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Emerson Network Power and Mercury Computer Systems Team to Promote Interoperability Standards in Military and Aerospace Applications
Emerson Network Power and Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a trusted ISR subsystems provider, announced today that they will collaborate to promote interoperability on open standards-based subsystems for military and aerospace applications. This alliance seeks to provide interoperability between the companies’ rich range of embedded computing solutions, in order to enable defense customers to migrate their performance away from pr...
Datalight Unveils Support for Microsoft Windows 7
Datalight announced today support for Microsoft Windows 7 with desktop driver for its proprietary file system Reliance Nitro™. Reliance Windows Driver (RWD) allows data from devices using Datalight’s acclaimed file systems to be exchangeable with computers running Windows 7, XP or Vista. This allows, for example, users of CF cards formatted with Reliance Nitro to work in the CF card slot located in many printers and PCs. Current support is fo...
Rohde & Schwarz wins system integration project for Australia’s Air Warfare Destroyers
Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) Pty Ltd has been selected by Raytheon Australia, on behalf of the AWD Alliance, as the supplier for the suite of HF, VHF and UHF radio equipment to equip Australia's Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs).
Digi Launches Industry's First System-on-Module with Global 3G Cellular Connectivity
Digi International introduced the ConnectCore 3G, the industry’s first embedded module with integrated application processing and Qualcomm Gobi technology. Gobi technology supports High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) or Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) networks, the two dominant standards for 3G data networks, from the same cellular radio. Ideal for developing remote device management solutions in energy, fleet management, digital signage, industr...
Aerotech's engineered motion sub-system is selected for ultra-precision plate scanner at the Royal Observatory of Belgium
The DAMIAN ultra-precision scanning system at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) fulfils a significant part of a global programme for the digitisation of astrometric plates and aerial photographic images that span over a century and has shaped our understanding of the world, the solar system and the universe. With more than three million plate images estimated in the astronomical community alone, the programme was borne out of a need to provi...
New ALS2200 linear stages combine ultra-smooth precision motion in a production grade design
Aerotech has launched a new range of industrial grade positioning stages that feature direct-drive linear servo motors and ultra-smooth cross roller bearings in a hard top/side sealed protection design that offers outstanding levels of positional and geometric precision for harsh production environments. The new ALS2200 range is aimed at high precision/high throughput manufacturing applications such as multi-axis laser micromachining which typica...
Arkoon Network Security Selects Wind River for Next-Generation Network Equipment
Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced that Arkoon Network Security has standardized on Wind River Linux to develop Arkoon's FAST 360 family of network security devices. Arkoon's FAST 360 range of network appliances is designed for the enterprise and run on Wind River Linux optimized for Cavium OCTEON and Intel Xeon processors.
Xilinx Stacked Silicon Interconnect Extends FPGA Technology to Deliver 'More than Moore' Density, Bandwidth and Power Efficiency
Xilinx announced the industry's first stacked silicon interconnect technology for delivering breakthrough capacity, bandwidth and power savings using multiple FPGA die in a single package for applications that require high-transistor and logic density, as well as tremendous levels of computational and bandwidth performance. By embracing 3D packaging technologies and through-silicon vias (TSV) for its 28nm 7 series FPGAs, Xilinx's Targeted Design ...
Xilinx Virtex-7 HT Devices Enable 100-400Gbps Applications and Beyond in a Single FPGA for Next Generation Communication Systems
Xilinx announced its Virtex-7 HT FPGAs with demonstrated 28Gbps serial transceiver performance required for next generation 100-400Gbps applications. The 28nm FPGAs enable communication equipment vendors to develop the integrated, high-bandwidth-efficient systems necessary to keep pace with the exploding global demand for more bandwidth in the wired infrastructure and datacenters. The new devices are equipped with the industry's highest-speed an...
Xilinx Enables Leading Wireless Platform & Semiconductor Company to Speed Wireless Products to Market With FPGA-Based Prototyping System
Xilinx and ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wireless platforms and semiconductors, today announced that ST-Ericsson is developing a next-generation PEPS-2 application-specific standard product (ASSP) prototyping platform based on Xilinx's high performance Virtex(R)-6 FPGAs.