FEATURE ARTICLES

When Software Flies
Doing DO-178B
(April 24, 2007)

USB Goes Vertical
by Jim Turley, Embedded Technology Journal
(April 17, 2007)

Smaller is Bigger
ESC 2007 Tracks Technology
(April 10, 2007)

Bigger, Faster, More Connected
Embedded Technology Looms at ESC
(April 3, 2007)

NEWSLETTERS

April 24, 2007 :: volume VII, no. 03

April 17, 2007 :: volume VII, no. 02

April 10, 2007 :: volume VII, no. 01

April 3, 2007 :: volume VI, no. 13

April 30, 2007

Varian Selects RTI Messaging Middleware for MRI and NMR Products

IRCONA Joins The Lattice Leader Design Services Program

Airbee Wireless to Extend Global Reach of Low-Power RF Mesh Networking with 40-Node Demonstration at ZigBee™ Alliance Open House Exhibition

Avnet Technology Solutions Helps IBM Partners Identify, Sell and Deliver Bundled Software Solutions

Synapse Introduces SNAP/ZigBee RF Module with up to 3 Mile Range

Conexant Introduces New Cable Set-Top Box Reference Designs

April 27, 2007

Ericsson full-brick DC/DC converter offers new levels of efficiency and is ‘drop-in’ replacement for new and old designs

Micro Magic Introduces the World’s Fastest Layout Viewer – MAX-View – and it’s Free Until DAC 2008

April 26, 2007

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Announces PPC9A 6U VME Single Board Computer

April 25, 2007

44th Design Automation Conference to Feature Two Workshops Addressing Low Power

Accellera’s UPF (Unified Power Format) Featured at 19th EDA Interoperability Developers’ Forum

VMETRO introduces 1.5 & 3 GSPS ADC XMC Modules

QuickLogic Ships the First ArcticLink Solution Platform, with Fully Integrated USB 2.0 High Speed On-the-Go Controller and PHY

The MathWorks Acquires PolySpace Technologies, Leading Developer of Embedded System Code Verification Tools

Avnet Electronics Marketing Now Distributing Applied Data Systems Embedded Computer Systems

Standards Support Pushes VaST's CoMET6 Deeper Into Embedded Supply Chain

April 24, 2007

Lattice Releases ispLEVER Classic Design Tool Suite

Quantum3D Independence IG Solution Selected by Rockwell Collins for U.S. Navy TH-57C Flight Instrument Trainer (FIT) Program Follow-On Production Deployment

picoChip adds CDMA2000 and EvDO support for femtocells and picocells via partnership with GWT

Microchip Technology Launches 16-bit Embedded Control Design Contest With $15,000 in Cash Prizes Up for Grabs

MXI Security Gets Mobile Data Security Under the Thumb with RSA SecurID-ready Portable 3-Factor Devices For Secure Remote Access

DataDirect Technologies Extends Its Leadership in XML Data Integration with Launch of New XML Converters

DriveCam Inc. Introduces First Cellular and Web-Based Platform for Driver Risk Management Clients

Avnet Electronics Marketing's X-Fest Explodes into Action in China

April 23, 2007

Jan Willis to Receive Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation Achievement Award at 12th Annual Workshop for Women in Design Automation (WWINDA)

OpenMake Meister Build Services Enables Predictive Release-Deployment Analysis

RTI Demonstrates Latest Developments for Large-Scale Distributed Simulation System Design

ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform Selected for Multiple ILEC Deployments

Renesas Introduces Dual-Core 32-bit SuperH Microcontrollers Capable of Up to 960-MIPS Processing Performance, 800 MFLOPS Floating-Point Operation Performance

ANTs Unveils Innovative Database Consolidation Strategy

Cypress Introduces New PSoC® Evaluation Kits for PIR Motion Detection and I2C Port Expansion

April 19, 2007

BiTMICRO Licenses MoSys’ 1T-SRAM® Memory Macro to Boost Embedded Storage Technologies

Mistral announces availability of the new CHAMP-FX and CHAMP-FX2 FPGA Engines from Curtiss-Wright

picoChip powers Axiom for industry first multi-protocol femtocell architecture supports UMTS, WiMAX and more

Concurrent’s SIMulation Workbench To Offer An Integrated, Linux-based, Real-Time Modeling Environment

April 18, 2007

Engineering Scholarships Available for 44th Design Automation Conference

Xilinx and port GmbH Demonstrate Industry's First Complete Solution for ETHERNET Powerlink

Telrad Enables Next-Generation Ethernet Services Over Legacy Infrastructure Using TranSwitch’s EtherMap-PDH Device

Avnet Breaks Ground on New Integration and Logistics Facility

National Instruments Deploys Security Management Platform from Mirage Networks Integrated with IBM Proventia Management SiteProtector

MontaVista Linux Breaks Real-Time Performance Barrier

New datasheet on RF Engines’ HyperSpeed range of high performance FFT cores now available

Atmel Announces WiMAX Transceiver With Low RF Cost

Xilinx Accelerates Time-to-Market With Latest Development Platforms for 65nm Virtex-5 FPGAs

April 17, 2007

Nallatech Announces Strategic Agreement with Intel to Develop FSB FPGA Accelerator Modules and Design Tools

CoreMedia, Discretix to Demo World’s First OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile for Mobile Television at NAB2007

Cirrus Logic Delivers First Available Single-Chip Audio Processor for Complex Decode Demands of Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD Formats

Freescale Expands ColdFire® Portfolio USB Options for Industrial Connectivity

Alereon Receives Wireless USB Certification from USB-IF

Hitachi Continues to Drive Blade Server Innovation by Bringing True Enterprise Capabilities to Mid-Market

Marathon Technologies to Integrate XenSource to Bring Fault Tolerant-class Availability to Virtualized Environments

TOPPERS-Pro, the First Commercial Real-Time Operating System for Altera Nios II Multiprocessor Designs

Atmel Unveils World's Smallest FootPrint Photo Detector IC for DVD and CD Applications

Xilinx Demonstrates World's Highest Performance FPGA-based Acceleration Module at Intel Developer Forum China

April 16, 2007

MIPS and Texas Instruments Get Behind The SPIRIT Consortium with Dedicated Engineering Support

DOLPHIN Integration Supports Lynguent for Excellence in AMS Modeling

Real Intent Announces Meridian™, Clock Domain Crossing Verification Software

Xilinx Announces FPGA-Based Deserializer Solution for TI's ADS6000 ADC Family

Denali Launches New Product to Speed System-On-Chip Verification

Xilinx Announces New Multichannel Video-Over-IP Solution

Certess to Present Embedded Tutorial Panel at the 2007 Design Automation and Test Conference

Aspera High Speed Transfer Software Comes of Age

Mellanox Demonstrates 40Gb/s Connectivity with PCI Express 2.0

UGS Launches NX 5 CAD/CAM/CAE Software; New Technologies Provide Users with “Greater Powers” to Develop Innovative Products Faster and More Cost-Efficiently

The MathWorks Introduces Fixed-Point Toolbox 2

Alpha Brings Rapid Application Development to Web 2.0

National Instruments LabVIEW 8.2.1 Provides Support for Windows Vista

Watchfire Releases Industry’s Most Extensible and Customizable Web Application Vulnerability Testing Solution and Launches New Open Source Community for Developing New Scanning Capabilities

Intel Unveils Quad-Core Storage Server

April 12, 2007

Kilopass Invites Electronic Designers to Its XPM Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Symposium, Co-sponsored by Cadence Design Systems and TSMC, to Learn about Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Use for SOC applications

April 11, 2007

Symmetricom Adds Internal Reference Oscillator Option to 5120A All-Digital Phase Noise and Allan Deviation Test Set

Fiberlink Launches Its Most Comprehensive Enterprise Mobility Platform

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Announces IMPCC2 3U CompactPCI SBC and Multifunction PMC Carrier Card

Certess to Present Embedded Tutorial Panel at the 2007 Design Automation and Test Conference

April 10, 2007

Phoenix Technologies Extends Its Mobile PC Leadership With UEFI Firmware Offering

Avnet and Xilinx Kick off North America X-Fest Seminar Series

NI Introduces Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 5.0 for Interactive, Software-Based Measurement

Apriso Launches Industry’s First Quality Execution System

Virage Logic Named as TSMC’s 45-Nanometer Process Early Development IP Partner

The MathWorks to Share Expertise on Model-Based Design at DATE 2007

Logicube Announces New Option for the OmniClone Xi

April 9, 2007

12th Annual Workshop for Women in Design Automation (WWINDA)
to Focus on "Managing Your Career"

Pentek Releases Newest Version of SystemFlow Software for Real-Time Recording Systems

MIPS Technologies and Trident Microsystems Complete Licensing Agreement for MIPS32(R) 24KEc(TM) Pro Core

Atmel Licenses
ARM1176JZF-S Processor

National Instruments Expands Academic Site License, Broadening Access to Graphical System Design Software Suite

April 5, 2007

Mercury Computer Systems Releases PAS Middleware for Linux Clusters

Ericsson dual output DC/DC converters are drop-ins for earlier MacroDens modules and have floating dual outputs for versatility

Virage Logic First Semiconductor IP Vendor With Silicon Proven Memory on TSMC’s 65nm GP Process

ARM and Synplicity Announce Marketing and Collaboration Agreement for Cortex-M1 Processor

April 4, 2007

MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 5.0 Enables Media Convergence on Intelligent Devices

Jungo Releases USBTester Version 1.0, Enabling Quick and Easy USB Device Validation

Embedded Linux Development Made Accessible to the Masses by MontaVista

BSQUARE Selected as First Embedded Delivery Partner for Microsoft NXT Initiative

Addonics Adapters Allow IDE/SATA Hard Drives to be Replaced with Compact Flash Media in Notebook, Desktop or Industrial PCs

MeshNetics Unveils ZigBee®/Ethernet Gateway at Embedded Systems Conference

National Instruments Improves Instrument Control With LabVIEW SignalExpress

Avnet and Atmel Launch ARM7™ Embedded Ethernet Networking Design Workshop

April 3, 2007

RF Engines’ Mixed Radix cores, adaptable for next generation 3GPP LTE base station applications

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Announces CT11, CP11, Rugged CR11 6U CompactPCI Single Board Computers With Dual Core Intel Technology

AMCC Announces Industry’s First Power Architecture Processor Specifically Targeting 802.11n and WiMAX Secure Wireless Access Points

SanDisk Launches High-Performance, Industrial Grade CompactFlash® Cards for Embedded Systems

VMETRO provides Free Host Exerciser for PCI Express, PCI-X and PCI

AMCC Introduces Low-Cost Evaluation Kit for PowerPC 405EZ Processor

Hitachi Releases First Ever Embedded Database for Today’s Converged and Mobile Devices with Search Capabilities Similar to Popular Online Engines’

SMSC Debuts INIC eLITE System Solution for Entry Level Multimedia Networking Applications

AMCC Unveils the PowerPC 460EX, the Most Powerful Member of its Power Architecture Based Line of Embedded Processors

VMETRO Adds Analog and Serial I/O for FPGA-based PMCs

Oxford Semiconductor Development Kit Simplifies Design of Linux Based Device Networking Products

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Announces Neternity™ Family Of Embedded Switches, OpenWare™ Switch Management Environment

PLX Announces Lowest Power PCI Express Switches Targeting Control Planes and Consumer Devices

Altera's Nios II Processor Supported by Vector Informatik's OSEK/VDX-Compliant RTOS for Automotive Applications

Next-Generation MIPS-Based(TM) Designs Spotlight Innovation at Embedded Systems Conference

Altera's Triple-Speed Ethernet MegaCore Function Successfully Completes UNH- IOL Conformance Testing

ARM and Synplicity Announce Marketing and Collaboration Agreement for Cortex-M1 Processor

SDC to Present New FPGA Development Technology at UK Embedded Masterclass

Mistral Introduces Development Platform for TI’s OMAP2430 Processor

Vinculum reference design allows rapid USB mass storage interface development

Samplify Launches Ultra-High-Speed FPGA-Based Data Compression Technology

Real Intent Releases Next Generation Timing Exception Verifier

Virtex-4 PMC/XMC redefines processing and communication systems

Silicon Navigator Accelerates OpenAccess Database Adoption with Rocket Design Environment, Exhibits at Si2's OpenAccess+ Partners' Pavilion

Kozio, Inc. Partners with AMCC to Deliver Automated Hardware Diagnostics for AMCC’s 405EZ Evaluation Platform

April 2, 2007

New Telelogic SDL Suite 6.0 Expands Functionality for Next-Generation Protocol Development

LeCroy Announces Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes for Embedded System Design and Debug

Conexant Announces New Document Imaging System-on-Chip Solution

Virtutech Announces Simics VMP, Performance-Enhancing Modeling Technology for Virtual Software Development

Renesas Introduces 34MHz, 16-bit Microcontroller With Ethernet Controller, USB, and More for Servers, Communication Gear, and Industrial Products

Telelogic Provides New Performance-Improving Capabilities with Enhanced Rhapsody Model-Driven Development Solution

CoWare Virtual Platforms Transform Enterprise Go-to-Market Strategies and Software Development Methodologies

Mentor Graphics Extends Inflexion Platform User Interface for the Nucleus Operating System

LeCroy Expands Embedded Test Solutions with new UART, RS-232, and LIN Trigger and Decode Capabilities

Cirronet’s New 802.15.4 Low-Power Radio with Versatile I/O Makes Embedded Wireless Ultra Simple and Ultra Fast

Virtutech to Present “Debugging Real-Time Multiprocessor and Multicore Systems” at Embedded Systems Conference 2007

Express Logic Extends NetX™ TCP/IP Stack to Support IPv6

Aonix Supports Nucleus OS with PERC Ultra Development and Execution Technologies

New Eclipse-Based Development Tools from VirtualLogix Accelerate Adoption of Virtualization Technology for Embedded Devices

Virtutech Introduces Simics 3.2

Solid Information Technology to Demonstrate Advanced, Mission-Critical Database Solution at Embedded Systems Conference 2007

Atmel Introduces the World's Lowest Power 32-bit Flash MCU With Ethernet and USB On-the-Go

Altera Opens 30th Joint Laboratory and Training Center in China

Xilinx Launches New Low-Cost Spartan-DSP Series

ARM Announces Realview Development Suite 3.1 for Low-Risk Embedded System Software Development

Connect One’s New Secure Serial-to-WiFi Module Protects M2M Applications from Network Attacks

Aonix Leads Ada Eclipse Development Tools Project Initiative

Insitu Selects RTI for Unmanned Air-Vehicle Products

Aonix Demonstration: Java™ Roasts C in Speed Test

SoftJin Advances OpenAccess Database Usability and Interoperability with
Bi-directional OpenAccess to OASIS Translator

Micrium RTOS Supports AMCC’s New PowerPC Processor

Quantum3D and SYSGO Team to Develop FidelityVCF COTS Realtime Embedded Visual Computing Framework

S2 Technologies Releases Enhanced Version of Innovative Embedded Software Verification Platform

Macraigor Systems Announces Support for new ARM, PowerPC, AMD and Marvell Processors

RTI Enables Development of Distributed Real-Time Java Applications

Aonix Supports Nucleus OS with PERC Ultra Development and Execution Technologies

Connect One Ships First iChipSec CO2128 IP Controllers for M2M Applications Needing Network Security