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Next Generation Dual-Mode Bluetooth® Audio Products from Microchip

“Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announces the next generation of dual-mode Bluetooth® audio products. The IS206X family builds on Microchip’s successful IS202X portfolio of highly integrated system-on-a-chip …

SiFive Introduces Industry’s First Open-Source Chip Platforms

“SiFive, the first fabless semiconductor company to build customized, open-source enabled semiconductors, today announced its flagship Freedom family of system on a chip (SoC) platforms. Built around the free and open RISC-V instruction set architecture invented by the company …

Espressif Announces ESP8285 Wi-Fi Chip for Wearable Devices

“Espressif announces mass production of the ESP8285 Wi-Fi chip today, adding a new member to Espressif’s Wi-Fi connectivity portfolio. This is a spinoff product of ESP8266, embedded with 1 MByte flash memory and specially designed for wearable devices, such …

Intel® Xeon Phi™ Processor Family

“New platforms based on the Intel® Xeon Phi™ product family x200 enables customers to gain deeper insights to pursue new discoveries, drive business innovations or shape the future using advanced analytics. The Xeon Phi processor enables machines to rapidly learn …

Microchip Launches Lowest Power, Cost-Effective PIC32 Family With Core Independent Peripherals

“Microchip® Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the company’s lowest power and most cost-effective family of 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs). The Microchip PIC32MM family bridges the gap between …

Microsemi Announces New Development Kit with RTG4 PROTO FPGAs, Providing Space Designers a Comprehensive Evaluation and Design Platform

“Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the availability of its RTG4™ Development Kit with its recently announced RTG4™ PROTO field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As the industry …

New Battery-Charger Chip from STMicroelectronics Reduces Cost and Time-to-Market for Wearable and Portable Applications

“STMicroelectronics has introduced a new battery-charger management chip that vastly improves functional integration without compromising performance and power consumption. The highly integrated STBC02 IC combines all of the most frequently demanded features for energy management in wearable and portable devices …

Nokia launches new IMPACT platform for fast and secure delivery of IoT services

“Nokia is extending its device management leadership into IoT with the launch of the Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things (IMPACT), which gives operators, enterprises and governments a secure platform on which to scale new IoT services. IMPACT handles …

World’s First Hermetically Sealed Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Now Available through New Yorker Electronics

“Cornell Dubilier has introduced the world’s only hermetic aluminum electrolytic capacitor with a glass-to-metal seal and it is now available through franchise distributor New Yorker Electronics. With no dry-out mechanism and high capacitance retention at low temperatures, this technology …

Cypress Enables IoT Developers to Easily Create Tiny, Solar-Powered Sensor Beacons that Wirelessly Transmit Data on their Surrounding Environment

“Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today introduced a new kit with a complete reference design for a tiny, battery-free sensor beacon for a broad range of fast-growing Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The CYALKIT-E02 Solar-Powered BLE Sensor Beacon Reference …