Micronas announced the MicStickTMD, a production-ready reference design which enables watching and controlling live DVB-T broadcasts on any USB 2.0-equipped desktop and notebook PC. The design is built around a Micronas DRX 3975D COFDM (coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) demodulator, ...

Atmel announced the availability of a new Silicon Germanium (SiGe) based front-end IC, ATR0981. The use of SiGe technology, the simple yet flexible application circuit, and the device's wide operating frequency range (300 MHz to 500 MHz) make possible a broad range of applications, from hand-held fa...

Fulcrum Microsystems announced FocalPoint, a family of 10-Gigabit Ethernet Switch Chips that offer a total latency of 200ns. As many as 24 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, each containing an integrated 10-Gigabit Ethernet Attachment Unit Interface (XAUI), and 8 Mb of on-chip packet storage, are all contai...

Teridian Semiconductor announced the introduction of a 20QFN package for its 73S8024RN. This new package option has been approved by NDS for use with its Videoguard conditional access solution. The small package option is possible due to the low-drop-out (LDO) regulator architecture of the chip, whi...