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2015-08 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Aug 26 2015] Cypress Semiconductor and THine Electronics have announced the industry's fastest USB 3.0 camera reference design kit with a 13-megapixel resolution at 21 frames per second. The new Ascella design kit is based on Cypress's EZ-USB CX3 USB 3.0 camera controller and THine's THP7312 image signal processor (ISP). With optimized firmware, software development kits, reference circuit diagrams, and relat ...

2015-08 Power Samsung

[Aug 25 2015] Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass production of the industry's first 256 Gigabit (GB), 3D (3D based on 48-layer 3-bit multistage cell (MLC) arrays for use in solid-state drives (SSDS)) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory. "With our launch of the third-generation V-NAND flash memory to the global market, we can now offer the best advanced memory solution based on improved perfor ...

2015-08 Semiconductors Toshiba Semiconductor and Storage

[Aug 24 2015] Toshiba announces PCIe®1 (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) solid-state drives (SSDS for three different families using the NVMe™2 (non-volatile Memory Express) protocol for a variety of applications, including high-performance notebooks); Lightweight laptops, 2-in-1 / convertible laptops, all-in-one PCS and tablets; And server and storage applications. All three solid-state product line ...

2015-08 Connectors Texas Instruments

[Aug 23 2015] TI introduces the industry's first 20A and 30A synchronous DC/DC buck converters. This converter synchronizes noise and EMI/EMC frequency reduction, and a power management bus (PMBus) interface for Adaptive voltage scaling (AVS). TI's SWIFT 20A TPS544B25 and 30A TPS544C25 converters incorporate MOSFETs and are specifically packaged in a small PowerStack square flat leadless (QFN) package to drive ...

2015-08 Power IDT, Integrated Device Technology

[Aug 22 2015] IDT Corporation has announced a new RF device that can help TDD cell base station developers significantly reduce power consumption, design solution costs and board area. Operating at frequencies from 3200 MHz to 4000 MHz, the F1358 integrated digital Predistortion (DPD) demodulator provides the industry's highest linearity and integration to improve the performance of the linearized path of the ...

2015-08 Semiconductors Cypress Semiconductor

[Aug 21 2015] Cypress Semiconductor, Inc. announced the launch of a 256Mb NOR HyperFlash™ product. The 3.0V S26KL256S HyperFlash is the latest flash memory in the industry to support the high-bandwidth, low-pin HyperBus interface. The device is ideal for high-performance applications, such as automotive dashboards, industrial automation, communication systems, and medical devices that require the highest read ...

2015-08 Connectors ATOP Technologies

[Aug 20 2015] Atmel Corporation has released the industry's most innovative single-wire EEPROM product, which requires only two pins, one data pin and one ground pin, to work properly. The range is ideal for the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, consumables, batteries and cable signage markets. Because the new device product is self-powered, it does not use a power supply or Vcc pin, but adopts a parasitic ...

2015-08 Connectors Qorvo US Inc.

[Aug 19 2015] Qorvo, a leading provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace and defense applications, announced a new family of power amplifiers (PA) with industry-leading efficiency for small cell base station applications. Small cell solutions increase the capacity of mobile networks and are a key part of improving network performance. James Klein, President of Qorvo Infrastructure and D ...

2015-08 Semiconductors NXP

[Aug 18 2015] NXP Semiconductors announced a new product portfolio for in-vehicle Ethernet. The portfolio is based on BroadR-ReachTM, the automotive standard developed by the One Pair Ether-Net Alliance, an industry group, and is designed to enable consumer Ethernet to meet the stringent requirements of the automotive industry. NXP is a founding member of the OPEN Alliance and has pioneered a true automotive p ...

2015-08 Semiconductors

[Aug 17 2015] Avnet Electronics has released the new Zynq-7000 all programmable SOC/ADI's Smart Drive Kit II. The suite is designed to provide a flexible platform for motor control and industrial network development in industries including industrial automation, smart energy, medical and embedded systems. This evolution of the original ZYNQ-7000 programmable SOC/ADI's Smart Drive suite offers enhanced performa ...

2015-08 Connectors Micron Technology Inc.

[Aug 16 2015] Micron Technology, Inc. announced the launch of a new line of SAS solid-state drives (SSDS). The new products are geared toward customers who want their enterprise applications (such as data analytics, financial transactions, and media streaming) to run without interruption, and are optimized for workloads. Compared to previous hard drive offerings, the new Micron S600DC SSD family offers custome ...

2015-08 Semiconductors Analog Devices

[Aug 15 2015] Analog Devices Inc. of Norwood, MA (ADI), USA (which provides integrated circuits for analog and digital signal processing applications) today announced its RF design tool, which now offers a new version of the product support of Hittites Microwave Inc. (acquired in July 2014). The ADIsimRF design tool enables engineers from across ADI's RF IC portfolio to use devices to simulate RF and microwave ...