Chip growth slows down
21 December, 2004Worldwide semiconductor revenue growth is starting to slow in the second half of 2004. Although the slowing will affect income mainly during the fourth quarter, the second half of 2004 is still generating strong growth of 10% on top of the increase seen in the first six months of the year, according to a newly-revised outlook from iSuppli's Electronic Components Forecast service.
Hot-swap controllers
06 December, 2004Maxim has introduced the MAX5943/MAX5944, claimed to be the industry's first fully integrated hot-swap controllers for IEEE 1394/FireWire applications.
Motion control
06 December, 2004Machine builders and OEMs now can use the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development environment to create customised motion controllers for any platform with NI SoftMotion technology.
Programmable chip aids medicine
20 November, 2004An engineer at Sheffield University in Britain is leading a project that could revolutionise the way scientists, medics and others see the world - by allowing the earlier detection of cancer, the instant analysis of medical screening tests, and permitting the emergency and security services to work effectively in murky surroundings.
90 nm processors now available
16 November, 2004AMD says it is achieving a smooth transition to 90 nm manufacturing and has distributed low-power 90 nm Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors for thin and light notebooks (previously codenamed 'Oakville'.
Electus Distribution DC/DC converters
15 November, 2004Providing an isolated, low noise and precise ±1% 5 VDC supply is possible with PCB mounted modules from Electus Distribution.
MAX8720 step-down controller
15 November, 2004Maxim has introduced the MAX8720 step-down controller, featuring dynamically adjustable output, ultra-fast transient response, high DC accuracy and the high efficiency required for CPU-core power supplies.
152 GHz record circuit speed
27 September, 2004A Team led by Britain's BAE Systems aerospace and defence group has achieved what it claims is a record digital circuit speed as a result of developing next-generation transistor technology.
PCI motion controllers
07 September, 2004Factory automation engineers and machine builders can now choose from four National Instruments motion controller boards for PCI-based integrated motion data acquisition applications.
Conversion chip set
04 August, 2004International Rectifier has introduced a control and synchronous switching chip set for high-frequency DC-DC converters powering next-generation Intel and AMD processors.
Integrated C compiler
04 August, 2004Dynamic C is an integrated C compiler, editor, loader and debugger designed specifically for Rabbit microprocessor-based products. Its integrated development provides a platform for developing applications quickly.
Water can shrink chip dimensions
08 July, 2004Semiconductor manufacturers will be able to pursue a production method that will enable them to produce new generations of computer chips using existing equipment.
Quad demodulators
12 May, 2004Two direct conversion quadrature demodulators from Linear Technology simplify radio design for mobile base stations and microwave and satellite links.
Reset chips
19 April, 2004STMicroelectronics has announced four microprocessor reset chips that are intended for high volume, cost sensitive applications, including computers, servers, printers, fax machines, mobile and GSM phones and consumer products.
DC bus converter chip set
07 July, 2003International Rectifier has unveiled the first group of products in the family of DC bus converter chip sets for 48 V input and 150 W board-mounted power converters used in telecom and networking systems.
