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ELECTRONICSTALK
The Independent Weekly Product Information Guide
for Electronics Design, Development and Manufacturing Engineers
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ISSN 1475-2913 - Free subscription
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Published every Tuesday from the UK.
Issue 182: 14 September 2004
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18423 product announcements and technical articles
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In this issue:
* Editor's Message
* Our Top Ten new Products Selection
[1] DTV middleware stack covers all European markets
[2] Wireless SoC to drive WiMAX adoption
[3] Novel approach improves CPU cooling
[4] Scopes score for speed, memory and price
[5] Core family offers full PCI Express solution
[6] Storage racks keep PCBs safe from static
[7] Vandal resistant switches now with blue LEDs
[8] New generation Efficeon enters production
[9] Environment manages mixed language design
[10] Resistors smooth out short-term surges
* New Technical Articles and Case Studies
* Other featured product news
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THIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY NEWS
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RECORD Q1 MARGINS ARE TEMPERED WITH WARNING FOR Q2
National Semiconductor Corp has reported a GAAP profit of $117.7 million, or $0.31 per share, on revenues of $548 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2005, which ended 29th August 2004.
National Semiconductor, 13 September 2004
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SKILLS SHORTAGE THREATENS SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH
Innos has voiced serious concerns on the future supply of key skills in the UK within a warning issued on the eve of the 2004-05 academic year.
Innos, 14 September 2004
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LATTICE INVESTS IN FUJITSU'S NEW FAB
Lattice Semiconductor is to advance US $125 million in support of the new 300mm silicon wafer fab being constructed by Fujitsu in Mie, Japan.
Lattice Semiconductor UK, 14 September 2004
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BEIJING OFFICE AIMS TO SUPPORT LOCAL GROWTH
ARM has opened a new office in Beijing, focused on supporting partners and leveraging strong growth opportunities in this fast-developing market.
ARM, 8 September 2004
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DEVELOPMENT CENTRE TO SUPPORT CHINESE GROWTH
picoChip has opened an office in Shenzhen, China.
picoChip Designs, 10 September 2004
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NOKIA TO ACQUIRE SYMBIAN DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Nokia has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of applications development tools based on the Symbian operating system and to license core development tool technologies from Metrowerks.
Metrowerks Europe, 10 September 2004
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BOOKHAM COMPLETES TRANSATLANTIC MOVE
Bookham has successfully completed today the company's change of domicile to the USA.
Bookham, 13 September 2004
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OUR TOP TEN NEW PRODUCTS SELECTION
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[1] DTV MIDDLEWARE STACK COVERS ALL EUROPEAN MARKETS
(Cabot Communications, 14 September 2004)
Aurora is billed as the first complete, turnkey open standards-based DVB middleware stack for free-to-air digital terrestrial and satellite receivers. Available on 15 different semiconductor platforms, the pre-integrated stack allows manufacturers to build devices that meet the transmission requirements of every European DTT network and interactive standard, including MHEG-5 and MHP, in previously unachievable timescales.
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[2] WIRELESS SOC TO DRIVE WIMAX ADOPTION
(Intel Corporation, 10 September 2004)
Intel Corp has disclosed key technical details of its upcoming wireless broadband chip for WiMAX products, which will enable long-distance, high-speed wireless Internet access for homes and businesses. The upcoming wireless component, code named "Rosedale", is expected to be the first SoC design for cost-effective customer premise equipment (CPE) that supports IEEE802.16-2004 (previously known as IEEE802.16REVd). Intel has begun sending sample Rosedale product to key customers.
* Read more: http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/iel/iel132.html
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[3] NOVEL APPROACH IMPROVES CPU COOLING
(EAO, 13 September 2004)
The SAN ACE MC Liquid is a novel high-performance liquid cooling system for CPU thermal management applications. The SAN ACE MC Liquid comes equipped with a radiator, reserve tank, pump and cooling fan. In tests, the new ultrareliable SAN ACE MC Liquid outperforms existing CPU cooling applications by up to 40% with a quoted thermal resistance of only 0.255K/W.
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[4] SCOPES SCORE FOR SPEED, MEMORY AND PRICE
(Yokogawa Measurement Technologies, 10 September 2004)
A new family of compact, portable digital oscilloscopes, the DL1700E Series, combines high-speed acquisition with long memory at prices starting from less than Eur 6000. Despite its compact size and attractive price, the DL1700E Series offers a set of features that surpasses that of much larger instruments, including an optional built-in printer. Like all Yokogawa's digital oscilloscopes, the instrument is designed to combine long memory with an all-points display and fast acquisition and update rates.
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[5] CORE FAMILY OFFERS FULL PCI EXPRESS SOLUTION
(LSI Logic Europe, 8 September 2004)
LSI Logic Corp has released a complete PCI Express solution, including serdes, pipe, datalink and transaction layer cores for RapidChip platform ASIC designs. The PCI Express family of cores is validated for functionality and interoperability and is compliant to the PCI Express standard. LSI Logic is currently engaged with multiple customers in PCI Express-based RapidChip Xtreme designs in 4-, 8- and 16-lane configurations.
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[6] STORAGE RACKS KEEP PCBs SAFE FROM STATIC
(TBA Electro Conductive Products, 14 September 2004)
A new range of conductive storage racks is ideal for storing printed circuit boards and can be incorporated into a variety of tailor made racking systems. ECP 1150 is an adjustable PCB rack that can be used free standing or in conjunction with TBA ECP's tote boxes. Its modular, snap-fit construction provides a convenient storage system featuring aluminium rails up to 2.2m long to provide adjustability.
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[7] VANDAL RESISTANT SWITCHES NOW WITH BLUE LEDS
(Bulgin Components, 10 September 2004)
The latest addition to Bulgin's family of vandal resistant switches is a blue illuminated version - a colour particularly suited to contemporary panel designs. Two designs of LED illuminated switches available: "dot" illumination, with a single lens in the middle of the button; or "ring" illumination, using a halo lens that surrounds the button. The bodies of these switches are machined from high grade stainless steel to produce an extremely tough yet aesthetically pleasing switch.
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[8] NEW GENERATION EFFICEON ENTERS PRODUCTION
(Transmeta Corp, 13 September 2004)
Transmeta Corp has begun limited production shipments of its second-generation Efficeon family of processors, the TM8800 series. The Efficeon TM8800 processor is manufactured with state-of-the-art 90nm CMOS semiconductor technology. By using 90nm process technology, the Efficeon TM8800 achieves both higher performance and improved performance per watt. In addition, the Efficeon TM8800 features AntiVirusNX technology, being the first low power x86-microprocessor to provide hardware support for the antivirus protection enabled by Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
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[9] ENVIRONMENT MANAGES MIXED LANGUAGE DESIGN
(HDL Works, 8 September 2004)
HDL Works describes Ease 5.2 as the ideal design entry environment for VHDL, Verilog and mixed language designs for FPGA and ASIC design. Synthesis and simulation tool independency enables users to select their favourite tools while setting up a complete design flow. Ease continues to be the most intuitive design entry environment in the market, while offering all necessary features for both advanced and novice HDL designers.
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[10] RESISTORS SMOOTH OUT SHORT-TERM SURGES
(Phoenix Passive Components, 13 September 2004)
The SR37 family of surge resistors is composed of a multilayer metal film deposited on a high-quality ceramic body. The resistors are provided with a nonflammable blue coating, which protects them from climatic and mechanical agents and is also resistant to cleaning solvents, meeting MIL-STD-202, method 215 and IEC60068-2-45.
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New Technical Articles and Case Studies
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DIGITAL MEDIA PROCESSOR POWERS A/V CD PLAYER
(Texas Instruments, 9 September 2004)
Two new portable media devices from Iriver are billed as redefining the portable media player (PMP) market with the industry's first CD portable media player.
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PROGRAMMABLE ANALOGUE ICS SET THE COURSE
(Anadigm, 9 September 2004)
Anadigm field programmable analogue arrays are being used in watercraft steering modules manufactured by Teleflex Canada.
* Read more: http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/ana/ana129.html
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MICROCONTROLLER IS PUT TO THE SWORD
(Cyan Technology, 13 September 2004)
The eCOG1 configurable low power microcontroller features in a powerful and flexible wireless communications system developed by PIC now being trialled by the BBC.
* Read more: http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/cya/cya111.html
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RTOS STARS IN MULTI-AXIS DIGITAL SERVO CONTROLLER
(LynuxWorks, 9 September 2004)
Acutronic has selected the LynxOS RTOS for its Acutrol 3000 multi-axis digital servo controller.
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FUJITSU MAXIMISES FIRST SILICON SUCCESS
(Cadence Design Systems, 13 September 2004)
Fujitsu has standardised worldwide on the Cadence Incisive Conformal equivalence checking solution for verifying the ASIC requirements of its highly complex, multi-million-gate SoC designs.
* Read more: http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/cad/cad240.html
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TOUCHSCREENS GO ON THE GAME
(Zytronic, 14 September 2004)
Zytouch touchscreen technology is providing the user interface for a new gaming experience called IND:E, Interactive Networkable Digital Entertainment.
* Read more: http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/zyt/zyt109.html
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ALUMINIUM HAS THE EDGE IN THERMAL MANAGEMENT
(Norse Precision Castings, 8 September 2004)
Although aluminium lies fourth after silver, copper and gold in the league of heat conduction, take into account its economy and ease of production, and it rises to the top.
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Other featured product news
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MCU HOSTS FULL TRUSTED COMPUTING SOLUTION
(STMicroelectronics, 8 September 2004)
Available now, the ST19WP18-TPM is a complete Trusted Computing Group (TCG) 1.2 solution from STMicroelectronics which is backward compatible with the company's TCG 1.1b solution.
* Read more: http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/stm/stm112.html
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IGBT MODULES CUT THEIR LOSSES
(Fairchild Semiconductor, 9 September 2004)
Two new 1200V IGBT modules from Fairchild Semiconductor are designed for optimised on-state loss against turn-off switching loss.
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INTELLIGENT OPTION IN ADDON CARD POWER MANAGEMENT
(Summit Microelectronics, 14 September 2004)
The SMH4046 and SMH4047 are intelligent power management controllers for use in addon cards for network communications, storage, server and other host system applications.
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TRANSCEIVERS BRING COPPER UP TO SPEED
(Analogix Semiconductor, 14 September 2004)
Analogix Semiconductor has introduced a new family of physical-layer transceiver ICs that lets system designers replace fibre optics with less expensive copper media in system-to-system interconnects.
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INCREASED ACCURACY FOR DESKTOP PCB DESIGN SUITE
(Zuken, 13 September 2004)
Cadstar 7.0 is a major revision to the long-established scalable, front-to-back desktop PCB design suite.
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ONLINE SERVICE BRINGS CAD LIBRARIES TOGETHER
(Accelerated Designs, 14 September 2004)
Ultra Librarian On-line is an online service for the cost-reduction of CAD/CAE library creation and maintenance activities.
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NEW ENGINES IMPROVE NANOMETRE PARASITIC EXTRACTION
(Mentor Graphics UK, 14 September 2004)
New resistance and capacitance engines for Calibre xRC enable the industry's most accurate simulation of nanometre technology.
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DOT MATRIX DISPLAYS HAVE ALL APPLICATIONS COVERED
(Forge Europa, 10 September 2004)
Forge Europa manufactures a very varied selection of LED devices for the optoelectronics market, and one of its core product offerings is its extensive range of dot matrix displays.
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COAX CONNECTORS HANDLE HIGH POWERS
(Smiths Interconnect - Sabritec, 10 September 2004)
The RF coaxial MDCX connector range is aimed at test and measurement, burn-in and high power applications.
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SPEEDY CONNECTIONS FOR FIBRE OPTICS
(Tyco Electronics UK, 10 September 2004)
LightCrimp Plus connectors offer ST and AMP SC connector versions that require no polishing and no curing - just strip, cleave and crimp.
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CONNECTORS AID PORTABLE EQUIPMENT DESIGN
(FCI, 10 September 2004)
Spring contact connectors from FCI help reduce the size and increase the reliability of interconnections between portable equipment and docking stations.
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NEW SCHEME CHECKS OUT LEAD-FREE PROCESSES
(Practical Components, 10 September 2004)
A new lead-free process capability programme combines lead-free components and test boards with analytical evaluation and process capability validation services to IPC and J-STD requirements.
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EIGHTH-BRICK BUS CONVERTORS BOAST HIGH EFFICIENCY
(Celestica Power Systems, 8 September 2004)
Celestica has expanded its IBC Series with a range of industry-leading, high-performance eighth-brick fixed-ratio bus convertors.
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PCI CARD INTERFACES WITH HIGH-SPEED LOGIC
(Dynamic Engineering, 8 September 2004)
The PCI-NECL-ASN1 supplies 20 ECL transmitters and 20 ECL receivers plus 12 TTL I/Os.
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SERIAL DATA ANALYSER SETS ITS OWN BAUD RATE
(New Forest Electronics, 14 September 2004)
The SDA-02 handheld serial data analyser now has a novel feature whereby it can automatically change baud rate while monitoring incoming data.
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