Semiconductor Products Insight

Semiconductor Products Insight

When MCHP goes down, NXP goes up…

09

Aug

2016

Microchip targets low-power/low-cost 32-bit applications while NXP shows Cortex-M7 for complex motor control segment. And you thought the summer would be peaceful?


Atmel
No change for the AVR family and only a handful of products surfaced in the G55 family and one in the L21(J17) – new silicon revision and a new package combination.
Dialog
There was a new revision of the datasheet for the DA14680 that shows better power consumption. No other product change.
Infineon
Infineon released a TSSOP 38 package for the XMC1402 this month.
Microchip
Microchip added 182 products, across the board: dsPIC30F +11, dsPIC33 +24, PIC10 +11,PIC12 +28, PIC16 +17, PIC18 +22, PIC24 +21, PIC32Mx/Z +26 and last but not least,
the PIC32MM with 24 part numbers, announced in the last 30 days. The PIC32MM targets low power, low cost (read IoT at large) applications. It boasts:

  • MIPS32 M14K core running at 25MHz,
  • Less than 500 NA in sleep mode with RAM retention,
  • Up to 64/8 kB of Flash/RAM,
  • 14-channel ADC, 2 UART, 2 SPI/I2S,
  • 4x4mm to 6x6mm packages, from 20QFN to 28 QFN,
  • $0.84 to $1.12 @1ku,
Nordic
No changes this month.
Nuvoton
No changes this month.
NXP
NXP had shy of 80 new products this month. The bulk is an additional reel option but we are seeing also a few QFP-EP package options in the K family as well as some notable additions: the MK02FN64VLF10 a 48-QFP variant, the MKL03Z32CBF4R with a whopping 1.99 x 1.61 x 0.34 mm foot print and the MKL28, the fastest at 72MHz and largest memory at 512kB Flash/128kB RAM Cortex-M0+ of the market. On the latter, Spansion/Cypress has parts with 560kB of Flash, but they lag with “only” 64kB of RAM.
Finally, we welcome the release in the real-time control V family of the MKV5 a new implementation of the Cortex-M7 at 240 MHz. The family has 8 members split evenly between the MKV56 (no Ethernet) and the MKV58 with Ethernet. The family shows impressive features:

  • Up to 1MB/256kB of Flash/RAM
  • 4 x 8ch 12-bit ADC for dual motor control
  • Up to 44 timer channels for easier advanced motor control
  • 3 FlexCAN modules for high speed, high-reliability industrial communication
  • 64-bit AXI memory interface for cache and external memory
  • $4.49 to $6.69 @1ku,
Renesas
The RL78 and RX portfolios were steady this month, except for the release of the RX63NACDFB, a 144-LQFP variant of existing parts.
SiliconLabs
Silicon Labs EFM8 was quiet this month while its bigger cousin had 6 new parts in the EFM32JG and EFM32PG; they are 128kB Flash variants of existing 256 kB Flash parts.
Spansion/Cypress
We began sourcing our data on the new Cypress site area dedicated to the former Spansion products. We noticed quite a bit of change since last month when the data was hosted on the Spansion web site. We believe these are teething problems that we will see resolved over the next couple of months, when the integration of the Spansion data is complete.
ST Microelectronics
ST released 14 new STM8 products, mostly variations on the packing of existing parts.
On the STM32 front, some changes happened beyond the R(eel) options, with a 64-LQFP for the F105 at 64kB Flash. Most interestingly is the STM32F105VCT6 with 3 different software codes priced from $3.35 to $4.639 @10k, a whopping 38% adder for software IP.
24 products also dissapeared in the L151 and L152 families.
Texas Instruments
A handful of MSP430 products appeared in the Fram family while the rest of the portfolio was quiet.

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