Singapore, September 21, 2009 – At the 16th ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) World Congress and Exhibition, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leading supplier of semiconductors for infotainment, powertrain, safety and telematics systems, will present successful solutions benefiting from its automotive-focused ICs. These ICs include navigation processors, the EyeQ2 high-performance vision-processing engine, and safety microcontrollers. ST is [...]

Forum Welcomes New Members and Executive Director Paula Berger
The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced that Innovision Research & Technology, plc, and STMicroelectronics have become Sponsor Members and have joined its Board of Directors.
In other member news, Sony Ericsson Mobile [...]

Freescale Semiconductor has named Dr. Reza Kazerounian as its new senior vice president and general manager of the Microcontroller Solutions Group (MSG).
“Reza brings with him a wealth of industry experience and expertise to Freescale,” said Rich Beyer, Freescale chairman and CEO. “He will be a great addition to the team as we sharpen our [...]

Silicon, OEM, Cable and Content Partners Embrace Adobe Flash Platform for Televisions, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-Ray Players
India. and United States of America. — April 20, 2009 — At the 2009 NAB Show, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the extension of the Adobe® Flash® Platform to connected digital home devices with an optimized implementation of [...]

Version 5.30 compiler delivers industry-leading code size and support for MISRA-C:2004 checking
IAR Systems has announced Version 5.30 of IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM® technology, its integrated development environment (IDE) for building and debugging embedded applications. This latest version introduces new debug capabilities for ARM® Cortex™-M3 processors that were previously only available in dedicated devices [...]

Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in power and noise integrity for chip, package, and system convergence, today announced that the company has expanded its business relationship and technical collaboration with STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) to address the upcoming power and noise challenges associated with 45/32nm designs. Apache and ST’s long-standing cooperative efforts have resulted in [...]

Tensilica®, Inc. today announced that Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) has selected Tensilica’s Xtensa® customizable processor cores for a video research project. The government of Hong Kong created ASTRI to perform high-quality R&D (research and development) for technology transfer to industry, develop needed technical human resources, and act as [...]

Home Media Center Challenge and Other Awards Submissions Now Open
Storage Visions 2009 Conference
The Eighth Annual Storage Visions Conference held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6 & 7, 2009 agenda includes notable speakers from new and established companies, including a keynote from NBC Universal. Storage Visions is the place to participate in [...]

IAR KickStart Kit features latest high-density performance line ARM-powered microcontroller from STMicroelectronics
IAR Systems has announced a complete development kit for STMicroelectronics new microcontroller STM32F103ZE. IAR KickStart Kit includes a development board fitted with the STM32F103ZE microcontroller, a KickStart edition of IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®, evaluation editions of IAR PowerPac for ARM and IAR [...]

Restructuring Targets USD 550 M Annual Cost Savings
NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors) today announced a redesign program that will bring NXP to a healthy financial situation and position the company for future growth. The changes come in response to a challenging economic environment, a weak US dollar, and the reduction in size of the [...]