FEATURE ARTICLES

Freescale Goes Multi-Core
Comprehensive Roadmap Shows Strategy
(June 26, 2007)

Launching Linux
Open Source OS Off to Space
(June 19, 2007)

Parallel Processing Considered Not Harmful
by Dick Selwood, Embedded Technology Journal
(June 12, 2007)

Enigmatic EDA
DAC Highlights Dilemma
(June 5, 2007)

NEWSLETTERS

June 26, 2007 :: volume VII, no. 12

June 19, 2007 :: volume VII, no. 11

June 12, 2007 :: volume VII, no. 10

June 5, 2007 :: volume VII, no. 09

June 28, 2007

Mistral announces availability of SVME/DMV-184 PowerPC 8641 SBC from Curtiss Wright

June 27, 2007

Altera Ships Production-Qualified Arria GX FPGAs

QNX Introduces Security Acceleration on Freescale PowerQUICC(R) Processors

Tektronix Successfully Tests World's Fastest, Longest Infiniband Cable from Intel

Eclipse Ships Largest-Ever Release of Leading Open Source Software Development Platform

CodeSourcery to Port Sourcery VSIPL++™ to the Cell Broadband Engine™ Processor

Mellanox Powers World’s First PetaScale Computing Environment

IAR Systems Announces Broad Tools Support for Freescale’s ColdFire® Architecture

GE Fanuc Announces the Launch of Proficy® Process Systems

June 26, 2007

Mentor Graphics Delivers Verification Solutions for ARM-based Wireless and Multimedia Applications

Avnet Electronics Marketing Helps Bring Rugged Ultra Mobile PC to Market

Verigy Introduces Port Scale RF Test Solution for V93000

Freescale Breaks Bit Boundaries With New Flexis™ Microcontroller Series

Atmel's ARM Based AT91SC192192CT-USB Secure Microcontroller for e-Tokens and Embedded Systems

Xilinx Delivers Spartan-3AN Starter Kit for Rapid Evaluation of Consumer, Communication Infrastructure and Industrial Applications

Freescale General Purpose Applications Processor to Increase Design Options and Reduce Time-to-Market

Verigy Introduces Consumer Mixed Signal Test Solution for V93000

AKA Introduces New High Performance 32 bit ARM® 9-based Smart Logic Module

MontaVista Furthers Innovation of Power Architecture Technology

Denali's Verification Software for Flash Memory Systems Leveraged by SST for Mobile and Wireless Applications

June 25, 2007

Atmel's New secureAVR Microcontroller Targets Banking SDA Market and Small ID Programs

Actel Launches Low-power RTAX-SL FPGAs for Space Applications

Freescale Delivers Smart Power Analog Technology at the 0.13-Micron Node

Atmel Extends CAP Family of Customizable Microcontrollers With ARM7-based Product

Altera Ships Highest-Density Member of the Cyclone III Family

Xilinx Delivers ISE 9.2i with Lower Memory Requirements and New Operating System Support

Freescale Unveils Radio Frequency Technology to Revolutionize Control of Home Entertainment Devices

Nallatech Launches Rugged Virtex-5 Product Range for Defense & Security Applications

MontaVista Provides Linux and Developer Tools for New Freescale Multi-Core Communications Platform

Pentek Introduces New Clock, Sync and Gate Distribution Board Synchronizes 2 GHz A/D Processing Modules with Zero Risk to Developers

June 21, 2007

Recursion Software Extends .NET Compatibility to the JBoss Platform for Distributed and Mobile Networks

Ericsson’s pinned version DC/DC module is environmentally friendly and fully compatible with previous platform

Avnet Electronics Marketing Announces Plans to Exhibit at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Americas

STMicroelectronics and Freescale Accelerate Joint Automotive Design Activity

June 20, 2007

Atmel Offers Free Development Software for Its AVR 32-bit Microcontrollers

LSI Networking Standardizes on VaST

EGT Redefines Digital Edge Local Channel Insertion with New Added Features Exclusive to HEMi

VaST Develops High Performance Virtual Processor Model for Freescale’s e200z6 ‘Power ArchitectureTM’ Core

Atmel Extends its AVR 32-bit MCU Family

June 19, 2007

Aonix Contributes Ameos UML Technology to Open Source

Wind River Carrier-Grade Linux Goes to Space

Connect One’s AT+i Command Set Updated to Facilitate Latest Wireless and Security Protocols

Xilinx Announces Scalable LogiCORE FlexRay controller IP

TrendChip Technologies Licenses MIPS32(R) 24KE(TM) and MIPS32 34K(TM) Cores for Cutting-Edge Broadband Access Solution

Enea & Kontron Launch IPTV Experience Initiative

AMCC and Fulcrum Microsystems Demonstrate Industry’s Highest Density Evaluation Platform for 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ at NXTcomm

National Instruments Hosts NIWeek Technical Summits Featuring Experts From Industry and Academia

Power.org™ Unveils Robust Technical Program for First-Ever Power Architecture® Developer Conference

AMCC Introduces New 10G ENET/OTN/SONET/SDH Mapper and FEC Device

Tilcon Software Limited and Telelogic Collaborate to Deliver End-To-End Embedded Model Driven Development Graphical Display Solution

GoAhead Software Offers First Ready-to-Deploy Service Availability Forum AIS Implementation

Freescale Revs Up Analog Product Portfolio for Engine Control

June 18, 2007

Aonix and Fujitsu Team Up for Japanese Real-Time Java Market

RTI Integrates its Real-Time Messaging Middleware with Sun Java Real-Time System

DDC-I Announces Industry’s Highest Performance Java™ Solution for Hard Real-Time Applications

Freescale and Virtutech Connect to Simplify Multi-Core Development

IDT Announces Industry’s First Pre-Processing Solution Optimized for Modular, Low Cost, Scalable and Flexible 3G Base Stations

VirtualLogix™ Announces VLX for Network Infrastructure 2.0 Supporting Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture

AMI Semiconductor Announces Next Generation of Sensorless Single-Chip Drivers for Stepper Motors

Airbus Strengthens Its Strategic Partnership With PTC With Deployment Of Windchill®

Oerlikon Announces Collaboration with Microvision to Bring Tiny Pico Projector to Market

Freescale Expands Award-Winning MRAM Product Family

ARTiSAN Studio’s comprehensive OMG SysML capability to be demonstrated at INCOSE 2007

June 15, 2007

New Book Illustrates Easy, Fast Designs With PSoC Express™ Software

WJ Communications Introduces Ultra Low-Power UHF RFID OEM Reader Module Boosting Medium/Short-Range Applications

June 14, 2007

Nu Horizons Electronics and Silicon Motion Announce North American Partnership for Distribution of Multimedia Semiconductor Solution Products

DesignArt Networks Picks Tensilica Xtensa LX2 Configurable Processors for WiMAX Baseband Chip

Interphase and Surf Complete I-TDM Interoperability Enabling Multi-Media Solution Delivery on AdvancedTCA® and MicroTCA™ Platforms

AMI Semiconductor and MagnaChip Semiconductor Collaborate on SmartPower and Ultra-Low-Power Technology

TranSwitch Demonstrates Wireless Backhaul Solutions and New High-Performance xDSL Controller at NXTcomm 2007

Mauna Kea erupts with DapTechnology FireLink IEEE 1394b Link Layer IP Core

Symmetricom Purchases Advanced Video Technologies from Genista

June 13, 2007

VMETRO introduces Low Jitter, 2GHz Multi-Channel Clock Generator

Solid Information Technology to Demonstrate Next Generation In-Memory Database at NXTcomm

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Announces Conduction-cooled CR5 3U CompactPCI Single Board Computer

MaxStream Introduces Industry First Long Range Mesh Networking Radios

Symmetricom Announces Carrier Class PackeTime Module for Next Generation Networks

Dust Networks Integrates Kilopass Memory in New Family of Wireless Sensor Networking Products

June 12, 2007

Atmel Introduces AM/FM Antenna Impedance Matching IC Enabling Outstanding Car-radio Reception with any Kind of Active Car Antenna

PMC-Sierra Exhibits at NXTcomm 2007

Freescale Proximity Sensors Revolutionize Stylish Touch Control in Portable Applications

Microchip Technology Enables Smart Sensor Applications With New Family of the World’s Smallest and Most Cost-Effective DSCs

solidDB 6 In-Memory Database Achieves Extreme Speed Exploiting the Power of Multi-Core Processor Technology

Agilent Technologies Introduces Compact, Low-Power Digitizer That Maximizes Measurement Throughput

Semtech Dual-Output Buck Controller Delivers Flexible Start-up/Shutdown Tracking

June 11, 2007

NetApp Highlights Disk-to-Disk and Archival Solutions With Data Deduplication at Symantec Vision 2007 Conference

FreeRange Technologies Announces M2MFrameworx at Sensors Expo & Conference 2007

Freescale Simplifies Industrial Networking Protocols with Comprehensive Solution Based on Power Architecture™ Technology

Analog Devices’ Breakthrough MEMS Sensor Brings Sophisticated Motion and Navigation Control to Industrial Applications

EGT Unveils SPDr, the Latest Addition to Their ORCHESTRA Element Manager

Galorath Incorporated to Launch Ready for IBM Rational Software Validation For SEER Project

NASA Selects Objective Interface Systems For Software Communications Architecture Research Program

June 8, 2007

Nallatech Launches the Industry’s First Multi-Channel FPGA COTS Product Featuring 8-bit 3 GSPS ADCs from National Semiconductor

PrismTech Delivers Software Defined Radio (SDR) Solution on the World's Smallest Full Function Miniature Computers

June 7, 2007

Comsys baseband processor is first WiMAX multi-technology ITU-R solution for mobile terminals

HiTech Global and Jungo Announce New Partnership and Availability of Jungo's WinDriver USB/PCI Driver Development Toolkit for HiTech Global Virtex-5 PCI Express Platforms

June 6, 2007

Symmetricom Announces Advanced Synchronization Measurement and Analysis Software Suite

Mistral awarded exclusive India distribution rights for Source Code Analysis Tools from Coverity

June 5, 2007

Luminary Micro and ARM Announce Stellaris(R) Evaluation Kits Featuring Integrated 10/100 Ethernet and CAN with ARM(R) RealView(R) Microcontroller Development Kit Software

Atmel Introduces the Industry's First 1-Mbit Serial EEPROM in an 8-lead TSSOP Package

EDA Leaders Team With MIPS Technologies to Support New High-performance MIPS32(R) 74K(TM) Core Family

Express Logic Announces ThreadX® RTOS and NetX™ TCP/IP Support for Luminary Micro’s New Stellaris® LM3S6000 and LM3S2000 Series Microcontrollers

Xilinx Cuts Development Time for Hand-Held Devices With New Low-Cost CoolRunner-II Starter Kit

SaskTel Selects Symmetricom’s Next Generation Time and Frequency Solutions for Network-Wide Upgrade

PMC-Sierra Announces Industry’s First 6Gbit/s SAS RAID-on-Chip Controller for Volume Server Market

videantis and Pro Design Realize Real-Time H.264/AVC Encoding on CHIPit Platinum System

Corvalent and QNX Team Up to Provide Ultra-Reliable Realtime Solutions

Oxford Semiconductor Universal Interface Brings Added Flexibility to External Storage Design

Agilent Technologies Announces Demonstration of WiMAX™ Measurement Solutions

June 4, 2007

Lattice Delivers Industry's Fastest Memory And Hypertransport Technology I/O

Target Compiler Technologies extends processor design tools for ultra-low power multi-processor SoC design

Atmel Introduces an AVR32 Application Processor for Linux-based, Cost-constrained Embedded Designs

CoWare, AXE, and BeatCraft Integrate CoWare Virtual Platform, axLinux and JAKAR Media Framework

RMI Announces Next Generation Au1250TM Media Processor and Au1210TM Navigation Processor in Full Production

AMCC Announces New Embedded Processor That Delivers Best-In-Class Price/Performance for Designers of 802.11n Access Points, Residential Gateways and Advanced Set-Top Boxes

MontaVista Provides Integrated Development Solution for Freescale Communications and Pervasive Computin

EMA TimingDesigner 9.0 – New Design Kits Save Designers Valuable Time to Market

The MathWorks Introduces Simulink Design Verifier

IDT Low Power PCI Express® Switches Optimized for I/O Connectivity Named to the PCI-SIG PCI Express Integrators List

V.i. Labs Extends CodeArmor to Protect Software Applications in Collaborative and Outsourced Development Environments

Avago Technologies Introduces First Input Device Module With Multi-Mode Linear and 2D Navigation for Handheld, Computer and Set-Top Box Applications

UMC and ARM Partner to Deliver Comprehensive SOI Solutions for 65nm Technology

Ericsson’s 1/8 brick DC/DC module raises the benchmark for power and control performance

June 1, 2007

Synplicity Announces Agreement to Acquire HARDI Electronics AB

Informative Full-Day Tutorials at 44th Design Automation Conference