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Japan's Renesas ups chip outsourcing to Taiwan giant

Japan's Renesas Electronics said Monday it will boost the outsourcing of its chip production to Taiwan's TSMC, but it declined comment on reports it would cut about 30 percent of its staff.

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The quick and easy way to measure power consumption

The ambitious goals set by the German government to promote energy efficiency have put pressure on companies to change their energy-use policies. But the sustainable management of energy resources and the associated energy-saving ...

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Students invent device for the perfect bicep curl

To achieve buff biceps, proper form for strength-training exercises is key, and people often turn to professional trainers to correct them and prevent injury. Cornell student engineers have developed an alternative: ...

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Electrical engineers develop LED 'Magic Wands'

Engineers from the University of Bristol have developed illuminating ‘magic wands’ that work by picking up radio signals from mobile devices. The wands, to be showcased on BBC’s Bang Goes the ...

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health monitoring? There's an app for that

Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, ...

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Epson develops new microcontroller to maximize e-paper performance

Seiko Epson today announced that it has recently developed and begun shipping samples of the S1C17F57, a new 16-bit microcontroller with a built-in driver optimized for small- and medium-sized segmented electronic ...

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Fujitsu expands lineup of 8-bit LCD driving microcontrollers

Fujitsu Semiconductor today announced the forthcoming release of a new series of high performance 8-bit microcontrollers with segment-display LCD controller built in.

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Freescale announces powerful 32-bit microcontrollers for automotive applications

New Qorivva microcontroller families, based on Power Architecture technology, designed to increase performance, safety and energy efficiency for a new generation of smart vehicles.

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created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Toshiba Launches 32-Bit Microcontroller For Analog Circuit Control In Industrial And Appliance Applications

Toshiba today announced availability of a new 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), the TMPM380. The TMPM380 MCU was specifically designed for the digital control of high-current circuits commonly found in industrial ...

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created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fujitsu Releases 18 New 8-bit Low-Voltage Operation Microcontrollers in Three Series

Fujitsu Semiconductor announced the development of three new series in its F2MC-8FX family of high-performance 8-bit microcontrollers with embedded flash memory. The new products, which feature very low v ...

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NXP Shows World's Smallest 32-bit ARM Microcontroller

NXP Semiconductors today announced sampling of the world's smallest general-market 32-bit microcontroller, the LPC1102, based on the Cortex-M0 processor. Unleashing unprecedented computing power in 5mm2 of ...

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created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Epson Develops Ultra-low Power 16-bit Microcontroller Capable of Vivid Display Powered by Coin Battery

Seiko Epson today announced that it has developed and begun shipping samples of the S1C17706, a 16-bit microcontroller capable of 5120-dot high-resolution display, the largest display area of Epson's 16-bit ...

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created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Infineon's New 8-bit Microcontrollers Operate With No Limitations at 150 C

At the Embedded World Show 2010 in Nuremberg today, Infineon Technologies introduced a complete and scalable high-temperature 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) family capable of operating at up to 150 °C ambient temperature, meeting ...

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Freescale introduces 90nm thin film storage flash with FlexMemory for next-generation microcontrollers

Freescale Semiconductor today announced 90 nanometer thin film storage (TFS) flash memory technology for its next-generation microcontroller (MCU) platforms. The advanced technology is expected to be deployed in Freescale ...

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created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Renesas develops first 40nm embedded flash memory technology IP for automotive real-time applications

Renesas Electronics today announced that it has developed the industry's first 40-nanometer (nm) memory intellectual property (IP) for automotive real-time applications. Renesas will also be the first to launch 40nm embedded ...

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