EDN Asia - Network Processors

TEWS TECHNOLOGIES Introduces Extended Temperature and High-Density Serial Communication AMC Module

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800

TEWS TECHNOLOGIES recently announced the TAMC863, a new synchronous/asynchronous serial AMC module with four high speed communication channels. The serial communication controller is implemented in FPGA ....

TI launches Kilby Labs to Deliver Breakthrough Semiconductor Technology

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced its new "Kilby Labs", a center of innovation designed to foster creative ideas for breakthrough semiconductor technology. Launched on September 12, the 50th ....

Global Semiconductor Industry Outlook Remains Positive

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800

The global semiconductor industry is seeing growth despite rough beginnings this year. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), worldwide chip sales reached $22.2 billion in July 2008, ....

New 8Mx32 DDR2 SDRAMs for Automotive, Networking, Telecom and Digital Consumer Applications

Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800

Integrated Silicon Solution has introduced their first DDR2 (double data rate) SDRAMs, the IS43DR32800A, and the IS43DR32801A, 256Mb devices. These devices are said to be the industry's first 256Mb ....

eASIC Delivers 45nm ASIC with Zero Mask-charges

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800

Leveraging the rapid success of its 90nm Nextreme ASIC Products, eASIC Corp. has launched its next generation Nextreme-2 Family—said to be the semiconductor industry's first 45nm, zero mask-charge ....

Overcoming the ASICs Challenge

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800

By Stephen Las Marias, Editor eAsic Corp. has launched its next generation Nextreme-2 Family, which is claimed to be the semiconductor industry's first 45nm, zero mask-charge ASICs. Manufactured ....

TI introduces flexible, dual-speed SerDes device for EPON optical line terminals

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800

Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a low-power serializer/deserializer (SerDes) device that provides a fast relock time and supports a wide data bandwidth range from 1 to 2.6 Gbps in point-to-point ....

Toshiba develops cost competitive MEMS packaging technologies

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800

Toshiba Corporation has announced two optimized packaging technologies for micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) semiconductor packages that achieve significant cost reductions. The first technology ....

K-micro and AnSem form strategic partnership to develop chipsets for home networking market

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800

K-micro and AnSem have announced a strategic partnership to develop and deliver advanced chipsets for the home networking market. The first products to be delivered are Analog Front Ends (AFEs). Consumers ....

TI introduces "industry's highest performance" PCI Express to 1394b controller

Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800

Texas Instruments has expanded its broad, high-performance 1394 (Firewire) portfolio with a flexible PCI Express (PCIe) to 1394b open host controller. The packet throughput exceeds 87 MB/s, making the ....