Laurence Marchini, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Internet appliances", and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Electronicstalk which will be of interest. Let me be your guide.
Start with the news release Licence to thrill with 3D handset graphics from STMicroelectronics, which we summarised at the time by saying "STMicroelectronics has signed a strategic licence agreement with Advanced Micro Devices to deliver next-generation graphics technology for mobile multimedia devices". A few weeks before, we featured the news release Processors gain optimised Java option from Texas Instruments (April 2006-): "Skelmir's CEE-JT Virtual Machines (VM) for embedded devices have been ported to, and optimised for, TI's DaVinci technology".
In March 2005, we covered the news from Sequoia Technology concerning its TDK 78Q2123 Ethernet PHY - take a look at User friendly Ethernet for consumer electronics which says: "Not only is this fully featured Ethernet interface the smallest in the world, it offers low overall cost per port, plus ease of use features for the new generation of networked consumer electronics".
Take a look also at the news release from LSI Europe, Platform ASIC speeds powerline comms IC to market, as well as RISC processor takes audio codec onboard from Toshiba Electronics Europe, and More features for frugal wireline comms controller from CML Microcircuits.
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Development environment customises CE.NET 4.2 (July 2003)
Abacus Polar has a full integrated development environment for the new CE.NET 4.2 operating system
Gigabit Ethernet switches target SOHO routers (May 2003)
Marvell has extended its Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch range to the SOHO market with five- and eight-port integrated GbE switches
Development kit produces licence-free radio links (April 2003)
Atmel's AT86RF211 microtransceiver product family has been developed to address the growing demand for low cost, battery operated, wireless data communication systems
Active approach to EMI suppression (February 2003)
Alliance Semiconductors' PulseCore Division has developed a versatile approach to EMI suppression
Kit speeds wireless ADSL designs (January 2003)
A new ADSL modem reference design kit combines the high-performance LSI Logic HomeBase chipset with Intersil's award-winning PRISM IEEE802.11 WLAN chipset
Drop-in transceiver boosts notebook IR link range (December 2002)
The Agilent HSDL-3603 is a standard power infra-red transceiver offered as a 'drop in' replacement for the IRMS6453 and TFDU6101E transceivers used by manufacturers of notebook PCs and printers
Starter kit exploits DSP power management tools (November 2002)
Texas Instruments has a new DSP starter kit (DSK) for customers using the low-power, high-performance TMS320C55x DSP
Touch screen controller takes stereo codec onboard (September 2002)
The TSC2301 is a novel programmable touch screen controller with integrated stereo audio codec for handheld applications
Network development toolkit gains RTOS support (September 2002)
Metrowerks has added support for ARC International's Precise/MQX real-time operating system (RTOS) to its CodeWarrior Development System, Embedded Networks Edition
Chip provides battery-friendly embedded WLANs (September 2002)
By reducing the standby power consumption of 802.11b wireless LAN solutions up to tenfold, TI's new WLAN processor enables true embedded Wi-Fi applications without compromising battery life
RISC-based system controllers find distribution (July 2002)
GD Technik is to distribute ESS Technology's new system controller chips designed for NEC's VR Series RISC microprocessors
Embedded processors offer speedy upgrade (July 2002)
Two new SH-4 32bit superscalar RISC embedded microprocessors offer higher-frequency operation and a new cache architecture
Recognition software runs on OMAP processors (July 2002)
ART Advanced Recognition Technologies has ported its smARTspeak XG speech recognition solution to TI's OMAP family of high-performance ultralow-power application processors
Single chip mixes USB 2.0 with old I/O standards (June 2002)
The ComCentrix L1501 peripheral I/O solution integrates Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 functionality and the USB 2.0 transceiver macrocell interface with a comprehensive set of standard I/Os
Digital amplifiers sound 'as good as analogue' (June 2002)
Texas Instruments has introduced a new line of cost-effective digital audio amplification products, enabling new opportunities for all-digital audio systems
Interfaces take control of touch screens (March 2002)
Available now are the industry's first complete programmable analogue interface circuits for controlling position, pressure and plate resistance measurements in four-wire touch-screen applications
Legend puts TI solutions into real world (February 2002)
China's leading PC and Internet appliances manufacturer Legend Holdings has selected Texas Instruments wireless GSM/GPRS chipset technology to power its new Legend wireless handset
OMAP processors to gain recognition functionality (February 2002)
Advanced Recognition Technologies is to offer its advanced speech and handwriting recognition products on the Texas Instruments OMAP family of application processors for 2.5G and 3G wireless devices
Avant! is critical to VIA Technologies (December 2001)
Avant!'s Milkyway-based SinglePass tools have been endorsed by VIA Technologies, whose senior vice president described them as 'critical to our technology'
Development kit speeds 2.5 and 3G applications (December 2001)
Texas Instruments has introduced the Code Composer Studio integrated development environment (IDE) v2 for the OMAP platform
Synthesis software supports latest FPSLICs (November 2001)
The newest version of Synplicity's Synplify and Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software includes optimised support for field-programmable system-level IC solutions from Atmel
Quadriga uses ANT Fresco for in-room digital (September 2001)
Quadriga, Europe's leading provider of in-room hotel technology, has integrated ANT Fresco as the core component of its Genesis digital entertainment and communications system
I/O chip handles all the usual suspects (September 2001)
LSI Logic has introduced the first standard product device from its ComCentrix product family
PWM controller is optimised for LCD PCs (August 2001)
New from Fairchild Semiconductor is the FAN5232 adjustable PWM buck controller for LCD PCs
TI to include RealAudio and RealVideo on DSPs (August 2001)
TI and RealNetworks are to offer an integrated streaming audio and video solution for programmable DSP-based video infrastructure equipment and broadband video client devices
Browser speeds set-top box to Spanish market (August 2001)
ANT's Fresco browser is a key component in telecomms manufacturer Interisa's digital set-top box (STB), which is being supplied to Spanish broadcaster Quiero TV
Transmeta to use IKOS VStation for comodelling (July 2001)
IKOS Systems has received a sales order from Transmeta for its VStation-5M emulation and comodelling system
Audio convertors are not affected by jitter (July 2001)
Wolfson Microelectronics has expanded its family of devices for Internet appliances with the WM8734 codec and the WM8739 ADC
All's well for Allwell Geode-based set-top box (June 2001)
Allwell's latest set-top box, the STBII 5012, is based on National Semiconductor's Geode SC1200 processor, a set-top box-on-a-chip solution introduced last September
Motorola to add Memory Stick to DragonBall (May 2001)
Motorola is to license and integrate Memory Stick technology as a new peripheral addition in the DragonBall best-selling mobile data solutions portfolio
ANT Fresco browser ported to LSI set-top box SoC (May 2001)
Available now from LSI Logic is the company's software development platform (SDP) for the SC2000 digital set-top box (STB) chip featuring ANT's embedded Fresco browser
Protocol stack simplifies DSP Internet connection (May 2001)
Texas Instruments has unveiled a TCP/IP stack optimised for the TMS320C6000 digital signal processor
Intersil ships volumes of four-chip Prism chipset (March 2001)
Prism/work, Intersil's new enterprise networking product business, has begun volume shipments of PRISM 2.5, its latest wireless chipset optimised for smaller form factor applications
Philips uses Prism for wireless access (March 2001)
Intersil has been working with Philips Components to incorporate its Prism chipset into Philips' new wireless networking products