ANNOUNCEMENTS

How Soft?
Embedded Evolution Challenges Definitions

Engineers like to categorize things. Having a good definition or label to apply to a concept facilitates communication and understanding. If I use the acronym "ASIC" in a technical article, an electronic design audience knows that I'm talking about an Application Specific Integrated Circuit. If they're savvy, they even think about the fact that ASICs are used to get the absolute best performance/unit-cost ratio for high-volume, highly demanding applications. Some people, however, may think I'm also implying a particular implementation technology or design methodology – like gate array or cell-based design.

If I use the term "software," a variety of images might appear in the engineering audience's mind. A software engineer might think of source code in his or her favorite programming language. A hardware engineer might think of a series of instructions to be executed on a Von Neumann architecture. A system designer might visualize a set of capabilities that are easy to modify in the field. [more]

February 21, 2006

Zeligsoft and Mercury Team to Help Signal Processing Engineers Design for the Joint Tactical Radio System

Zeligsoft Releases v2.2 of Leading Software Defined Radio Development Tool

Mentor Graphics Seamless Product Named Premier Co-Verification Tool for new Tensilica Diamond Series Processors

Celoxica Strengthens DSP-FPGA Solutions; Joins Texas Instruments Third Party DSP Program; Celoxica ESL Design Technology Bridges Design Gap Between DSP and FPGA; Provides Direct Path From Software To Silicon

Tensilica Introduces Diamond Standard Processor Core Family, Leading the Industry in Low Power and High Performance

Tensilica Introduces Industry's Lowest Power Embedded Controller Cores; New Diamond Standard Family Members Deliver Unbeatable Combination of High Performance at Low Power

Tensilica Introduces Fastest, Lowest Power Linux Processor Core; New Diamond Standard 232L Offers More Features, Better Performance and One-Third Less Power Dissipation of ARM926

Tensilica Announces Diamond Standard 330HiFi, a Low-Power 24-bit Audio DSP; Twenty Audio Application Software Solutions Available for New Diamond 330HiFi Core

Sonic Network's Next Generation Audio Synthesis Now Available in Tensilica's HiFi Audio Engines; Personal Media Devices Benefit From Market Leading Interactive Audio Generation Capability for Ringtones and Mobile Gaming

Sophia Systems Provides JTAG Emulators and mITRON OS for Tensilica's Diamond Standard Processors

Goodyear Tire Co. Launches NASCAR Goodyear Eagle Racing Tires with Advanced I.D. RFID Tags

WiLiBOX Ports Embedded Wireless Operating System on Popular Gateworks Avila Platform

Actel Offers One Million Gates for Free

Actel ProASIC3 Commercial Qualification Completed

Atmel's New FingerChip Sensor Targets Physical Access Control Devices

National Semiconductor and ARM Release Next-Generation PowerWise Interface Open-standard Specification

Helicomm Delivers Complete ZigBee Development Supports Including ZigBee Stack and Embedded Modules; World's First System and Module Supplier to Achieve ZigBee Compliant Certificate

Minicom to Showcase Centralized KVM/IP Management Solution for the Enterprise at CeBIT 2006; Minicom Introduces New KVM/IP Devices for Remote Access to Legacy KVM Infrastructure

February 15, 2006

MIT Student Wins Prestigious Award for Flying Car and Other Innovations; Carl Dietrich Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventiveness

Fonix Speech Interfaces Available for Analog Devices Blackfin Processors; Fonix Demonstrates Speech Capabilities on Blackfin Processors at 3GSM 2006

AdaCore Delivers Most Advanced Ada 2005 Development Environment; GNAT Pro 5.04 Enables More Efficient Creation of Dependable Software

Openet Announces FusionWorks IMS

Leading Acceleration Technology Company Selects Denali for Memory System Design

Haier IC Standardizes ARM Artisan Physical IP for Consumer Electronics Applications