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NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power Management, Interface, Security and Digital Processing expertise. These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications. A global semiconductor company with operations in more than 25 countries, NXP posted revenue of $4.4 billion in 2010.
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EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS and ANAHEIM, CA, Sep 13, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- NXP Semiconductors N.V.today announced that its PN544 Near Field Communication (NFC) radio controller will support Windows 8. NXP worked closely with Microsoft to develop a NFC driver for Windows 8, enabling a variety of use cases that are triggered by close proximity or a "tap." NXP also confirms that it is supplying the NFC solution on the Windows 8-based tablets distributed at the Microsoft BUILD conference, taking place between September 13 - 16, 2011 in Anaheim, California.
NFC technology offers a high level of convenience and through simple touch gestures allows various devices, such as tablets, notebooks, PCs, smartphones and other computing devices, to easily interact with each other or with passive devices, such as tags, labels and posters. The "Tap to pair/ Tap to share" and other use cases available with Windows 8 include device/accessory pairing, in which one can tap to pair with Bluetooth headset or speaker for example, and ease of data sharing between devices. NFC can also be used to transfer control from one device to another, such as to initiate a transfer of a video call from a tablet to another NFC-enabled device. NFC has the unique capability to link the physical world with the Cloud, enabling the tablet to interact with smart posters and other devices equipped with a NFC tag.
Developers and computing equipment manufacturers can take advantage of NFC support for Windows 8 to offer a wide variety of consumer and enterprise use cases such as offering promotions, coupons, and discount codes via NFC tags and posters; bringing physical touch points to online social networking for enhanced check-in experience; perform surveys and brand reviews; add NFC-enabled tokens to unlock or enhance a gaming experience; and, enable content delivery in document, audio or video format.
"We chose to work with NXP's NFC solution because they are a proven technology leader in near field communication," said Aidan Marcuss, senior director of Windows product management, Microsoft Corp. "NXP has a deep understanding of NFC and we are working with them to deliver the right hardware, software and support to bring this technology to our partners, developers, and ultimately the consumer."
"NFC support for Windows 8 is a significant step in the roll out of this game-changing technology and truly signifies that the time of NFC is now," said Ruediger Stroh, executive vice president and general manager, Identification Business, NXP Semiconductors. "NFC offers consumers an unprecedented user experience and we are very excited to be working with Microsoft to offer NFC for Windows 8."
NFC is a market proven technology co-invented by NXP in 2002. In 2004 NXP co-founded the NFC Forum to lead the collaboration with all industry stakeholders and help standardize the technology. NFC technology evolved from a combination of contactless identification (RFID) and interconnection technologies. Ranked as the number one contactless IC vendor by ABI Research for three years in a row, NXP is the global leader in NFC solutions, field proven in over 150 NFC trials and landmark commercial deployments worldwide.
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NFC pioneer NXP ic has announced a new chip for NFC tags which offers improved radio sensitivity, meaning that tags can be read over a greater range or that tag antennas can be made smaller.
A specific focus in the design stage was to optimize the chip's RF performance to tune for either longer read range with existing antenna designs, or to allow smaller tags with read range equivalent to existing solutions. Now tags as small as 12mm in diameter can be used with respectable performance from an NFC-enabled mobile device, says the Dutch chip giant, and the results of initial RF tests show a 20-25% increase in performance compared to equivalent sized tags, which in turn allows the mobile device to read the tag with more ease.
"We analyzed market demand as well as new use cases, to enhance our portfolio of NFC tag ICs. The result is the NTAG203, an NFC tag IC that can enhance the performance of existing tags, or enable the design of smaller tags without compromising performance," says NXP's Chris Feige.
The NTAG203 is an NFC Forum Type 2 Tag with 144 bytes of memory. Tags incorporating the device are available now in sample quantities through NXP partners including Avery Dennison, Identive, Mikron, Smartrac, and UPM RFID.
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Changing the entire domain of microcontrollers, NXP has very recently announced that its ARM Cortex-MO based LPC1100 microcontroller family will be up for grabs in December 2009. Particularly designed to fall light on users’ pocket, the 32-bit MCU solution brings higher value and ease of use than existent 8/16-bit microcontroller through stupendous performance, simplicity, low power and dramatic reductions in code size for all 8/16-bit applications.
With 15 members initially, the LPC1100 family offers a seamless entry point for any 8/16-bit user looking to start with the scalable ARM architecture throughout the entire range of product development.
“Existing 8-bit architectures have their origins in the early era of the semiconductor industry, resulting in limitations of address range, register restrictions, limited functionality, unsuitability for high-level languages, and little attention to power and scaling issues,” explained Geoff Lees, vice president and general manager, microcontroller product line, NXP Semiconductors. “The Cortex-M0 processor core and system architecture take full advantage of today’s optimized low-power design tools, techniques, and the latest low-power, high-density silicon Flash process.”
Now, talking about its functionality, the LPC1100 intelligently executes basic control tasks alongside sophisticated algorithms, making even the most complex tasks within reach once put on a comparison scale with the sub-DMIP performance typical of 8-bit MCUs and 3-5 DMIPS for 16-bit MCUs. In fact, its swift implementation enables the entire system to smartly consume lower energy. To notify, this level of performance is delivered at 50 MHz with extensive power optimization, at less than 10 mA.
“It may be a big surprise to embedded users how much the LPC1100, a 32-bit microcontroller, outperforms in efficiency compared to 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers. If performance and energy consumption are important criteria for selecting a microcontroller, based on the results generated from EEMBC’s CoreMark benchmark, embedded designers should check out the LPC1100 (especially with its $0.65 price tag) before committing to any 8- or 16-bit options with comparable features and pricing. The scores for the LPC1100 are already posted on CoreMark.org,” expressed Markus Levy, EEMBC President.
Additionally, the LPC1100 features Power On Reset, Multi-level Brown Out Detect, 10-50 MHz Phase-Locked Loop along with 12MHz Internal RC Oscillator with 1 percent accuracy over temperature and voltage. Other features of the processor include 32 vectored inputs, four priority levels, dedicated interrupts on up to 13 GPIOs and more.
Well, the NXP LPC11o family is anticipated to hit stores in early December 2009. The development tool of the processor can be purchased for $30 (approx Rs. 1,388) from NXP while chips will sell for as little as $0.65 each.
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