What is a processor?
| Refers to a system that accepts a program as input, prepares it for execution and executes the process defined with data to produce results. Can be a short term for a microprocessor or central processing unit (CPU) in computer. |
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| 2002-09-20 | Unity Wireless to utilize PMC-Sierra processors Unity Wireless Corp. has selected PMC-Sierra Inc.'s PALADIN waveform processors for the development of its digital pre-distortion power amplifiers, as part of the company's Smart Power Amplifier Project. |
| 2005-06-01 | Understanding jitter requirements of PLL-based processors This app note describes jitter issues of the clock from which PLL-based processors derive timing. |
| 2008-09-04 | Turbo coding on Xtensa processors This application note shows how an Xtensa processor can be optimized to handle the performance-intensive signal processing demands of supporting turbo decoding. |
| 2004-10-01 | Tundra weighs in with host bridge for Freescale's upcoming processors Tundra plans to release a PowerPC-to-PCI-X host bridge that supports DDR2-400 SDRAM Gbit Ethernet and flash for the PowerPC processor MPC7448 announced by Freescale. |
| 2007-11-30 | TSMC 55nm process tips knowledge-based processors TSMC and NetLogic Microsystems have collaborated on using 55nm process technology for fabricating low-power knowledge-based processors. |
| 2010-10-28 | TranSwitch demos communications processors at Broadband World Forum Carrier-class semiconductors maker TranSwitch Corp. is demonstrating its routing, security and VoIP at the Broadband World Forum Europe 2010 in Paris. |
| 2004-07-23 | Transmeta sees slow ramp for 90nm processors amid losses Amid a slower-than-expected ramp for its new 90nm processor products, Transmeta Corp. said revenue for Q2 of fiscal 2004 was $6 million. |
| 2004-01-09 | Transmeta launches processors in 21-by-21mm package Transmeta has introduced its Crusoe TM5700 and TM5900 MPRs that feature an integrated Northbridge and are available in a 21-by-21mm package. |
| 2009-09-22 | Transceiver supports LTE, WiMAX baseband processors Altair Semiconductor Ltd has developed the FourGee-6150 Long Term Evolution RF transceiver, which supports the baseband processors for mobile WiMAX and XGP, offering a broad 4G capability. |
| 2001-05-01 | TPS3801/09—Smallest SVS for monitoring DSPs and processors This application note describes the TPS3801 and TPS3809 supply voltage supervisor (SVS) families of devices. It gives a general introduction to reset generators followed by an overview of the technical parameters and the special features of the TPS380x. |
| 2013-03-25 | Toshiba's low power OS aimed at many-core processors The operating system targets application in embedded systems including automotive products and digital consumer products. |
| 2006-01-19 | Toshiba unveils new CD-MP3 processors for automotive apps Toshiba America Electronic Components announced two new CD-MP3 processors that enable playback of CD and multiple compressed audio formats from a single IC. |
| 2008-04-21 | Toshiba SpursEngine stream processors now sampling Toshiba has announced the start of sample shipping of the SpursEngine SE1000, a high-performance stream processor integrating four Synergistic Processing Element cores derived from the Cell/B.E. |
| 2012-12-13 | Toshiba says MRAM future of mobile processors The STT-MRAM structure has the lowest power consumption yet reported and is about one-tenth that of prior reported prototypes. |
| 2007-12-10 | Tool designs massively parallel processors Ambric has released aDesigner, a software development tool suite for the Ambric Am2000 family of scalable, massively parallel processor arrays. |
| 2005-05-27 | TI, AudioCodes promote VoIP processors Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) and AudioCodes will jointly promote AudioCodes' VoIP processors, based on TI DSPs. |
| 2011-03-07 | TI video processors offer thrice HD performance Texas Instruments' TMS320DM8168 and TMS320DM8148 DaVinci digital media processors offer 1,080p60 fps video streams, display and analytics capabilities for life-like video communications. |
| 2012-12-05 | TI video processors capture crisp images even in the dark TI's DaVinci DM385 and DM8107 video processors boast of low-light technology which allows surveillance IP cameras to still get clear shots even in dark environments. |
| 2011-02-15 | TI Tx/Rx processors tip DPD tech base stations Texas Instruments's GC533x family of transmit/receive processors features two turn-key processors that provide a flexible digital transmit and receive solution for wide-bandwidth and multiantenna wireless base stations at a fraction of the cost of high-gate-count FPGAs. |
| 2007-02-23 | TI processors take HD video, 3D gaming to handsets TI demonstrated what it says is the industry's first application processor to playback HD video and bring life-like 3D graphics to the handset. |
| 2004-10-13 | TI processors power Symbian handset Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced that its wireless technology, including OMAP processors, have powered 28 out of 31 Symbian Ltd's OS-based 2.5G and 3G handsets. |
| 2003-07-02 | TI media processors target digital video apps Texas Instruments has developed three digital media processors designed for use in video over IP, video-on-demand, and digital video recording apps. |
| 2007-07-25 | The skinny on quad-core processors: A buyer's guide Quad-core processing has become bargain country after Intel announced deep price cuts for its quad-core chips, putting AMD under pressure to tag its upcoming quad-core processors competitively when they come out. |
| 2005-06-07 | The serial-to-JTAG board for MAXQ processors This app note discusses the commands accepted by the Serial-to-JTAG board. |
| 2002-12-06 | The mathematics of Log-based dynamic processors This application note describes the basis for the mathematical treatment of dynamic processors and offers insights into its application to circuit designs based on log-corresponding components. |
| 2002-02-23 | The mathematics of log-based dynamic processors This application note describes the basis for this mathematical description of circuits and offers insights into its application to circuit designs based on these log-responding components. |
| 2005-06-03 | The basics of network processors Here's a snapshot of the state of the NPU art, outlining what makes a network processor and what features are likely to become most popular |
| 2012-03-19 | Test sol'ns ease integration of PCIe 3.0 in Intel Xeon processors Tektronix products that support development of the processors include DPO/DSA/MSO70000 series oscilloscopes, TLA7SA16/TLA7SA08 logic protocol analyzer modules and TLA7000 series logic analyzers. |
| 2008-02-21 | Tensilica processors support Virtex-4 LX200 dev't kit Tensilica has added support for Avnet's Xilinx Virtex-4 LX200 development kit for high-speed hardware-based simulations to its Xtensa configurable and Diamond Standard processor families. |
| 2006-02-17 | Tensilica licenses Xtensa processors, XPRES compiler to Seiko Tensilica has licensed its Xtensa configurable processors and XPRES Compiler to Seiko Epson Corp. |
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