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Manufacturing industry demands action 08/03/2010
Representatives from the UK's manufacturing industry made their concerns very clear at The Future of UK Manufacturing Summit, held last week at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London. The summit was organised by Findlay Media, in association with the ERA Foundation and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
DRAM revenues rise to $8.5billion for Q4 2009 08/03/2010
The fourth quarter 2009 represented a strong period for dram suppliers, with the industry posting revenue of more than $8billion for the ?rst time since the ?rst quarter of 2007, according to market analyst iSuppli.
MATLAB, Simulink ugprades bring better functionality 05/03/2010
The MathWorks has unveiled Release 2010a of its MATLAB and Simulink product families. The release upgrades a number of features in the software packages, as well as adding streaming capabilities for signal processing and video processing in MATLAB and non linear solvers for standard and large scale optimisation.
First 'foolproof' programmable ZigBee module claims Digi 05/03/2010
Embedded World has been the launch pad for Digi International's programmable XBee-Pro ZB, which it describes as the first foolproof module of its kind.
Design contest unveiled at Embedded World 05/03/2010
Lantronix has launched a competition for design engineers based on its Xport Pro embedded Ethernet networking module.
News from Embedded World 04/03/2010
Embedded World, which took place in Nuremberg from 2 to 4 March, saw a large number of product announcements, with attendance apparently up on last year's event. Here are some of the microcontroller launches made at the Show.
Intel adds three Atom processors with seven year support 04/03/2010
Intel unveiled three Intel Atom processors at Embedded World, all of which will be available with seven year lifecycle support. The processors – the single core N450 and D410, and the dual core D510 – feature enhanced graphics and memory controllers and are paired with the Intel 82801HM I/O controller. The cores on all three devices run at 1.65GHz, while graphics speed is 200MHz on the N450 and 400MHz on the other two parts.
Atmel adds fpu to 32bit mcu family 04/03/2010
Atmel has developed a floating point unit for its 32bit AVR UC3 product family. This will enable designers to replace a two chip microcontroller and dsp solution with one microcontroller in automotive and industrial control applications.
 
Next generation embedded I/O standard announced 02/03/2010
A next generation embedded I/O standard has been announced at Embedded World, which originator, Diamond Systems claims is 'the most significant embedded system expansion innovation since the birth of PC/104 in 1992'.
Thin film storage flash to feature in next generation mcus 02/03/2010
Freescale will use a 90nm thin film storage flash memory technology in its next generation microcontrollers. The mcus will be targeted for applications ranging from consumer electronics and household appliances to medical devices and smart metering systems.
Three into one 02/03/2010
Actel has launched SmartFusion, which it describes as the world's first intelligent mixed signal fpga. Built on a flash process, the device features Actel's fpga fabric, a complete microcontroller subsystem built around a hard ARM Cortex-M3 processor and a range of programmable analogue blocks.
Freescale SoC doubles rendering performance of previous processor 01/03/2010
A processor designed to help lower costs for next generation eReaders has been launched by Freescale Semiconductor. According to Freescale it is the first SoC to integrate ARM Cortex A8 technology together with a hardware based display controller from E Ink.
FPGA uses time as third dimension to boost performance 01/03/2010
A programmable logic architecture that uses time as a third dimension to offer 'significantly higher logic, memory and signal processing capabilities than fgpas' has been unveiled by Tabula.
Samsung rolls out 40nm class 4Gigabit ddr3 26/02/2010
Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing what it claims to be the industry's first low power 4Gigabit ddr3 devices using 40nm class process technology.
Worldwide semiconductor revenue up 20% in 2010? 25/02/2010
Global semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $276billion in 2010, a 19.9% increase from 2009 revenue of $231bn, according to market analyst Gartner.
Intel takes lead in creating 'culture of investment' 23/02/2010
Intel has announced a $3.5billion fund which it plans to invest in US technology companies over the next two years.
Xilinx to use HKMG at 28nm 23/02/2010
TSMC and Samsung have the best 28nm technology, says Xilinx.
Renesas releases 32 16bit mcus with on chip flash memory 22/02/2010
A series of 32 16bit microcontrollers incorporating an on chip flash memory and lcd driver has been unveiled by Renesas Technology. The R8C/Lx series of devices has been designed for use in a range of lcd panel equipped applications such as industrial and consumer products, as well as battery operated healthcare devices.
ST announces 55nm eFlash process technology for automotive mcus 22/02/2010
STMicroelectronics has announced what it claims to be the world's first 55nm eFlash process technology for automotive microcontrollers. The technology will be implemented in its next generation automotive mcu chips.
Lecroy combines two scopes to provide four channels at 30GHz 22/02/2010
LeCroy says it has extended the power of its WaveMaster 830 Zi 30 GHz real-time oscilloscope by providing a method to combine two oscilloscopes and provide four channels at 30GHz.
Intel joins forces with Glasgow Uni as part of European taskforce 22/02/2010
Intel has teamed up with Glasgow University as part of a consortium to investigate how to design the next generation of terascale computer memory systems.
 
ARM extends Cortex-M range into digital signal control market 22/02/2010
ARM has expanded its Cortex-M range of processor cores with the introduction of the Cortex-M4, targeted at digital signal control applications.
New 32bit mcus offer 'industry leading' low power consumption says NEC 19/02/2010
A total of 78 new 32bit microcontrollers have been announced by NEC Electronics, with what it describes as 'industry leading low power consumption'
Global dram revenue to rise by 40% in 2010? 19/02/2010
The global dram business is set to return to annual revenue growth in 2010, according to electronics market analyst iSuppli. This would bring to an end three consecutive years of decline.
Micro combines ARM Cortex-M3 with 2MByte Flash 18/02/2010
A 32bit mcu which combines a high speed ARM Cortex-M3 core with 3Mbytes of onboard Flash memory has been launched by Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) – an industry first according to the ic specialist.
 
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