Atmel announced that the Atmel SAM9G45 and SAM9M10 ARM-based products will support the Android operating system (OS) for applications in consumer, industrial and computing markets. Based on the 32-bit ARM926 processor, Atmel SAM9G45 and SAM9M10's ARM9-based microcontrollers are now compatible with A...

EnSilica, a provider of front-end IC design services and system solutions, has announced a collaboration with silicon Intellectual Property (IP) provider Evatronix, to offer fully featured eSi-RISC processor SoC solutions incorporating USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 connectivity. The collaboration with Evatro...

Microchip announces the launch of a 32-bit-microcontroller-based, open-source development platform that is compatible with Arduino hardware and software. Designed and manufactured by Digilent, a Microchip Authorized Design Partner, the chipKIT called platform is a 32-bit Arduino solution. The platfo...

IAR Systems announced that its software development toolsuite IAR Embedded Workbench now offers support for the recently released ultra-low-power MSP430FR57xx FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) microcontroller series from Texas Instruments. The MSP430FR57xx FRAM series ensures data can be wr...

Atmel announced an extension to the Atmel CryptoAuthentication family, the ATAES132 devices. These devices offer secure data storage using the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) authentication for industrial, consumer, computing and embedded applications with flexible key management features and sec...

Atmel is expanding the Atmel AVR Xplained evaluation kits to support applications in the industrial, consumer, automotive and computing markets. Supporting all Atmel AVR devices including the megaAVR, AVR XMEGA and AVR UC3 families, the Xplained kits create a platform for developers to evaluate Atme...