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40 V to 200 V automotive-qualified MOSFETs with benchmark on-state resistance September 15, 2011 40 V to 200 V automotive-qualified MOSFETs with benchmark on-state resistance International Rectifier has launched a family of automotive-qualified MOSFETs delivering benchmark on-state resistance (Rds(on)) for a range of applications including electric power steering (EPS), integrated starter alternator (ISA) pump and motor control, and other heavy loads on internal combustion ... Read more PSA, GE collaborate on e-mobility solutions September 15, 2011 PSA, GE collaborate on e-mobility solutions General Electrics (GE) and carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen have signed an agreement aiming at the collaborative development of reliable business models for electromobility. Within the scope of the agreement, both companies plan to develop electromobility offerings in Europe designed to overcome the current ... Read more Freescale expands analog LIN PHY portfolio September 15, 2011 Freescale expands analog LIN PHY portfolio Chipmaker Freescale has announced a new product family of LIN PHY devices. With low noise, high electromagnetic immunity and best-of-class EMI and ESD behavior, the devices help to improve network-oriented communication in automotive body applications. Read more Renesas releases free-of-charge self-test MCU Software for safety compliance September 14, 2011 Renesas releases free-of-charge self-test MCU Software for safety compliance Renesas Electronics Europe has received VDE (the German Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) certification for its IEC60335-compliant self-test software for the RX600 and RL78 microcontroller (MCU) families. These self-test CPU software routines developed for the RX600 and ... Read more Globalfoundries revamps BCD process for automotive chips September 13, 2011 Globalfoundries revamps BCD process for automotive chips Globalfoundries has announced a foundry technology optimized for automotive applications such as power management devices, audio amplifiers, displays and LED driver integrated circuits (ICs). Built on a proven process used in high-volume manufacturing for consumer applications, the BCDlite 0.18um process ... Read more Automotive, smartphone applications drive silicon magnetic sensor revenue September 12, 2011 Automotive, smartphone applications drive silicon magnetic sensor revenue Lifted by the strong automotive sector and rising global demand for digital compasses in smartphones and tablets, the market for silicon magnetic sensors is enjoying accelerated growth, with revenue in 2011 set to rise a strong 23.7 percent, according to a new IHS iSuppli MEMS & Sensors Special Report ... Read more Melexis utilizes time-of-flight technology for collision avoidance system September 09, 2011 Melexis utilizes time-of-flight technology for collision avoidance system Chipmaker Melexis has licensed SoftKinectic's DepthSense range-sensing technology and plans to use it to implement a collision avoidance system. The versatile system will also be used for other automotive systems in the future. Read more New MCUs could ease IEC 61508 SIL 3 and ISO 26262 ASIL-D system certification September 08, 2011 New MCUs could ease IEC 61508 SIL 3 and ISO 26262 ASIL-D system certification Designed to help developers obtain safety certifications, Texas Instruments has announced its new Hercules safety microcontroller platform for medical, industrial and transportation applications. The platform consists of three ARM Cortex-based microcontroller families that deliver scalable performance, ... Read more Wind River extends embedded virtualization support September 08, 2011 Wind River extends embedded virtualization support The architectures supported by Wind River Hypervisor now include the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore, targeting companies in the industrial and medical market segments looking to run real-time applications alongside human machine interface (HMI) applications. Additionally, new support for Microsoft Windows 7 allows ... Read more Automotive multimedia concept embraces Android, tablet computer September 08, 2011 Automotive multimedia concept embraces Android, tablet computer Ingredients such as cloud computing, tablet computer hardware and open-source operating systems today are ubiquitous in the consumer corner of the IT world. Now IT services provider Tieto is about to bring all these ingredients into the automotive environment. Read more
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