Integrated Circuits and Devices

 MIPS creates industry-standard processor architectures and embedded semiconductor cores that are the heart of many Electronic Gadgets and Equipment or Appliance.

The MIPS architecture was developed decades ago by Stanford University engineering Professor John Hennessy. It is an remarkable example of RISC processing.

"On 8 February 2013[5] MIPS Technologies, Inc. was acquired by Imagination Technologies"

"Imagination Technologies Group plc  a British-based semiconductor R&D company"

MIPS Technologies - Semiconductor design IP - Wayback Machine Snapshot

Processors, analog IP and software tools for the embedded market. Applications in digital television, broadband access, WiFi, cable set-top boxes, DVD recorders, HD DVDs, and VoIP.

• RF and Wireless Connectivity IP Solutions
  
• Connectivity IP Solutions
  
• FPGAView Software

The MIPS SEAD -3 System engineering and development board is designed to provide a low-cost means to support various CPU cores allowing the user to evaluate the cores in an FPGA environment.

SEAD-3 also provides a user the ability to utilize the on board Xilinx FPGA for their own custom programming when a MIPS® FM-3 module is added to house the CPU core. When the FM-3 is added the user can then additionally stack on a MIPS® FPGA 5b board that can house up to two additional Xilinx XC5VLX330s providing extra design capacity.

MIPS Technologies, Inc.
955 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, United States

Updated 4th June 2014

Fabless supplier of power efficient x86 processor. VIA has a spread of Components, Boards and Systems for PC, Portable Devices and Embedded Solutions. VIA processors are designed by Centaur Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of VIA Technologies, Inc. based in Austin Texas.

VIA Technologies - Motherboard chipsets - https://www.viatech.com/

Energy-saving processors with digital media chipsets, along with connectivity/networking and multimedia elements make VIA Boards and Systems Complete Computing Modules packed with power in a small footprint.

 

VIA stands for "Very Innovative Architecture". VIA acquired most of Cyrix, then a division of National Semiconductor, and also Integrated Device Technology's Centaur, marking its entry into the x86 microprocessor market. - Via at Wikipedia

VIA Nano X2 processors are the first truly optimized, low power dual-core processors. Combining two 64-bit 'Isaiah' cores in one die, VIA Nano X2 processors deliver industry leading performance-per-watt and improved multi-tasking ability, without consuming more power.

VIA Nano X2 Processor - VIA Technologies

Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan,VIA is registered on the Taiwan Stock Exchange TSE 2388.

Address - 8F, No. 535, Chung-Cheng Road, Taipei, Hsin Tien, Taiwan.

US Address - VIA Technologies, 940 Mission Court, Fremont, CA 94539-8202

LAPIS Semiconductor a spin-off of the semiconductor business of Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is now a member of the ROHM group.

LAPIS Semiconductor - LSI and Foundry

System and Logic LSIs, Memory Devices and optical communication devices are also part of the Product Lineup. They also have ARM-Based Microcontrollers and Support Chips for Portable Wireless Electronic Products.

Lazurite Sub-GHz - IoT

Lazurite Sub-GHz is an open platform microcomputer board with Lapis Semiconductor's 16-bit low consumption microcontroller ML620Q504.

It includes a specific low-power (920 MHz band) technical certification acquisition module that can realize communication of hundreds of meters with low power consumption, so it is easy to realize IoT's sensor node.

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Oki Semiconductor - A full range of digital ICs from RTCs to MPUs and network devices.

"With his enterprising spirit, Kibataro Oki (1848-1906) was far ahead of his time in the late 1800s. In January 1881, convinced that the nation was about to enter the age of communications, he founded Meikosha, the origins of today's OKI."

Rechargeable AA cells are very popular for a large variety of portable applications. The number of brands is also high, and the cell quality can differ considerably. Cell capacity is sometimes different from that specified, and the capacity often deteriorates dramatically after a limited number of discharge cycles. ....

See Maxim Application Note - Simple Characterization Circuit for Rechargeable AA Cells

https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/design/technical-documents/app-notes/3/3874.html

This characterization circuit, plus a PC and some software, accurately measures the full discharge cycle for a rechargeable AA cell. Cell capacity and output resistance can easily be determined from the curve resulting from these measurements.

In Figure 1, the simple circuit is connected to the USB port of a PC. No external power source is required because power is extracted from the USB bus voltage. U1 (DS9490R) is a USB dongle that converts the USB protocol to the 1-Wire® protocol, thereby allowing the PC to communicate with the key circuit component (U2).

 "Cree LEDs combine highly efficient InGaN materials with proprietary substrates to deliver superior price/performance for high-intensity LEDs...."

LED Chips and Lighting from Cree - https://www.cree.com/

Product line include lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting Solutions. They also have semiconductors for wireless and power applications.

Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, stands alone as the premier provider of the most field-tested SiC and GaN Power and RF solutions in the world. As the leader in wide bandgap semiconductor technology.

Cree Lighting Solutions

"The lighting elements of LEDs are modulated by diffusers, so you won't be distracted by hotspots or glare. The only thing you'll experience is life under beautiful, radiant light."