Future Electronics is Franchised Worldwide For Anadigm's Entire FPAA Product Line.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 Distributor Brings Superior Technical Support and Broad Sales Channel Access for New Generation of Field Programmable Analog Arrays (FPAAs) Future Electronics has won the international franchise to distribute the new generation of Field Programmable Analog Arrays (FPAAs) from Anadigm, formerly known as Anadyne Microelectronics. The distributor will stock and support the new electronic components throughout Europe, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and the Asia Pacific region, via more than 200 regional offices. "FPAA FPAA Field-Programmable Analog Array FPAA Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association FPAA Fairmount Park Art Association (Philadelphia, PA) FPAA Fresh Produce Association of the Americas FPAA Fire Protection Association of Australia technology will fundamentally reshape the way that many electronics companies conceive and develop products," said Jeffrey Skill, Future Electronics' Technical Solutions Managers Group, Vice President. "It's a completely new segment in the electronic components universe, and we are very excited to be chosen as the channel to deliver the message to the industry." "We are introducing a paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. in analog circuit analog circuit, electronic circuit that operates with currents and voltages that vary continuously with time and have no abrupt transitions between levels. Generally speaking, analog circuits are contrasted with digital circuits, which function as though currents or design," said Anadigm's Marketing and Sales Director Ludwig Klingenbeck, "and we've been searching for a distribution channel that offers strong technical support to assist users in evolving their design strategies. We've found that partner in Future, who focuses on in-depth design support and who also has a wealth of expertise in microcontroller-based systems -- a key application target for this technology." Among the support mechanisms Future Electronics will be employing to help establish FPAAs as a core electronics design tool is Future's 235 highly experienced engineers delivering a series of seminars and design solutions for development personnel. Engineers at Future's network of Engineering Resource Centres are also being trained in the new technology so that they can provide in-depth technical assistance to speed clients' designs from concept through prototype, test and production. Among the support mechanisms Future Electronics will be employing to help establish FPAAs as a core electronics design tool is Future's 235 highly experienced engineers delivering a series of seminars and design solutions for development personnel. Engineers at Future's network of Engineering Resource Centres are also being trained in the new technology so that they can provide in-depth technical assistance to speed clients' designs from concept through prototype, test and production. Field Programmable Analog Arrays bring FPGA-style benefits to the analog arena for the first time, and allow electronics designers to slash time-to-market and Non-Recurring Engineering Non-recurring engineering (NRE) refers to the one-time cost of researching, designing, and testing a new product. When budgeting for a project, NRE must be considered in order to analyze if a new product will be profitable. (NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) Refers to the cost of creating a new product, which is paid up front. Contrast with "production cost," which is ongoing and based on the quantity of material produced. ) costs thanks to a CAD tool with a library of 'drag-and-drop' analog functions. The first FPAA -- the AN10E40 -- provides a matrix of 20 "configurable analog blocks" consisting of switched-capacitor op-amp cells, surrounded by a programmable interconnect and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output structure. Common analog signal An analog or analogue signal is any time continuous signal where some time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity. It differs from a digital signal in that small fluctuations in the signal are meaningful. conditioning functions such as offset removal, rectifiers, gain stages, comparators and first-order filters can be implemented using only one cell. More complex functions such as high-order filters, oscillators, pulse-width modulators and equalizers can be implemented using two or more cells. Circuit configurations for FPAAs can be held in PROM, or alternatively in microcontroller memory -- an approach which supports dynamic reloading Reloading A term lenders commonly use to refer to the habits of borrowers taking out loans to repay the balance on other loans. Often reloading is done to take advantage of lower interest rates offered by other loans, and potential tax benefits. so that analog performance can be adapted during operation. Company Background Anadigm, formerly Anadyne Microelectronics, has changed its name to more accurately align itself with its markets and technology. The company was established in January 2000, with support from Motorola, and more than $5 million of funding from VCs 3i and Quester. Anadigm is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. , and has designed the AN10E40 for production using mainstream 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. processes offered by numerous silicon foundries. www.anadigm.com Future Electronics is a leader in electronic component distribution, ranked 3rd in sales worldwide. The company is also the world's largest capacitor distributor. Founded in 1968, the company has emerged as one of the most important entities in the electronics distribution industry and today is recognized around the globe as a leader. The company employs over 5,500 employees in 220 offices in 35 countries. The Future Electronics group comprises: Future Electronics, FAI Electronics, Future Active Catalog, Active Stores, Future Concorde, Future Global, and The TSM TSM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Transportation System Management TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (stock symbol) TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Group. www.FutureElectronics.com |
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