News & Analysis

During my keynote presentation at COMPUTEX Mobile Forum 2012 in Taipei the week before last, I spoke about application development on Android today. In contrast to the often negative portrayals of today’s Android apps development landscape, I wanted to offer a more positive point of view, highlighting the significant progress that has been made towards unification.

Wind River today announced that Fastwel, a Russian-based manufacturer of single-board computers, has become a member of the Wind River Partner Alliance Program. The partnership will provide robust, application-ready platforms to Fastwel customers around the world within a cross-section of sectors, including aerospace and defence, industrial and transportation.

The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMCC), led by Micron Technology (Nasdaq:MU) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today announced that new members ARM, HP, and SK hynix, Inc. have joined the global effort to accelerate widespread industry adoption of Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) technology.

When the first results of the pan-European euroFOT field study are presented in Brussels on June 26th, the conclusion is clear: Volvo Trucks’ active safety systems help drivers avoid accidents.

In partnership with Aston Business School’s Centre for Executive Development, ECSN launched a Certificate in Management program for its executive membership.

Imec and Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announce that they have entered into a three year research collaboration on reconfigurable radio IC design. By joining forces, Murata will gain insight and better understanding in technology solutions and challenges for cognitive reconfigurable radio front-end.

New and expanding applications, coupled with the shift to enhanced automation processes and controls, are restoring growth to the global market for proximity and displacement sensors, which suffered negative growth rates in 2009.

Count On Tools Inc. announces that PB Swiss Tools introduced new rainbow colour-coding for its Parallel Pin Punch Tools, making them easy to quickly locate, assign and safely apply the right tool. Smart improvements and continued developments supplement its existing assortment. The colour-coded features of PB Swiss Tools’ Rainbow Series set them apart from the rest by giving an indication of size to every tool.

Tensilica, Inc. today announced that it is now ranked second in shipments of chips containing DSP IP cores for 2011 by The Linley Group. Tensilica attributes this growth to its focus on dataplane signal processing and strong unit volumes in smart phones, home entertainment, and communications LTE infrastructure. Shipments of devices with Tensilica DSP cores roughly doubled from 2010 to 2011.

After a decade of rapid growth mostly in cellphones and consumer electronics, Bluetooth wireless connection technology is now pushing into a broader range of applications in personal area networks. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has expanded its marketing campaign to start a second major wave of growth in wireless PANs serving healthcare, smart energy, home systems, and other uses.