A start up building on technology developed at Bristol University has come out of ‘stealth mode’ to announce an approach which it claims will provide designers of consumer electronics systems with the unit cost advantage of an SoC, but with the flexibility of fpgas.
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NXP has acquired Sharp Microelectronics’ BlueStreak range in a deal expands its 32bit microcontroller portfolio with a block of ARM7 and ARM9 based products.
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Freescale has introduced a product range which it believes will provide a ‘connection point’ between its 8 and 32bit microcontrollers. The Flexis family will feature a range of parts based on the company’s S08 and ColdFire V1 cores, each offering pin compatibility and the ability to reuse software and peripherals without modification.
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Taking advantage of the launch of Flexis, Future Electronics has expanded its Blox board range with the introduction of Crossbow.
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The QST108 is the first in a family of capacitive touch sense products being introduced by STMicroelectronics following its licensing agreement with Quantum Research.
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In its largest funding round to date, picoChip has secured a further $27million of investment. Highland Capital Partners led the round, together with undisclosed key strategic investors. The proceeds will be used to fund future growth.
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STMicroelectronics has announced a new family of 32bit flash microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core. According to the company, the combination of high performance, low power and low cost will make the range attractive to existing 8 and 16bit users looking to upgrade.
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Claimed to be the smallest full featured x86 mainboard, VIA’s VT6047 single board computer is designed for use in ultra compact embedded pc systems.
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RS Components has added an embedded computing section to its Technology Solutions portfolio. This move, says the company, makes it the first high service level distributor to offer these products for sale in single or small quantities with free next day delivery.
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Renesas is to develop a new cpu architecture that will, it contends, provide revolutionary enhancements over previous generation microcontrollers in code efficiency, processing performance. The compays says it will launch two cpus based on the new architecture to address 16 and 32bit markets, while maintaining compatibility with existing devices.
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IBM has launched what it claims is the fastest microprocessor yet built. The POWER6 chip is a 64bit dual core device running at 4.7GHz. According to IBM, the chip features 790million transistors and 8Mbyte of L2 cache.
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The University of Texas at Austin (UT-A) has unveiled a prototype processor based on a post risc instruction set architecture (ISA) which, it claims, better addresses software roadblocks for multicore general purpose processing.
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Lechnologies Research has used Analog Devices’ Blackfin processor in AfibAlert, its recently launched atrial fibrillation monitor. AfibAlert, designed for daily use in the home to record and analyse heart rhythm data, shows the patient whether they should transmit their data to a doctor for further analysis.
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Software production management provider Electric Cloud has set up its European headquarters in Oxford and appointed Andrew Patterson as European business director. “We’re seeing a steady increase in demand across the globe, particularly in Europe,” said Mike Maciag, Electric Cloud’s ceo (pictured).
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Philips subsidiary Handshake Solutions has released a clockless multilayer version of the AMBA Advanced High Performance Bus (AHB). The scan testable interconnect IP, unveiled at DATE in Nice, allows designers to exploit the benefits of clockless design, such as low power consumption and low emi, across a complete subsystem.
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Nallatech is working with Intel and Xilinx to develop and deliver fpga based front side bus (FSB) accelerator modules and design tools to the advanced server market during 2007. These Virtex-5 based products will be compatible with Intel’s latest server platforms. Craig Anderson, Nallatech’s ceo, pictured, said: “We are extremely excited about the ...
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Despite perceptions, it’s not yet time to write the asic’s obituary. By Paul Dempsey.
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Intel will begin production of its 45nm Penryn family of processors in the second half of this year. The processors, which will feature enhancements to the Intel Core microarchitecture, will take advantage of Hi-k process technology. The hafnium based high k and metal gate transistor design brings higher performance and more energy efficient ...
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With its eyes still firmly set on a chunk of a $2billion market for high performance dsp related business, Xilinx has launched the Spartan-DSP series. The move, it claims, establishes a new dsp ‘price/performance/power triad’.
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With power consumption as low as 1.65mW/DMIPS, the AVR32 UC3A series from Atmel is said to be the lower power 32bit flash microcontroller currently available.
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Building on its relationship with Xilinx, LynuxWorks has unveiled BlueCat Linux Micro Edition. The operating system allows designers to work with Linux on both the PowerPC and MicroBlaze architectures, as well as use LynxOS for the PowerPC.
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Xilinx has launched the Spartan-3AN platform, claimed as the most advanced non volatile fpga solution. The 90nm Spartan-3 based range, which combines sram and flash approaches, is optimised for non volatile applications where higher system integration or security is important.
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Hardware and software products based on TTTech’s Time Triggered Protocol (TTP) are being used by Intertechnique in the development of Electrical Load Control Units for the electronic power system in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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French algorithm specialist Let It Wave has demonstrated a prototype version of what it believes is a breakthrough in HDTV up conversion at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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