The Hot 100 products of 2006: Processors

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8 M" O+ h/ p! o2 b9 k: LBuilt by and for electronics engineers, this list distills the most innovative and significant products of the year, including process technologies, power sources, processor cores, communication controllers, test instruments, embedded boards, EDA tools, and more.
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Turion 64 X2 mobile CPUs
More information: Turion 64 X2: A Credible Choice?

Altera
Nios II V6.0 and C2H (C-to-hardware-acceleration) compiler
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AT91SAM7SE512/256/32 ARM7-based microcontrollers
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" B3 Q$ V. W! ^! hCN31XX and CN30XX MIPS64-based processors
More information: Networking processors decrease cost, increase integration

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& y. T+ P0 F5 h+ s: d8 |( x& J6 o9 FMSC8144 quad-core DSP
More information: Quad-core DSP packs performance and features

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Core Microarchitecture CPUs (Merom, Conroe, Woodcrest)
  [- }; p# ~( p/ l! eMore information: IDF debriefing: Pendulum swings from AMD to Intel

Intel
. Q# d$ t5 a; DCore 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core CPU
More information: Benchmarking a Quad-Core Beast
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2 z- b( I$ k3 N) q! A% L8 NLM3S101/102 Stellaris 32-bit microcontrollers
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PIC18F97J60 8-bit micro controllers
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Ramtron
& J/ S/ ?* Q+ wVRS51L2070 8051 microcontroller
  A: I1 s) m# E* sMore information: 8051 core sports hardware arithmetic extensions

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3 n8 P( i7 ?  g$ F) h$ }SH7785 microcontroller with multimedia support
4 ?) J9 ]3 R' J9 u. `. xMore information: Microcontroller vendors further encroach on SOCs
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STMicroelectronics
STR910F ARM9E-based microcontrollers
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# {! G) r, Z) N, |* b% D$ iDiamond Standard family of Xtensa processors
More information: Cores lower entry cost for custom SOCs