Flash Microcontrollers; Broad-range supplier
A joint merger of Hitachi and Mitsubishi product lines, Renesas boasts an impressive array of semiconductor products. A very broad-range manufacturer of semiconductors including microcontrollers, discretes, Flash, SRAM. 8-bit thru 32-bit cores. Excellent development tool support. The combined microcontroller product portfolio includes the H8, SuperH, R8C, M16C, R32C, and much much more!
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8051, AT91, AVR, AVR32 Microcontrollers
Atmel manufactures the popular 8051, the AT91 ARM7, Atmel AVR 8-bit RISC, and the AT57 dual CPU DSP. Flash varieties of most Atmel microcontrolelrs are available. Wide development tools support is available for the 8051 & AT91. Atmel's 8-bit AVR has many devotees. The Atmel AVR32 is an MCU/DSP hybrid that has a 7-stage pipeline with parallel out-of-order execution.

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ZigBee (802.15.4) wireless networking chip manufacturer. Very leading-edge. Also provides real-time network traffic software to enable live data monitoring from the multiple nodes.

A leading manufacturer of high reliability ZigBee Module solutions for OEMs and system integrators. Popular with many Fortune 500 manufacturers, each MaxStream ZigBee Module is designed to work under extremely harsh urban & industrial conditions. In business and residential environments, modules can have a range of up to 1/4 mile. Excellent technical support.

8-bit Microcontrollers, Interface Chips
Over 1.8 Billion Flash MCUs Shipped!
PICmicro� microcontrollers (MCUs); analog/interface products; Serial EEPROMs; microID� RFID tags; KEELOQ� security devices; and the dsPIC� family of Digital Signal Controllers. Very good Development Tools. Microchip had shipped their One Billionth Flash Microcontroller by June 2005.

Fast Flash 8051 Microcontroller Families
The C8051Fxxx is a family of fast, Flash mixed signal 8051 microcontrollers. Peripherals include high performance A/D converters, 50MIPS peak performance JTAG based debug in each device. Supports ZigBee & USB. Formerly known as Cygnal Integrated Products.

Broad range supplier of digital & analog components
STMicroelectronics provides a comprehensive portfolio of high-performance 32-bit ARM-based microcontrollers, as well as their 8-bit ST6 and ST7 microcontrollers, the ST9 8/16-bit mcrocontrollers, and the µPSD3200 8051-compatible microcontroller. Training courses and on-line support available. Also manufactures a wide variety of analog, telecom, automotive, and communications semiconductors.

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