IDT Unveils Industry's First 1.8-Volt Dual-Port Device Family Targeting Leading-Edge Wireless Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004 New Dual-Port Family Ideal for Space-Sensitive, Low-Power Applications That Require Inter-Processor Communications IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology (TM) (Integrated Device Technology IDT (NASDAQ: IDTI) was founded in 1980 as a semiconductor vendor. Employing approximately 2500 people worldwide, headquartered in San Jose, California and operating a fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company both designs and fabricates semiconductor components. , Inc.)(Nasdaq:IDTI IDTI Integrated Device Technology Inc ), a leading communications IC company, today introduced the industry's first family of 1.8-volt dual-port devices specifically developed for high-end, power-sensitive wireless applications. The device family targets those wireless platforms where multiple low-voltage processors are used to address the ever-increasing processor requirements for high-end wireless handset applications. The new dual-port family not only underscores the company's leadership in multi-port technology, but also better positions the company to address emerging high-end applications in cellular communications where integrated voice-, multimedia- and data-processing are becoming the paradigm. "Introducing the industry's first 1.8-volt dual-port devices further extends the leadership position in the multi-port market that IDT has held for nearly twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. ," said Ronald Jew, director of product management for the IDT multi-port products. "These new dual-port products demonstrate our stated goal to develop highly relevant, industry-leading products that meet the specific needs of our customers, and emphasize our commitment to the wireless design community. Indeed, reducing board space and power consumption while delivering high-performance wireless handheld devices has become a major challenge for designers. Our new dual-port devices directly address this challenge, and a number of leading-edge customers have already expressed interest in these products." The new 1.8-volt dual-port family delivers extremely low power consumption for a wide range of wireless handheld applications where, for example, a baseband processor and an applications processor both might be required to exchange high-speed data with one another while handling independent processing requirements in parallel. Evolving 2.5G and 3G cellular applications are good examples of such environments. With up to a 95 percent reduction in operating and standby current, the new family offers a dramatic improvement in power consumption when compared to alternative dual-ports in the market. The devices are available in small package sizes, through the use of the company's aggressive packaging technology, increasing their appeal for products such as wireless handsets and PDAs where space constraints are a major concern. "Mobile phone vendors are increasingly adding applications processors to converged devices A converged device combines the functions of others. Examples
pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. high-speed link between the discrete applications processor and the baseband. Handset vendors will welcome a low-power device that can enable that high-speed link to truly utilize the wireless data capabilities that carriers now provide." The new dual-port family includes two specialized devices, the 70P248 and 70P258, which support 3.3/3.0/2.5-volt 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 voltages on one port with the core and opposite port I/Os operating at 1.8 volts. This functionality enables designers to use a single dual-port to interface between processors and I/Os of different voltages without using additional voltage translators This is primarily a list of notable Western translators. Please feel free to add translators from other languages, cultures and areas of specialization. Large sublists have been split off to separate articles. . The devices also offer other features not found in traditional dual-port devices. For example, the 70P248 and 70P258 integrate innovative Input Read and Output Drive registers that allow the user to monitor and drive external binary input and output devices, such as DIP switches (Dual In-line Package switch) A set of tiny toggle switches built into a DIP, which is mounted directly on a circuit board. The tip of a pen or pencil is required to flip the switch on or off. Remember! Open is "off." Closed is "on." and LEDs, using only the standard memory interface of the dual-port. This functionality extends the capabilities of the processors in the application and gives the user the ability to use valuable GPIO GPIO General Purpose Input/Output GPIO General Purpose Input Output (general purpose I/O) pins for other purposes. The 1.8-volt dual-port devices offer high-speed access times of up to 55 ns and provide two independent ports with separate control, address and I/O pins that permit independent, asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. access for reads or writes to any location in memory. Aggressively engineered to reduce the operating current and standby current, the new IDT dual-port devices are fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: using a high-performance IDT 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. technology and typically operate on only 27 mW of power. In addition, an automatic power-down feature permits the on-chip circuitry of each port to enter a very low standby power Standby power, also called Vampire power, refers to the electric power consumed by electronic appliances in a standby mode. A very common "electricity vampire" is a power adaptor built on a plug with no power switch. mode of typically only 3.6 (micron)W. The devices are packaged in a 100-ball, 0.5 mm-pitch ball grid array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. , which is only 1 mm thick, making them ideal for wireless handset and other portable applications. Pricing and Availability Pricing for the 1.8-volt dual-port devices ranges from $2.50 to $3.50 in million-unit quantities. The devices are sampling now, with production quantities available in Q2CY04. IBIS and hardware simulation models are also available for the new devices. More information about these and other IDT multi-port products can be found on the IDT Web site at http://www.idt.com/products/pages/Multi-Ports.html. High-resolution, downloadable photos of the 1.8-volt dual-port products are located at http://www10.idt.com:81/pressroom/imagebank/products.cfm.
Part # Technical Specs Package Type
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70P35 8Kx18 100-ball fpBGA, TQFP
1.8V core and I/O
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70P34 4Kx18 100-ball fpBGA, TQFP
1.8V core and I/O
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70P258 8Kx16 100-ball fpBGA
1.8V core, 1.8V and
3.3/3.0/2.5V I/O
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70P248 4Kx16 100-ball fpBGA
1.8V core, 1.8V and
3.3/3.0/2.5V I/O
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70P25 8Kx16 100-ball fpBGA, TQFP
1.8V core and I/O
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70P24 4Kx16 100-ball fpBGA, TQFP
1.8V core and I/O
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Part # Samples Product Qty. Price/Qty.
1M Units
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70P35 Now Q2CY04 $3.50
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70P34 Now Q2CY04 $2.50
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70P258 Now Q2CY04 $3.50
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70P248 Now Q2CY04 $2.50
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70P25 Now Q2CY04 $3.50
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70P24 Now Q2CY04 $2.50
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About IDT Multi-Port Products IDT is the leading supplier of multi-port products, offering the most comprehensive and highest-performance products available, including the industry's first 18-Mbit 512Kx36 dual-port devices. The IDT portfolio consists of more than 150 types of asynchronous and synchronous Refers to events that are synchronized, or coordinated, in time. For example, the interval between transmitting A and B is the same as between B and C, and completing the current operation before the next one is started are considered synchronous operations. Contrast with asynchronous. dual-ports and bank-switchable dual-ports. Aimed at the communications market, the IDT multi-port products are found in many applications, including switches, routers, hubs, cellular base stations, fibre channel line cards and RAID controllers A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. . About IDT IDT is a global leader in preemptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. semiconductor solutions that accelerate packet processing for advanced network services. IDT serves communications equipment vendors by applying its advanced hardware, software and memory technologies to create flexible, highly integrated products that enhance the functionality and processing of network equipment. IDT accelerates intelligent packet processing with products such as network search engines (NSEs), programmable content inspection engines (CIEs), flow-control management (FCM FCM See: Futures commission merchant FCM See futures commission merchant (FCM). ) ICs and its family of Interprise(TM) integrated communications processors. The portfolio also comprises products optimized for communications applications, including telecom products, FIFOs, multi-ports, and clock management products. In addition, the product mix includes high-performance digital logic and high-speed SRAMs to meet the requirements of leading communications companies Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company employs approximately 3,100 people worldwide and has a wafer manufacturing facility in Oregon, and test and assembly facilities in the Philippines and Malaysia. IDT stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (R) under the symbol "IDTI." The company is included in the S&P 1000, which is a combination of the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 Indices, and is also part of the S&P SuperComposite 1500, which combines the S&P 500, MidCap 400, and SmallCap 600. Additional information about IDT is accessible at www.idt.com. IDT, Interprise and the IDT logo are trademarks of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners. |
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