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.
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FPGA design tool vendor GateRocket has ceased operations
There is no word yet regarding an acquisition of GateRocket's assets, but the tools could be valuable to both Xilinx and Altera should they be interested in picking them up.
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Nanometer Circuit Verification Forum to follow CICC
Berkeley Design Automation and its EDA partners will hold a nanometer Circuit Verification Forum in Santa Clara on September 22.
