1. Embedded SRAM power Record Claimed
Renesas is claiming record low stand-by power for embedded SRAM, at 13.7nW/Mbit. Speed has been retained – active read-out takes 1.8ns. The firm used its in-house 65nm silicon-on-thin buried oxide (BOX) – SOTB – process for the prototype, and used substrate biasing to adjust the leakage/speed compromise. This gets over challenges with conventional CMOS, such as the increased leakage with low-threshold transistors and high variability in gate threshold voltage.
2. Microchip adds High Quality graphics processing to PIC32
Microchip has added a high-resolution 2D graphics controller and 32Mbyte of SDRAM to its 32bit PIC32 microcontroller range.
It is aimed developers of embedded products wanting high-quality images and animations on displays up to 12inch.
Up to 24bit colour is available in multiple input and output formats – with a global colour palette look-up table (CLUT) supporting 256 colours built in.
3.Lattice uses FPGA to cut image processing power for robots
Lattice Semiconductor has introduced its first embedded vision development kit for mobile designs that require low power image processing.
The low power processing comes from the firm’s ECP5 FPGA, which is combined with an HDMI chip and CrossLink pASSP mobile bridging device.
According to Lattice product marketing director, Deepak Boppana, the low power mobile applications include machine vision, smart surveillance cameras, robotics, AR/VR, drones and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
4. Huawei develops ARM-Android open source platform for Linaro
A development platform for the Android open source project (AOSP) has been created by Huawei. The ARM-based hardware is part of the Linaro open source collaborative engineering organization developing software for the ARM ecosystem.
The HiKey 960 96Boards development platform from Huawei is now listed on the 96Boards website and will become available through global distribution channels.
It is expected to be of interest to mobile developers and product design for markets like digital signage, point of sale (POS) and robotics.
Renesas is claiming record low stand-by power for embedded SRAM, at 13.7nW/Mbit. Speed has been retained – active read-out takes 1.8ns. The firm used its in-house 65nm silicon-on-thin buried oxide (BOX) – SOTB – process for the prototype, and used substrate biasing to adjust the leakage/speed compromise. This gets over challenges with conventional CMOS, such as the increased leakage with low-threshold transistors and high variability in gate threshold voltage.
2. Microchip adds High Quality graphics processing to PIC32
Microchip has added a high-resolution 2D graphics controller and 32Mbyte of SDRAM to its 32bit PIC32 microcontroller range.
It is aimed developers of embedded products wanting high-quality images and animations on displays up to 12inch.
Up to 24bit colour is available in multiple input and output formats – with a global colour palette look-up table (CLUT) supporting 256 colours built in.
3.Lattice uses FPGA to cut image processing power for robots
Lattice Semiconductor has introduced its first embedded vision development kit for mobile designs that require low power image processing.
The low power processing comes from the firm’s ECP5 FPGA, which is combined with an HDMI chip and CrossLink pASSP mobile bridging device.
According to Lattice product marketing director, Deepak Boppana, the low power mobile applications include machine vision, smart surveillance cameras, robotics, AR/VR, drones and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
4. Huawei develops ARM-Android open source platform for Linaro
A development platform for the Android open source project (AOSP) has been created by Huawei. The ARM-based hardware is part of the Linaro open source collaborative engineering organization developing software for the ARM ecosystem.
The HiKey 960 96Boards development platform from Huawei is now listed on the 96Boards website and will become available through global distribution channels.
It is expected to be of interest to mobile developers and product design for markets like digital signage, point of sale (POS) and robotics.
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