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OpenVPX interoperability specification leverages military and telecom system level experience with guidance from key industry system developers
The OpenVPX Industry Working Group, an alliance of VITA member defense and aerospace prime contractors and embedded computing systems suppliers focused on addressing VPX (VITA 46) system-level interoperability issues, has announced on schedule the completion of the OpenVPX draft V0.8 specification.
LSI and Aricent Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Deployment of Next-Generation Networks
LSI Corporation and Aricent have announced an expansion of their strategic collaboration to accelerate the deployment of wireless and wireline networking infrastructure and enterprise networking systems to the global marketplace. Aricent and LSI currently offer pre-integrated software stacks for multi-service business gateways that run on LSITM APP communications processors and have co-developed broadband networking software with IPv6 capabilitie...
PLX Technology Combines Leading Interconnect, Storage Portfolio into Dynamic Demonstration at Intel Developers Forum
PLX Technology, Inc. today announced a combined demonstration plan of its market-leading products at the upcoming Intel Developers Forum (IDF), September 22-24, 2009. PLX will demo an emerging enterprise usage model of its latest PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 switches and merge it with several new consumer applications by blending its PCIe and network attached storage (NAS) devices, thus showcasing the convergence of PLX® products in the connected worl...
AIS Releases Low Cost Digital Signage Player for Complete Networked Digital Signage Solutions
American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) has released a new line of Digital Signage Media Appliances powered by IAdea firmware supporting the latest Scala Content Manager 5 Release 5 Software, empowering users to distribute digital signage content from any internet-connected computer. Traditionally Scala has been limited to PC based hardware, but with Release 5, Scala has changed the game by offering lower cost non-PC (RISC) based hardware solutio...
u-blox supports location-aware applications running on Windows 7
u-blox, a leading provider of embedded GPS receiver semiconductors and solutions, is announcing its support of Microsoft Corp.’s initiative to make development of location-aware applications on Windows 7 hassle-free. Through the release of u-blox’ driver supporting Microsoft’s Sensor and Location API, software developers now have a standardized interface to the entire line of u-blox GPS chips and modules. The Sensor and Location platform fo...
NEC Electronics and Renesas Reach a Definitive Agreement on Business Integration
NEC Electronics Corporation, Renesas Technology Corp, NEC Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to integrate business operations at NEC Electronics and Renesas (the “Business Integration”). The Business Integration will become effective following the adoption of the resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of NEC Electronics and Rene...
ARM extends low-power leadership to high-performance enterprise apps
ARM has announced the development of two Cortex-A9 MPCore hard macro implementations for the TSMC 40nm-G process, enabling silicon manufacturers to have a rapid and low-risk route to silicon for high-performance, low-power Cortex-A9 processor-based devices. The speed-optimized hard macro implementation will enable devices to operate at frequencies greater than 2GHz.
Artisan Studio Uno shortlisted for an Elektra09 Award
Artisan Software Tools, the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has announced that Artisan Studio Uno™, has been shortlisted for a prestigious Elektra09 award in the Embedded System Product of the Year category.
Essemtec strengthens marketing in Great Britain and Ireland
Essemtec breaks with Contax Ltd. and collaborates anew with two independent marketing partners in Great Britain and Ireland that orient their product range primarily towards Essemtec products. Essemtec, Swiss manufacturer of production and customized solutions for the electronics and solar industries, is availing of the insolvency of Contax Ltd. and intensifying marketing with two new partners in Great Britain and Ireland. Key Production Equipmen...
Magneti Marelli and STMicroelectronics - Memorandum of understanding for electronic systems and components for hybrid and electric vehicles
Magneti Marelli and STMicroelectronics have signed a memorandum of understanding that lays the foundations for an agreement in the sector of power electronics modules and components for energy conversion electronic systems (inverter) to be fitted on hybrid and electric vehicles.