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Xilinx EDK Delivers Processing Peripheral IP Cores at No Additional Cost

Widely Used Embedded Processing IP Peripherals Now Included at No Additional Charge in the Embedded Development Kit SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) announced today that it has expanded its catalog of no-fee intellectual property (IP) cores for designing embedded processing systems with Xilinx-® platform FPGAs. The 10/100 Ethernet MAC Lite, single precision floating-point...

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Transceiver System on Chip targets cell phone market.

Combining BluetoothÂ-® wireless personal-area-network with FM radio transceiver in single 65 nm chip, Model STLC2690 enables media-rich mobile phones, smart phones, and other battery-driven portable devices. SureTune(TM) technology automatically selects optimal FM transmit frequency, while programmable output power allows stable operation even when using integrated antennas with poor...

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Class D Audio Subsystems provide 3D stereo enhancement.

Intended for applications where speakers must be positioned close together, MAX9775 integrates mono, DirectDrive(TM), 80 mW receiver amplifier; stereo, DirectDrive, 80 mW headphone amplifier; and high-efficiency, Class D, stereo 1.5 W audio power amplifier, while MAX9776 employs mono, 80 mW receiver amplifier; stereo, DirectDrive 80 mW headphone amplifier; and mono Class D amplifier....

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Vimicro Launches Latest Technologies for Web Cameras

Distance Detection and Illumination Detection Provide Eyesight Protection BEIJING, Jan. 9 / - Vimicro Corporation (NASDAQ:VIMC), a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs advanced mixed-signal multimedia products and solutions, today announced the launch of its latest web camera-functionality enhancements, Distance Detection and Illumination Detection to protect the eyes of PC users....

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ViXS ShapeShifter Filter Assists ISVs in Adopting Hardware Entertainment Transcoding into Video Applications

ViXS hardware transcoding improves transfer of video content to portable CE devices TORONTO, Jan. 8 / - ViXS Systems Inc., a leading developer of video processing solutions, today announced that ShapeShifter filter is available for implementation by ISVs to reprocess video streams to support many PMPs at very high speeds using the ViXS XCode(TM) Series of ICs. The combination of ViXS hardware and...

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Alticast to Bring OpenCable Platform Solutions to Intel Consumer Electronics Platforms

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 8 - Alticast, the global leader in deployed DVB-MHP and OpenCable(TM) Platform products, announced today that it will enable OpenCable platform solutions on future Intel system-on-a-chip (SoC) products for consumer electronics. Alticast's OpenCable Platform middleware solution, AltiCaptor, is currently deployed in digital cable, satellite and broadcast receivers around...

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KSW Technology in Netc's New Barcode Label

Dresden, Germany and Trumbull, CT, USA, January 7, 2008 - KSW Microtec AG, one of the world's leading suppliers of RFID components, announces that Netc has developed an integrated, customized, RFID-enabled UHF Gen2x media barcode label based on KSW's inlay technology and the UCODE G2X ICs from NXP Semiconductors. The new Netc label can easily be interfaced with data security, data tracking and...

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Monolithic IC combines Schottky diode with power MOSFET.

Suited for dc-to-dc conversion applications, Siliconix Si4642DY SkyFET(TM) single-chip device combines 30 V breakdown voltage with MOSFET on-resistance of 3.75 mW at 10 V gate drive. Unit eliminates parasitic inductances, and can be used as low-side power MOSFET in synchronous buck converters for notebook core voltage and VRM applications, graphic cards, point-of-load power conversion, and...

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Bus Transceiver eliminates signal-isolation problems.

Designed for transparent digital signal transfer and fast-gated bus isolation, Model DS3690 is 3.3 V, 3-state transmission gate that provides 26 independent channels which can be used for input, output, or I/O signal applications. Packaged in lead-free, 5 x 11 x 0.8 mm, 56-pin TQFN, it is fully specified over -55 to +85Â-

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Step-Down Regulators integrate low-on-resistance MOSFETs.

Operating from 3.3 or 2.5 V inputs, Models MAX8833/MAX8855 provide dual 3 or 5 A outputs and low on-resistances of 49 and 37 mW, respectively. Suited for DDR memories, processors that require more than one rail, and high-end enterprise equipments, units provide programmable frequency up to 2 MHz and external frequency-synchronization input. Available in 5 x 5 mm, 32-pin TQFN package, they are...

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