ZiLOG to re-focus on the 8-bit microprocessor

As the founder of the ZiLOG Z80 microprocessor company, is very familiar with Chinas electronics engineers, semiconductor manufacturers. However, in the past couple of years, ZiLOG lower level of activity in the Chinese market, many people have gradually forgotten them.

--- 2004 Nian 9 Yue , ZiLOG announced that its located in Shanghai Pudong Zhangjiang High-Tech Industrial Park, covering about 6,000 square meters of the design center was established, followed has introduced new products, increase in China promotion and M27C512-10F1 datasheet and service, once again attracted the attention of the industry.

--- In fact, ZiLOG has experienced twists and M27C512-10F1 price and turns in the development, adjust business strategy and M27C512-10F1 suppliers and re-focus on the tremendous market potential of 8-bit microcontroller products. They said that as an integrated microcontroller solutions leader, ZiLOG attaches great importance to Chinas market demand and development in the next 3 to 5 years, they will the companys main technology into China, and Chinese customers, for the Chinese electronics designers provide a complete supply chain. The scope of their products and effective cost control program that will meet the appliance, automotive, consumer and industrial market demand.

--- ZiLOGs current chips have been widely applied to various designs, such as industrial and factory automation, facility automation and energy management, portable GPRS terminals, biological and communication systems, network applications and remote testing equipment and other fields. ZiLOG Design Center plans to further expand the resources and capabilities, especially for Chinas electronics manufacturers demand for low-cost applications, the development of new products close to the market. The center will design analog and mixed-signal microcontroller, embedded software and applications, while the new prototype will also provide support, including product development for the Chinese local contact between the wafer manufacturing industry. The new design center in Shanghai on ZiLOG is a significant step in Chinas strategy ZiLOG is an important part, reflects the importance of China ZiLOG. China ZiLOG the income share of the entire Asia Pacific region accounted for 50%. With the design center, ZiLOG can continue to grow in the microcontroller market in China to provide more rapid solutions.

--- ZiLOG launch of the new Z8 GP MCU family, the cost and power efficiency to achieve a major breakthrough, and to provide customers with a wide range of memory capacity, voltage options and packages pin number. ZiLOG, said these breakthroughs will set off from these new one-time programmable (OTP) microcontroller, a series of new applications immediately benefit from the boom.

--- New ZGP323 products Z8 CISC-based structure, the market for generic products, providing low-cost and high efficiency. This new product family will reduce the holding cost of a range of applications, such as automobiles, household appliances, entertainment, toys, handheld battery-powered equipment, industrial control products, consumer electronic products, communication products, lighting control, wireless switches and clock ensemble sound, and other needs high-speed switching, low power and cost-effective I / O device applications.

--- ZGP323 and ZGR323L, ZGR163L launched with read-only memory devices, making the family of products is not only very suitable for mass production but also very suitable for educational research and development facilities (or even enthusiast market). Important advantage of the new equipment, including extremely low cost, larger operating voltage range (from 2.0 ~ 5.5V), standard, enhanced, and automatic temperature range, and a rich set of features, including a one-time programmable 4KB to 32KB Memory, 237B general random access memory, up to 32 general purpose I / O ports, and low power consumption. Design and use of new equipment to become more convenient, because they are based on the familiar CISC architecture. Z8 GP products, low power consumption and lower operating voltage to a battery-powered appliances and equipment, application of the ideal market, the strengthening and automatic temperature range of industrial applications for many different open the door.

--- New Z8 GP family, the memory capacity is divided into 4kB, 8kB, 16kB, and 32kB, pin types are divided into 20-pin, 28 pin, 40-pin and 48 pin. Package types include CDIP, PDIP, SOIC and SSOP. ZGP323 one-time programmable version is priced at 0.90 to 1.20 U.S. dollars.

--- ZiLOG CEO James Thorburn said, we have been committed to providing innovative embedded control solutions. With the latest upgrade to the Z8, we expand the product range and target application. In these target applications, power efficiency and cost to start from the design stage for the decision-making is crucial.

--- Semico Research Corporation predicts that the global market will be 8-bit microprocessor in 2002 rose to nearly $ 4,000,000,000 in 2008 to 58 billion U.S. dollars. 2003-2008 period, the 8-bit microcontroller market to reach 8% compound annual growth rate. Like China, the rapid rise of emerging markets, there will be in the semiconductor and microcontroller development of the market played a key role, especially in the 8-bit microcontroller market. Therefore, ZiLOG future in China will also have unlimited space for development.

ZiLOG COMPANY
--- ZiLOG was established in 1974, due to design and manufacture of microprocessor and microcontroller industry, one of the first structure is known worldwide. Today, ZiLOG is a global leader in 8-bit micro logic devices supplier. The company designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of embedded control and communication applications, these devices are widely used in consumer electronics, home appliances, security systems, sales terminals, personal computer peripherals, as well as industrial and automotive applications.
--- ZiLOG is headquartered in San Jose, California, in the world has about 520 employees and sales offices throughout Asia, Europe and North America. For more information about ZiLOG and its products, please visit the company web site www.ZiLOG.com.