Logic

Fast-mode Plus I²C-bus buffer for servers

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has made available of PCA9617A Fast-mode Plus (Fm+) I²C-bus buffer, enabling engineers to design next-generation server systems using new DDR4 technology with the I²C-bus operating at up to 1 MHz, and voltage level translation of 0.8V on the CPU side to 2.5V on the SDRAM modu

Altera demos interlaken connectivity between Cavium processors and Stratix FPGA

Altera has successfully tested the interoperability of Interlaken IP core on its Stratix V FPGAs with Cavium’s OCTEON multicore processors. Interlaken IP is used to connect chip to chip at high data-speed rates. “Altera’s flexible Interlaken IP enabled us to quickly show interoperability between

Sensors

ADC, processor IP, DSP software from synopsis for developing sensor interface

Synopsys as offering a full package of IP for developing sensor interface for range of applications which includes Internet of Things (IoT), automotive and industrial systems. The IP includes front-end analog such as ADCs and also 32 bit ARC processor IP core. The ARC EM4 32-bit processor core has

HDMI/MHL to Wireless HD video interface reference design from silicon image

Silicon image has made available two new 60 GHz-based wireless video interface reference designs for connecting smart phones and tablet computer's video output to large screen displays without using wire. The new reference designs are based on silicon image's UltrGig 6400 mobile transmitter which pr

4% sequential rise in 2nd Q 2013 revenues of Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor has reported second quarter sales of $356.5 million, up 4 percent from the prior quarter and 1 percent lower than the second quarter of 2012. Fairchild reported a second quarter net loss of $7.5 million or $0.06 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $0.5 million or $

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Current-mode boost converter with 10 I²C programmable current sinks for LEDs

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC has announced a new programmable multi-output LED driver for LCD backlighting, instrument clusters, and daytime running lights. Allegro’s A8517 integrates a current-mode boost converter with internal power switch and 10 I²C programmable current sinks, and can provide 5,000:

EtherCAT releases new device standard for the semiconductor equipment industry

Industrial Ethernet technology standards group EtherCAT released device standard ETG.5003-1 and its corresponding nine specific device profiles, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) for semiconductor industry. The new device profiles extends the use of EtherCAT not only for motion control, I/O, se

Consumer

HD video interface design: Stream HD video to display units over a pair of wires

Are you designing an electronics device to display video on the head-mount displays to serve the information and entertainment needs of rear passengers in a car or any such automotive. To connect the video display units to main host device We presently suggest two solutions. They are the recently a

Computer

Combination of gaze and touch to control your laptop

The two user interface experts Tobii Technology and Synaptics have made a prototype laptop controlled by Synaptics ForcePad touchpad and Tobii Gaze eye-tracking technology. “This is an extremely exciting time in the evolution of human computing. The combination of gaze and touch literally redefi

CSSP ICs from QuickLogic for connecting SDIO to USB

QuickLogic has made available of a SDIO-to-USB catalog CSSP which bridges SDIO-based peripheral devices to connect to processors through a USB port. Few popular examples of SDIO-based peripheral devices are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPSs. These wireless standards now are finding use in non-consumer sp