October 11, 2011 Datel, a business unit of Murata Power Solutions, has introduced the DAC-12100 series of low power 12-bit current output digital to analog converters that have TTL/CMOS compatible inputs. With a 100 MHz conversion rate, these ultra-high speed devices suit any speed critical applications such as radar, signal reconstruction, waveform generators and communications equipment. Read more

September 9, 2011 Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe announces its first- generation 8-bit, 4-channel DAC in 40nm CMOS technology. With a sampling rate range of 55 to 65 GSample/s per channel, a small footprint and low power (0.75W/channel), this technology supports long-haul optical transport systems providing data links of 100Gbit/s and higher over a single lambda. Read more

August 16, 2011 National Semiconductor Corp. , has introduced a 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) featuring a single-wire interface and 4-to-20 mA current loop drive that simplifies the design of smart transmitters used in industrial two-wire sensor systems. The highly integrated DAC161P997 reduces component count and cost in factory and building automation control systems by enabling the use of a single isolation component to cross the isolation boundary. Read more

August 5, 2011 STMicroelectronics has released two new Sound Terminal digital-audio system-on-chip ICs for home-entertainment applications, which will enable smaller new-product designs while also running cooler to help designers meet tough product-safety requirements. Read more

June 22, 2011 Wolfson Microelectronics plc has unveiled the company's latest high performance ultra-low power stereo digital-to-analog converter (DAC) which delivers superior audio to portable applications including mobile phones, tablet PCs, wireless headsets, multimedia players and handheld gaming devices. Read more

June 3, 2011 Docea Power is planning to introduce an enhanced version of the company’s flagship software product, Aceplorer 2.3, at the 48th Design Automation Conference (DAC). The new software release offers a synthetic view for capturing the power architecture of complex designs. Read more

May 11, 2011 The rapid growth in mobile data traffic worldwide is posing new design challenges to high speed data converter technologies. In this news analysis article EE Times Europe Analog's editor, Paul Buckley discusses NXP's two new high speed data converter technology developments with Maury Wood, product line general manager, High Speed Converters. Read more

May 3, 2011 NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled a 16-bit dual-channel LVDS DDR interface Digital-to-Analog Converter which supports output update rates of up to 1.25 Gsps. The company claims that the new high-speed DAC offers best-in-class single tone SFDR performance and two-tone intermodulation distortion across a broad output bandwidth of 200 MHz. Read more

April 27, 2011 NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled an extension to its high speed data converter technology portfolio and the next generation of the CGV high speed serial interface announced in 2009. CGVxpress will be used in future NXP ADC and DAC product families. Read more

April 26, 2011 The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2), an organization focused on the development and adoption of standards to improve IC design, is quietly forming a standards group for 3-D chips. Read more

March 22, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has unveiled what the company claims will be the industry's most power-efficient 4-channel, 16-bit DAC (digital-to-analog converter). At 1.25 GSPS, the DAC3484 is 25 percent faster than the next fastest quad DAC while consuming as little as 250 mW per channel – 65 percent less than the closest competitor. Read more

March 14, 2011 Microchip Technology Inc., has expanded the company's non-volatile Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) product line with the MCP4706/16/26 (MCP47X6) devices. Read more

December 9, 2010 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has released a monolithic dual single-pull, single-throw analog switch designed to switch both analog and digital signals. Delivering low-switching-noise performance for signal integrity and system accuracy, the DG723 combines a compact surface-mount package with low power consumption and the ability to work with the low voltages in new-generation portable designs. Read more

October 27, 2010 Wolfson Microelectronics plc has introduced the WM8958 audio hub solution, which is designed to enable high definition (HD) audio in portable multimedia applications, such as  smartphones, tablet computers, eBooks and navigation devices. Read more

August 5, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a quad voltage output 16- and 12-bit digital-to-analog converter family with internal reference and I2C interface. Read more

July 6, 2010 A multichannel digital-to-analog converter with innovative dynamic power control circuitry that claims to offer up to 80 percent power savings together with a 75 percent reduction in thermal rise has been unveiled by Analog Devices, Inc. Read more

May 25, 2010 Analog Devices has introduced a precision 16-bit digital-to-analog converter with on-board power management circuitry designed for loop-powered, smart transmitter applications used in industrial equipment. Read more

April 27, 2010 Analog Devices, Inc., has introduced what the company claims isthe industry’s first high-speed quad DAC (digital-to-analog converter) to provide support for multi-antenna wireless communications standards requiring the large bandwidths demanded by DPD (digital pre-distortion) transmit systems. Read more

April 6, 2010 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a 16-bit, 800-MSPS interpolating digital-to-analog converter (DAC), which provides 75 dBc third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) at 200 MHz. Read more

March 11, 2010 A quad voltage output 16- and 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC family) with internal reference and SPI interface has been introduced by Linear Technology Corporation.   Read more