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Microchip Technology Inc. announced the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of 8-, 16- and 32-bit USB microcontrollers (MCUs) supported by a single integrated development environment—the free MPLAB IDE. Building on its rich 8-bit USB PIC MCU offerings, Microchip now offers the low-power 16-bit PIC24F USB family, which is pin, peripheral and software compatible with the new high-performance, 80 MHz, 32-bit PIC32 USB MCUs. In addition, Microchip expands its 8-bit USB product offering at the low end with the lower-cost, smaller-footprint PIC18F1XK50 family.

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STMicroelectronics, a world leader in microcontrollers, has increased both the scalability and peripheral options of its breakthrough 32-bit STM32 MCU family. Unveiled by ST in June 2007, the STM32 MCU has since reaped significant success with design wins and production ramp-up at many industry leaders in a wide range of high-volume applications. The company is now expanding the family to provide up to 512 Kbytes of on-chip Flash, larger SRAM and extra features for displays, sound, storage and advanced control.

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Renesas Technology Corp. announced the development of the RX600 Series microcontrollers (MCUs), re-defining performance capabilities of CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)*¹ based MCUs. The new devices, scheduled for sample shipment in the second quarter of 2009, will be the first 32-bit products to incorporate the next-generation ‘RX’ CPU architecture and offer CPU performance of up to 200MHz, with the industry’s fastest single-cycle flash access capability (100MHz).

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To help reduce automotive emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a family of 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) with integrated emissions control technology. Like other Freescale powertrain microcontrollers, these MCUs are engineered to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and enable cost-effective, yet sophisticated engine control designs for emerging markets.

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Company Eyes New Growth Opportunities: Extends Roadmap to Offer Broadest Range of 8-, 16-, and 32-Bit MCU-Based Embedded Solutions for Wide Array of Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zilog, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZILG) a leading supplier of 8-, 16- and 32-bit embedded Flash microcontrollers, and universal remote control ICs and ARM(R) core-based secured transaction solutions, today announced it has extended its microcontroller (MCU) market strategy by licensing the ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 processor to develop a new family of industry leading 32-bit based solutions. The agreement accelerates the roll out of Zilog's new family of highly integrated, feature-rich, 32-bit solutions for embedded and portable applications that demand high performance, small form factor and low power consumption.

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LPC3200 family brings high-performance LCD, Ethernet and USB On-The-Go to the masses

Today NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, announced the expansion of the largest portfolio in the ARM7%u2122 and ARM9 microcontroller space with the introduction of the LPC3200 family. The NXP LPC3200 family is based on the popular ARM926EJ processor and targets consumer, industrial, medical and automotive applications providing designers with a high-performance power efficient microcontroller.

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LONDON, UK 3rd March 2008 - Renesas Technology Europe announces enhancements to its H8SX family of 32-bit CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontrollers with the addition of the H8SX/1658R and H8SX/1668R series. These two groups comprise products suitable for use in a wide variety of applications, including PC and office automation (OA) devices, digital consumer products, and industrial equipment. The H8SX/1658R and H8SX/1668R models are functionally enhanced versions of Renesas current H8SX/1653 and H8SX/1663 groups featuring an on-chip USB function. The addition of these new groups brings the total number of models in the H8SX family lineup to 26.

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Incorporating general-purpose I/O ports and USB 2.0 (Full Speed) support, enabling enhanced functionality and flexibility
Tokyo, March 3, 2008 Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the AE56U, the company's first 32-bit MCU for smartcards with an on-chip USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller. The device is suitable for USB token*1 applications implementing highly secure digital signature functionality for fields such as online banking. Sample shipments will begin in June 2008 in Japan.

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Embedded World 2008 26th February 2008 -- Renesas Technology Europe today announced the R32C/111 group of microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory and incorporating the R32C/100 high-performance 32-bit CPU core. The group consists of 12 models and is suitable for a wide range of applications, including metering, industrial and consumer electronics. The R32C/100 series is the top-level product series in the M16C Platform,*1 which is a CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) microcontroller. The core is upward compatible with existing CPU cores in the platform, and also provides improvements in operation processing performance, bus usage efficiency and code efficiency.

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PIC32 Family Has Integrated USB 2.0 OTG; Makes Adding USB Device, Embedded Host and Dual-Role OTG Connectivity Easy

CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb. 26, 2008 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the addition of integrated USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) functionality to its 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller family. Integrated USB OTG helps design engineers easily and cost-effectively address the growing demand for advanced USB connectivity in their end products.

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