ARCHIVES - AUGUST 2006

FEATURE ARTICLES

System Design by Swarm
Natural Selection in Embedded Design

(August 29, 2006)

Ceramic Injection Molding Produces Complex Parts With Tight Tolerances, by Paul Manison, Morgan Advanced Ceramics
(August 29, 2006)

A Mile in Their Shoes
Altium’s Engineering Empathy

(August 22, 2006)

ESL for FPGAs
Tools Make FPGA Design an Exercise in Software Programming
by Milan Saini, Xilinx Inc.
(August 22, 2006)

MIPS for your Media Room
MIPS/Dolby Team to Accelerate Audio Deployment
(August 5, 2006)

Forgotten Battles
Holes in the Engineering Fossil Record
(August 5, 2006)

Wind River Zooms In
Increased Focus on Consumer and Networking
(August 8, 2006)

Model-Based Design Shortens Development Time of Motor Control Applications
by Arun Mulpur, Ph.D. and Zijad Galijasevic, Ph.D., The MathWorks, Inc.
(August 8, 2006)

Students Throw Down the Gauntlet
Time to Speed Up Your Embedded Development

(August 1, 2006)

NEWSLETTERS

August 29, 2006 :: volume IX, no. 09

August 22, 2006 :: volume IX, no. 08

August 15, 2006 :: volume IX, no. 07

August 8, 2006 :: volume IX, no. 06

August 1, 2006 :: volume IX, no. 05

PRESS RELEASES

August 31, 2006

eCosCentric Partnership Promotes Real-Time Data Management on eCos RTOS

Mistral Introduces WinCE 5.0 BSP for TI's OMAP5912 Starter Kit

SST Announces SPI Serial Flash Memory Support for Intel's Q965 PRO Chipsets

August 30, 2006

Cinea Launches First Forensic Watermarking Application for Use With Broad Range of Consumer Video Devices; Patented Running Marks Allows Tracking of Pirated Content to Devices Ranging From Set-Tops to Portable Video Devices to Mobile Phones

World's Largest Semiconductor Memory Conference Highlights Leading-Edge Memory and Storage Solutions

New Internet Security Appliance from ZyXEL Offers Best Performance and Most Comprehensive User Policy Engine of Any Product in Its Class

Quatech Introduces Next Generation USB Serial Adapter with High Speed USB 2.0

Onset Computer Corporation Announces Miniature Data Logger for Underwater Temperature Monitoring

August 29, 2006

Discover How Altera's Programmable Solutions Drive Innovation in the Broadcast Industry at IBC2006

Mercury Computer Systems Announces the Highest Performing Conduction-Cooled COTS Computer System

ATEME to Showcase Its MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 Encoding Solutions at IBC 2006

Sprint Launches First EV-DO Revision A-Capable Mobile Broadband Card in the Nation; Card to Support Advanced Mobile Broadband Speeds When Available in 4Q 2006; Total Mobile Broadband Footprint to Cover 200 Million People by Year End

SYSPRO Releases New, Ground-Breaking Version of SYSPRO ERP Software

IBM, Chartered, Infineon and Samsung Announce Process and Design Readiness for Silicon Circuits on 45nm Low-Power Technology

Unicoi Systems Releases WebPilot Embedded Web Browser v8.1; Release Includes the Powerful Fusion GUI Toolkit v6.0

August 28, 2006

Avnet Technology Solutions and DSI Team to Provide Integrated Wireless Data Capture Solution; Offering Includes Software, Server, Wireless Hardware and Services for Barcode and RFID Technology Solutions

Avnet Technology Solutions Launches IBM Training Portal

Dongbu Electronics Completes Development of Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) Tool for 90nm Wafers

Juniper Networks Offers Best-in-Class Unified Threat Management With Enhanced Firewall/VPN

MD Nastran(TM) Demonstrates Record 64-bit Speed and Performance Benchmark Results on Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors

RTI Teams with Concurrent to Support U.S. Navy's Aegis Open Architecture Program

Boeing Selects Aonix ObjectAda for Tomahawk Cruise Missile Mission Planning Software

August 25, 2006

Mistral premiers Upgraded Version of Targa's Removable Disk with an increased capacity of 64 GB

August 24, 2006

Xceive Announces Low Power, High Performance Single-Chip RF-to-Baseband Receivers; Fully Integrated Silicon Tuners Provide 20 Percent Power Savings for Portable LCD-TVs, USB TV Sticks, and Notebook Applications

Nuance Communications Teams with Analog Devices to Offer Advanced Automotive Platform; Nuance Speech Applications on Blackfin Platform Power Hands-free Solutions for Leading Automotive Suppliers

August 23, 2006

Capricorn Technologies Redefines the Economics of Storage; Leading Provider of Low-Cost, Power Efficient Data Storage Solutions Introduces 3TB and 120TB Platforms With Exceptional TCO

Independent Benchmark Scores Show Freescale's Industry Leading MSC8144 DSP Soars against the Competition; Freescale Device is Top Performer among Fully Programmable DSPs Tested by BDT

August 22, 2006

Raytheon JPS Communications Selects Unicoi Systems' Fusion(TM) SIP Software to Power New Analog Radio Adapter; Solid, Proven Software and Ease of Portability Key Decision Criteria

Onset Unveils Acceleration Data Logger

Engenium's Semetric V.5.0 Uses Intelligent Resource Management to Dramatically Increase Scalability; New Release Provides Tools to More Efficiently Manage System Resources

August 21, 2006

Atmel and Jungo Announce Availability of Jungo's USBware Software Protocol Stacks for Atmel's AT91 Smart ARM Microcontrollers

Devicescape Addresses the #1 Challenge for Wi-Fi Users: Simple and Secure Setup; Company Releases Premier Implementation of Wi-Fi Protected Setup; Expanded Devicescape Agent Includes Windows Mobile 5.0

Full-size System Host Board (SHB) Supports Dual-core Processing and Excellent Graphical Performance

Cypress Releases Enhanced Version of PSoC Express(TM) Design Tool That Requires No ''C'' or Assembly Coding; Newest Version Includes Over 60 New Drivers Developed by Third-Parties

Microchip Technology Unveils Industry's First 1.5A LDO with Shutdown, User-Programmable Power Good and Bond-wire Compensation on Single Chip

August 17, 2006

Aimetis Announces AIRA 2005 Second Edition; First Open IP-Surveillance Software to Support Cameras and Video Encoders with Embedded Analytics; New Retail Features Such as People Counting

New Tropos MetroMesh Routers First to Bring Smart Routing to Multi-Band Metro-Scale Wireless Mesh Networks; MetroMesh OS Delivers Industry's Only Intelligent, Dynamic Multi-Mode Mesh

August 16, 2006

IAR Systems launches low-cost evaluation kit for Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S102

Jungo Releases Version 8.10 of Vista-Ready WinDriver USB/PCI Driver Development Tools

Pentaho Announces Pentaho Open BI Suite 1.2; New Release Adds Report Templates, Drag & Drop BI Workflows & More

Avago Technologies Adds Three User-Friendly Development Kits to Allow Customers to Easily Install RGB Color Sensors

Relativity Technologies Delivers Plug-and-Play Modernization Platform

August 15, 2006

Pentaho Announces SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Certification; World's Most Popular Open Source BI Suite Certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop Editions

LVL7 Introduces Next-Generation WLAN Switching Software; FASTPATH(R) Wireless LAN Switching and Access Point Software to Enable Both Enterprise and Small Business Network Solutions

Unicoi Systems Releases TCP/IP Networking Stack with Support for VLANs

Cogent Systems Announces Availability of the BlueCheck(TM) Portable Bluetooth Fingerprint Scanner

ANT Announces Large-Scale Deployment of PurePlay Digital Media Manager on Personal Media Player Platform

August 14, 2006

CipherTrust Introduces Industry's First Multi-Identity Reputation System; TrustedSource Message Reputation Provides Unprecedented Accuracy and Protection to Combat Image Spam and Other Zombie-based Threats

Bitstream Releases Major Upgrade to Its Leading Text Composition Engine for Small Embedded Systems; Release of Bitstream Panorama 3.0 includes full support for Arabic, Hebrew, Indian, and Thai complex language scripts

ANTs Takes Major Leap in Fulfilling Database Consolidation Vision with New Software Release; ANTs Data Server 3.6 Boasts Compatibility, Performance and Manageability Gains, Support for Real-Time Linux and Windows x64

System Host Board (SHB) Supports Dual Intel® Xeon Processors with Outstanding I/O Performance

SafeNet Introduces Sentinel RMS-Embedded; The First and Only Feature Control and Licensing Solution Designed Specifically for Embedded Systems

August 10, 2006

Innovative Silicon Selected for Upcoming HOT CHIPS Conference; Company to Present on "Z-RAM ultra-dense memory for 90nm and below"

August 9, 2006

ArcSoft Releases Latest Version of MediaConverter

Crossroads Systems Adds Intelligence to Enterprise-Class Tape Libraries and JBOD Systems; Crossroads Announces Availability of NearEdge 924e and 924p Storage Controllers

National Instruments Introduces First PXI Express Modules and High-Bandwidth Controllers; New NI M Series Data Acquisition Modules and Controllers Increase System Bandwidth to 1 GB/s

August 8, 2006

Dongbu Electronics and Cadence Jointly Develop Process Design Kit (PDK) to Support High-Voltage BCDMOS Chips; New PDK Facilitates 60V BCDMOS Chip Designs at the 0.35-micron Node

RadiSys and GoAhead Offer First Standards-Based, Pre-Integrated High Availability AdvancedTCA Solution; Application Ready Platform Helps Equipment Manufacturers Speed Time-to-Market and Reduce Costs

ANT Unveils Version 2.0 of Galio TV Application Manager; New Applications Framework and AJAX/Web 2.0 Support Enables Developers to Deliver an Improved, Richer Service and End User Experience
IBC 2006

Unicoi Systems Releases Fusion(R) RTSP for Clients and Servers; Release Also Includes Support for IPv6

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Introduces CompactPCI(R) Freescale(TM) PowerPC(R) Processor-based Single Board Computer; 6U PICMG(R) 2.16 C2K SBC Delivers I/O Flexibility and Ruggedized Options

August 7, 2006

Porticus Technology Introduces 'Triple-Factor' User Authentication Integrating Voice Biometrics; Embedded and Interactive Voice Response Options Available

Analog Devices' Blackfin Combines Processing Power, Security and Ease-of-Programming to Deliver Live Video to Mobile Phones; IRIS Wireless Camera Uses Blackfin to Secure and Stream Video from a Camera to Portable Devices

Voxeo Launches Prophecy 7 with Embedded BusinessVoIP and Open Source Applications; Instant Access to Live VoIP Phone Numbers and Bundled Applications Make Deployment Remarkably Easy

August 4, 2006

Provision Networks Releases Version 5.6 of its Enterprise Edition Access Software

August 3, 2006

System Host Board (SHB) Supports Dual Intel® Xeon Processors with Outstanding I/O Performance

Forum Systems Releases Version 6.1 of Award-Winning Forum Sentry SOA Gateway with Advanced Policy Handling System (PHS); Dynamic Policy Lifecycle Management to Enable Scalable Service-Oriented Architectures

August 2, 2006

MoSys Launches 65nm Macro Program; Signs First 65nm Technology Licensing Agreement with Major IDM and Initiates CLASSIC Macro Designs with Pure-Play Foundries

meebo Inc. Extends its IM Platform; The meebo me(TM) widget Provides an Easy Way to Integrate IM into Websites, Enabling Embedded Web Communications Everywhere

Minacom Patent-Pending MTA Loopback VoIP Testing Technique Successfully Tested with Cedar Point SAFARI(TM) C3 Multimedia Switching System

Mistral introduces first-ever Intel Core Duo-based 3U cPCI SBC from Curtiss Wright

Arcom's Extended Temperature IXP425 PC/104 SBC takes secure embedded communications into hostile environments

August 1, 2006

Kozio's Diagnostic Software Speeds Voice Channel Testing

Imagination Technologies Enables Mobile Content Creation Across Widest Range of Platforms; Launches PowerVR Insider SDK 1.9

Integration Announces Silicon DAA Chipset With Analog Interface for IP Telephony, Modem and Line Monitoring Applications

Mentor Graphics Delivers First Hardware/Software Processor Support Package for the ARM Cortex-M3 Processor

PLX Technology to Showcase Its PCI Express Bridging in Emerging Instrumentation Platform; PLX PEX 8311 Provides Local Bus-to-PCIe Bridging in Compact PCIe/PXIe-Form-Factor Kit for Designing Measurement, Automation Systems

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