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Omnivision moves sensor supply to China, says Yole
Omnivision moves sensor supply to China, says Yole
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The acquisition of OmniVision Technologies by a Chinese consortium is being accompanied by the movement of manufacturing support into China,…
Design win; Altera’s Arria 10 in real-time high-speed airborne Ethernet
Design win; Altera’s Arria 10 in real-time high-speed airborne Ethernet
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A design that implement Ethernet technology in demanding environments, Silkan’s CETRAC Ethernet interconnection technology achieves new levels of performance, and…
Bluetooth LE plus expanded memory enable over-the-air upgrades
Bluetooth LE plus expanded memory enable over-the-air upgrades
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Cypress Semiconductor’s integrated, single-chip Bluetooth Low Energy chips for the Internet of Things and other wireless applications now offer double…
16-core SoCs target data centers and IT infrastructure
16-core SoCs target data centers and IT infrastructure
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Cavium has added two new pin-compatible families CN73XX and CN72XX to its OCTEON III MIPS64 multi-core processor line, spanning 4…

Xilinx FPGA features in OpenPOWER-based CAPI acceleration kit
Xilinx FPGA features in OpenPOWER-based CAPI acceleration kit
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Alpha Data has a CAPI acceleration development kit targeting the ADM-PCIE-7V3 board. The kit will enable designers to use Xilinx All Programmable FPGA devices attached to the coherent accelerator processor…
Microsemi qualifies automotive-grade SoC FPGAs
Microsemi qualifies automotive-grade SoC FPGAs
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Microsemi says it is offering the only devices in the industry to offer advanced security and high reliability features critical for automotive applications; these low power, flash-based FPGAs and ARM…
Good things from down under
Good things from down under
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There is an argument that as they come from a can-do, self-reliant culture, engineers and executives from Australia and New Zealand should be more creative and entrepreneurial than those from…
USB Type-C to HDMI/DVI/VGA adapter; and development kit
USB Type-C to HDMI/DVI/VGA adapter; and development kit
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A dongle design for an interface adaptor; and a robust USB Type-C development kit, use Cypress’ EZ-PD CCG1 USB Type-C port controller and USB Billboard controller, to enable emerging USB…
Program any SPI Flash via J-Link and Flasher – regardless of CPU model
Program any SPI Flash via J-Link and Flasher – regardless of CPU model
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J-Flash SPI software allows Segger’s in-circuit programmers and debug probes to support direct programming of SPI flashes.
Altera schedules Stratix 10 FPGAs on Intel FinFET by year-end
Altera schedules Stratix 10 FPGAs on Intel FinFET by year-end
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Altera lays claim to the fastest and highest capacity FPGAs and SoCs, with doubling of performance, 5.5 million Logic Elements in a single device, 3D System-in Package integration, and comprehensive…
FD-SOI development as a service
FD-SOI development as a service
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CEA-Leti announced its partners for its Silicon Impulse FD-SOI development program, with the goal to broaden the use of FD-SOI for low-power applications.
No American chip boom after all, says WSTS
No American chip boom after all, says WSTS
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Only two months after saying the chip market in the Americas region would grow to $79.7 billion in 2015, up 15 percent over its 2014 value, the World Semiconductor Trade…
European chip market shows 18% annual growth in April
European chip market shows 18% annual growth in April
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The 'schizophrenic' European chip market is booming when measured in euro and collapsing when measured in US dollars, according to the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA). ESIA reports and interprets…
High-speed protocol IP can drop in to FPGAs from Microsemi
High-speed protocol IP can drop in to FPGAs from Microsemi
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Microsemi and Sibridge Technologies have collaborated to develop a portfolio of interface IP for deployment on Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 FPGAs…
Intel buys Altera to create ‘new device types’ for data centers, IoT
Intel buys Altera to create ‘new device types’ for data centers, IoT
Intel Corp. has agreed to buy programmable logic chip maker Altera Corp. for $16.7 billion, finalizing a deal that had apparently been on and off for months.
Intel gets serious about FPGA integration
Intel gets serious about FPGA integration
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Intel is to buy Altera for USD54 per share, reports CNBC, for a total of USD 16.7 billion. With this acquisition, the world's biggest chipmaker could make up for slowing…
Intel/Altera deal is done
Intel/Altera deal is done
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In contrast to certain other recent merger-and-acquisition activity in the semiconductor sector – where it might well have been said, "we didn’t see that deal coming," the very public negotiations…
Micro-module regulators can serve latest FPGAs with up to 144A
Micro-module regulators can serve latest FPGAs with up to 144A
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LTM4630-1 is a dual 18A or single 36A µModule (micromodule) regulator with high precision DC and transient output regulation, that is scalable up to currents of 144A, for 28nm and…
When did analog steal digital’s mojo?
When did analog steal digital’s mojo?
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Name two semiconductor companies whose names begin with the letter T that used to mainly make digital ICs but now think analog electronics is more exciting and remunerative!…
SK Hynix, Sharp move up chip vendor ranking
SK Hynix, Sharp move up chip vendor ranking
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SK Hynix, MediaTek and Sharp are three companies that showed strong sales growth year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 and climbed up the top 20 chip vendor ranking produced…
Altera adds functional-safety design support for IEC 61508 compliance
Altera adds functional-safety design support for IEC 61508 compliance
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Altera has introduced product and tool features that, it says, will speed development of IEC 61508-compliant designs; the offering includes with certified 28 nm FPGAs, SoCs, plus tool flows; silicon,…
Self-contained 3.8 mΩ/10-A high-performance power switch
Self-contained 3.8 mΩ/10-A high-performance power switch
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Silego Technology’s SLG6M6201V is a self-contained 3.8 mΩ power switch optimised for 3V to 3.6V power distribution and designed to handle continuous load currents up to 10A.
Self-contained 3.8 mΩ/10-A high-performance power switch
Self-contained 3.8 mΩ/10-A high-performance power switch
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Silego Technology’s SLG6M6201V is a self-contained 3.8 mΩ power switch optimised for 3V to 3.6V power distribution and designed to handle continuous load currents up to 10A.
Self-contained 3.8 mΩ/10-A switch
Self-contained 3.8 mΩ/10-A switch
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Silego Technology’s SLG6M6201V is a self-contained 3.8 mΩ power switch optimised for 3V to 3.6V power distribution and designed to handle continuous load currents up to 10A.
A future-proof design engine for Altera’s FPGAs
A future-proof design engine for Altera’s FPGAs
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Altera has released a new engine for its Quartus II software to scale up with the increasing density of large FPGAs. The Spectra-Q engine gives the Quartus II software new…
“Bridge-chip” and I/O-function FPGAs gain on-chip flash memory
“Bridge-chip” and I/O-function FPGAs gain on-chip flash memory
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The newest generation of Lattice’s non-volatile, instant-on MachXO3 FPGA line provides advanced, low-cost-per I/O bridging and I/O expansion.
Software update lifts abstraction level for Altera FPGA design-in
Software update lifts abstraction level for Altera FPGA design-in
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Altera’s Spectra-Q engine, the updated “heart” of its Quartus II design software will, the company says, accelerate FPGA and SoC design…
Power controller for FPGA core voltages
Power controller for FPGA core voltages
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ZMDI’s (Dresden, Germany) ZSPM1511 is a single–phase, true–digital pulse-width modulator (PWM) power controller optimised for non-isolated point-of-load (POL) applications. ZSPM1511 joins the energy-efficient ZSPM15xx true-digital PWM Controller Family of turnkey…


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