News & Press Releases - Processors - 8

Rabbit , a Digi International brand, today introduced the Rabbit 6000 , the industry’s first embedded wireless communications and control System on Chip (SoC) ideal for industrial automation applications. The Rabbit 6000 combines wireless ...

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced its MSC8155 digital signal processor (DSP), a higher performance and cost-optimized version of the company’s flagship MSC8156 DSP based on the latest StarCore technology. The MSC8155 includes ...

Atmel Corporation announced the SAM9M10 , a high-performance ARM926EJ-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) that integrates a video decoder and 2D acceleration (scaling, rotating, color space conversion, picture in picture) to provide high-quality ...

STMicroelectronics announced details of a new generation of decoder chips that will enable hybrid Internet/broadcast-TV set-top boxes (STBs) featured to deliver enhanced user experiences and allow consumers to experience broadcast, Internet or ...

The CC2480 is the first product from TI’s new Z-Accel family of ZigBee-certified network processors that simplifies design and reduces time-to-market. Z-Accel makes it easy to add ZigBee functionality to new or existing applications and ...

Wavecom S.A. announced the launch of Fastrack Extreme an HSDPA (or 3.5G) version of its Plug-and-Play Wireless CPU. Compatible with existing Open AT® applications, the newest addition to the Fastrack family has the same form-factor as the ...

The S12X family will retain the low cost, power consumption, EMC and code-size efficiency advantages currently enjoyed by users of the existing 16-bit HCS12 MCU family. Based around an enhanced HCS12 core, the S12XD family is designed to deliver 2 ...

At a price of less than $10, the new TMS320DM355 digital media processor provides HD video performance and double the battery life of today's HD products. The DM355 is tuned for applications such as digital cameras, IP video cameras, digital photo ...

IBM announced that Power Architecture will make a return to outer space as NASA plans to launch the Phoenix Mars Lander, its most sophisticated probe to date. The lander will head to the polar north of Mars where it will dig into the frozen surface ...

NVIDIA announces a new class of processors based on a revolutionary new graphics processing unit (GPU). Under the NVIDIA® Tesla™ brand, NVIDIA will offer a family of GPU computing products that will place the power previously available ...