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The good old fashioned PIC microcontrollers are finding their way into new applications like smartphones, gaming peripherals, audio devices and embedded solutions for eg innovative medical devices. Moreover, because the DRPIC166X has upward compatible architecture, it preserves investment in code development. And if it’s not enough, let’s just mention that DCD’s IP Core offers 1.3GHz virtual clock frequency and consumes just 37uW/MHz.
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An H.264 High Profile video encoder IP core is now available from semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. Intended for demanding high-definition applications like HD broadcast, professional video cameras, and video storage, the new High Profile H.264/AVC Video Encoder Core offers exceptional video quality, competitive performance, and easy system integration.
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Cosmic Circuits M-PHY solution supports both the HS-G1 (1.5Gbps) and HS-G2 (3Gbps) modes and is available in multiple process technologies ranging from 85nm to 28nm. Cosmic Circuits M-PHY offering in 28nm now includes solutions for integration in baseband modems that typically targets a low-leakage process and application processors that target the high-performance process.
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MIPS Technologies today announced that it has received an unsolicited proposal from CEVA to acquire all of the outstanding MIPS shares, following the consummation of the proposed patent sale transaction with Bridge Crossing, LLC and the proposed recapitalization, for $75 million (U.S.) in cash.
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PLDA today announced incorporation of its PCIe‐AXI bridge IP into Microsemi Corporation’s recently announced SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGA.
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Think Silicon , today announced that Dialog Semiconductor uses ThinkVG in it's new series of products. ThinkVG is integrated in the recently announced Green VoIP™ “SC14453” multicore SoC along with ThinkLCD Display Processor.
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Imagination Technologies announces the latest six-cluster PowerVR GPU IP core in its ground-breaking PowerVR Series6 family.
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Altera and Northwest Logic today announced the immediate availability of a hardware-proven 1,600 Mbps Reduced Latency DRAM (RLDRAM®) 3 memory interface solution for use in its high-end 28 nm Stratix® V FPGAs.
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An integrated Bluetooth Smart solution comprising an ultra-low power RF transceiver with flexible and fully Bluetooth Smart qualified low power baseband, stack and profiles is now available for licensing.
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Stellamar, a leading provider of analog replacement IP solutions, announces first pass silicon validation of its All Digital ADC technology in Honeywell HX-5 Structured Array process for SEAKR Engineering.
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Things could hardly turned out better for MIPS Technologies in the latest patent acquisition deal in which ARM and Imagination Technologies are carving up the company.
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MIPS today announced it has entered into separate definitive agreements with Bridge Crossing, an acquisition vehicle of Allied Security Trust ("AST"), and Imagination Technologies with net proceeds of approximately $7.31 per share in cash to each holder of MIPS common stock.
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Arasan announced today it has strengthened its leading position in the UFS market with major new contracts giving Arasan the largest market share in the rapidly developing UFS market
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Weightless, the global organisation responsible for delivering royalty-free open standards to enable the Internet of Things, today announced a new Special Interest Group (SIG) to accelerate the adoption of “Weightless” as a wireless wide area global standard for machine to machine (M2M) short to mid-range communications.
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ARM provided the first peak at its Cortex A57 high-end 64-bit core at ARM Tech Con here Wednesday (Oct. 31). The A57 aims to provide maximum performance in a mobile power envelope, extending ARM’s reach into networking and server systems.