Altera has announced the availability of the MediaLB intellectual property (IP) core for implementing the Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) bus protocol for automotive networking applications
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Oh, to be invisible, well just maybe?
Invisibility cloaks may be the stuff of fiction but a group of scientists from universities in the UK and US are suggesting that they understand the theory behind a potential 'cloaking' or shielding device that renders whatever is placed inside it invisible
First CMOS microphone improves sound quality in mobiles
The quality of sound recording in consumer devices could soon be improved with a high quality microphone based on very low cost CMOS device technology
Tough plastic connector does the job for Tyco
The HTS heavy duty connector series from Tyco Electronics has been extended with a range of plastic connectors for motion-control, industrial machinery and elec
Serial RapidIO switch has 40Gbit/s bandwidth
Tundra Semiconductor’s Tsi574 Serial RapidIO Switch interconnects microprocessors, DSPs, FPGAs, and peripheral devices, supporting an aggregate bandwidth of 40G
Renesas licenses memory technology to SoI firm
Renesas Technology has licensed a semiconductor memory technology based on capacitor-less twin transistor (TTRAM) design to Canadian memory company Emerging Memory Technologies (EMT)
Abacus sees sales jump 21 per cent
Improving business conditions in the UK has helped distributor Abacus Group which saw both sales and operating profit jump by 21 per cent in the six months to the end of March
Premier Farnell sees a boost from RoHS business
Premier Farnell said sales in the first three months of the year outpaced the market in Europe
ADI drives Blackfin DSP in cars
Analog Devices has introduced a DSP aimed squarely at the automotive design market
STMicroelectronics ups foundry orders for CMOS logic
STMicroelectronics is sourcing over half its advanced CMOS logic from foundries, a percentage which is likely to increase until it has enough volume to make it worthwhile setting up its M6 fab in Catania