Dutch start-up Anagear has released a power management IC (PMIC) for wireless sensor nodes, that consumes an average of 600nA, said the firm. Typically, wireless sensor nodes have a microcontroller that spends most of its time in sleep, ...
32-bit performance at 8-bit prices is the sales pitch for Infineon’s ARM Cortex M0-based family of industrial controllers called XMC1000 which begin sampling in March. ‘With the XMC1000, Infineon is the first semiconductor ...
XMOS is aiming for embedded industrial designs with the introduction of industrial Fieldbus capabilities within its xCORE family of multicore microcontrollers. Initially, this will include Fieldbus xSOFTip soft peripherals and an ...
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Atmel has expanded its ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based flash microcontroller family to include devices with extra connectivity peripherals, a floating point unit (FPU), analogue capabilities, and higher processing power. The SAM4E ...
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Oracle will introduce on Tuesday a version of embedded Java intended to boost the platform's prominence in the realm of networked devices. The company also will roll out a middleware stack geared for the embedded world. With the Oracle ...
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Rambus on Thursday announced it signed a six-year patent licensing agreement with Fujitsu Semiconductors, which will use Rambus technology in chips and integrated circuits. Rambus holds patents related to memory architecture and logic, ...
Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an app allowing them to run two interfaces on the phone: one for personal use, one for work. The technology could help ...
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STMicro's new plan is aimed at boosting operating margin rapidly to a targeted 10% Swiss semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics has confirmed its plans to conclude mobile chip venture with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson ...
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Adaptive-controls specialist Daintree Networks has expanded its ControlScope Connected Community program to include component manufacturers and has released an open-source ZigBee protocol stack that can be integrated into LED drivers and ...
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Effective interrupt control is achievable in low power microcontrollers,writes Joseph Yiu,embedded technology specialist at ARM Interrupts are a major feature of most embedded microcontrollers and effective real time response to interrupts ...
Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and next-generation smartphones launch later this year will accelerate semiconductor revenue growth in 2013 and beyond Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to grow by 4.6% in 2012 to $315bn ...
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The MB95870, MB95860 and MB95850 series offers power-efficient microcontrollers with 36KB of built-in flash memory in a range of packages Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) has expanded its "New 8FX" family of high-performance 8-bit ...
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The JN516x family supports JenNet-IP, ZigBee Light Link, ZigBee Smart Energy, ZigBee Home Automation and RF4CE UK based semiconducter firm NXP Semiconductors has introduced JN516x family, new ultra-low-power wireless microcontrollers ...
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Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) has entered into a partnership with First Automobile Works (FAW), a China-based automotive OEMs, to form a new joint automotive lab 'FAW-Freescale'. The new joint automotive lab will be a shared research and ...
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Freescale Semiconductor, a manufacturer of microcontrollers, microprocessors and semiconductors, has unveiled the new one-cylinder (MC33813) and two-cylinder (MC33814) electronic control semiconductors for small internal combustion engines ...
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