What's New in Semiconductors
Recent Press ReleasesMore 
- November 19, 2009
- Symmetry Electronics and Fujitsu Microelectronics America Announce New Distribution Agreement for the Americas
- September 30, 2009
- The Fujitsu Graphics Display Controller MB86R01 ‘Jade’ Designed into First 'Virtual' Instrument Cluster on 2010 Range Rover by Visteon
- September 14, 2009
- Fujitsu Microelectronics Now Shipping Industry’s First 3G SAW-less Transceiver: a New Multimode, Multiband UMTS/ GPRS/EDGE Solution
- August 27, 2009
- Fujitsu Microelectronics and TSMC to Collaborate on 28nm Process Technology
- July 27, 2009
- Fujitsu Now Shipping USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC for PC Peripherals Supporting SuperSpeed USB 3.0
- July 21, 2009
- Digi-Key Corporation and Fujitsu Microelectronics Announce Worldwide Distribution Agreement
Upcoming Events
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | ||
| September 22 - 24, 2009 | Intel Developer Forum IDF 2009 | San Francisco, CA |
| September 21 - 24, 2009 | Embedded Systems Conference - ESC Boston 2009 | Boston, MA |
| June 2009 | ||
| June 2 - 3, 2009 | Telematics Update 2009 | Novi, MI |
| April 2009 | ||
| April 30, 2009 | 1394 Automotive Tech Seminar | Dearborn, MI |
White PapersMore
- 2009/09/04
The Fujitsu ASIC Platform: Combining Engineering Expertise with Best-in-Class Tools and Process Technology to Deliver Cost-Efficient Custom SiliconAdvanced ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) development today requires complex and expensive design tools, leading-edge process technologies, and experienced engineering teams. Some large companies can commit the resources needed to acquire the expertise, support a sizable design team, and invest in the complete tool chain and development flow, all the way from circuit design to Graphic Data Systems (GDS) and beyond. This option, known as Customer Owned Tooling (COT), is a good choice for companies that can amortize costs over many products that are manufactured in high volumes for broad markets.
- 2009/08/10
Using USB 3.0 for Storage Media ApplicationsBy closing the gap between internal and external storage performance, USB 3.0 is bringing a fundamental shift to the storage market. Because USB 3.0 enables external drives to achieve data transfers as fast as a PC’s internal drives, users will undoubtedly take advantage of external storage much more than they have in the past.
- 2009/07/15
Application Ideas for 8-bit Low-Pin-Count (LPC) Microcontrollers8-bit low-pin-count (LPC) microcontrollers have taken advantage of process shrinks to increase their functionality and thus serve more applications than ever before at lower cost. While even LPC devices were becoming pad-limited by the 0.35µm technology node, advances in architecture, motor control, smart energy management, Ethernet and wireless connectivity requirements for home automation and control, have led to a new range of applications for 8-bit MCUs.
- 2009/05/01
How the 1394 Automotive Network Simplifies Infotainment DeliveryIn the race to develop the most appealing infotainment solutions, car makers can get a head start by taking advantage of standard 1394 bus technology. Under the names of FireWire (Apple), i.Link (Sony), and Lynx (Texas Instruments), 1394 has proven ideal for carrying infotainment data in a variety of applications and now promises to provide the same high performance in automobiles with a version known as the 1394 Automotive network. This technology has become vital to drive automobiles into the information age.
- 2009/04/16
INITIALIZATION AND REGISTER DESCRIPTION APPLICATION NOTEThe FMA1127 Touch Sensor Controller (TSC) offers a very effective and highly flexible way of implementing capacitive touch sensing for various applications. The TSC can be connected to virtually any host MCU by a two-wire I2C host interface, minimizing the number of connections needed.
- 2009/03/30
The PSP Model in the RF CMOS Design KitWhile the Penn State Philips (PSP) transistor model is rightly hailed as an excellent alternative to traditional BSIM models for RFIC design, RF designers need to be aware of how PSP models relate to actual device behavior. PSP models do require some judgment on the part of model developers. Equally important is an understanding of the way these models are used in an RF process design kit (PDK).
- 2009/02/23
Touch Sensor Controller - Technology and Application TrendsGlitzy consumer products such as smartphones have helped make touch-screen controllers quite popular, and touch sensors provide a convenient way to control virtually any type of device.
