FEATURE ARTICLES

Embedded '06
Platform Proliferation
(December 19, 2006)

Next-Generation Requirements Management
by René Bellei, President and CEO, Ryma Technology Solutions
(December 19, 2006)

Embedded Sweden
Pea Soup and Pancakes
(December 12, 2006)

IDE Considerations for Remote Programming
by Jerome Lambourg, AdaCore
(December 12, 2006)

Success with System Simulation
Are Virtual Models Really Helpful?
(December 5, 2006)

Is There a Database in Your Future?
by Malcolm Colton, Hitachi Embedded Business Group
(December 5, 2006)

NEWSLETTERS

December 19, 2006 :: volume V, no. 12

December 12, 2006 :: volume V, no. 11

December 5, 2006 :: volume V, no. 10

December 28, 2006

Crossware Enhances ARM® Development Suite with Support for More NXP Chips

December 22, 2006

Free KickStart Tools from IAR Systems Available for Luminary Micro Stellaris® Microcontrollers

December 21, 2006

SkyWave Successfully Completes Field Trials of New D+/GPRS Integrated Wireless Controller

December 20, 2006

Cypress Introduces Five New PSoC® Development and Evaluation Kits

SafeNet Receives IKEv2 Interoperability Certification for IPSec Toolkit

nCipher introduces world's first embedded cryptographic Hardware Security Module

December 19, 2006

Language Weaver Ships Version 4.2, Adds Multiple Function Upgrades and Offers New Licensing Option for Newest Version of Automated Translation Software

MontaVista and Atheros Deliver High Performance SDIO Stack to Open Source Community

Discretix Expands Its Support for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Windows Embedded CE

MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA) and the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association (JEDEC) Announce eMMC™ for Embedded Flash Memory Applications

SiCortex Inc. Licenses MIPS64(R) Architecture for Low-Power, High-Performance Teraflop Computing

Atmel Offers New AVR Microcontrollers with Integrated LCD Controllers and picoPower Technology

D-Link Launches High Definition MediaLounge Player Verified to Work With Intel(R) Viiv(TM) Technology

ARM Announces First Production-Ready DDR1 And DDR2 Memory Interface IP on TSMC 90-Nanometer Process

December 18, 2006

Zi Corporation Signs Licensing Agreement with ACCESS

Freescale Now Shipping First PowerQUICC™ II Pro Embedded Processor in Volume

eInfochips Supports the Mentor Graphics' Questa™ Vanguard Program for AMBA AHB SystemVerilog Verification Component

Symphony Services Demonstrates Quality and Time to Market Advantages of Global Agile Software Development

T4U Partners With CollabNet to Address Rapidly Growing Market for On-Demand Distributed Software Development and Application Lifecycle Management

BMW Extends Adoption of MOST® Multimedia Networking Technology to X5, R56 MINI & 3 Series Coupe Models

HP Strengthens and Simplifies UNIX Security

VMETRO delivers VXS-enabled Intelligent I/O Carrier

Denali Launches MLC NAND Flash Solutions for SoC Designs

December 15, 2006

Teranex Innovative ClearVue™ Monitoring System Is Now Available

Lyrtech unveils new SignalMaster Quad Virtex-4 and DRC Virtex-4

austriamicrosystems Announces First 50V High-Voltage CMOS Process with Embedded Flash

December 14, 2006

BSQUARE Announces Embedded Server Solutions for OEMs Utilizing the New Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor and Windows® Embedded Server 2003 R2

Oxford Semiconductor Controller Adds High-Speed USB Peripheral Connectivity to Storage Hungry Portables

Apriso Releases New Version of FlexNet -- Extends Global Manufacturing Reach

SMSC Unveils New Fan Controllers for Efficient and Cost-Effective Thermal Management

HandySoft Announces OfficeEngine™, BPM Industry's First Completely Dynamic Solution

SMSC Introduces New Line of Advanced Temperature Sensors Targeting Designs at 90nm and Below

December 13, 2006

SkyWave Extends DMR-200D Class 1 Division 2 Certification in Response to Rising Demand in Hazardous Applications

Dongbu Electronics Adds ARM Metro Low-Power Library To Design Support Portfolio

Recursion Software Offers VOYAGER Edge™ 6.0.1 Community Edition

Freescale Ships One Million MPC5500 Family Microcontrollers to the Automotive Industry

December 12, 2006

AirLink Communications Launches Exciting New Line of Rugged Intelligent Wireless Communications and Networking Devices

Arasan Announces Support for SDIO Version 2.0 in Its SDIO Device IP

Mitsubishi Electric Automation Introduces Smallest Graphic Operation Terminal

Freescale Octal Serial Switch Family Brings Versatile Power Distribution toAutomotive Electronics

Micrium Offers First RTOS to Support NXP's LPC3180 With Vector Floating Point Coprocessor

picoChip and Kineto team in UMA-enabled femtocell market

December 11, 2006

FSMLabs Enables Real-Time Carrier Grade Applications on AMD Opteron™ Processor-Based ATCA

EM Microelectronic Announces Very Low-Power Crystal Oscillator IC

ARM High-Speed PHY And High-Performance Standard Cells for 65-Nanometer Platform Adopted by Fujitsu

VMETRO Leads Market by Shipping its First Virtex-5 LX FPGA-based Products

RTI Attains Principal Partner Status in Sun Partner Advantage Program

Objective Interface's ORBexpress® Supports Texas Instruments's DaVinci™ Processors

National Instruments Extends LabVIEW Embedded Design Platform to QNX Neutrino Real-Time Operating System

CoWare Integrates Microsoft Windows Embedded CE on Virtual Platforms for Software Development

MontaVista Software Offers Preview of 5.0 Products

Virage Logic and Tensilica Introduce Core-Optimized IP Kits for Tensilica’s Diamond Standard Processors

Unify Announces NXJ Developer for Ultra Fast Development of Rich Internet Applications

AMCC Accelerates Delivery of the Industry's High-Density CES Offering; End-to-End Converged Network Solution Validated with Zarlink's CES Access Device

December 8, 2006

Freescale Presents Leading-Edge Semiconductor Research at IEDM 2006

December 7, 2006

Samsung Debuts World’s First 18X Serial ATA Rewritable DVD Drive With 12X DVD-RAM Recording and LightScribe Technology

Keithley’s New Parametric Test Software Upgrade Enhances Parallel Test, RF Test, and Ease of Use Capabilities

UML-Based “Remodeling” Accelerates Application Modernization and Recovery of Embedded Business Processes

MaxStream First to Offer ZigBee Certified Wireless Modules

Enea Introduces New TCP/IP Stack for Digital Signal Processors

Glide Next Beta Takes Flight: The Advent of the First Fully Mobile Desktop With Integrated Office Applications

December 6, 2006

In The Recent Times, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Has Found Importance and Wide Application - Speech & Signal Processing Technology in India

Fonix Language Learning Speech Solution Selected by Brilliant System for Electronic Dictionary

Online Resources Deploys Multi-Factor Authentication with High Consumer Adoption

Mentor Graphics Introduces Advanced User Interface Capabilities for High-Volume Mobile Phones and Consumer Electronic Devices

Industry Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Expert Joins Mentor Graphics as Senior Technologist

Aurora’s Goldeneye 80 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Makes First Flight with Athena’s Guidestar Flight Controls

Spectra Logic Adds Encryption and Compression to VTL

Streaming Platform Market Assists the Growth of Several Allied Industries

PrismTech Submits Patent Application for FPGA IP Core 'Middleware'

December 5, 2006

Mentor Graphics Introduces its High-Speed USB-Certified PHY for Embedded Host Applications in the SMIC 0.13 micron Process

Axcelis Launches RapidCure CE Advanced Charge Erase Technology

Z-RAM® Gen2 Ultra-Dense Memory Technology from ISi Significantly Improves Speed and Power

Sun Microsystems Teams With Teja Technologies to Provide Multi-Core Development Platform for Advanced Network Data Plane Applications

austriamicrosystems Further Expands Multi Project Wafer Service for CMOS, High-Voltage, High-Voltage Flash and RF Processes for its Foundry Customers

True Circuits Announces New Line of 65nm Timing IP; Customers' Product Shipments Planned for 2007

Advantech Launches Its First x86-based Digital Signage Platform – DSA-3300

December 4, 2006

Comsys Presents Mobile WiMAX/Cellular Convergence at ITU Hong Kong

Mercury Selected by AMCC to Provide Serial RapidIO Verification IP and IP Cores

Atmel Launches Industry's Lowest-Power 1.8V CPLD Family with 5 uA Standby Power Consumption

Novelics Introduces Silicon-Proven coolSRAM-1TTM For SOC Designers with Large Embedded Memory Needs

Tensilica Introduces Xtensa LX2 and Xtensa 7 Configurable Processors

DDC-I Announces Availability of SCORE Integrated Development Environment for TMS320C40 DSPs

Netli Adds Digital Rights Management to Application Acceleration and Content Delivery Services

AMCC's Next-Generation SONET/SDH Framer/Pointer Processor Devices Deliver Major Cost Savings in Metro/Edge-based MSPP Designs

Hitachi Makes Storage Virtualization History Shipping Over 4,500 Intelligent Virtual Storage Controllers Worldwide

IDT Offers Broadest Family of Low Power PCI Express Switches Optimized for High Performance I/O Connectivity

December 1, 2006

RadioScape shortens time to market for DAB products