Freescale Press Releases

30 Jun 2009 - Freescale LED driver eliminates audible noise and visual artifacts for liquid crystal displays

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:41:41 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas - June 30, 2009 - Enabling slimmer laptops with brighter screens and extended battery life, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are rapidly replacing cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) as the dominant backlighting technology for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used in notebook PCs and industrial and medical displays. However, use of LEDs in notebook LCDs presents technical challenges, such as the generation of audible noise and visual artifacts that can diminish the end-user experience.

22 Jun 2009 - Freescale ships one billionth sensor, nears 30 years of sensor innovation

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:30:53 GMT

DENVER (Transducers 2009) - June 22, 2009 - Freescale Semiconductor's sensor technology innovation has helped global customers differentiate their automotive, consumer, industrial and medical products throughout the past three decades. Building on its heritage of sensor leadership, Freescale recently reached a major milestone of one billion sensors shipped.

22 Jun 2009 - Freescale introduces 'ultimate Ethernet connectivity solution' for industrial applications

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:29:33 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas - June 22, 2009 - Freescale Semiconductor is redefining embedded Ethernet design with a new platform solution that combines a 32-bit ColdFire(R) V1 microcontroller (MCU) with a complimentary operating system and application software solution and easy-to-use, modular development hardware. This combined hardware/software offering is designed to help embedded designers save months in development time and reduce cost, now and in the future.

18 Jun 2009 - Freescale endorses Continua Health Alliance's selection of ZigBee Wireless

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:27:59 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas - June 18, 2009 - Freescale Semiconductor has endorsed the recent certification of the ZigBee(R) Health Care standard by the Continua Health Alliance, a coalition of leading health care and technology companies joined to improve the quality of personal health care. ZigBee Health Care is one of the two low power wireless standards recently adopted by Continua. With approximately 60 percent market share, Freescale is the No. 1 provider of IEEE(R) 802.15.4 products, the core technology on which ZigBee platforms are developed.

17 Jun 2009 - Freescale expands connectivity, 'smart touch' and security options for industrial and automotive designs

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:26:30 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas - June 17, 2009 - The latest family of i.MX applications processors from Freescale Semiconductor is bringing a new level of connectivity, touch control, security and cost-saving integration to a wide range of industrial and automotive infotainment applications.

15 Jun 2009 - Freescale speeds embedded multicore adoption with new VortiQa software products and an expanded ecosystem

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:37:54 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas - June 15, 2009 - To address challenges threatening to slow industry adoption of embedded multicore technology, Freescale is introducing a comprehensive, solution-based approach to help networking and communications customers speed and simplify their migration to multicore processors.

08 Jun 2009 - Freescale celebrates opening of new business and technology center in Guadalajara

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:07:24 GMT

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - June 8, 2009 - Freescale Semiconductor is on the move in Latin America, expanding its business and technology center in Guadalajara and growing its engineering and design capabilities in Mexico to serve global markets. Marking the occasion of its expansion, Freescale today celebrated the opening of its new 65,000-square-foot facility in Tlaquepaque, a municipality within Guadalajara.

08 Jun 2009 - Freescale Semiconductor expands RF power transistor portfolio for GSM EDGE wireless networks

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:05:35 GMT

BOSTON (2009 International Microwave Symposium) - June 8, 2009 - Freescale Semiconductor today expanded on its commitment to GSM EDGE wireless networks with the introduction of three high-performance RF power transistors based on laterally-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) technology. The devices incorporate enhancements that make them easy to integrate into amplifiers while delivering exceptional levels of performance.

03 Jun 2009 - Freescale Achieves New ZigBee(R) RF4CE(TM) Certification

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:04:12 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas - June 3, 2009 - Freescale Semiconductor today announced it has received the new Golden Unit certification by the ZigBee Alliance for its successful implementation of the ZigBee RF4CE specification. Freescale is one of the first ZigBee Alliance members to achieve the Golden Unit status and has been an influential contributor in the development of the ZigBee RF4CE protocol.

02 Jun 2009 - Freescale drives innovation around future netbook concepts and form factors

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:59:11 GMT

TAIPEI (Computex) - June 2, 2009 - Smartbook devices based on ARM(TM) technology are rapidly emerging to fill the gap between smaller-screened smartphones and traditional, PC-like netbook or notebook products. To develop groundbreaking product concepts for this new device category, Freescale has teamed with a top North American industrial design program, resulting in an array of visionary smartbook prototypes on display this week at the Computex show in Taiwan.