Mike Demler, EE Daily News
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Conexant adds Keterex audio playback IC to launch new product line
Conexant has announced the launch of a new audio playback product line acquired from Keterex to play 8 KHz audio data directly to an external speaker via an on-chip digital audio processor and class-D amplifier.
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National Semiconductor adds 16-bit and 24-bit sensor analog front ends
National Semiconductor Corp. has announced the availability of seven new 24-bit and 16-bit multi-channel sensor AFEs (analog front-ends) to enable designers to easilly configure signal paths from interface sensors to microcontrollers.
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EE Daily News 20-page special report reviews the EDA/IP exec panel at GTC2011
The 2nd annual GLOBALFOUNDRIES Technology Conference (GTC) provided a rare opportunity to hear industry leaders discuss a wide range of issues that will impact the future direction of the electronics design ecosystem.
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TI claims industry's lowest power for NFC transceiver
TI is targeting its new NFC transceiver at infrastructure devices which communicate to NFC-enabled devices such as smartphones.
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Hot Chips will need more analog to support multicore
A common thread that ran through the 23rd Hot Chips conference presentations was the integration of more complex and higher performance analog circuits as an absolute requirement.