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Mini card support boosts broadband applications

Renesas' Draco offers a highly integrated solution, simplifying the use of Edge RF in any application and featuring an auto calibration mechanism to ensure fast time to market.

News from Renesas Technology Europe (31 January 2008)

Cellular baseband can evolve with standards

Multimode baseband platform forms the basis of a next-generation software defined radio system to cater for the changing requirements of LTE.

News from NXP Semiconductors (31 January 2008)

Metering systems boost efficiency in Russia

User application article The Mercury AMM system for electrical power distribution networks uses TI controller technology to provide automated data collection directly from consumer energy meters over power lines.

News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (30 January 2008)

SoC captures video and still images

Ambarella's A390 stores still images in either raw or compressed formats, implementing the JPEG standard at a rate of one picture per second without interrupting full HD-video recording.

News from Ambarella (29 January 2008)

Nanotech agreement develops power technolgoy

AMI Semiconductor's agreement with IMEC will move, for the first time, part of the AMIS R and D technology into IMEC's premises.

News from AMI Semiconductor (29 January 2008)

Baseband lays foundation for integrated handsets

Heavyweight processing power enables cost-effective solutions for high-end cordless handsets, integrated access devices and wired VoIP telephony applications.

News from SiTel Semiconductor (29 January 2008)

Processor architecture boosts computer performance

The first processors implementing the VIA Isaiah Architecture will use proven 65nm technology for greater power efficiency.

News from VIA Technologies (25 January 2008)

Small baseband cuts multimedia costs

The PNX6712 forms the engine of NXP's Nexperia Cellular System Solution 6712 - a powerful HSDPA/HSUPA/EDGE platform, enabling sub-US $30 electronic bill-of-materials (eBoM).

News from NXP Semiconductors (23 January 2008)

MCUs bring more to automotive applications

32bit devices provide the price/performance ratio required for antitheft mechanisms, climate control systems, airbags, hands-free systems and small TFT display applications.

News from NEC Electronics (Europe) (22 January 2008)

Motor control MCU runs two at once

Embedded Flash microcontroller has all the features and characteristics necessary to control two high-end industrial drives.

News from Renesas Technology Europe (15 January 2008)

Personalised website cuts to the chase

Users can track their sample and purchase-order histories, and receive notification by e-mail when something in which they are interested has been updated.

News from Microchip Technology (15 January 2008)

Management IC is adapted to silver zinc batteries

User application article New device will be part of all ZPower batteries as the company prepares for high volume production in mid-2008.

News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (15 January 2008)

8 and 32bit MCUs deliver migration flexibility

Flexis QE microcontrollers offer pin-for-pin, development tool and peripheral set compatibility between 8 and 32bit devices.

News from Mouser Electronics (15 January 2008)

Controller has universal appeal for IR remotes

Universal infra-red remote control system can be easily integrated to any digital device to provide immediate remote control capability.

News from Zilog (11 January 2008)

IC partnership targets touch technology

Elo has applied its APR sound-in-surfaces technology to launch a new touch capability in its line of touchscreens, touchmonitors and touchcomputers

News from AMI Semiconductor (11 January 2008)

Everex and Maxdata save mobile power

User application article Two of the major mobile computing launches at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas were powered by the frugal VIA C7-M ULV mobile processor.

News from VIA Technologies (11 January 2008)

More options for baseline microcontrollers

MCUs offer 64byte of nonvolatile data memory, an 8MHz internal oscillator, a device reset timer, up to three channels of 8bit analogue-to-digital conversion and up to two comparators.