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November 9, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of the CMKBR-6F bridge rectifier.
This new device consists of a monolithic, fast switching chip with four, 60V, 140mA high speed, low leakage switching diodes, configured as a full wave bridge rectifier; and packaged in the SOT-363 surface mount case. With a low capacitance of 5pF, low leakage of 10nA (max.), and a fast switching speed of 1.0µs (typ.), the CMKBR-6F is perfect for the latest computer and peripheral equipment circuits requiring efficient uniform response characteristics for critical design applications. In addition, this new device utilizes 69% less board space than four individual SOD-123 devices and has a low profile (height) of 0.9mm.
The CMKBR-6F is available Bulk Packed or 3,000 pcs on 7" Tape & Reel. Prices for the CMKBR-6F start at $0.36 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel. Sample devices are available upon request.
Central Semiconductor manufactures leading edge discrete semiconductors and is always eager to explore design engineers' requests or special requirements. Specifications for this new device can be found in the New Products / Latest Updates section of Central's website at www.centralsemi.com/new.
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September 26, 2005 - HALO Electronics, Inc. Introduces a new 3 Watt DC/DC Converter Isolation Transformer for use with the Maxim MAX256™
HALO is pleased to announce a new series of 3 Watt isolation transformers designed specifically for the Maxim MAX256™ controller and H-Bridge driver. This circuit is ideal for Industrial Controls, Medical and Telecommunications applications.
The HALO TGM-H series of toroidal transformers provides a high efficient, 1.5KV isolation solution in a small cost effective 8 pin SMD package. This extremely low DCR family has been fully tested, approved and recommended by Maxim in commercial and extended temp range MAX256™ applications.
Samples are available from stock to 3 weeks lead time. Production lead time is 8-10 weeks.
HALO Electronics is a technology leading, manufacturer of communications and low power management magnetics providing next generation solutions today for the LAN and WAN industries. The company is a global supplier with customers located in over 40 countries.
Aug. 30, 2005 -Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq:RMTR), the leading developer and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) products, today announced its acquisition of Goal Semiconductor Inc., a privately held, fabless semiconductor manufacturer based in Montreal, Canada, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $7.6 million. Ramtron believes that its business combination with Goal will enable the company to accelerate its product development plans for analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and provide customers with an expanded portfolio of FRAM-enabled data acquisition, signal processing and microcontroller devices.
Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Ramtron paid approximately $2.0 million in cash and $5.6 million in Ramtron common stock to acquire all of the outstanding securities of Goal. For the stock portion of the consideration, Ramtron issued approximately 1,950,000 new common shares. As a result of the transaction, Ramtron now has approximately 24.4 million common shares outstanding. The transaction closed on August 29, 2005.
The acquisition of Goal is expected to add approximately $1.2 million per year to Ramtron's operating expenses and to become accretive to Ramtron's earnings in 2006, as products resulting from the combination are commercialized. Included in Ramtron's increased operating expense assumptions are costs associated with maintaining offices in Canada, increased payroll and other acquisition-related expenses. As a result of the acquisition, Ramtron now has a total of 107 full-time employees, up from 88. The company does not plan to take any charges related to the acquisition in the third quarter of 2005.
Ramtron also announced today that it is in the process of securing a $3-million term loan facility from Silicon Valley Bank. The new facility is anticipated to carry a term of 36 months and will accrue interest at the prime lending rate plus 1%. Ramtron believes it will gain approval for and close the loan facility during the first half of September 2005.
"We believe that our path to revenue and earnings growth will be paved by the execution of an aggressive product development and commercialization plan," said Bill Staunton, Ramtron CEO. "We expect that this acquisition, which is highly complementary to our current product strategy, will give us a five-year jump on our roadmap for integrated and application-specific product launches. As a result, we hope to accelerate the development and delivery of high-margin products targeted at the markets that we serve."
Ramtron plans to combine Goal's portfolio of feature-rich data acquisition and signal processing technologies, products and intellectual property (IP) with its own high-performance nonvolatile FRAM memory technology and products to create new offerings. Ramtron's nonvolatile FRAM memory devices use proprietary technology to capture data faster with higher endurance and lower power consumption than competitive nonvolatile memory devices. Goal's capabilities, product designs and IP focus on analog signal conditioning, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion, programmable microcontrollers, signal processing blocks, and interfaces for control or networking. Ramtron anticipates that the combined capabilities of the two companies will facilitate the rapid development of new, highly integrated data acquisition and signal processing products that are enhanced by the unparalleled memory performance enabled by nonvolatile FRAM technology.
"The Goal team is pleased to join Ramtron in the pursuit of highly integrated product offerings," said Irv Lustigman, president and CEO of Goal Semiconductor. "We see this combination as an ideal blend of technologies, talents and corporate cultures."
"We believe that the performance and functionality potential for our integrated and application-specific standard product offerings will expand significantly as a result of this acquisition," Staunton continued. "For example, with our current Processor Companion line of analog and mixed-signal ICs, we can provide about 30% of the silicon content required for an electronic power meter. By adding Goal products and analog design expertise, we will be able to provide as much as 70% to 80% of the required silicon content under the Ramtron name."
Product, Application and Market Synergies
Data acquisition and signal processing encompass the collection, filtering and modification of sensor signals from real-world phenomena for logging and analysis. Specifically, data acquisition involves converting an analog signal into a time series of digital values, with each value recording the signal at that instant. Signal processing involves the manipulation of digitized signal samples via mathematical operations to achieve results such as filtering and phase-shifting.
The use of data acquisition and signal processing ICs has significantly increased among a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications, and this is driving the need to collect and process more data than ever before. Ramtron's FRAM memory enables faster, more frequent and lower-power data acquisition than any other available nonvolatile memory technology. With this acquisition, Ramtron expects to capitalize on the emerging trend toward acceleration of data collection and processing by applying Goal's expertise to the development of industry-leading products that are differentiated by FRAM memory features and benefits.
"Much of what has been developed at Goal is targeted at the same application platforms that we already pursue and support in the consumer, industrial and communications markets," commented Staunton. "This market synergy makes for a natural close fit between our two companies."
Business Integration Plans
Ramtron and Goal are currently developing an integration plan that is intended to leverage the strengths and best business practices of each company. Ramtron plans to make additional details and information about the acquisition available on its web site at http://www.ramtron.com/ramtronandgoal.
Staunton continued, "Due to the highly compatible nature of Goal's operations, we anticipate that any disruption of Ramtron's day-to-day business will be minimal."
Combined Product Lines
Ramtron plans to sell Goal products in conjunction with its existing product line of nonvolatile FRAM memories and Processor Companions. Ramtron's product line now consists of the following offerings:
Stand-alone FRAM memory
Processor Companions (FRAM memory with integrated mixed-signal content)
Application-Specific Standard Products (highly integrated products for target applications)
8-bit microcontrollers
High-voltage digital-to-analog converters (DACs)
Aug. 15, 2005 - New Serial-Attached-SCSI (SAS) Expander Switching Products Implement Key Zoning and Security Functions to Facilitate Shared Storage and Protect Users against Data Theft and Corruption
PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS) today announced the latest additions to its maxSAS storage family, the PM8399 SXP 24x3GSec and PM8398 SXP 36x3GSec SAS switching chips, architected for the fast-growing blade server market. Blade servers are being rapidly deployed in enterprise data centers as they significantly reduce rack space, power consumption, and lower IT management costs when compared with conventional pedestal and rack-mount solutions. PMC-Sierra's SAS switching products provide zoning and security features that enable a new class of blade servers based on end-to-end SAS electronics, providing substantial cost savings over current switching solutions (see Figure 1). The SXP 24x3GSec and SXP 36x3GSec SAS Expander Switches implement the ANSI INCITS T10 SAS-2 Zoning proposal, jointly developed by PMC-Sierra and Hewlett Packard, and are the industry's first IC products to provide this innovative switching technology.
"Quanta Computer has been working closely with PMC-Sierra to deliver a complete SAS blade server architecture," said Mike Yang, vice president of Enterprise & Storage Business Unit at Quanta Computer Inc. "PMC-Sierra's industry leading zoning and security capabilities enabled Quanta to provide a best-in-class architecture with a highly competitive cost structure."
"PMC-Sierra is working closely with industry leaders and the T10 standards committee to ensure the successful market deployment of SAS technology," said Mark Stibitz, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra's Enterprise Storage Division. "Our maxSAS products are broadly used by over 50 customer programs in networked and server-attached storage system applications. The SXP 24x3GSec and SXP 36x3GSec SAS zoning switch products build upon PMC's extensive protocol, networking and signal integrity technology base, and customer-proven experience in successfully deploying our products into SAS/SATA-based system designs."
Standardizing SAS Zoning for Industry-Wide Adoption
PMC-Sierra, in conjunction with Hewlett Packard, submitted the SAS zoning proposal to the ANSI INCITS T10 committee in May 2005 (www.t10.org). The T10 committee approved the formation of a SAS working group to complete the specification for inclusion in the SAS-2 standard. The SAS zoning working group is headed by PMC and supported by industry's leading server OEMs.
The SAS zoning specification provides flexible and efficient access control zoning in any SAS physical topology. Features include:
-- Access control partitioning (zoning) that segments shared network resources into groups;
-- Security policies to restrict access between groups;
-- Single point of configuration and policy management at the expander switch; and
-- Backward compatibility and transparent operation with existing SAS controllers, host bus adapters and disk drive arrays.
Reference System with Switch Management Software Accelerates Time-to-Market
The PM8399 SXP 24x3GSec and PM8398 SXP 36x3GSec products are available with a complete reference system, together with switch management software (SMS) for blade server equipment makers. The Reference System provides OEM and ODMs with a fully functional SAS switch design that significantly reduces development costs and accelerates time-to-market. A key feature of the SMS is that it provides complete configuration and management of access control zones across the entire SAS topology. In addition, the SMS displays via a GUI the SAS topology in a hierarchical fashion, to facilitate the task of assigning the correct zoning attributes to expanders and end devices.
Availability
The PM8399 SXP 24x3GSec and PM8398 SXP 36x3GSec devices are packaged in 27x27mm CSBGA using 0.13 micron technology and are completely pin- and software-compatible to the PM8388 SXP 24x3G and PM8387 SXP 36x3G devices. The SXP 24x3GSec is available now and priced at $59 in 10 KU quantities. The SXP 36x3GSec is available in fourth quarter 2005 and priced at $89 in 10 KU quantities. The PM2402_KIT SXP 24/36x3GSec Reference System is available now and priced at $3,995. For further information including datasheets, please visit www.pmc-sierra.com/storage or contact PMC-Sierra at sales@pmc-sierra.com
Figure 1: SAS Blade Server Storage Architecture www.pmc-sierra.com/images/Gsec_bladeserver_nb_500px.jpg
Photos available at www.pmc-sierra.com/pressRoom/photos/index.html
About PMC-Sierra's Storage Products
PMC-Sierra offers cost-optimized products featuring best-in-class signal integrity, flexibility and diagnostics for increased system performance and management. The company provides 1G, 2G and 4G Fibre Channel disk array and system interconnect products for SAN/NAS storage and switch fabric applications. In addition, PMC-Sierra provides 3G interconnect products for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial Attached ATA (SATA) storage systems. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/storage
Sept. 19, 2005 - PMC-Sierra's VoIP Technology is the First to Complete Compliance Testing at China Netcom Group Labs
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) today announced the addition of a VoIP Wi-Fi Broadband Router platform to its family of production-ready reference designs for residential Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). (See: Figure 1) PMC-Sierra's solution enables a Triple Play performance wireless home router with simultaneous --
-- Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-quality voice, -- Wire-speed Fast Ethernet Routing and Firewall performance, and -- Video-over-IP Service capability.This solution provides a customizable, Open Source-based platform that allows Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) to rapidly deploy highly differentiated features and derivative platforms.
"The Residential Broadband VoIP market is entering a period of very rapid growth as service providers begin widespread deployment of IP-Enabled services to their customers," says Albert Ju, the assistant vice president of the CPE Product Line at ZyXEL, the largest worldwide vendor of DSL router and VDSL equipment. "To meet their aggressive growth targets, carriers are demanding value-added but price-competitive CPE solutions that offer PSTN-equivalent voice service quality, combined with simultaneous high bandwidth routing performance. PMC-Sierra's solutions address these critical requirements and enable the delivery of very competitive platforms."
PMC-Sierra's VoIP technology is the first to successfully complete compliance testing at the China Netcom Group Labs, achieving exceptional voice quality measurement results with a Mean Opinion Score (MOS) of greater than 4.1. In addition, PMC-Sierra's VoIP solutions have already achieved Best-in-Class certification results from China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL), and Korea's Telecommunications Technology Association.PSTN-Equivalent Quality is a "Must" for VoIP Service Offering
The key to ensuring subscriber growth for VoIP service providers is voice service quality that is indistinguishable from PSTN-quality services under all Internet conditions.
"Carrier validation of VoIP technology is essential for the rapid deployment of services in this competitive market," said Dino Bekis, vice president of marketing for PMC-Sierra's Communications Products Division. "The China Netcom Group Labs testing has provided our best results to-date. Superior voice quality together with high-performance routing allows PMC to offer customers like ZyXEL an impressive portfolio of solutions that will ensure competitive, faster time-to-revenue end-products."
PMC-Sierra's field-proven Voice Processing Module (VPM) is supported across the entire family of MSP products, delivering Carrier-Class, PSTN-quality VoIP services in solutions ranging from low cost ATAs through to high performance CPE Broadband Routers and Gateways.
Enhanced Feature Flexibility and Performance
PMC-Sierra's MSP4200 device is at the heart of the PMC-Sierra VoIP Wi-Fi Broadband Router solution. (See: Figure 2) The MSP4200 supports a DSP-based voice engine to maximize the MIPS processor's performance in management, signaling and high speed IP Routing tasks. This architecture ensures wire-speed Fast Ethernet Routing and Firewall performance with up to four channels of simultaneous Voice over IP. A PCI interface provides further flexibility by supporting a wide range of 802.11 Wi-Fi chipsets and other peripherals.
Linux-based Routing, Firewall and Management Functions and SIP Signaling Stack
The VoIP Wi-Fi Broadband Router software builds upon PMC-Sierra's previous solutions, including all necessary Voice Processing and SIP signaling together with Linux-based routing, Firewall and management functions for a fully functional platform. The Open Source-based Linux application software provides a foundation for ODMs and OEMs to benefit from the Triple Play service deployment roll-out by bringing unique and differentiated home router products quickly to market.
Features, Availability and Customer Support
PMC-Sierra's VoIP Wi-Fi Router turnkey system design is available today and includes the MSP4200 device, schematics, gerber files, source and object code together with extensive documentation.
The platform provides all of the hardware and Linux-based software to build a production-ready product supporting the following key features:
-- SIP signaling stack
-- 2 FXS ports for 2 simultaneous voice calls, supporting G.711, G.723.1 and G.729
-- FXO port for intelligent call forwarding and power failure back-up functions
-- WAN Ethernet port for broadband Internet connectivity
-- Integrated 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi access point support and 4 Fast Ethernet ports for simple home networking
-- Network Address Translation (NAT) and Firewall
-- Fax relay support with T.38 compliance
-- Web-based GUI for local or remote system management
For more information, contact a PMC-Sierra sales representative at www.pmc-sierra.com/contactSales or visit www.pmc-sierra.com/voip
June 14, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of the CMKSH2-4LR triple isolated low VF Schottky diodes packaged in a space saving ULTRAmini™ SOT-363 surface mount case.
This new device consists of three (3) isolated, low VF Schottky diodes, with a maximum continuous forward current of 200mA (per diode), a maximum peak repetitive reverse voltage of 40V, and a typical forward voltage of 0.35V @ 100mA. Designed for switching applications requiring a low forward voltage drop, this device is ideal for portable hand held applications. The CMKSH2-4LR utilizes 75% less board space than three (3) individually packaged SOD-123 devices.
The CMKSH2-4LR is available Bulk Packed or 3,000 pcs on 7” Tape & Reel. Prices for the CMKSH2-4LR start at $0.16 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7” reel.
April 28, 2005- Central Semiconductor Corp. Announces the release of the CMLSH05-4DO dual, low VF Schottky diodes packaged in a PICOminiTM SOT-563 surface mount case.
The SOT-563 case utilizes 55% less board space than two (2) individual SOD-523 devices and boasts a maximum profile of 0.6mm. Configured as two isolated devices with an opposing anode/cathode pinout, each diode has a peak repetitive reverse voltage of 40V, a high continuous forward current of 500mA, and a low VF of 0.35V @ 100mA.
The CMLSH05-4DO has been designed for battery-powered applications requiring a low forward voltage drop. The SOT-563 PICOminiTM package is ideal for hand held electronics where small size and light weight is a key requirement.
This device is available Bulk Packed or 3,000 pcs on 7" Tape & Reel. Prices for the CMLSH05-4DO start at $0.16 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel.
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April 25, 2005--PMC-Sierra(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) today introduced the PM8318 TEMAP(TM) 168 device, the industry's highest density, trans-multiplexing (transmux) and PDH mapper solution.
With the TEMAP 168, PMC-Sierra continues to expand its leadership in the transport equipment market, offering a highly integrated, low power solution that requires half the board space of other available competitive offerings (see: Figure 1). The device also integrates essential performance monitoring and messaging functions to reduce overall equipment operating costs by eliminating the need for separate test access and monitoring hardware.
"Due to the explosive growth in new voice and data connections, transmux has emerged as a key transport service to support interworking between legacy and next-generation networks," said Dino Bekis, vice president of marketing for PMC-Sierra's Communications Products Division. "TEMAP 168 is PMC-Sierra's third generation TEMAP device, bringing unsurpassed integration and functionality tailored to the transport market. This addition to our broad metro transport product portfolio enables equipment vendors and carriers to minimize time to market and improve operating and capital expenses in today's competitive environment."
TEMAP 168 Integrates Test Access to Reduce Operating Costs
The TEMAP 168 device supports standards compliant in-service performance monitoring and test access functionality for T1/E1, including the Facility Data Link protocol. Essential in any of today's T1/E1 transport systems, hardware-based performance monitoring and messaging functions in the TEMAP 168 greatly simplify transport equipment and overall network architectures by eliminating the need for separate test access and monitoring hardware (see: Figure 2).
By removing the need for an overlay test access infrastructure, and providing integrated test access functionality, the TEMAP 168 enables carriers to easily and efficiently manage Service Level Agreements and demarcation points remotely within the network, eliminating costly truck rolls.
Scalable, Cost-effective Transmux Services
Trans-multiplexing is the interworking between legacy and next-generation networks by bridging T1/E1 traffic mapped into legacy DS-3s to T1/E1 traffic mapped into standard SONET/SDH containers. The TEMAP 168 offers a highly integrated, flexible solution capable of supporting clear channel DS-3 and DS-3 transmux mapping on a single card, bringing substantial development cost savings to equipment vendors. Standard serial interfaces allow simple scaling of TEMAP 168 applications to OC-48/STM-16 or higher. The device integrates 168/126 T1/E1 bidirectional-PMON capable transceivers, six DS3/E3 bidirectional PMON-capable transceivers, and six M13 multiplexers (see: Figure 3).
Simple, Cost-effective Board Design and LIU Interfacing
As silicon geometries decrease and enable higher system densities, clock and data port interfaces can increase device pin counts, power consumption, and system cost. To eliminate these interface density constraints, the TEMAP 168 utilizes the Scalable Bandwidth Interconnect Transport (SBI TR) bus, an extension of the industry standard SBI(TM) bus. With a full suite of LIU solutions supporting the SBI TR bus, including the PM4329 HDLIU(TM) device, a 32 port T1/E1 device, TEMAP 168 is capable of achieving up to twice the physical density with lower capital and operating costs than any other solution on the market.
Availability and Customer Support
The PM8318 TEMAP 168 device is now sampling, packaged in a 23x23mm FCBGA and developed in 0.13 micron CMOS technology. The device integrates standard serial back-plane interfaces for seamless interworking with PMC-Sierra's extensive Metro Transport CHESS Family of devices. A new white paper on "T1/E1 Performance Monitoring" and a related paper on "Evolving Efficient Interconnects for High Density LIUs" are now available at www.pmc-sierra.com/pressroom/whitepapers.html. For comprehensive datasheets and application notes, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/networking.
April 12, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of a new low VCE(SAT) bipolar power transistor in an SOT-223 surface mount package.
The CZT7090L is a PNP device with a typical VCE(SAT) of 0.175 volts at 1.0 amp and has been designed for portable electronic products
requiring an energy efficient power transistor in a small surface mount case
with a low profile.
The CZT7090L is perfect for use in such applications as: DC-DC converters for
mobile systems, mobile LAN cards, motor control, power management, and strobe
flash units. The CZT7090L is available Bulk Packed or 1,000 pcs on 7" Tape
& Reel. Prices start at $0.18 each for 1,000 pcs on a 7" reel.
April 12, 2005--PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS) today announced the availability of the PM2319-KIT maxSAS(TM) Reference System for fabric attached and server attached SATA/SAS disk array enclosures.
The Reference System, combined with the SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) Software Development Kit (SDK) significantly reduces development costs while accelerating time-to-market for storage equipment vendors.
The reference system utilizes PMC-Sierra's PM8387 SXP 36x3G or PM8388 SXP 24x3G high port count expander switches for SATA and SAS Hard Disk Drive interconnect. Both devices integrate a MIPS-Powered(TM) programmable storage enclosure processor for managing the enclosure environment through the standards-compliant SES protocol. The maxSAS(TM) SDK includes SES/SAS firmware libraries, host and embedded programming tools, reference system code and full technical documentation.
"With the tremendous market opportunities that we see for SAS storage solutions, Promise established a close working relationship with PMC-Sierra very early in our development of our SAS JBOD systems," said Sam Sirisena, Senior Vice President and the General Manager, Advanced Technology Group Promise Technology, Inc. "By combining Promise's expertise in developing external storage products and PMC-Sierra's leadership in the SAS expander technology, Promise expects to be the first to market with highly anticipated SAS JBOD product offerings for OEMs and end users."
"PMC-Sierra continues to enable the SATA/SAS storage systems market with leading-edge products and design solutions," said Mark Stibitz, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Storage Division at PMC-Sierra. "The availability of the maxSAS hardware and software design platform, high-density expander switches and multi-vendor interoperability gives our customers the tools to deliver enterprise storage systems with a time-to-market, feature and cost advantage."
maxSAS(TM) Reference System
The PM2319-KIT maxSAS Reference System enables customers to immediately begin firmware development. The Reference System is used in conjunction with SATA and SAS hard drives and SAS controllers/initiators. A data generator and checker integrated into the SXP 36x3G and SXP 24x3G devices can also be used for signal integrity measurements. The Reference System can be configured via a USB or serial port connection to a PC, or may be operated in a standalone configuration.
The maxSAS Reference System's hardware components include:
-- PM8387 SXP 36x3G or PM8388 SXP 24x3G high port count expander
-- SGPIO fan-out FPGA
-- CPLD (for pin configuration, programming SEEPROM and TWI control)
-- Temperature sensor device
-- Fan controller device
-- FLASH (1Mx16-bit)
-- SRAM (1Mx16-bit)
-- Clock circuitry
-- SAS 4X External (SFF 8470) connectors for all high speed serial interfaces
-- DB9 connector for a 16550 UART interface
-- EJTAG connector to the integrated MIPS-Powered processor for software debugging
The maxSAS Reference System's SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) Software Development Kit (SDK) includes:
-- Complete SES/SAS protocol stack
-- Standard SES page support
-- Target-side framework for rapid prototyping and implementation of additional SES pages
-- Complete enclosure management code examples
-- Server-side GUI and command-line pmc_scsi tools for rapid prototyping, testing and demonstration of new SES pages
-- Firmware download module
-- Complete suite of device drivers (TWI/UART/SGPIO) for controlling & monitoring peripherals
Pricing and Availability
The PM2319-KIT maxSAS(TM) Reference Design is available now and is priced at $6,995 USD. For further information on this reference design and the maxSAS product family, please contact PMC-Sierra at sales@pmc-sierra.com or visit www.pmc-sierra.com/storage.
About PMC-Sierra's maxSAS Expander Switch Products
PMC-Sierra has proved multi-vendor interoperability with both SAS and SATA HDDs from Fujitsu, Hitachi, Maxtor and Seagate as well as SAS Host Bus Adaptor's from LSI Logic and Adaptec. The standards-compliant PMC-Sierra maxSAS product family enables a wide range of next-generation tiered storage systems based on both SAS and SATA HDDs. The maxSAS product family includes the following devices:
-- PM8387 SXP 36x3G - 36 port SAS expander switch with integrated storage enclosure processor
-- PM8388 SXP 24x3G - 24 port SAS expander switch with integrated storage enclosure processor
-- PM8383 SXP 12x3G - 12 port SAS expander switch
-- PM8381 SXP 6x3G - 6 port SAS edge-expander
-- PM8380 QuadSMX(TM) 3G - Quad SATA/SAS 2 :1 multiplexer
-- PM8389 SMC-L - Storage enclosure processor
PMC-Sierra Storage Products
PMC-Sierra offers cost-optimized products featuring best-in-class signal integrity, flexibility and diagnostics for increased system performance and management. The company provides 1G, 2G and 4G Fibre Channel disk array and system interconnect products for SAN/NAS storage and switch fabric applications. PMC-Sierra also provides 3G interconnect products for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial Attached ATA (SATA) storage systems. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/storage.
April 5, 2005 – U.S. semiconductor maker Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), the leading supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) products, announced today that Japan-based Ricoh Company Ltd. has selected Ramtron’s nonvolatile FRAM memory for use in its multi-function printers and laser printers for 2005.
Ricoh, one of the world’s leading suppliers of office equipment, has chosen FRAM memory for its high-reliability features, including high write endurance, fast read/write speed and low power operation. Since 2003, Ramtron has shipped more than 11 million FRAM devices into printer designs worldwide.
Ramtron’s FM25L256 will be used in Ricoh’s color and monochrome multi-function printers and laser printers for paper and copy count functions, as well as start-up configuration data storage, which requires high endurance and fast read/write speed. In addition, FRAM provides a cost advantage, accelerates system design and is environmentally friendly because it does not require a battery to store data. Ricoh has been a Ramtron customer for several years and currently uses an array of FRAM devices in its printer and copier product lines.
“These design wins highlight FRAM’s growing reputation among the industry’s most respected consumer OEMs, as a fast and reliable alternative to EEPROM and battery-backed SRAM,” said Michael Hollabaugh, Ramtron vice president of Worldwide Sales. “For several years, Ramtron has been winning in printers, which is only one of the many growing consumer markets in Japan that can leverage the benefits of our FRAM products.”
About FM25L256
The FM25L256 is a 256-Kilobit nonvolatile RAM with an industry-standard SPI interface and is pin-compatible with comparable EEPROM. Reads and writes are performed at bus speeds of up to 25MHz throughout the entire memory. There are no write delays or maximum write buffer sizes. The product operates from 2.7 to 3.6 volts, using lower operating power. The FM25L256 is rated for the industrial temperature range of -40C to +85C.
For more information, please visit Ramtron’s product homepage at http://www.ramtron.com.
March 31, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the introduction of a new family of discrete semiconductor devices called Multi Discrete ModulesTM (MDMTM).
The first two devices to be introduced in this family are the CMLM0405 and CMLM0605. The CMLM0405 combines an isolated 60 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) NPN Transistor and a 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky diode. The complementary CMLM0605 is an isolated 60 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) PNP Transistor and a 0.5 Amp Low VF Schottky diode. The combination of these devices is ideal for motor control and DC-DC circuit applications.
The MDMTM family represents Central's first effort to utilize the benefit of different semiconductor devices in the same package. Packaged in a PICOminiTM SOT-563 surface mount case, the CMLM0405 and CMLM0605 offer a low profile of under 0.6mm and require 65% less circuit board space when compared to a combination of an SOT-523 transistor and an SOD-523 Schottky diode.
The CMLM0405 and CMLM0605 are available Bulk Packed or 3,000 pcs on 7" Tape & Reel. Prices for the CMLM0405 and CMLM0605 start at $0.14 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel. Sample devices are available upon request. Requests for new device combinations are always welcome.
Other MDMTM devices in the SOT-563 package currently in development include:
CMLM2205: 75 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) NPN Transistor and 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky Diode
CMLM0705: 60 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) PNP Transistor and 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky Diode
CMLM0205: N-channel DMOS FET and 0.5 Amp Low VF Schottky Diode
Central Semiconductor manufactures leading edge discrete semiconductors and is always eager to explore design engineers' requests for special, selected or custom devices. Specifications for these new devices can be found in the New Products / Latest Updates section of Central's website at www.centralsemi.com/new.
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March 30, 2005 – TDK Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in the design and manufacture of mixed-signal communication semiconductors for world markets, unveiled today the latest member of its modem Analog Front End (AFE) family of devices.
The new 73M1903C is optimized for emerging MFP/Fax architectures and features worldwide PSTN compliance with programmable line terminations. “The 73M1903C integrates many features previously supported with external components and is the lowest cost solution for both low and high speed applications, including V.17/V.34 Fax, MFP, POS, and set-top boxes,” according to Kourosh Boutorabi, product line manager for embedded modems at TDK. “A unique feature of this device is integrated support for software selectable PSTN terminations. This offers designers the ability to meet world requirements with one standard low cost transformer DAA circuit.” View full release at:
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March 29, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of the new series of TRIACs in the TO-220FP FullPak package.
This
series includes 8.0 Amp (CQ220-8MFP, CQ220-8NFP),
12 Amp (CQ220-12MFP, CQ220-12NFP), 16 Amp (CQ220-16MFP,
CQ220-16NFP) and 25 Amp (CQ220-25MFP, CQ220-25NFP)
devices. The MFP suffix signifies 600 Volts (VDRM, VRRM) in a FullPak case and
the NFP suffix signifies 800 Volts (VDRM, VRRM) in a FullPak case. The TO-220FP
package provides a fully encapsulated plastic case requiring no additional
mounting insulation. These TRIACs are ideal for AC control applications and
feature gate triggering in all four (4) quadrants.
The devices are available Bulk Packed or in a 50 piece sleeve. Prices for the
CQ220-8MFP start at $0.56 each for a sleeve of 50 pcs. Prices for the
CQ220-12MFP start at $0.62 each for a sleeve of 50 pcs. Prices for the
CQ220-16MFP start at $0.72 each for a sleeve of 50 pcs. Prices for the
CQ220-25MFP start at $0.82 each for a sleeve of 50 pcs. Consult the factory for
800 Volt devices. Sample devices are available upon request.
Central Semiconductor manufactures leaded and surface mount discrete
semiconductors and is always eager to explore design engineers' requests for
special, selected or custom devices. Specifications for these new devices can be
found in the New Products / Latest Updates section of Central's website at www.centralsemi.com/new.
Hauppauge, NY USA - - March 22, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of the new CMDSH05-4 energy efficient high current/low VF Schottky diode packaged in a
SUPERmini SOD-323 package. This device offers a high continuous forward current of 500mA and a low maximum VF specification of 0.35V at 100mA and 0.47V at 500mA. The CMDSH05-4 is ideal for motor control and DC-DC applications in portable battery powered electronics. Central Semiconductor's EED Schottky diodes typically have a forward voltage drop of at least 50% less than non-EED diodes. The SOD-323 surface mount package offers a nominal profile under 1.0 mm and compared to an SOD-123 utilizes 49% less circuit board space.
This device is available Bulk Packed or 3,000 pcs on 7" Tape & Reel. Prices for the CMDSH05-4 start at $0.14 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel. Sample devices are available upon request. Central Semiconductor manufactures leading edge discrete semiconductors and is always eager to explore
design engineers' requests or special, selected or custom devices. Specifications for this new device can be found in the New Products / Latest Updates section of Central's website at www.centralsemi.com/new
March 15, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of a new family of discrete semiconductor devices called Multi Discrete Modulesface="Symbol">Ô(MDMface="Symbol">Ô
Hauppauge, NY USA - March 15, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of a new family of discrete semiconductor devices called Multi Discrete Modulesface="Symbol">Ô(MDMface="Symbol">Ô. The first two devices to be introduced in this
family are the CMLM0405 and CMLM0605. The CMLM0405 combines an isolated 60 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) NPN Transistor and a 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky diode. The
complimentary CMLM0605 is an isolated 60 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) PNP Transistor and a 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky diode. The combination of these devices is ideal for motor control and DC-DC circuit applications.
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represents Central's first effort to utilize the benefit of different semiconductor devices in the same package. Packaged in a PICOminiface="Symbol">Ô SOT-563 surface mount case, the CMLM0405 and CMLM0605 offer
a low profile of under 0.6mm and require 65% less circuit board space when compared to a combination of an SOT-523 transistor and an SOD-523 Schottky diode.
The CMLM0405 and CMLM0605 are available Bulk Packed or 3,000 pcs
on 7" Tape & Reel. Prices for the CMLM0405 and CMLM0605 start at $0.14 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel. Sample devices are available upon request. Requests for new device combinations are always welcome.
Other MDM(tm) devices in the SOT-563 package currently in development include:
CMLM2205: 75 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) NPN Transistor and 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky Diode
CMLM0705: 60 Volt, Low VCE(SAT) PNP Transistor and 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky Diode
CMLM0205: N-channel DMOS FET and 0.5 Amp, Low VF Schottky Diode
Central Semiconductor manufactures leading edge discrete semiconductors and is always eager to explore design engineers' requests for special, selected or custom devices. Specifications for these new devices can be found in the New Products / Latest Updates section of Central's website at www.centralsemi.com/new
February 25, 2005 - Central Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of three (3) new energy efficient low leakage diodes.
Hauppauge, NY USA - Central
Semiconductor Corp. announces the release of three (3) new energy efficient low
leakage diodes. The CMDD3003, CMOD3003 and CMLD3003DO all offer a maximum leakage specification of
1.0nA and a 180 Volt reverse voltage rating. These devices have a leakage
specification significantly lower than non-EED diodes and are ideal for portable
battery powered products requiring longer stand-by time.
The SUPERmini CMDD3003 consists of a single device packaged in an SOD-323
surface mount case with a nominal profile of less than 1.0mm. The ULTRAmini
CMOD3003 is a single low leakage, high voltage diode in an SOT-523 surface mount
package with a profile of under 0.8mm The PICOmini CMLD3003DO, in an SOT-563
surface mount package, includes two low leakage/high voltage diodes isolated
from one another with opposing polarities and a maximum package profile of
0.6mm.
In the past, this series was only available in four (4) configurations of an
SOT-23 package: single, dual common anode, dual common cathode, and dual in
series. With the addition of these three (3) new package options, the 3003
series of low leakage/high voltage diodes satisfies a broader range of smaller
electronic products.
These devices are available Bulk Packed or 3,000 pcs on 7" Tape & Reel.
Prices for the CMDD3003 start at $0.11 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel.
Prices for the CMOD3003 start at $0.12 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel.
Prices for the CMLD3003DO start at $0.16 each for 3,000 pcs on a 7" reel.
Sample devices are available upon request.
February 21, 2005 - PMC-Sierra Unveils Industry-Leading Device for IP DSLAMs To Accelerate Triple Play Services; Low Cost S/UNI DUPLEX GE Based IP DSLAMs Enable Advanced Customer Premises Equipment
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2005--PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) today announced the PM7354 S/UNI(R) DUPLEX GE, a low cost ATM-to-Ethernet interworking device for IP DSLAMs (see: Figure 1). S/UNI DUPLEX GE based IP DSLAM architectures enable original equipment manufacturers to lower overall development and product costs, while allowing their customers to reduce field deployment costs and offer value-added Triple Play services.
"PMC-Sierra's S/UNI DUPLEX GE is the ideal line card solution for our DSLAM platforms," said Mr. Maoping He, chief engineer at ZTE Corporation. "We will be able to provide our customers very cost competitive and feature-rich IP DSLAMs in various form-factors because of the flexibility offered by the S/UNI DUPLEX GE."
"Ethernet-enabled DSLAM adoption by carriers has increased markedly in the last two years, with RHK estimating the broadband platform secured 16% of the DSLAM market in 2004," said Roy Rubenstein, senior analyst at market research and advisory company, RHK Inc. "The announcement by PMC-Sierra of its S/UNI DUPLEX GE positions it well to take advantage of this growing DSL opportunity, given that Ethernet-enabled and IP DSLAMs will become the architecture of choice for new triple play services delivery."
"PMC-Sierra is one of the major component suppliers to the DSLAM market," said Greg Aasen, vice president and general manager, Communication Products Division at PMC-Sierra. "As the demand for interactive services such as Voice-over-IP and Video-on-Demand grows, the requirements for high bandwidth and symmetrical communications will continue to increase. The S/UNI DUPLEX GE provides DSLAM vendors with increased bandwidth in low-cost multi-service IP DSLAMs."
Increasing DSLAM Vendor ROI and Reducing Service Provider CAPEX
As the ATM networks are migrating to Ethernet-based IP networks, service providers are deploying DSLAMs that can interface to the ATM-based CPE on one side and the Ethernet access network on the other. The S/UNI DUPLEX GE implements ATM to Ethernet conversion in dedicated hardware, a function deployed to date in expensive network processors or FPGAs. This significantly reduces line card cost which is a major portion of the IP DSLAM bill of materials.
The hardware-based S/UNI DUPLEX GE also eliminates the need for proprietary software for network processors and reduces the overall development cost of the IP DSLAM. The combination of lower BOM and development costs provides original equipment manufacturers with a better return on investment on their IP DSLAMs while being price competitive. Service providers can reduce their CapEx by deploying low cost DSLAMs. At the same time, they can increase the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) by taking advantage of Triple Play service offerings.
Providing Quality of Service and Multicast at Gigabit Ethernet Rates
The S/UNI DUPLEX GE terminates ATM traffic from the customer premises equipment (CPE) on line cards thus enabling usage of off-the-shelf Ethernet switches in DSLAMs (see: Figure 2). The device can simultaneously aggregate up to 144 ADSL2+ modems and offers attractive features such as full Gigabit Ethernet line rate throughput, advanced quality of service (QoS) and non-blocking multicast. Eight classes of service simplify end-customer SLA management and offer further upgrade flexibility for advanced CPEs capable of providing voice, video, and data services.
Configurable data encapsulation schemes ensure the reusability of the IP DSLAM line-cards across various geographic locations. The S/UNI DUPLEX GE also offers a migration path for ATM DSLAMs that are based on the PMC-Sierra VORTEX(TM) chip set by providing the option for Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.
Single Chip Supports Multiple Architectures
The high level of integration in the S/UNI DUPLEX GE ensures its applicability in multiple architectures. The device has Utopia Level 2 interface for connection to ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+ modems and an optional POS PHY Level 2 interface for connection to VDSL modems. DSLAM vendors can take advantage of multiple interfaces to deploy a SUNI DUPLEX GE based system with a mix-and-match of ADSL and VDSL line cards. Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet SERDES interfaces provide redundancy and backplane driving capabilities in modular central office DSLAMs. When used in fixed remote DSLAMs or Next-Gen DLCs, the SERDES interfaces provide direct connection to SFP optics (see: Figure 3).
Pricing, Availability and Customer Support
The PM7354 S/UNI DUPLEX GE device is designed in 0.13 micron CMOS technology and packaged in a 352 ball, 27x27mm HSPBGA package. The evaluation kit for the S/UNI DUPLEX GE includes PMC-Sierra's MSP2006 control processor and the SwitchCore CXE2130 Ethernet switch. Pricing is available upon request. The S/UNI DUPLEX GE device and the evaluation kit will be available in Q2, 2005. A comprehensive support product package including datasheets, application notes, device models, reference design, and software is available. Please contact PMC-Sierra applications support for more information at apps@pmc-sierra.com or visit www.pmc-sierra.com/networking.
February 8, 2005 - Altera and PMC-Sierra Extend High-Speed Serial Options for FPGAs and Structured ASICs - Partnership Provides Customers With Broad Range of High-Speed Serial Options for Altera’s Cyclone II, Stratix II and HardCopy II Families
San Jose, Calif., —Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) and PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) today announced a partnership to deliver a full suite of interoperable high-speed serial I/O solutions based on Altera’s programmable logic and PMC-Sierra’s transceiver technologies. The combination of these technologies will allow users of Altera’s low-cost Cyclone™ II FPGA family, high-density Stratix® II FPGA family or HardCopy® II structured ASIC family to seamlessly integrate these devices into systems based on high-speed serial protocols via PMC-Sierra’s PM8358 QuadPHY 10GX serializer-deserializer (SERDES) transceiver. This new chipset solution complements Altera’s FPGAs with integrated transceivers and PMC Sierra’s ASSPs, and extends the options for customers targeting high-volume, cost-sensitive backplane and line-interface solutions. “PMC-Sierra’s high-speed serial devices are widely deployed to increase the throughput and decrease the costs for serial communication links used for networking, storage, computing and wireless applications,” said Travis Karr, director of marketing at PMC-Sierra. “The combination of our QuadPHY 10GX SERDES and Altera’s FPGAs provides our customers the ability to deploy cost-effective solutions that support the major emerging serial protocols with the rates of 1.2 to 3.2 gigabits per second.” Designers are increasingly using serial protocols, including PCI Express, Advanced Switching, Serial RapidIO™, Gigabit Ethernet, XAUI, Fibre Channel (1G, 2G and 10G), Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI), and Common Protocol Radio Interface (CPRI) to implement chip-to-chip, board-to-board and system-to-system communication. The flexibility of PMC-Sierra’s PM8358 transceiver, combined with Altera® FPGAs, allows customers using these protocols to design cost-sensitive and high
Altera and PMC-Sierra Extend High-Speed Serial Options 2-2-2 performance products. For those customers who prefer a single FPGA/transceiver solution, Altera offers integrated SERDES solutions. “Altera believes in giving customers the flexibility of implementing their designs with either embedded or external transceivers depending upon their density, cost and performance requirements,” said Jack Ogawa, Altera’s senior director of partner solutions. “Stratix GX, with its embedded transceivers, provides the benefit of reducing board complexity via SERDES integration, while our partnership with PMC-Sierra for external transceivers provides the advantage of high-speed serial I/O coupled with the architectural enhancements and cost reductions of our latest 90-nm device families.”
Availability A comprehensive package of design support materials including an evaluation board featuring the PMC-Sierra PM8358 transceiver and the Altera Stratix II EP2S90 device will be available in Q2 2005. For more information about PMC-Sierra’s QuadPHY 10GX SERDES, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/serdes.
January 6,
2005 - Marvell® Extends Leadership in Consumer WLAN With Introduction of World’s First 802.11a/g Single Chip Solution Embedding TCP/IP
- New Embedded Layer 3 and Audio Processing Capabilities Reduce System Design Complexities to Accelerate Adoption of WLAN for High Volume Consumer Electronic Products
Sunnyvale, California — Marvell® (NASDAQ: MRVL), the technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications and storage solutions, today announced the industry’s first embedded Wireless LAN (WLAN) chip with integrated TCP/IP networking to provide the most advanced 802.11a/g solution for mobile consumer applications. The Marvell 88W8388 chip is designed specifically to meet the requirements of the next generation, high volume consumer electronic products such as gaming consoles, digital still cameras, digital video cameras, printers, cellular phones, PDAs and MP3 players.
The traditional PC WLAN connectivity solutions are not well suited to meet the stringent needs of consumer electronic devices. Mobile consumer devices require a new degree of power optimization, ultra compact size and the ability for WiFi to co-exist with multiple cellular and Bluetooth radios. Additionally, these devices need a thick MAC architecture to offload the host processor of networking and application functions to integrate WLAN capabilities. Marvell’s microwatt WLAN transceiver technology coupled with a powerful, scalable, network aware application processing functionality offer OEM’s the ultimate flexibility and maximum power savings. Marvell’s current solutions meet these stringent requirements and have already enabled major tier one OEM’s in the portable gaming, cellular handset, PDA and imaging product segments to successfully integrate WLAN into their current generation of high volume flagship products.
The next generation of sophisticated camera phones, high-resolution digital cameras, and high capacity MP3 music players will require ad-hoc wireless connections for inter-device communication. The ideal WLAN solution to address these requirements should incorporate complete TCP/IP network processing to enable consumer products to achieve seamless peer-to-peer access and connectivity to the Internet. Marvell offers unprecedented integration of application aware network processing to fulfill this need. Systems designed with the Marvell 88W8388 allow users to easily stream music wirelessly from an MP3 player to Hi-Fi speakers, transfer videos and photos directly from cellular phones and digital cameras to WLAN enabled TVs, form a private gaming network instantly, and surf the Internet from any hot spot.
The 88W8388 is the world’s first device to combine embedded TCP, UDP and IP networking functions with Marvell’s proven multimode 802.11a/g technology and enables new usage models such as peer to peer printing, ad-hoc gaming, streaming audio/video and a variety of Voice over IP (VoIP) applications. This ultra-low power and small size device is designed to meet the unique requirements of consumer products. It features an integrated ARM CPU, audio codec interfaces for true high-fidelity sound, high-speed serial host interfaces including USB 2.0, SDIO, and SPI to ensure interoperability with a variety of host systems. It is fully compatible with Marvell’s existing suite of software drivers for seamless migration to a consumer class 802.11a/g solution.
“With the advanced capabilities offered in our 88W8388 chip, OEM’s can now easily add WLAN connectivity to existing products with little or no impact to their system architecture and gain significant time to market advantages,” said Balaji Baktha, vice president and general manager of Marvell’s Embedded and Emerging Business Unit. “This will further accelerate the adoption of WLAN in high volume consumer products.”
Availability
The new 88W8388 Embedded 802.11a/g device is sampling now to key OEM customers. To shorten customers’ design cycles and accelerate time-to-market, Marvell provides development kits with complete hardware reference designs and a full suite of software.
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