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Is Xilinx too big for AMD?
Total microprocessor sales revenue forecast to grow 1.4% in 2020
10th Annual Linley Processor Conf to highlight processor market dynamics
Analog to acquire Linear, and the Softbank to acquire ARM
IHS: AI sys in infotainment and ADAS to rise from 7M in 2015 to 122M by 2025
Artificial intelligence is not exactly the old wine in new bottle
Micrium' µC/OS-III RTOS ported into EnSilica' eSi-RISC processor cores
CEVA-XM4 vector vision processor IP powers vision SoC NU4000
Moore's law is near obsolete
VLSI design companies press the throttle lever of cache coherent interconnect tech
ARM acquires image processing technology expert Apical
Freescale+NXP and the variable
MediaTek to acquire Richtek
3.4 billion ARM-based chips shipped in 2Q 2015, up 26% year-on-year
STM32 ARM Cortex M microcontroller' market expands for ST
How 64-bit ARM Processor servers trending?
Samsung expands licensing of Mali GPUs from ARM
AMD inches ahead of Intel in notebook processor performance by launching Carrizo
Baikal's communications SoC powered by MIPS Warrior P-class CPU
Java SE 8 supports MIPS processor core
Deep dive into the MIPS RISC processor arch: un-obfuscated RTL and more
Intel’s tablet AP grows 300% y-o-y in shipment in 2014
In the low-power microcontroller, Atmel's MCU gets highest score
Microcontroller market: 12% growth in 2014 due to Automotive, id, wearable and IoT
What Intel will do with Altera, a programmable-silicon IP gold mine
Open source game engine Cocos2d-x optimised for MIPS CPU and PowerVR GPU
Socionext is the combined semiconductor biz of Fujitsu and Panasonic
Its not microcontroller nor FPGA, it is the popular programmable SoC
64 bit ARM processor core based supercomputer design is planned
STM32 MCU chip used in smart lock by August
A start up turns semiconductor into a gel for SoC VLSI design engineers
Intel starts volume production of 14nm
Cavium to acquire Xpliant
FPGA leader Xilinx invests in MCU maker XMOS
Q12014 mobile app processor market research findings by Strategy Analytics
N/w processor and multicore; Ezchip gains the edge through Tilera
Analysis on Intel strategy in processor market by IC Insights
Demo of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on ARM 64-bit server by AppliedMicro
ST ships 1 billlionth STM8 MCU
Freescale to acquire Mindspeed's ARM processor business
8 bit MCUs getting reinvented with improved performance
IC Insights forecasts cellphone app-processor to grow by 19% in 2014
Exar acquires software configurable processors expert Stretch Inc
Microcontroller market to grow by 15% driven by IoT, solar, smart-home, and electric vehicle
Tablet processor market grew by 30% and smart phone by 31%, as per a study
Intel vs ARM 64 bit server processor race: ARM tyre punctured in test-drive
CEA Leti and ST getting close to PCM memory integrated MCUs
India embedded computer market; 100% growth in revenues for Advantech
Surge in 64-bit computing with ARMv8-A
Embedded secure MCU shipment to double by 2017
Atmel started volume shipping IoT MCUs based on cortex M0+
Extreme importance of IoT makes ARM to acquire Sensinode
Total microprocessor market to rise by 8% in 2013, as per IC Insights
Multicore Association launches new working group for hardware abstracting
Fujitsu licenses the big.LITTLE and Mali-T624 for multicore power efficiency
IDC: Sites employing co-processors or accelerators in HPCs doubled
Infineon and Atmel settle MCU patent disputes
NVIDIA Tesla GPU powered supercomputer performs better than CPU-only sys
Silicon Labs to acquire ARM cortex MCU specialist Energy Micro
IXYS to acquire Samsung's 4/8 MCU biz
Processor vendor ranking 2012: Qualcomm and Samsung overtake AMD
Flash memory maker Spansion to buy analog and MCU biz of Fujitsu
GLOBALFOUNDRIES to make Infineon's MCUs using 40nm embedded flash tech
TI strengthens analog and embedded while its 1Q 2013 revenue down by 3.15% q-o-q
Leadcore selects CEVA DSP core for its mobile devices
ARM and TSMC tape-out ARM Cortex-A57 using FinFET process
DSP Group' audio SoC powered by CEVA DSP
Toradex develops new architecture for embedded computers
ADI improves its online support for signal processing ICs
SoC processor market 2013: Sales to rise 12%, as per IC Insights
AMD adds two SoC IP specialists to its senior technical talent
Intel's outlook for 2013: low single digit growth
CEVA' bid better than Imagination, says MIPS
Quad core processor, a norm in mobile and PCs in 2013-14
68% notebook PCs quadcore based by 2016 compared to 13% in 2012
MIPS goes to Imagination Technolgies
Tough choice for MIPS between CEVA and Imagination
CEVA joins HSA Foundation
Symmetricom’s SoftClock is certified for Cavium’s OCTEON Fusion
NXP claims its secure MCUs holds major share in Germany’s eHealthcard deployment
ST plans aggressively to deploy ARM Cortex-A57 Processor
CEVA and Galileo partnering to offer software-based GNSS for the CEVA DSP platforms
HP ProLiant Gen8 servers using AMD Opteron 6200 processors achieved highest Vmmark
Imagination estimates shipments of OpenGL ES GPUs to reach 1 Billion by 2014
Cavium licenses 64bit ARMv8 architecture
Karbonn tablet priced Rupees 6999 is powered by MIPS processor
Mentor Graphics Nucleus RTOS in MIPS32 34K rise performance by 20%
Late entry into industrial computer domain costs AMD's growth
EyeSight uses CEVA DSP platform for vision based user interface for mobile devices
China's RFIC maker Nationz licenses MIPS processor core
RISC processor arch pioneer John L. Hennessy to receive IEEE medal of honour
Microcontroller market in China to reach $3.53 billion in 2012, as per IHS iSuppli
Two processor architectures AMD and ARM combine to expand security ecosystem
Renesas licenses ARM's Big. LITTLE
Free samples of the EFM32 Gecko series microcontrollers from Energy Micro
Geometric processor specialist GEO Semiconductor gets $3 Million financing
AMD, ARM and others partner to develop chips with heterogeneous processor cores
AMD focuses on embedded by forming new group and appoints Arun Iyengar as GM
IMS: CPU and GPU in a single chip contribute major share of $111B 2011 processor revenue
CEVA partners with VWorks to provide virtual prototyping platforms
Atmel MCU certified for ZigBee Light Link Golden Units for lighting reference
Dell Copper ARM server powered by Marvell’s SoC
Arduino development boards from Atmel uses AVR and ARM processor based MCUs
ST Micro' Vinay answers to Qs related to replacing 8/16 bit MCU with 32-bit
HiSilicon extends technology partnership with Vivante on graphics IP
DSP IP market share is 90% covered by CEVA, reveals Linley Group
AMD's G-Series platform supports Windows Embedded Compact 7 RTOS
Processor IP biz: 10 Billion cores shipped with 25% growth in 2011, according to Linley
Cavium and PACE to demonstrate processor solutions for cloud and enterprise apps
TI used EVE's ZeBu-Server technology for its OMAP 5 platform
OpenCL SDK from Intel now supports its Core processor chips
Quad-core Exynos 4 SoC chip with double the power for Samsung Galaxy S III
Tensilica's 300 Million audio/video DSP cores shipped through its customer's products
Multi-core processor on-chip communication goes serial and packet based
Mobile processor chip market forecasted to reach 1.9B units by 2016
X-Renesas Jim Trent to head NXP's MCU biz
6WINDGate supports TI's KeyStone II multicore processors
Whether Windows8 and Ultrabooks create new growth in PC market?
IBM makes a prototype optical chip set operating at speeds of 1000000 MB/s
Interfacing DNA computing with silicon computing
Inphi's iMB based LRDIMMs are validated for AMD Opteron 6200 processors
Microcontroller market study: Sales revenue reached around $16B in 2011
Cavium displaying media-gadgets designed using its silicon at CES2012
MIPS to demo the gaming and content sharing tech at CES 2012
Intel names new MD for South Asia sales and marketing
CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP approved for Dolby for MS11 Multistream Decoder
ARM opens design center in Hsinchu, Taiwan
ARM acquires IC design optimization software tool expert Prolific
ARM Cortex based low power 32-bit MCU with DSP capabilities from ST
Red Bend's VLX to support ARM's Cortex-A7
Tablet world is powered by ARM processors
ARM Cortex-A7 is 5x power efficient at 1/5 the size of the Cortex-A8
Freescale licenses ARM Cortex-A7 to put in its multicore i.MX chips
TSMC tapes out 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor chip
Infineon to supply >40% of the security MCUs for e-health cards in Germany
Steve Jobs; Excellent human who pioneered in making the machine more human
AMD created drivers for its chips to support windows 8 OS
Intel put on the platter $300 Million with the cool and thin processors chips
Cavium shipped its 10-core OCTEON II processors to OEMs
Infineon shipped TPM chips for devices running on Google's Chrome OS
Freescale Semiconductor tops in the networking/communications processor market
IHS iSuppli: Nearly half of notebooks shipped in 2015 to feature quad-core processor
OpenFlow 1.1 Implemented on Ezchip's NP-4 100Gb network processor
Renesas Electronics tests Android on its SoCs using Wind River FAST
A microcontroller can be powered by harnessing EM energy in its ambience
Intel's share in microprocessor market increased in 1Q2011, says IHS iSuppli
FinFETs, 3D-IC, 450mm, and EUV are the hot subjects for SEMICON West 2011
Virtual models of CEVA DSPs integrated with Carbon SoC Designer
MIPS and Ingenic collaborate to bring new 1GHz MIPS-based mobile SoC
SuVolta's MOSFET channel tech to 2x cut power consumption of semiconductor chips
TI becomes member of Embedded Vision Alliance
Atmel's ARM9-based chips to support Android OS
Burst of announcements from Cavium on its product selection and new products
Gartner: Worldwide server revenues grew by 17.3% in 1st Q 2011
Mars Rover uses Atmel's MCUs
PC sales in Q1 2011declined due to tablet growth
Cortus, MagnaChip and Taegee create 32 Bit MCU IP for touch screen design
MIPS-Based soft processor for use in Altera's FPGA and ASICs
Intel to further raid the Moore's Law wave by adding vertical dimension to its chips
Semiconductor vendor ranking in 2010; the movers and shakers as per IHS iSuppli
MIPS' new embedded developer community portal at developer.mips.com
Zilog' Z8F082A MCU inside SenseAir's CO2 sensor module
Notebook/netbook shipment slowing from 30% Y/Y growth in 2010 to 27% in 2011
AllWinner selects ARM Cortex CPU and Mali GPU for its SoCs
China based Brite Semiconductor buys broad ARM processor core licenses
The app processor market for smartphones grew by 77% in 2010
Japan tremors and tsunami will pass through the global semiconductor industry
Cavium Networks completes acquisition of Celestial Semiconductor
Processor and graphics in single chip driving desktop PC market
Renesas' R-Car Series SoCs to support Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7
Semiconductor chips for tablets: Analysis after iPad2 launch
More MCUs from NXP Semiconductors based on ARM core
Japanese semiconductor companies going for ARM processor IP core
C66x DSP processor core is highest performer, claims TI
SAMSUNG names its application processor chips as Exynos
CSR licenses ARM Cortex -A5 MPCore and A9 MPCore processor cores
AMD's Fusion chips ups PC computing performance by going vector
CEVA DSP overtakes Qualcomm, TI, and Mediatek in cellular baseband processors
Lithography based semiconductor chip making after 15nm is less certain
Strategy Analytics's tech predictions for 2011
Microsoft OS support for ARM's processor IP; business ripples for computer and phone industry
11 Tablet PCs powered by Freescale Semiconductor's ARM Cortex based i.MX chips
PMC-Sierra licenses CEVA's Voice-Over-IP to use in its Fiber-to-the-Home SoCs
MIPS Joins the MIPI Alliance
Ceva holds 80% share in licensable DSP unit shipments in 2009, study by Linley
VDC: Top 10 market and tech trends in embedded systems; both software and hardware
Cloud up in the air pouring content to handheld computers
IAR Systems to support ARM Cortex A5 processor core
Cavium Networks joins Multicore Association (MCA)
IBM learns the trick of tweaking silicon for photon emission to scale up the computing
PMC-Sierra's Wintegra acquisition is done
Cavium does timing analysis of its OCTEON II processor using Synopsys's NanoTime software
The PC specific processor sales grew modestly in 3rd quarter 2010
Micrium and PolyCore Software to jointly provide ARM Cortex-based technology
Latest RTOS from Micrium supports Cortex M3 based Gecko MCUs
AMD demos monolithic processor chips with both CPU and GPU
PSSC Labs selects LSI's SATA+SAS RAID controller cards for its PowerWulf Cluster computing systems
TI's IQmath Library supports C2000 and Stellaris microcontrollers
TI's processors powers IP phones for Microsoft Lync
New embedded hypervisor from Wind River support Freescale's QorIQ and Intel's Xeon
Express Logic provides ThreadX support to Energy Micro's 32-bit ARM Cortex MCUs
Study says 75% of all mobile processors will be multi-core by 2014
ADI's Blackfin processor adopted by Roland to power its audio interface
Enea supports TI OMAP-L138 applications processor
Open-Silicon, MIPS and Dolphin jointly develop new ASIC processor
MATLAB now supports NVIDIA's GPUs
Eagle processor; ARM's eye on the future computing devices
Microchip opens registrarion for its 7th annual India MASTERs Conference
New digital signal processing algorithm from Fujitsu to compensate signal distortion over long distances
Linley: Embedded multicore security processors' sales grew by 25 percent in 2009
NXP's contactless MCU IC to handle fare collection at the winter Olympics
A guide to C2000 32-bit real time MCUs from TI
Intel paves its way to dominate semiconductor market for convergence devices
IDC: Cloud computing more efficient for eGovernment operations
Intel and Nokia's Joint innovation Center officially opened
CriticalBlue's Prism software to support Cavium's OCTEON architectures
New licensing deal from EnSilica for 8051 licencees
New Skype developers tool supports MIPS architecture
ABI: 5.2 billion MCU and memory-based smart cards shipped in 2009
The Multicore Association adds four new members
India's $35 tablet: 35 billion+ US$ revenue from 1 billion+ sales
ST's MEMS, MCU & Analog: Ingredients for 100s of innovative product ideas
ABI Research: Tablet shipment to touch 11 Million in 2010
Market researcher ABI estimates Linux-based OS' share to grow by 62% by 2015
Intel's 2nd Quarter revenues: the growth speed is stable and robust
IAR supports Renesas MCUs
AMD's new Opteron series at $99 brings servers at desktop price
Semiconductor industry sales forecast for 2010: SIA; 28.4%, Gartner; 27%
Increasing role of IP design reuse in semiconductor chip design industry
Processor design driven by style and slim looks of mobile computers
ST Microelectronics begins volume production of STM8L low power MCUs
Semiconductor chips for cloud computing
Atlanta processor from TranSwitch to power China made WiMAX VoIP terminals
Cavium's OCTEON II and the Lattice' ECP3 FPGA to talk via serial I/O
IDC report: Enterprise cloud server hardware market to reach $12.6 billion by 2014
Can Intel's Moorestown take on ARM's town of procesors?
Robust market demand for semiconductor devices in 2010
Latest semiconductor market stats from SIA and IDC
The market growth to continue for semiconductor industry in remaining quarters of 2010
Blackfin processor powers Yamaha's media controller devices
Enea's multicore capabilities attracts more chip partners
Support for open source OS Linux by TI for its DSPs
SNAP network OS for Atmel's ATmega128RFA1 wireless microcontroller
Sand grain size 32-bit processor chip is now a reality
DSP powered 4-channel 10 Gb Ethernet physical layer (PHY) device from Broadcom
Silentium selects ADI's Blackfin processors in their active noise control products
ADI is offering Blackfin development tools at 73% less price for one month
STM32 MCUs from ST Microelectronics can now access flash memory with zero wait
MCU vendor Microchip decides to pay more to acquire Silicon Storage Tech
Intel and Nokia merge their mobile software platforms to counter emerging challenges
NXP Semiconductor licenses ARM Cortex - M4 to enable its MCUs to handle multimedia
TI's OMAP gets Android development support from Wipro
Samsung adopts ARM Mali graphics processor tech to drive its graphics enabled SoCs
New Itanium processor code named Tukwila is quad-core with 8 threads/core
Apple's iPad is just a drizzle; heavy rain of tablet PCs highly predictable in 2010 and 2011
Microchip partners with Texas A & M University
Xirgo selects Atmel's Cortex-M3 Flash MCU for its asset tracking platforms
NXP Semiconductor goes another step ahead in securing its ID chips
Intel's 4th quarter 2009 revenues suggest single digit fall in global semiconductor revenue
Atmel opens a new R&D center in Taipei, Taiwan
ViXS partnered with MIPS to enable high performance processors for multimedia apps
Over 20 Million Instaport-enabled port processors shipment from Silicon Image
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New Products Intel new processors for the diverse and growing PC market in 2021 Stacked-die DMS chip packs 1.1 trillion ops/sec processing power Teledyne's ARM Cortex based space processor withstands100krad dose AI demands a different procesor unit, not the present CPU, GPU and FPGA turbo Neural AI processor in a USB stick offers 100 Gflops performance DSP processor offer 4x higher performance and 98% less power than ARM Cortex M4-F Maxim embeds mutiple security features in its new MCU MAX32560 ThreadX SMP for ARMv8-A 64-bit pro processor family MCU with IEEE 802.15.4 and Bluetooth LE target mutiple IoT apps SUSE to distribute 64 bit ARM architecture software Crypto enhanced ARM Cortex M7 microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics MoChi interfaced virtual SOC support CPU and I/O virtualisation High MIPS processor systems exclusively for autonomous self driving vehicles STM32 MCU powered Arduino board for maker community Flexible configurable cache coherent tech Ncore from Arteris Can Quark from Intel create 8051 like usage history in microcontroller market? ST's new microcontrollers cyber secure car systems Energy efficient STM32L0 MCU goes for volume production Fully scalable D32PRO CPU core compared to ARM Cortex M0-M3 STM32 lead in the low power 32-bit microcontroller market on multiple parameters Silver Spring Networks uses CEVA processor IP in its IoT platform STM32F7 ARM Cortex M7 32 bit microcontroller is immediately available from RS The first ARM Cortex M7 microcontroller in volume production Main processor, security co-processor and crypto in single MCU chip 5x power efficient SHARC DSP SOCs from ADI ARM news this week: IP tooling and IOT subsys IP Freescale expands I.MX app processors with three more additions Glofo's 28nm-SLP-RF for SOC chips with on-chip RF and app processor eASIC reprogrammable technology with Intel Xeon processors for cloud sys Face trigger, voice trigger supporting scalable Tensilica DSP core for wearable FreeRTOS for Tensilica Processors STM32F4 supports rich graphics in embedded design A new 8051 processor IP operates 29 times faster ARM Cortex M3 MCUs from Toshiba for smart meters 80MHz RISC MCU, 40MHz DSP and Bluetooth Smart radio in single chip IoT application processor family from Toshiba ARM Cortex-M4 MCU deliver 100 DMIPS at 100µA/MHz score highest EEMBC Enhanced power arch e500 based processor from e2v operate -55 to 125 Deg C WiFi for uCMK60 VoIP and IoT microcontroller platform STM32Cube helps porting of code from one STM32 MCU to another ARM Cortex M4 MCU execute motor control programs 43% faster TI's MSP430i202x/3x/4x MCU with 4 24-bit ADCs is in stock with Mouser Low power MCUs RL78/I1D from Renesas 6.6K gates 8051 MCU IP at 13.15x speed of the original C8051 Popular ARM Cortex M0 STM32F0 now with higher flash and USB 2.0 support STM32F091 MCU from ST has enough SRAM to implement Java Stack IoT/M2M targeted ARM Cortex M4 MCU family with dual bank flash Synthesizable soft IP Microcontroller, compatible with Motorola MC68HC11K 64 bit ARM servers: Both chips and systems now in supply Photonic processor by a UK startup Audio processor handles low whisper to high decible jet noise ST's specific MCU for digital power control of cloud MCU with embedded data security features 1.8V STM32 Microcontrollers for designs interfacing with low voltage host Intel-inside to Intel-everywhere Security microcontroller from INSIDE Secure for e-government apps ARM Cortex R5 MCUs for automotive electronics 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 microcontroller based 'Arduino Zero' board Now reliable 8-bit MCUs for automotive body electronics at lowest price AMD to mix and match both ARM and x86 processor cores Power efficient STM32L0 MCUs from ST available in volumes Microcontroller from Cypress power USB drive integrated on paper Low speed USB 8-bit Flash MCU for computer peripherals ARM-Cortex-M0 based PSoC 4 ARM Cortex-M3 32-bit microcontroller ICs with new 512KB flash Bluetooth smart MCU from TI for car LPC MCU from NXP operate up to 105°C 2.0 x 2.2 x 0.3 mm FRAM integrated MCU chips for space constraint applications Renesas takes its MCU to 28nm ST launches ultra low power STM32 MCUs Crocus licenses ARM SecurCore SC000 processor STM32F4 MCUs offer balance of dynamic power consumption and execution performance High performance 8051 Microcontroller IP core from CAST STM32 F0 MCUs from ST support crystal-less USB design The new X6 arch from IBM to support cloud and analytics 16-bit and 32-bit soft processor cores jointly by eASIC and EnSilica STMicroelectronics launches 64-bit arch for SoC design MCUs from Holtek feature resistance to RF frequency converter STMicro licenses Imagination's Ensigma processor for car radios. 1.9 x 2 mm measuring mini MCU from Freescale for IoT applications Two ARM Cortex A9 processors connected on 2.5D silicon interposer Spreadtrum licenses CEVA-TeakLite-4 audio/voice DSP IBM goes for Cortex and Mali IP form ARM 40 GFLOPs vector floating point DSP for wireless communication Embedded-Systems-specific Intel Atom E3800 gets software eco support SIMD and hardware virtualization supporting CPU core from Imagination Intel announces chips and software supporting IoT $8.9 discovery kit from ST supporting STM32F030 value line MCUs ARM Cortex M4 MCUs taken to new height of performance Intel launched 45% more power efficient high-performance processors Low-power and low-cost PSoC integrates USB2 and SPI TI's Piccolo F2802x MCUs with InstaSPIN-FOC for motor control ST and Tapko release KNX stack for STM family MCUs Combination of AMD R series with Radeon graphic chips drives six displays AMD adds another power efficient SoC for fan-less embedded board design Freescale expands its Cortex M0+ MCUs with application specific enhancements AMD adds another power efficient SoC for fan-less embedded board design MCUs from XMOS supported with CANopen and Modbus soft interface AMD to make server chips by embracing both x86 and ARM instruction set Power architecture processor core based ICs from e2v for aero/defence embedded systems Cavium’s OCTEON III powered by latest MIPS arch MIPSr5 Power architecture processor core based ICs from e2v for aero/defence embedded systems Broadcom's Quad-Core HSPA+ processor for the Android Jelly Bean smartphones The new FX-9590 8-core processor from AMD touch the speed of 5GHz Fujitsu launches ARM Cortex-M4 powered MCUs for industrial applications Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor to support Windows RT 8.1 32 bit processor core for powering MCUs in embedded takes <10 K gates MIPS64 multicore processor powered 2/4 core OCTEON III SoC from Cavium New low power server processors X1150 and X2150 from AMD Virtual dev tool by Synopsys for Renesas RH850 MCUs Freescale adds floating point arithmetic to its QorIQ Qonverge B4 family ARM Cortex M0 MCU with built-in audio codec supports voice record and output MCU from Fujitsu Semiconductor for AC/DC and DC/DC control of EV cars Fujitsu updates its ARM Cortex M3 MCU family FM3 with 38 new ICs New licensing model from ARM for its big.LITTLE 10-pin smaller MCU from Renesas for e-toothbrush and e-razor control circuit Vector engine embedded ARM Cortex-M3 based MCU from Toshiba Tiva C Series TM4C123x ARM Cortex-M4 MCUs from TI USB 2.0 compatible MCUs from Holtek with internal clock support Altair's FourGee-38xx processors built on MIPS architecture Cypress announces PSoC 4 Arch featuring ARM Cortex M0 MSP430 MCUs from TI up to 56kB flash memory and 4kB SRAM PIC24F “KM” MCUs from Microchip feature configurable logic cell ARM Cortex A15 and A7 big.LITTLE reference designs by Synopsys for TSMC fab big. LITTLE combi SoC of 4 ARM Cortex A15s and 4 A7s for efficient multitasking Enhanced RX600 series MCUs from Renesas with 256KB RAM New line of image recognition processor ICs from Toshiba for e-vision systems ST sampling 180MHz ARM Cortex M4 MCU with on-chip TFT LCD controller PowerPC based dualcore MCU with 2MB flash for car safety electronics Time-domain circuit can replace DSP in error correction C29x family of crypto coprocessors from Freescale 8-bit OTP dual slope A/D type MCU for body fat measurement Infineon adds new MCU family based on ARM Cortex M0 TI powers its MSP430 MCUs with 512K Flash and 64K RAM and more peripherals 3-axis accelerometer and MCU in a 3x3x1mm LGA package TI adds USB interface to its C2000 Piccolo FP MCUs Improved ARM Cortex M4 MCU from Atmel with 1MB flash JN516x family of wireless MCUs from NXP for Internet of Things DSP IP on silicon takes a space of only 0.039 mm2 in 28nm node fab New Cypress PSoC 5LP features high performance ADC Major improvement in MIPS processor IP arch announced STM32 MCUs extended with larger memory, enhanced security, and more comm ports Microcontroller chips for IoT application design Fujitsu adds ARM Cortex M4 and M0+ based MCU to its 32-bit line Holtek releases Tinypower Flash MCU with OPA and comparator $70 BOM tablet reference design from TI and AllGo Fujitsu expands its ARM Cortex-M3 32-bit MCU product line with 93 new ICs 32-bit Kinetis KW01 MCU from Freescale for smart meters and sensor-control networks TI offers new 32-bit C2000 Concerto dual-core microcontrollers Holtek releases 16-lead high noise immunity MCUs Freescale Kinetis L Series microcontrollers are now available 15 new 8-bit PIC MCUs added to Microchip’s USB portfolio Freescale’s automotive MCU is ISO 26262 certified 32 bit MCU from Renesas measure, control and calculate energy in smart meter New Piccolo MCUs from TI packs analog and motor control functions New FirePro A300APU from AMD supports resolutions up to 10,240 x 1600 pixels AMI supports Dual Secure SPI tech for AMD G and R Series APUs Atmel packs FPGA and processor in a module for aerospace engineering Android 4.0 tablet from Action Semiconductor and Ramos targets India market Evaluation modules for TI's TMS320C665x multicore DSPs 16-channel speech/melody synthesizer with embedded 8Mbit OTP Sonix announced its 1st 32-bit ARM Cortex based MCU New enhanced N572 Cortex-M0 based processor from Nuvoton for voice apps ARM Cortex M4 based MCU from Atmel with 2MB built in flash memory AMD releases Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition graphics processor ST offering STM32 F3 MCUs powered by DSP capable ARM Cortex M4 Voice recognition chip packs audio-processor and high-speed memory Flash type motor controller MCU from Holtek 64 core SoC from Toshiba for embedded system applications TD-SCDMA software IP from CEVA for CEVA-XC DSP family Quadros RTXC RTOS for DSP Cores from CEVA E-Series APU from AMD for notebooks and desktop computers ARM Cortex M3 powered MCU with high performance 24 bit ADC analog feature ARM11 and ARM9 test chip modules from S2C for FPGA-based prototype boards 50 DMIPS 32-bit microcontroller from Renesas for portable applications Cortus’ APS3R 32-bit RISC core for embedded systems with DMIPS/mm2 advantage AMD R-series APU powered motherboards from Axiomtek Piledriver, Bulldozer, and GPU packed AMD’ R-series for industrial embedded systems NXP’s Cortex-M0 microcontroller selected by Nordic for Bluetooth 4.0 reference designs Holtek releases 16-pin enhanced flash type MCU with EEPROM device series Piledriver CPU core based Trinity processors from AMD as Ivy Bridge competitors Altium release components for ARM Cortex MCUs from NXP Semiconductors MIPS Technologies Introduces New Aptiv Microprocessor Cores MCU from Energy Micro powers diver's watch computer Cost optimized ARM Cortex M0 based STM32 F0 MCUs now in production Embedded G-series platform from AMD supports Windows Embedded Compact 7 RTOS TI releases 32 bit microcontrollers for motor control applications 3rd generation Intel core processors supported by DisplayLink with USB 3.0 22nm, 3D tri-gate transistor based Intel Ivy Bridge processor launched Cortex-A15 quad-core hard macro announced by ARM New IDE Dave3 for Infineon's XMC4000 microcontroller chips 2-bit DSP from CEVA for voice pre-process and audio post-process 32-bit RISC Secure core based on CORTUS APS3s processor from StarChip LPC11A00 MCUs from NXP with flexible analog subsystem & UVLO 1-GHz, dual-core, Blackfin processors for embedded vision applications ZigBee SEP2.0 featured wireless microcontroller from ST New controller chips from Freescale for real time control 7000 DMIPs dual-core/quad thread processor powered hybrid gateway SoC Cortex-M0+ processor from ARM for Internet of things apps Atmel adds 14 new devices to its Atmel AVR microcontroller family Processor interface bus bridge IP from Cortus The STM32 MCU line from ST grows by another 300 new Ics Qualcomm announces Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with powerful GPU AOAA development kit based on NXP MCUs from Embedded Artists TI's Wolverine MCU embeds FRAM to cut power consumption TI pushes OMAP into wider application range Dirac's software optimized for the CEVA-TeakLite-III architecture ARM Cortex M4 based MCUs from Infineon for industrial applications LSI goes for ARM IP for its new products Single AA cell operted 16bit MCU with on-board LCD controller Audio processor has 8 digital i/ps and supports 12 PWM o/ps for Class-D amp 100-core media processor designed exclusively for Android 4.0 tablets Single DSP processor to handle both video and image processing in mobiles Smart card reader MCU chip from Holtek Mask Type Voice MCU from Holtek with 8M bits of Voice ROM Audio recording and playback SoC chip based on ARM Cortex M0 ST claims its ARM Cortex M based STM32 F4 MCU series offers highest performance 16-bit MSP430 microcontroller chips for industrial and medical apps ARM Cortex-M0 MCUs with integrated USB drivers from NXP 8-bit OTP MCU with internal touch-key functions for measurement apps $0.49 priced NXP Cortex-M0 MCUs in TSSOP and SO to replace 8/16-bit MCUs Atmel AVR XMEGA MCU feature on-chip LCD controller 6WINDGate software supports 32-core OCTEON II CN68XX processor family Dual-core 32-bit MCU for designing direct injection, turbo-charging and full drive by wire systems MCU from Atmel with AES-128 protocol stack for car key fobs DSP capable 32-bit microcontroller family offers complex processing at optimal power AMD' new FX CPU operated at a record clock speed of 8.429 GHz TI's ARM Cortex-A8 processors with 1.0 GHz performance, dissipation less than 2W 99 cents priced 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4 based MCUs for multiple low power apps Microcontroller implement safety features in hardware for medical and industrial apps Freescale's MPC560xP MCU and Bosch's ASSP based airbag design for emerging markets 8-bit microcontrollers for harsh industrial and automotive apps 400-MMAC / 200-MHz Blackfin DSP 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AMD launches 9-series Chipsets for Desktop PCs
Holtek launches 32 bit MCUs based on ARM cortex processor core
OMAP4470 app processor packs processing power, graphics and display functions
ARM Cortex M3 based MCU with built in LCD controller
NetLogic to volume produce XLP316L multi-core processors
Freescale's ZigBee supporting MCUs MC1323x is now available in production volumes
Infineon launches security Microcontroller supporting NFC
TI adds new MCU kits for digital power supply design
Atmel extends its cryptoAuthentication family supporting AES
Media processor for Android 3.0 based tablet computers
Processor companion chip with FRAM, RTC and TCXO
16 bit MCU with 16KB FRAM from TI for data logging and wireless remote sensing apps
ARM Mali 200 powered new embedded processor from ST crunch video data smoothly
Gen purpose ARM Cortex M3 Core based 32-bit MCUs supports precision motor control
G-Series processors from AMD get RTOS support from Express Logic
MCU chip withstands temperature of 210 Deg C
Silicon Laboratories introduce two USB MCU families for range of apps
OCP interface' 2-D burst and power management features adopted in OMAP 4
MIPS processor core powers new GPON chips from BroadLight
Cypress Semiconductor supports PSoC 3 with new kit and software
New ARM Cortex-M0 based MCUs from NXP with USB and smart card interface
USB pluggable DSP development kit from TI
Holtek HT16C23/HT16C24 high pixel count I2C Interface LCD Driver
Holtek New HT48R06xG and HT46R06xG MCUs with OPA and Comparator
Low-cost 8-bit MCU for low power embedded apps
Xincomm' LTE baseband chips to use CEVA DSP Core
8-bit, 20-pin MCUs from Microchip with remote firmware update
NetLogic supports Windows Embedded 7 for its embedded processors
Radio SoC with ARM-9, modem, an RF transceiver and audio in single chip
Freescale's Qorivva MCUs for automotive safety electronics
ARM Cortex-M0 based system-on-chip (SoC) radios from Energy Micro
Chip to protect MCUs from hacking
Two high-MIPS video processors for designing HD video equipments
Bobcat core based AMD G-series processors for high-end embedded systems
Infineon's New 16-bit controllers XE16xL and XE16xU for motor control apps
8 bit MCU with CAN consumes less than 20nA while sleeping
32 bit MCU for HVAC, power window, door seat control in cars
Low power ARM Cortex based STM32L MCUs with increased memory densities
Touch key flash MCU with 56 pixel display panel driver
32 bit ARM Cortex-M4 based MCUs with high performance analog for medical apps
Complex processor for wearable medical electronics operate from 0.4 V
48-pin ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontroller from Energy Micro in QFP package
ST will give 7000 microcontroller discovery kits to the 'embedded world' attendees
New chip from Broadcom offers WiFi Direct Bluetooth BLE and FM
Secure microcontroller family from NXP Semiconductor for counterfeit protection
LSI upgrades its processor chip for gateways, servers and base stations
Multicore DSP with eight 1.25 GHz DSP cores with 320 GMACs and 160 GFLOPs performance
While TI expands in low bit MCU market microchip expands in high bit market
MIPS launches new platform with Android, Flash, Skype for consumer apps
LSI's processors in Telrad gateway are MEF Compliant
PowerPC core based single/dual core SoC can "Doze," "Nap," "Sleep" and "Deep Sleep"
Free voice processing software modules by TI for C55x and C64x+ DSPs developers
TI upgrades OMAP processor for mobile phone design
MCU chip for smartcard and security ID card apps with layers and layers of protection
ST's ARM Cortex based MCUs at different prices for range of applications
Flash type voice MCU for home appliances
MCU picks up analog signals from automotive sensors measuring physical movements
Occupancy sensing MCU from Zilog
TI releases its new ARM9 based Sitara MPU for industrial applications
Cavium enhances its OCTEON II Multi-core Family with four new processor families
Dual-core processor from Synopsys for HD audio apps
Atmel expands ARM Cortex-M3 Flash MCU family with SAM3N series
Four new 16-bit IO link MCUs from Renesas support slave device operation
Fujitsu Semiconductor releases 44, 32-bit general purpose RISC MCUs
32-bit AVR MCUs from Atmel with floating point unit
Texas Instruments releases high power DSP SoC for handling 4G data
NXP’s new Dual-Core Cortex-M4 and M0 is DSP and MCU in single device
Microchip licenses MIPS32 M14K family of cores for its 32-bit PIC32 MCUs
Cavium launches NITROX III security processors with integrated 16 to 64 cores
High flash memory density MCUs from ST with up to 512 Kbytes on-chip
New 32-bit MCUs from STMicroelectronics with external SRAM and flash interface
New MCUs from NXP delivers 32-bit active power consumption at 130 µA/MHz
32-bit MCU from Fujitsu with integrated graphics controller for rich displays apps
New ARM based DSP and control processors in single core and new Sitara MPUs from TI
NetLogic's knowledge-based processor decides1.6 billion times per second
New line of 1080p SoC H.264 video processors from Cavium for 3D wireless display functionality
Audio engine from ST for STM32 MCUs
New PacketPro multicore processors from AppliedMicro for embedded applications
Tri-core app processor from Marvell handles dual stream 1080p 3D video and graphics
10Gbps intelligent network adapters from Cavium based on its OCTEON processors
NXP Semiconductors' ARM Cortex-M3 based MCU LPC1800 boasts high performance
Freescale Dual-Core QorIQ P2020 processor based single board computer
8-bit MCUs from Fujitsu with Embedded FRAM .
New 150 MHz ARM Cortex-M3 based MCU from NXP Semiconductor
3 new wireless kits from TI using Stellaris ARM MCU with wireless connectivity solutions
New industrial grade qualified A/D type flash MCUs from Holtek
New 8-bit PIC microcontroller family from Microchip for energy-monitoring apps.
STMicro upgrades its STM8L MCU family to support touch sense and 128 bit encryption
ARM Cortex-M3 32-bit processor based MCU evaluation kit from ST
Blackfin DSP from ADI deliver 800 MMAC/400MHz consuming 88 mW of power
16-bit microcontroller from TI operates from single 1.5V battery
1GHz DSP core from CEVA
Low-power DSPs with power spec of 0.15 mW/MHz
Audio codecs using FLEXSOUND audio processors from Maxim
Audioscrambler and sub-audio signaling processor from CML
8-bit MCU with USB 2.0 from Microchip
3G/4G/LTE wireless baseband processors from Mindspeed
Bulldozer and Bobcat processors from AMD for new wave of computers
Fan speed management MCU from Maxim for data center servers
DaVinci DM37x video processors with ARM Cortex processors
New Intel Atom processors for network storage devices used in homes
8-bit microcontrollers with built-in comparator and op amp from Fujitsu Semiconductor
New USB MCUs with system oscillator circuit from Holtek
Advantech releases two products using Cavium's OCTEON II processors
New MCUs and MOSFET for automotive applications
AMD introduces software drivers for desktop computing with 3D Internet potential
AMD Geode based embedded computer from Advanced Micro Peripherals
Cadence and ARM to jointly develop an optimized system realization solution for ARM processors
Microchip' Microstick: a low cost development board for dsPIC33F and PIC24H microcontrollers
New open source embedded system dev board based on TI's OMAP processor
Cascadeable EUI-48 I2C serial EEPROM device from Microchip
TI adds softwares, tools and training to MCU digital power portfolio
16-bit MCU from Maxim provides security authentication and consumes 300nA
PIC MCU family from Microchip with integrated USB and 96Kb of RAM
MathWorks tools support Piccolo MCUs from TI
ST's ultra low power MCU cousins
32-bit AVR MCU from Atmel draws only 9 nano Amps in static mode
New family of MCUs with built-in graphics accelerators and touch interface controller
TI introduces two new Sitara MPUs with 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8
New Wi-Fi transceiver modules from Microchip for API interface to PIC MCUs
Low power, 5V, 8-bit MCUs from Microchip
New embedded microprocessor product line expands ST's SPEAr family
Dev. Kit and 8-bit MCU from Microchip with new capacitive touch screen tech
Freescale's new MCUs for smart meters
New MCUs from Freescale for portable medical gadgets
8 pin flash AVR microcontroller from Atmel with footprint of 2mm x 2mm
Atmel enhances its touch interface technology to support big screens
Microcontrollers from TI for single chip RF solutions
The new super-processor from Cavium: OCTEON II CN68XX
EAL6+ certification from ST for securing its ST23YR80 microcontrollers
16-Bit RISC microcontroller with integrated USB transceiver by Maxim
ARM based embedded microprocessors for industrial applications by Atmel
Multicore processor chips and software from LSI for enterprise IT infrastructure
ARM Cortex MCUs from NXP with CAN interface for industrial networking apps
AMD targets embedded market by launching new platforms
8-bit 1.8 volt MCUs with LCD controller for designing personal blood test meters
New DaVinci processor from TI supports full HD video
New improved SHARC DSP chips from ADI
16-bit MCU from TI for LED lanterns
Microchip expands its 16-bit Digital Signal Controller family for digital power supplies
New 6 core, 32nm, high-K Xeon from Intel perform 60% higher than 45nm versions
Atmel unveils new set of microcontroller chips and technologies
New ColdFire processors supporting digital voice from Freescale Semiconductor
ARM core based SPEAr processors from ST Microelectronics for embedded control apps
Cortex-M4 Processor from ARM for digital signal control apps
ST Micro's new STM32 MCUs with up to 1MB of flash memory
NEC expand its MCU lineup with 78 new 32-bit MCUs with on-chip flash memory
14 new 8-bit MCUs from NEC Electronics for automotive dashboard apps
Multicore SoC architecture from TI for communications infrastructure equipment apps
ARM Cortex-A8 based evaluation kit with Android support from Freescale Semiconductor
New six-core processor from Freescale Semiconductor eliminates use of FPGA in telecom
Multicore media and baseband processors from LSI for wireless apps
Twelve new 16-bit MCUs with USB 2.0 functionality from NEC Electronics
ST Micro's 8-bit MCU hardware development board costs only $7
Synthesizable, 32-bit LEON processor based on SPARC V8 architecture
Microchip's 8-pin PIC MCUs with 3.5 kB self-programmable flash memory
ARM 7 based MCUs from ADI with built-in precision analog and mixed signal functions
New low power 16-bit DSP device from TI targeting portable devices
New Blackfin processors and evaluation kits at much affordable prices
New Holtek 1.5V single cell battery operated microcontrollers
Single Chip H.264 Processors from Cavium for volume production of wireless displays
Quad core processor from Marvell executing ARM instruction set
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