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USB-to-LAN ICs are easy route to embedded Ethernet

The AX88x72 series USB-to-LAN chips satisfy the increasing market demands for adding networking capability for latest multimedia SoCs.

News from Asix Electronics Corporation (21 December 2007)

Set-top decoder targets low-cost box market

Low-cost decoder chip targets standard-definition terrestrial, cable, satellite and IP TV applications, and for both retail and operator-supplied set top boxes.

News from STMicroelectronics (21 December 2007)

RS485/422 transceiver runs up to 100Mbit/s

Achieving a datarate more than double that of competing devices, the ISL3259E allows manufacturers to design the most dependable high datarate systems ever created.

News from Intersil (20 December 2007)

IC accelerates carrier Ethernet services

OAM service accelerator enables Brooklyn-10 based systems to process continuity check messages on thousands of services with no need for software intervention.

News from Lightstorm Networks (14 December 2007)

Equaliser supports all 10G/8G interface standards

Flexible high-speed equaliser extends the reach of printed circuit board signal channels, such as backplanes or active copper cables.

News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (13 December 2007)

Consumer chipset accelerates PLC to 100Mbit/s

Products designed for Internet sharing, audio distribution or data networking applications in the home will benefit from the extremely low cost chipset.

News from Design of Systems on Silicon (12 December 2007)

West Bridge controller cuts Flash media costs

Controller supports up to 16 MLC NAND Flash devices, which cost approximately three times less than single-level cell NAND Flash devices for the same storage density.

News from Cypress Semiconductor (11 December 2007)

Automatic identification system processor updated

Latest market driven release offers manufacturers of marine AIS receiver devices dual-channel receive-only functionality.

News from CML Microcircuits (10 December 2007)

USB controller drives H.264 reference designs

User application article The new Crusher and Crusher-Capture reference designs accelerate the H.264 video encoding process up to 5x faster than real time.

News from Cypress Semiconductor (10 December 2007)

Powerline modem is sound choice for audio

User application article Vigoole is to use SiConnect's single-chip PLi050A audio powerline modem in new ranges of audio products.

News from SiConnect (10 December 2007)

Alliance targets huge Chinese home network market

SiConnect will work with JPNET to create powerline based data distribution products for the Chinese market.

News from SiConnect ( 7 December 2007)

Powerline chip takes DSL protocols onboard

The DSS9101 is the first powerline communications SoC to integrate a full TR-069 stack on-chip, thus eliminating the need for an external processor.

News from Design of Systems on Silicon ( 7 December 2007)

Powerline modems cut the cost of home networking

Highly integrated powerline modem chips allow consumer electronics OEMs to significantly reduce board space, power consumption, bill of materials and cost.

News from SiConnect ( 6 December 2007)

Blu-Ray Disc camcorder includes USB link

User application article USB 2.0 controller IC provides data transfer speeds of up to 480Mbit/s between Hitachi's new Blu-Ray Disc camcorder and any USB-enabled PC.

News from PLX Technology Europe ( 4 December 2007)

Alliance connects with Power Architecture

New 65nm core will be the processing engine of the future smart system interconnect products designed by the Tundra research and development team.

News from Tundra Semiconductor ( 3 December 2007)

CAN transceivers run over longer wires

Transceivers allow the use of CAN-enabled equipment in industrial applications requiring line lengths in excess of 500m.

News from AMI Semiconductor (29 November 2007)

Speedy switch put to military duties

User application article Industry's highest performance serial RapidIO switch features in system blades for defence and aerospace applications.

News from Tundra Semiconductor (29 November 2007)

Radio processors add modem functionality

Complete two-way radio processors meet all current and future global market requirements via flexible Function Image updates.

News from CML Microcircuits (27 November 2007)

SoC supports both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray codes

Single IC enables dual-channel native 1080/60p decoding, encoding and transcoding for next generation media players/recorders supporting both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray optical disc formats.