AMIS ASTRIC OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO BLUETOOTH SOLUTIONS.The new mixed-signal, radio frequency (RF) ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. technology platform from AMI Semiconductor AMI Semiconductor is a company engaged the design and manufacture of customer specific integrated circuit solutions, including solutions for the automotive, medical and industrial markets. Among its products are products that integrate processing of analog and digital signals. (AMIS A·mis , Kingsley 1922-1995. British writer best known for his novels, including Lucky Jim (1954) and Jake's Thing (1978). ), Pocatello, Idaho, delivers System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions that significantly reduce the system cost, power consumption, form factor and time-to-market of short range, low data rate, wireless applications. AMIS has tapped deeply into its more-than 30 years experience as a technology leader in mixed-signal ASICs to deliver this technology. Offering an attractive alternative to the more complex and expensive Bluetooth(TM) solutions, the new AMIS ASTRIC (Application Specific Transmit and Receive IC) mixed-signal RF ASIC technology provides a scalable path for integrating board-level and modular transmitter, receiver and transceiver applications into true SoC implementations. ASTRIC solutions are ideally suited to license-free, one-way and two-way wireless designs that require data rates up to 1mbps for short range applications. As a result, target data applications will include telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. , security systems, medical monitoring, interactive toys, intelligent agriculture and remote vehicular products. Traditionally, these applications, which do not require the complexity of Bluetooth solutions, have been based around board-level and modular transmitter, receiver and transceiver designs. Discussing the ASTRIC technology, Bob Klosterboer, vice president of Mixed-signal ASICs at AMIS, states: "The ASTRIC mixed-signal RF ASIC technology platform provides manufacturers of low data rate wireless applications reduced system cost, smaller form factors, lower power consumption and faster time-to-market, as well as enhanced reliability and improved product security." He adds: "We see custom products based on the ASTRIC technology coexisting with and complementing existing Bluetooth products by meeting the needs of applications where the complexity of Bluetooth is not applicable or the cost would be prohibitive." Based on a highly integrated 0.35-micron CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process that features up to five metal layers, ASTRIC SoC designs can use many AMIS analog and digital IP building blocks to reduce development time and effort. These blocks include solutions for clock management and power management, analog front ends, and interface macros for USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and I(2)C functionality. Embedded microcontroller options include 8051, 6502, Z80 and ARM7 cores, while embedded memory solutions feature ROM, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. , and single- and dual-port SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory . About AMIS AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) designs, manufactures, markets and sells application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Experts in digital and mixed-signal technologies, AMIS is committed to providing customers with the best total integrated circuit solution. The company provides a broad range of industry-leading FPGA-to-ASIC and ASIC-to-ASIC conversion services, and state-of-the-art mixed-signal ASICs, all with unprecedented manufacturing flexibility and dedication to customer service. AMI Semiconductor is based in Pocatello, Idaho, and maintains a strong global presence through design and sales operations in North America, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region. For more information, visit http://www.amis.com or call 208/234-6890. |
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