Cygnal Integrated Products Announces 20 MIPS 8051 Microcontroller with 12-Bit Analog Data Converters Target Broad Market Applications.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000 Cygnal Integrated Products Inc. today announced availability of the C8051F000, a FLASH-based, mixed-signal microcontroller with exceptional throughput and analog data conversion capabilities. It features an 8051 code-compatible CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. that delivers up to 20MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. at 20MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. ; 32K bytes of in-system programmable FLASH memory, UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) The electronic circuit that makes up the serial port. Also known as "universal serial asynchronous receiver transmitter" (USART), it converts parallel bytes from the CPU into serial bits for transmission, and vice , SMBus(tm), and SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. (tm) serial interfaces, four 8051-style timers, and a five-channel, programmable counter array (PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. ). Analog peripherals include an eight-channel, 12-bit ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. , temperature sensor, two 12-bit DACs, two voltage comparators and voltage reference. The 'F000 is supported by Cygnal's $99 development kit, a comprehensive development tool that offers levels of sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. found only in emulators costing thousands of dollars. "In many respects, the 'F000 significantly hikes the performance bar in the 8-bit mixed-signal microcontroller arena," says Don Alfano, Cygnal's VP of Marketing. "At 20MIPS peak, it delivers significantly higher throughput than competing microcontrollers while its on-board analog data converter performance rivals that of stand-alone chips offered by prominent analog suppliers. This combination is unprecedented in 8-bit microcontrollers." The C8051F000 is available in a 64-pin TQFP See QFP. and sells for $13.00 in 1000 piece quantities and the C8051F000DK development kit sells for $99. Both are available at www.cygnal.com. About Cygnal Founded in March, 1999, Cygnal Integrated Products Inc. of Austin, Texas designs, manufactures and markets field-programmable, mixed signal System-on-Chip products and associated support tools. These products embody the Company's considerable technical skills integrating world-class analog, high-speed digital and FLASH memory functions into a single device with "no-compromises." The combination of mixed signal integration and field programmability benefit the user with higher component integration, greater design flexibility, faster time-to-market, superior system performance and greater end product differentiation. Cygnal products are application solutions addressing a broad range of markets including communications systems, industrial equipment and consumer products. The Company's worldwide sales force consists of a network of field application engineers and manufacturer's representatives. Technical information is available and orders are accepted at the Company's e-commerce site at www.cygnal.com. Products may be purchased in any quantity, either by purchase order (invoiced shipments) or by credit card. Cygnal is backed with over $15M in venture capital funding from several companies including Austin Ventures, JatoTech Ventures, Cirrus Logic, Sanyo Semiconductor plus other well known venture and private investors. Cygnal, cygnal.com are trademarks of Cygnal Integrated Products Inc., SPI is a trademark of Motorola Inc., SMBus is a trademark of Intel Inc. |
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