FEATURE ARTICLES

Modelling: not just for big boys?
(Dick Selwood)
(August 26, 2008)

Flash Flood
We Never Thought... (Kevin Morris)
(August 19, 2008)

Disruptive Technology?
(Dick Selwood)
(August 12, 2008)

Energy: It’s Not Your Average Power
by Markus Levy, EEMBC
(August 12, 2008)

Does Harry Use Tools?
(Dick Selwood)
(August 5, 2008)

NEWSLETTERS

August 26, 2008 :: volume XII, no. 09

August 19, 2008 :: volume XII, no. 08

August 12, 2008 :: volume XII, no. 07

August 5, 2008 :: volume XII, no. 06

August 28, 2008

Power.org Continues Expanding Market Opportunities for Power Architecture® Ecosystem
Highlighted Links

NEC Electronics Europe announces V850ES/Jx3-L All Flash Demonstration Kit

IAR Systems, NXP Semiconductors and Micrium collaborate to launch flexible RTOS-based reference design platform

August 27, 2008

Configurable Video Platform Now Available For The LatticeECP2 FPGA Family

A State of Xen: Virtualization from PDAs to Super Computers

MontaVista Linux First to Bring Telecom Standards Compliance for Linux on Cavium OCTEON Processors

August 26, 2008

Avnet Technology Solutions Expands Its OneTech™ Consulting Services Portfolio with Storage Assessments

Small But Powerful Processor Designs May Go Head-to-Head in Robots, According to ABI Research

Miniature MOSFETs feature industry’s lowest drive voltage

August 25, 2008

Atmel Targets Low Power Designs With World's First 1.8V 8-Megabit Serial Flash

Express Logic Sponsors Microchip PIC32 Design Challenge With HP Camera/Printer Set Prizes
HP Cameras/Printers run Express Logic’s ThreadX® RTOS

QNX Brings Power of Multi-Core to In-Car Infotainment with Renesas

NEC Electronics Announces iDTV SoC Supporting H.264/AVC with Full HD processing

August 22, 2008

NEC Electronics Announces New Device Wire Adapter Chip to Enable Connection of Wired USB Peripherals to Wireless USB-Based Host Systems

VIA Pico-ITX at the Heart of Modern Robots

August 21, 2008

Mistral and ELMA partner to offer Electronics Packaging solutions to Indian embedded systems market

FancyPants™ To Differentiate Intel-Based Mobile Internet Devices

NEC Electronics Europe Announces New SAY IT! Demonstration Kit

August 20, 2008

Hermes Spacecraft Looking to Bring Personal Space Travel to the Masses

N-trig’s DuoSenseTM Digitizer Embedded in Intel’s New UrbanMax Mobile Computer

Unicoi Systems Displays at NVISION to Answer Overwhelming Customer Demand for Reference Designs Incorporating Fusion Software

VirtualLogix™ Delivers Virtualization Support for
Intel-Based Mobile Internet Device

August 19, 2008

ADI Engineering Announces Embedded Mini-ITX Single Board Computer for the Intel® EP80579 Integrated Processor Product Line

Avnet Technology Solutions Unveils Its SolutionsPath™ Methodology

NetLogic Microsystems Showcases Industry’s Broadest Portfolio of Content Processors Targeted at Accelerating Deep-Packet Inspection Functions on Multiple Intel® Architecture-based Platforms at the Intel Developer Forum Fall 2008

Freescale Semiconductor Expands Open Platform Commitment by Joining the LiMo Foundation™

August 18, 2008

NEC Electronics Announces New 16-bit Microcontrollers with Interdependent Control of Digital Audio-Visual Devices

PLX Launches Industry’s First PCI Express Switches With Integrated DMA

Xilinx Extends Spartan-3A FPGA Family, Enables Lower Total System Costs for High-Volume, Cost-Sensitive Applications

August 15, 2008

Discover the Specifications for Embedded Passive Device Resistor Materials for Rigid and Multilayer Printed Boards

Timesys Announces Embedded Linux for Tensilica Diamond Standard 232L Processor Core

August 14, 2008

ITTIA DB-SQL engine offers enterprise capabilities for embedded application development

Innovative Integration’s New X5-GSPS PCI Express XMC Module with National ADC08D1500 dual-channel 8-bit A/Ds, Virtex5 FPGA and 512 MB Memory

Kozio Supports Freescale's Enhanced Power Architecture™ Microcontrollers for Automotive and Industrial Devices

Wind River Adds Support for New Intel Integrated Processor Line for Embedded Devices

August 13, 2008

Micron Announces New 32GB
e-MMC™ Devices

Cost-Effective SoC from Freescale Promotes Adoption of GPON

Industry Leaders Speak at Portable Design Conference & Exhibition ‘08

InHand to Unveil New Intel® Atom™-based System

August 12, 2008

Netrino Announces New Nationwide Embedded Systems Course Schedule

Xilinx at IDF 2008

Crocus Establishes Prototyping Environment for Next Generation MRAM Technology

Arrow Electronics Kicks Off 11-City Technical Solutions Forums

VirtualLogix to Showcase Advanced Virtualization Support for the Latest Intel® Virtualization Technology and Intel® Centrino®2 With vPro™ Technology at Intel Developers Forum

August 11, 2008

MIPS Technologies Announces USB PHY Breakthroughs

Xilinx Introduces New Development Kit for Building High-Performance Embedded Processing Systems with Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

Cypress and Nuva College of Engineering and Technology Announce Partnership to Establish Design Facility

Vitesse Introduces 6.375G SerDes Solution with VScope™ Waveform Viewing Technology

August 7, 2008

Next generation of electronics engineers shine light on future energy technology

SiliconSystems Doubles Capacity of SiliconDrive II Embedded USB Products

IDG World Expo Completes Successful LinuxWorld Conference & Expo and Second Annual Next Generation Data Center Event

August 6, 2008

Novatel Wireless Awarded Patent for Message Delivery System to Communicate with Multimode Mobile Internet Devices

VMETRO’s quad Serial FPDP data recording system delivers 800MB/s performance

August 5, 2008

Stretch Announces S6106 Software Configurable Processor And S6106 IP Camera Reference Design Kit

Agility Introduces New Imaging Algorithm Implementation Service

ThingMagic.com Online Store Delivers RFID to a Wide Variety of Applications

Open Kernel Labs Fortifies Sony Ericsson XPERIA Smartphone

Xirrus Releases Open Source Wi-Fi Monitor Tool for Linux

Timesys Announces Embedded Linux for Logic’s OMAPTM SOM-LV

August 4, 2008

VirtualLogix Joins Limo Foundation

Integrated WiMAX SoC Platform and RF-to-Digital Baseband Transceivers Enable Range of Powerful WiMAX Femto, Pico and Micro Base Stations and Relays

UMC’s Embedded DRAM, URAM™ Proven in 65nm Customer Silicon

Quantum3D and Alta Data Technologies Announce Validation of Thermite 3 AltaCore-1553 Interface

ADLINK Technology Releases Distributed Programmable Automation Controller with Four Serial COM Ports

August 1, 2008

New PC/104 Single Board Computer Offers Competitive Price/Performance for a Wide Variety of Embedded Applications