Marvell a world leader in storage, cloud infrastructure, Internet of Things (IoT), connectivity and multimedia semiconductor solutions, today announced the expansion of its solid-state drive (SSD) portfolio to include the 88NV1160 Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Express DRAM-less SSD controller. Marvell’s 88NV1160 DRAM-less SSD controller provides the industry’s leading performance per Watt and up to 1600MB/s read […]
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Eight, four-channel controllers for SSDs
Microsemi Corporation today announced the availability of its mainstream Flashtec NVM Express (NVMe)2108 eight channel and NVMe2104 four channel controllers, enabling leading enterprises and data centers worldwide to realize cost and power effective high capacity solid state drives (SSDs). The second generation PCIe devices extend Microsemi’s product line to mainstream capacity, performance, and power while maintaining architectural consistency […]
PCIe switch sports super-high density
Microsemi Corporation today announced the availability of its Switchtec PFX PCIe switch, providing the industry’s highest density, lowest power PCIe switch for data center, communications, defense and industrial applications. Using simple hardware configuration and advanced diagnostics and debug capabilities, the PFX enables PCIe solutions for a wide variety of systems from scalable JBOFs (just a bunch of flash) to general purpose applications […]
SSD controllers integrate DDR4 DRAM on chip
Microsemi Corporation announced the production release of its Flashtec NVM Express (NVMe)2032 and NVMe2016 controllers, enabling the world’s leading enterprises and data centers to realize the highest performance solid state drives (SSDs) utilizing next-generation NAND technologies. Providing the highest capacity, performance and reliability to store critical data, the devices are the industry’s first SSD controllers to integrate DDR4 DRAM, alleviating bottlenecks […]
High-speed, PLC input isolators handle up to 8 channels
Silicon Labs has introduced the industry’s first high-speed, multi-channel digital isolators designed to meet the demands of programmable logic controller (PLC) applications. The new Si838x PLC field input isolator family offers an unmatched combination of high-speed channels (up to 2 Mbps), exceptional channel integration (up to eight channels per device), bipolar input flexibility, high noise […]
BLE chips pull just 3.6 mA in transmit mode
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) today introduced three new integrated circuits (ICs) that support Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE)1 ver.4.1 communications for Bluetooth Smart devices2, including wearable electronics, sensors and high-end coin battery-powered devices. At 3V supply voltage, the TC35678FSG, TC35678FXG, and TC35679FSG consume just under half the power of previous Toshiba products3 – in […]
USB type-C chip layouts target 40-nm and 55-nm processes with reduced power and space requirements
Synopsys, Inc. today announced it has reduced the power and area of its DesignWare® USB 2.0 Type-C Controller and PHY IP for cost-sensitive and energy-efficient Internet of Things (IoT) edge applications targeting 40-nanometer (nm) and 55-nm ultra-low power processes. The IP cuts silicon area by up to 50 percent compared to competitive offerings, saving on average $0.03 per die. […]
Dual-mode BLE SoCs bring wireless streaming to speakers, headsets and gaming headphones
Microchip Technology Inc. today announces the next generation of dual-mode Bluetooth® audio products. The IS206X family builds on Microchip’s successful IS202X portfolio of highly integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices and modules by introducing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) capability. Uniquely engineered for speakers, headsets and gaming headphones, this Flash-based platform offers ample flexibility and powerful design features, allowing audio manufacturers […]
Next-gen BLE chips sport ASCII-style command interface to eliminate complicated coding
Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced two next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy solutions with an easy-to-use ASCII-style command interface that makes the devices easy to configure and eliminates any complicated code compiling. The RN4870 and RN4871 support the latest Bluetooth 4.2 specification and have a Bluetooth stack on […]
Chipset handles CAT-M cellular IoT networks
Altair Semiconductor, a leading provider of LTE chipsets, today announced that samples of its new dual-mode FourGee-1210 CAT-1/CAT-M chipset will be available later this year, enabling a smooth transition to the next standard of Cellular IoT networks. While CAT-1 chipsets have been deployed around the world for a wide range of IoT applications, carriers and vendors […]