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To Supply the World's Smallest 64-gigabit NAND Memory Chip on Second Generation 19 Nanometer (nm) Process Technology TOKYO and IRVINE, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today announced that the company has developed second generation 19 nanometer process technology that it will apply to mass production of...

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Microcontrollers (MCU) Market by Product (8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the demand for microcontrollers was 10.64 billion units in 2011, and is expected to reach over 29 billion units in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 16.0% from 2012 to 2018. Browse the full report at http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/microcontrollers-market.html....

ALBANY, New York, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com) "Microcontrollers (MCU) Market by Product (8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast, 2012 - 2018", the demand for microcontrollers was 10.64 billion units in 2011, and is expected to reach over 29 billion units in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 16.0% from 2012 to 2018. In...

LONDON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier Farnell and Cypress Semiconductor Corp . (NASDAQ: CY) announced today that customers can now pre-order the new PSoC(R) 4 Pioneer Development Kit from element14. The powerful new kit costs only $25, and lets designers discover the capabilities of the new PSoC 4 programmable system-on-chip architecture, which combines Cypress's best-in-class PSoC analog and digital fabric with ARM(R)'s power-efficient Cortex(TM)-M0 core. The...

CLEVELAND, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LineStream Technologies, an innovator of software-based motor control solutions, has collaborated with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) to launch InstaSPIN(TM)-MOTION, the performance pinnacle of TI's InstaSPIN(TM) family. Powered by LineStream's SpinTAC(TM) software, InstaSPIN-MOTION streamlines the design process and improves system performance of motor-controlled products ranging from washing machines to medical robots. "Software is...

Optimize motor performance across speeds and simplify commissioning, tuning and motion sequencing using C2000(TM) Piccolo(TM) microcontrollers. HOUSTON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At long last, system designers have been liberated from limited operating ranges and time-consuming tuning processes with the new InstaSPIN(TM)-MOTION motor control solution from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN). InstaSPIN-MOTION is a comprehensive torque-, speed- and motion- control...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(®) Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, will hold a conference call Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 2 p.m. PT to discuss its first quarter 2013 financial results. Atmel President and CEO, Steven Laub, and Senior Vice President and Interim CFO, Steve Skaggs, will be participating on this call. The earnings release will be issued at the close of market that same day. (Logo:...

Company Leverages Its BiCD 130nm Mixed-Signal Process Technology to Develop Six Highly Integrated Motor Control Drivers In Compact Footprints SAN JOSE, Calif., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today releases six of the company's next-generation stepping motor control drivers. The motor control drivers are designed using the Toshiba BiCD...

PFC engineers can develop high-voltage and advanced power metering designs and analog power supply designers can easily transition to digital with new TI kits HOUSTON, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital power designs are now even easier with two new development kits from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN). The TI C2000(TM) microcontroller (MCU) Interleaved Power Factor Correction (PFC) Kit offers best-in-class efficiency, power factor (PF) and total harmonic...

NEW YORK, February 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Investors Alliance announced new research reports highlighting Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM), Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) and Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the links below. Microchip...