- Faraday Details its PeripheralComposer
Faraday Technology Corp. today gave details on its PeripheralComposer-1 (PC-1), an application-specific base array that contains an ARM core, along with support for USB, Ethernet, wireless connectivity and one million programmable logic gates. Based on the ARM processor architecture with integrated USB and Ethernet, silicon IP and fabless ASIC vendor ......
- Outsourcing trends-a matter of perspective?
HEADNOTE Does outsourcing make sense? It depends whom you ask, and what you ask about. Customers and vendors don't seem to be on the same page Are networking vendors and consultants out of touch with their customers' wants and needs? It appears so, if the findings from our recent BCR/THINKstrategies ......
- INTERVIEW: Ravi Sethi on creating a mini-Bell Labs at Lucent Spin-off Avaya and stressing the D part of R&D
When Lucent Technologies spun off its enterprise networking business last September as Avaya Communications in its Murray Hill neighborhood, Bell Laboratories veteran Ravi Sethi was a prize catch for Avaya. Sethi is now president of Avaya Labs, leading a team of about 3,000 scientists and engineers - most of whom ......
- Broadcom Embeds Quad Core SoC with DDR2
Broadcom Corp. is looking to get around some application bottlenecks with DDR2 in its latest SiByte line of MIPS-based SoCs, slated to be announced at the In-Stat/MDR Fall Processor Forum this week. The company plans to make four announcements for 64-bit MIPS central processing units (CPU) -- two at dual-core ......
- Processor with CAN Fits into Tiny Package
Two constants in many fields are the need for networking and a demand for smaller circuit boards. Microchip Technology Inc. is addressing both trends with a compact 8-bit microcontroller that includes a CAN controller. The PIC18F4580, housed in a quad flat no-pin (QFN) package with only 28 pins, also holds ......
- Conexant Beats Intel to 802.11g Punch
Conexant Systems Inc. today announced sampling of its 802.11g solution, beating Intel Corp. to the punch by a matter of days. Intel is expected to detail its 54Mbit addition to its Centrino line at this week's Intel Developer Forum. Last week Intel made public that the -g solution, which was ......
- VI: Enabling high-performance data access
HEADNOTE This is the fourth in a series of columns authored by members of the DAFS Collaborative, an industry group formed to create a protocol specification for direct, memory-to-memory data networking. The Virtual Interface (VI) Architecture, released in 1997 by Compaq, Intel, and Microsoft, is a specification for a high-performance ......