Power control ICs
01 June, 2009 byRenesas has announced the R2A20114 series of power factor correction control ICs employing continuous conduction mode interleaving to enable implementation of compact, highly efficient, low-noise power supply units for high-power products such as computer servers and air conditioners.
500 mA battery charger
01 June, 2009 bySummit Microelectronics has introduced its latest device to its family of programmable battery charger integrated circuits for single-cell Li-Ion and Li-polymer powered systems.
Dual driver IC
01 June, 2009 byInternational Rectifier has introduced the AUIRS4427S dual low-side driver IC for low-, mid- and high-voltage motor vehicle applications including general-purpose motor drives, vehicle DC-DC converters and hybrid powertrain drives.
PCI cards
01 June, 2009 byStrategic Test Corp has announced two 400 MS/s 14-bit digitiser cards for the PCI bus.
Motor vehicle ICs
27 April, 2009 byInternational Rectifier has introduced the AUIRS212xS family of rugged 600 V, single-channel high-side driver ICs for low-, mid- and high-voltage motor vehicle applications, including general-purpose drives, high-voltage actuators and fuel-efficient direct injection systems.
Chip resistor array
27 April, 2009 byVishay has released the ACAS 0612 AT motor vehicle precision thin film chip resistor array, which is tested according to AEC-Q200 and offers a 1000 V ESD stability rating.
Quad multicomputer
27 April, 2009 byGE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced the DSP220 6U VXS (VITA 41.2) quad 8641/8641D multicomputer.
Gate driver IC
24 April, 2009 byInternational Rectifier has introduced the IRS233x(D) family of three-phase gate drive ICs for low-, mid- and high-voltage motor drive applications including permanent magnet motor drives for air conditioners, washing machines, pumps and fans, and micro, mini and general-purpose inverter drives.
WiMAX chipsets
17 April, 2009 byFujitsu has announced a mobile WiMAX chipset optimised for mobile devices such as smart phones and PDAs.
Wireless chip
17 April, 2009 byFreescale Semiconductor has released the next-generation MC13224 device in its single-chip IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee platform-in-package family.
Terabit comms moves closer
20 February, 2009University of Sydney scientists have developed a photonic integrated circuit that can not only increase internet network speeds making them 60 times faster but can act as traffic monitors to keep the speed high and error free.
More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing
05 February, 2009The attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, according to simulations by Sandia.
Phone chip under joint development
08 December, 2008NTT Docomo, Renesas, Fujitsu and Sharp plan to jointly develop the SH-mobile G4 single-chip LSI device, and a platform incorporating it, to support the HSUPA/HSDPA/W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE (2G) mobile telephony standards.
Taiwan chip designers count down trend
26 November, 2008Taiwan, with the world’s second-largest chip design industry, has some companies that have countered a slump in the global economy by tapping emerging markets such as China.
Controller area network (CAN)
10 November, 2008Embedded Logic Solutions supplies a range of controller area network (CAN)-based solutions. Whether the user needs a plug-in card for the PC, a microcontroller module for temperature recording, a CANopen-based application, or just the right kind of cable, the company claims to cover the user's needs.
