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Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
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The X-Series scopes use an Agilent-designed custom 90-nm CMOS ASIC with 6M gates and embedded memory. This MegaZoom IV single-chip…
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
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Nvidia’s Kal-El chip was demonstrated running in an Android tablet. It can support up to 2,560 x 1,600 pixel…
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
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Official word on the AMD and Intel chips could come as early as March 9. That’s when the USB Implementers…
Software is the new hardware
Software is the new hardware
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Read the full article on page 4 of our February digital edition.

Software is the new hardware
Software is the new hardware
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While the importance of embedded software is now well understood by most semiconductor manufacturers, and the increasing dominance of the ARM architecture is encouraging more of them to differentiate themselves…
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
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ST-Ericsson has launched the Igloo open source community together with a developer board, the Snowball, to accelerate the development of system and software innovations with the company’s cutting-edge smartphone and…
Qualcomm puts quad-core on LTE roadmap
Qualcomm puts quad-core on LTE roadmap
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Qualcomm Inc. came to the Mobile World Congress this week unveiling its road map for integrated and standalone LTE silicon—including an integrated quad-core processor--using 28nm process technology.
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
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The production-grade small-sized Snowball developer board combines ST-Ericsson’s newly announced Nova A9500 dual-core application processor, with MEMS-based 3D gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, and barometer, together with GPS and connectivity features.
IC firms roll combo chips at Mobile Congress
IC firms roll combo chips at Mobile Congress
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Fabless chip makers Broadcom Corp. and Atheros Communications Inc. introduced new combo chips Monday (Feb. 14), the opening day of Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. Rival chip maker…
Techniques for accurate ECG signal processing
Techniques for accurate ECG signal processing
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Ajay Bharadwaj and Umanath Kamath, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., discusses techniques that enable accurate ECG signal processing to improve the performance of medical diagnostics.
Imec unveils single-chip reconfigurable digital radio front-end
Imec unveils single-chip reconfigurable digital radio front-end
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Imec presented a digital front-end component for low-cost and low-power spectrum sensing, paving the way to power-efficient cognitive radios and networks. While current radio architectures are focused on the reception…
Touch screen platform supports Wi-Fi, EDGE and dual-SIM, dual-standby
Touch screen platform supports Wi-Fi, EDGE and dual-SIM, dual-standby
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ST-Ericsson has unveiled a single-chip handset platform that the company says will bring down the cost of entry multimedia, touch screen phones. Able to connect to both EDGE and Wi-Fi…
Smartphones raise profile, prospects for analog/mixed-signal ICs
Smartphones raise profile, prospects for analog/mixed-signal ICs
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There has been a major shift in the cell phone market, with smartphones gaining prominence over feature phones in the past few years. The paradigm shift in phones has created…
4th batteryuniversity.eu Developer Forum to host more than 30 presentations on battery trends and technologies
4th batteryuniversity.eu Developer Forum to host more than 30 presentations on battery trends and technologies
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Attendees at the 4th Entwicklerforum Akkutechnologien (Developer Forum Battery Technologies), hosted by the batteryuniversity.eu, will see more than 30 presentations by leading experts on battery technology topics. The event will…
High efficiency, low voltage conversion with single supply operation from an LDO regulator
High efficiency, low voltage conversion with single supply operation from an LDO regulator
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Steve Knoth, Senior Product Marketing Engineer, Power Products Group, Linear Technology Corporation outlines how a new LDO technology overcomes some fundamental power design challenges while minimizing performance tradeoffs.
Vertical wind turbine concept to harness transport-generated turbulences
Vertical wind turbine concept to harness transport-generated turbulences
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Industrial designer Luis Castanheira Santos described on his blog a new wind turbine concept for urban environments, taking advantage of the traffic-generated air turbulences. The aim of the Voltair concept…
Using copper pillars to increase analog IC power dissipation
Using copper pillars to increase analog IC power dissipation
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Vince Stueve and Sean Montgomery, Micrel Inc. examines how copper pillars can be used to increase analog IC power dissipation…
Imec tech teases feats at ISSCC 2011
Imec tech teases feats at ISSCC 2011
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The imec consortium is presenting research results spanning healthcare, wireless communications and organic electronics at the upcoming International Solid State Circuits Conference week of Feb. 21. Among the research is…
How to improve communication and build a better custom component
How to improve communication and build a better custom component
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Joe Moxley, senior engineer, Custom Electronics, Inc. takes a look at how custom non-IC components are able to improve designs and make them viable. He also outlines what it takes…
Nanowires process arithmetic/logic
Nanowires process arithmetic/logic
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Nanowire processors will pack more arithmetic and logic per square inch than conventional semiconductors, according to Harvard University researchers who recently demonstrated basic ALU functionality for silicon-germanium nanowire arrays in…
Tabula takes 3D programmable logic sky-high with cloud-based EDA tool
Tabula takes 3D programmable logic sky-high with cloud-based EDA tool
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About a year after announcing its Spacetime’s 3D architecture, Tabula is unveiling Stylus, a secure cloud computing environment designed to unleash the power of its ABAX 3PLD devices. Since the…
Touchless gesturing brings innovation to product designs
Touchless gesturing brings innovation to product designs
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Ahsan Javed, Human Interface Product Manager, Silicon Laboratories Inc, says the day will soon come when commonplace home appliances will be activated and controlled with the wave of a hand…
MIPS Technologies and 4M Wireless demonstrate 3G/4G multimode protocol stacks on MIPS® architecture
MIPS Technologies and 4M Wireless demonstrate 3G/4G multimode protocol stacks on MIPS® architecture
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MIPS Technologies has announced that 4M Wireless will demonstrate 3G/4G multimode user equipment (UE) operation on the MIPS® architecture during the 2011 Mobile World Congress.
C2X communications scheme takes shape
C2X communications scheme takes shape
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Car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications, summarily called C2X, is one of the big technology projects currently under development in the automotive and IT industries. The Fraunhofer Institute for communication technology systems…


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