a techfocus media publication :: January 8, 2008 :: volume X, no. 01

FROM THE EDITOR

This week, your Embedded Technology Journal team is braving the slings and arrows of CES so you don’t have to.  We’re at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and our show-related articles and webcasts will give you some insight into where all our embedded technology eventually goes to die – or to live on indefinitely.  CES is like no other trade show in the world, and we’re happy (and a little frightened) to be here bringing you all the action.

Also this week, we are happy to welcome a new publication to our Journal family.  IC Design and Verification Journal has just launched, and brings you all the latest on ASIC/SoC, and custom IC design, and the electronic design automation (EDA) tools that make it all possible.  If you’re involved in the design of ASICs or custom ICs, you’ll want to check out this new publication. 

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Kevin Morris – Editor
Embedded Technology Journal

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CURRENT FEATURE ARTICLES

Embedded Everything
Reverse Engineering CES
The Countess, the Moon and a Barbecue
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JOURNAL WEBCASTS

CHALK TALK Advancing SoC Verification Methods – Join Amelia Dalton as she talks with experts from Mentor Graphics on processor-driven test and other techniques for solving your system-on-chip verification problems. (Mentor Graphics)

CHALK TALK Real World Solutions for FPGAs in Ultra Low Power Applications - Join Amelia Dalton as she examines the Low Power Reference Platform from Arrow, Altera, and Linear Technology - proving that FPGAs really can run on batteries. (Altera, Arrow, Linear)

CHALK TALK Did you miss the ARM Developers' Conference?  Join Amelia Dalton for Journal Webcasts' coverage of the event - it'll be just like you were there! (Journal Webcasts)

Xilinx Virtex-5 Power Optimization & Power Design Guidelines (Xilinx)

Virtex-5 FPGAs and PlanAhead Deliver Maximum Performance (Xilinx)

Accelerate Delivery of Built-in Ethernet Solutions Using ilinx FPGAs and Gigabit Ethernet Development Kit (Xilinx)

Discover How to Design With and Take Advantage of the PCI Express Hard Block in the Virtex-5 FPGA (Xilinx)

Discover How the Complete Virtex-5 PCI Express Solution Reduces Risks for Your Application (Xilinx)

An Introduction to the Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Family (Xilinx)

Addressing Size, Weight, and Power Constraints (Altera)

Enable High-Volume Applications with New Low-Cost FPGAs (Altera)

Implement PCIe, GbE & SRIO with Altera's Low-Cost FPGAs (Altera)


Embedded Everything
Reverse Engineering CES

The Embedded Technology game is one of those rare sports where the grand finale comes right at the beginning of the year.  Like NASCAR, where the premiere event, the Daytona 500, is the first race of the season… OK, sorry.  Really.  We promise to never use another NASCAR analogy again. 

Anyway, each January, our electronics season is kicked off with the world’s most spectacular display of the final fruits of our engineering efforts – the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.  With over 140,000 attendees, CES is one of the largest trade shows in the world.  The city of lights welcomes the hordes of CES attendees as guests of the city - by cranking hotel rates through the roof and milking money from the collective corporate expense coffers like there was no tomorrow. [more]
LATEST NEWS

January 8, 2008

The Largest Automotive Electronics Company in Korea -- Hyundai AutoNet -- Announces the Use of the RMI Alchemy Au1210 Processor for Personal Navigation Device

NI Introduces Sound and Vibration Tools for Interactive, Configurable Data Acquisition and Analysis

Z-Wave Chosen by Simplay Labs as RF Technology for Comprehensive CEC Solution for HDMI

Horizon Semiconductors fuels the broadcast market with native 1080/60p high definition professional encoder IC

January 7, 2008

Freescale to Deliver Power Management IC Solution for Mobile Internet Devices

Chrontel Intros HDMI™ CEC Chip

Freescale “Motherboard-on-Chip” Processor Powers LimePC’s Web 2.0-Enabled Ultra-Mobile PCs

DDC-I Announces Mixed Language Development Support for LynuxWorks’ FAA Certified LynxOS-178 RTOS

RMI Launches the Fastest and the Most Power-Optimized Consumer Processor in the Industry for Multifunction Portable Media Players

Alereon and SunPlusIT Deliver Worldwide Wireless USB Hard Drive

Atmel's Highly Flexible Multi-standard Broadcast Radio Front End IC Provides Excellent Reception Performance

Broadcom and Microsoft Collaborate on Next-Generation IPTV System-on-a-Chip

Nascentric Annouces Industry's First Thread-Based Subscription Licensing

January 3, 2008

Ember Enables AlertMe’s Intelligent Home Security

Xilinx at the Heart of Innovation at CES 2008

Vishay’s New SiP21301 LDO Controller Offers Adjustable and Fixed 1.2-V and 1.5-V Output Voltages With 80% Efficiency

January 2, 2008

AMD Licenses NAND Flash System Solution From Denali for Next-Generation Handset Processor Products

QuickLogic and Chrontel Deliver Simultaneous LCD and Video Output for Handheld Devices

Ralink Introduces Two 802.11n Single Chips, the Ultra-Low Power RT3080 and Smallest USB RT3070

Microvision to Unveil Handheld ‘Plug-and-Play’ Pico Projector for Mobile Devices That Delivers a Home Theater-Sized Viewing Experience

December 21, 2007

Verigy Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Portfolio License

Cymbet Presents at the Semiconductor Research Council/National Science Foundation Forum on Nano-Morphic Systems

December 20, 2007

Ramtron Features Nonvolatile
F-RAM Memory Automotive Products At Consumer Telematics Seminar 2008

December 19, 2007

SANYO Leverages Altera Cyclone II FPGAs to Bring High-End Vehicle Camera Features to Broad Market

Global Leader in Digital Entertainment Solutions Licenses Power-efficient MIPS32(R) 24KEc(TM) Pro Core

QuickLogic’s Military-Temperature Configurable Technology Achieves Volume Production

ESI Receives Multiple System Order from ProMOS Technologies for 9830HDE Link Processing Tool


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