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• Gennum Enables Next Generation Storage and Data Communication Networks with Industry's First Integrated Chipset for 16G Fibre Channel (Monday Sep. 19, 2011)
  Gennum has expanded its portfolio by launching into mass production the industry's first 16G Fibre Channel module chipset which is also compatible with existing Fibre Channel applications, including 4-8G Fibre Channel and 10G Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
  
  
• MultiPhy Unveils World's First 100G PHY IC for the Metro Market (Monday Sep. 19, 2011)
  MultiPhy today announced the MP1100Q, a 100Gb/s DEMUX receiver chip specifically designed to meet the low-cost and low-power needs of the quickly growing 100G metro transport marketplace.
  
  
• Sequans' LTE Technology Approved by China's MIIT (Thursday Sep. 15, 2011)
  Sequans announced that its LTE semiconductor technology has been officially approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), a government entity responsible for the regulation and development of China’s wireless industry.
  
  
• Renesas Electronics Introduces SuperH Microcontrollers that Combine Connectivity Functions Such as USB and System Control Capabilities on a Single Chip (Thursday Sep. 08, 2011)
  Renesas Electronics today announced the availability of the company's 6 new 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), the SH726A and SH726B, designed to lower the system cost of products, such as car and home audio systems and industrial equipment, while achieving a smaller mounting area.
  
  
• Silicon Image Introduces InstaPrevue Technology (Wednesday Sep. 07, 2011)
  Silicon Image today announced its latest innovation, InstaPrevue™ technology, which will be featured in Silicon Image digital TV (DTV) and audio/video receiver (AVR) port processors.
  
  
• Analogix Announces SlimPort Compatibility with MyDP Mobile Connectivity Standard (Wednesday Sep. 07, 2011)
  To enable true HD and 3D streaming capabilities for mobile devices, eliminate royalties and restrictions of competing display standards and provide simplicity for consumers, Analogix announced that SlimPort(TM) family of transmitter and receiver products are compatible with the proposed MyDP (Mobility DisplayPort) digital interface standard.
  
  
• Trident Announces New Generation of Advanced Set-Top Box SoCs Featuring Enhanced Performance, Security and Support for Online Content Viewing (Wednesday Sep. 07, 2011)
  Trident today unveiled a new generation of high-performance set-top box (STB) SoC designed for the worldwide satellite, cable, and IPTV markets.
  
  
• Accent Introduces Smart Meter Industry Game Changer with Advanced Chip Family (Tuesday Sep. 06, 2011)
  Accent announced today its second-generation ASMgrid™ standard product family targeted at the demanding performance needs required by Smart Meters.
  
  
• Renesas Electronics Introduces World's First USB 3.0-SATA3 Bridge SoC Supporting High-Speed UASP Protocol (Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011)
  The new SoC is the world's first USB 3.0 Bridge SoC that supports the UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) protocol that significantly speeds up data throughput for large volumes of data.
  
  
• SiTune unveils low power single-die Dual/Diversity Terrestrial/Cable/Analog CMOS TV Tuner (Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011)
  STN-55T4800 is a highly integrated 50MHz-1GHz dual Tuner with small footprint that delivers best signal reception and adjacent channel rejection performance in different digital cable and Terrestrial standards.
  
  
• Arrow Electronics' Custom Logic Solutions Group Expands ARM Cortex Processor Portfolio to Deliver a Cost-Effective Range of Turnkey ASICs (Tuesday Aug. 23, 2011)
  Arrow Electronics today announced its Custom Logic Solutions group has expanded its multiyear agreement with ARM that adds additional processors to its portfolio of ARM® cores, interconnect, peripherals and supporting tools.
  
  
• eSilicon and TSMC Support Long-Lifecycle Products (Thursday Aug. 18, 2011)
  eSilicon today announced that, together with TSMC, they will provide long-life process technology support for customer products.
  
  
• Samsung Announces High-performance 512GB SSDs with Ultra-fast SATA Revision 3.0 Interface (Thursday Aug. 11, 2011)
  Samsung Electronics announced today volume production of SSDs (solid state drives) that support the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 interface with data transmissions at six gigabits per second (6Gb/s).
  
  
• ViXS Systems Introduces Turnkey Hardware and Software Blu-ray & Personal Video Recorder (PVR) Reference Design available for Set-top and Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (Monday Aug. 08, 2011)
  ViXS Systems's reference design offers customers a powerful Blu-ray PVR solution with the ability to add other features such as Multiple HD Transcoding , 3D Graphical user interfaces, live video streaming to iPAD and Tablets together with 3D TV support all on a single XCode® 4210 System on Chip (SoC).
  
  
• Nordic Semiconductor and Broadcom collaborate on Bluetooth low energy proximity fob prototype for mobile device security (Monday Aug. 08, 2011)
  Nordic Semiconductor Bluetooth low energy-powered security device communicates seamlessly with Broadcom Bluetooth v4.0 chip in first demonstration of latest Bluetooth wireless technology’s interoperability
  
  
• SMSC Introduces Industry's First 7-Port USB 3.0 Hybrid Hub Controller Family (Monday Aug. 08, 2011)
  SMSC today announced the USB553x, a family of USB 3.0 hub controllers consisting of 7-port and a 4-port offerings. These new SuperSpeed USB hubs deliver the industry's smallest footprint, "hybrid speed" configuration with an optimized BOM cost for designers of the emerging USB 3.0 ecosystem.
  
  
• Elpida Starts Industry's First DRAM Shipments of 25nm Process Technology (Thursday Aug. 04, 2011)
  The new 25nm process-generation product now being shipped is a DDR3 SDRAM with a memory capacity of 2-gigabits. A 25nm 4-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM is expected to become commercially available by the end of 2011.
  
  
• SMSC Introduces the Industry's First Programmable USB Power Controller (Tuesday Jul. 26, 2011)
  SMSC today announced it is breaking new ground in USB port power charging with the industry's first programmable USB power controller.
  
  
• Triad Semiconductor Announces 1-Million Gate Plus Analog Configurable Array (Monday Jul. 25, 2011)
  Triad Semiconductor today announced the availability of its largest configurable array to date – VCA-6.
  
  
• K-micro to sample world's first IEEE 1901 fully compliant power line communication LSI chip set (Monday Jul. 25, 2011)
  K-micro is announcing that it will be sampling the world’s first chip set that is fully compliant with the IEEE 1901 standard (dubbed the KHN13100 Chip), in August, 2011.
  
  
• Cognovo Software Defined Baseband chip released to Samsung Foundry 45nm Low Power process (Thursday Jul. 21, 2011)
  The device – based on Cognovo’s latest Modem Compute Engine (MCE) IP core, MCE160 – will enable licensees to develop soft modems in all cellular and wireless standards including WiFi, 2G, 3G, HSPA+, LTE and LTEAdvanced.
  
  
• SiliconBlue launches "Los Angeles", Custom Mobile Device platform for high-speed sensor management, custom connectivity and video and image solutions (Monday Jul. 11, 2011)
  SiliconBlue today announced availability and fully functioning samples of the new iCE40™ “Los Angeles” mobileFPGA™ family including the LP–Series (Low-Power) and the HX–Series (High-Speed) families targeting smartphones and tablets, respectively.
  
  
• LSI Now Shipping in Volume Second-Generation 40nm LDPC Read Channel for Hard Disk Drives (Monday Jul. 11, 2011)
  Low-density parity check (LDPC) iterative decoding read channel enables areal densities of 500GB per platter for 2.5-inch drives and 1TB per platter for 3.5-inch drives
  
  
• Link_A_Media Devices Announces the Availability of its Customizable Controller Platform for Enterprise, Client, Hybrid and Consumer SSD Applications (Monday Jun. 27, 2011)
  Link_A_Media Devices announces the availability of its 6G SATA and PCIe, FlashLINK™2 SSD controller technology platform.
  
  
• Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Immediate Availability of Second-Source Maxim Analog Comparators (Thursday Jun. 23, 2011)
  Touchstone Semiconductor today introduced its TSM9117-TSM9120 and TSM917 family of analog comparators plus reference.
  
  
• PLX and Avago Technologies Team-Up to Prove PCI Express over Fiber Optics at 64Gbps (Tuesday Jun. 21, 2011)
  PLX Technology and Avago Technologies today announced a collaboration using optics to demonstrate PCI Express® (PCIe®) extending beyond its dominant role within the box to a cabled box-to-box solution.
  
  
• Dialog Semiconductor adds ARM multicore support in next generation of system level power management ICs (Thursday Jun. 16, 2011)
  Dialog has launched two third generation advanced system level power management ICs (PMICs) for tablet PCs, smartphones, embedded computers and multimedia players.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Makes 28nm CMOS Process Available Through CMP (Thursday Jun. 16, 2011)
  STMicroelectronics and CMP today announced that the CMOS 28nm process from STMicroelectronics is now available for prototyping to universities, research labs and companies through the silicon brokerage services provided by CMP.
  
  
• ICube Technology Unveils Its Groundbreaking Harmony Unified Processor Technology (Thursday Jun. 09, 2011)
  High Performance, Cost-Effective and Power-Efficient Processor, Featuring a Unified CPU and GPU in One Parallel Computing Multi-Processing Core Architecture, Tapping Flourishing Tablet Computer Market
  
  
• Accent Announces Availability of Advanced Metrology Solution for Smart Grid Market (Wednesday Jun. 08, 2011)
  Accent announced today the availability of its metrology solution to meet the demanding energy measurement needs of smart meter devices. The full-featured solution achieves 0.1% accuracy over a dynamic range of 2000 to 1 and when integrated with Accent’s ASMgrid™ SoC Platform provides meter manufacturers leading-class system capabilities for smart energy applications while significantly reducing their electronic BOM.