Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the PIC32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The PIC32 family adds more performance and more memory while maintaining pin, peripheral and software compatibility with Microchip’s 16-bit MCU/DSC families.

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the 25AA1024 and 25LC1024 (25XX1024)—the fastest (20 MHz) 1 Megabit (Mb) SPI serial EEPROM devices in the industry. The Company also announced the 25AA128, 25LC128, 25AA512 and 25LC512 (25XX128/512) 128 Kbit and 512 Kbit devices today, meaning Microchip now provides serial EEPROMs across the entire SPI memory-density range (1 Kbit – 1 Mbit).

Researchers at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Surrey have developed microchips capable of quickly and cheaply identifying dangerous and drug resistant bacteria in clinical samples, scientists announced today (Wednesday 5 September 2007) at the Society for General Microbiology's 161st Meeting at the University of Edinburgh, UK, which runs from 3-6 September 2007.

Creating ultrasmall grooves on microchips -- a key part of many modern technologies -- is about to become as easy as making a sandwich, using a new process invented by Princeton engineers.

Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced the availability of Express Logic’s new ThreadX® Microcontroller Edition RTOS, “ThreadX®/MCU,” for the 16-bit PIC24 microcontrollers (MCUs) and dsPIC® digital signal controllers (DSCs) from Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors.

Genetic studies on whole animals can now be done dramatically faster using a new microchip developed by engineers at MIT.

Digital Angel Corporation, an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate identification, location tracking and condition monitoring of high-value assets, announced today that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is an agency of the United Nations, has awarded Digital Angel a tender to microchip llamas in Peru.