are some pictures and analysis from our sister…
Microchip expands CAN microcontroller line with very low power 8-bit MCUs
Microchip expands CAN microcontroller line with very low power 8-bit MCUs
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Featuring an on-chip 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) and a peripheral that enables capacitive touch-sensing user interfaces, Microchip positions the MCUs for applications in automotive environments – for instance body…
Microchip expands CAN microcontroller line with very low power 8-bit MCUs
Microchip expands CAN microcontroller line with very low power 8-bit MCUs
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Aiming at automotive, industrial and medical markets, Microchip Technology has introduced the PIC18F “K80” 8-bit CAN microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring 1.8 – 5.5V operation and eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology. The…
Certified for healthcare
Certified for healthcare
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The new class enables health-related devices, such as exercise watches, blood pressure monitors, thermometers, weighing scales and glucose meters, to connect to a host and ease the communication between individuals…
Renesas targets ultra low power with RX200
Renesas targets ultra low power with RX200
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The first RX200 series in the RX210 group, which will operate at a maximum clock frequency of 50MHz producing 78 Dhrystone MIPS, with zero wait-states when operating from flash memory.
Renesas targets ultra low power with RX200
Renesas targets ultra low power with RX200
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The first member in a new ultra low power family of MCUs from Renesas extends the RX range in to portable appliances. Using the same 32bit CISC RX core, the…
Certified for healthcare
Certified for healthcare
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STMicroelectronics has announced that the USB drivers for its ultra low power STM32L family of MCUs, based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core, are expected to be certified by the Continua…
Latest Kinetis family features AFE
Latest Kinetis family features AFE
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With a focus on portable medical devices, Freescale has developed another family of 32bit MCUs based on the Cortex-M4 core. The K50 is the seventh K family in the company's…
Floating-point microcontroller for extreme temperatures up 210 °C
Floating-point microcontroller for extreme temperatures up 210 °C
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Exceeding the traditional 150 °C limit for other high-temperature semiconductors, the SM320F28335-HT Delfino 32-bit MCU provides high-reliability, high-performance, real-time measurement and control for manufacturers of electronics operating in harsh and…
Floating-point microcontroller for extreme temperatures up 210 °C
Floating-point microcontroller for extreme temperatures up 210 °C
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Texas Instruments claims to have introduced the industry's first floating-point microcontroller (MCU) for extreme temperature operation from -55 °C to 210 °C.


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