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GENIVI Alliance to Demonstrate GENIVI 1.0 — Its First Open Source-Based IVI Platform at International CES 2010

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ — GENIVI Alliance, an automotive industry association driving the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform, will be publicly unveiling GENIVI Platform version 1.0 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from January 7th – 10th.

The GENIVI Platform 1.0 represents the collaborative efforts of the core and charter members of the Alliance, including founding companies BMW, Delphi, General Motors, Intel, Magneti Marelli, PSA, Visteon Corporation, and Wind River. The platform, recently made available to its member companies, may be used by Tier One and OEMs to reduce the … Read More → "GENIVI Alliance to Demonstrate GENIVI 1.0 — Its First Open Source-Based IVI Platform at International CES 2010"

Stereo Audio In the Kleer

“All I want for Christmas is my two front speakers, my two front speakers, my two front speakers!” You can just hear the little third-graders singing it now, can’t you? Ah, the innocence of youth. What all the nerdy kids really want is wireless speakers, and lucky for them, Santa is here to bring it to them.

“Santa” in this case comes in the form of Kleer, an Ottawa, Canada& … Read More → "Stereo Audio In the Kleer"

Agilent Technologies Offers Application Notes on X-Parameters, Baseband IQ Analysis, SDR Design, Amplifier Test and Migrating Legacy Analyzers using its X-Series Test Products

What:   The free application notes provide insight into solving tough measurement problems in a unique way; in both the manufacturing and design environments. Offering the best combination of speed and scalability, and created and supported by renowned worldwide measurement experts, Agilent’s X products help engineers bring innovative, higher-performing products to emerging markets around the globe. Application note topics are securing early design wins using X-Parameters, accurate  baseband  IQ analysis at a lower cost of test, developing optimal software defined radios, ensuring accurate ACPR measurements of LTE power amplifiers and easing the risk associated … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Offers Application Notes on X-Parameters, Baseband IQ Analysis, SDR Design, Amplifier Test and Migrating Legacy Analyzers using its X-Series Test Products"

Taiwan’s Magic Pixel Licenses MIPS® Processor IP for Advanced Multimedia Applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – December 21, 2009 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that Magic Pixel Inc., a leading supplier of advanced multimedia SoCs, has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc™ and 4KEc® Pro Series® processor cores for development of next-generation digital photo frames (DPFs) and other portable multimedia& … Read More → "Taiwan’s Magic Pixel Licenses MIPS® Processor IP for Advanced Multimedia Applications"

Eurotech Introduces Catalyst LP, a Compact, Low-Power Embedded System Based on the Intel® Atom™ Processor

COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today announces the launch of Catalyst LP, a compact, low-power embedded system based on the latest Intel® Atom& … Read More → "Eurotech Introduces Catalyst LP, a Compact, Low-Power Embedded System Based on the Intel® Atom™ Processor"

Using 10-Gbps Transceivers in 40G/100G Applications (REVISED)

This white paper identifies the drivers behind the migration to 100G interfaces, and shows how to leverage FPGAs to implement this high-speed interface. The emerging 40GbE and 100GbE standards for data center and core network systems rely heavily on FPGAs to share those sectors with other protocol infrastructures. In addition to providing an unprecedented amount of resources such as logic, on-chip memory, and DSP blocks, Stratix IV devices are the only FPGA family to … Read More → "Using 10-Gbps Transceivers in 40G/100G Applications (REVISED)"

Signatec Releases PX1500-4, Its 4-Channel, 1.5 GHz Per Channel / 2-Channel, 3 GHz Per Channel PCI-Express Digitizer with Two Virtex-5 FPGAs

Newport Beach, California – December 17, 2009 – Signatec Inc. today announced the PX1500-4 high-speed digitizer, the most advanced PCIe-based wideband A/D board on the market.  The PX1500-4 captures four synchronized channels at sampling rates up to 1.5 GHz, or two synchronized channels up to an amazing 3 GHz when interleaving the … Read More → "Signatec Releases PX1500-4, Its 4-Channel, 1.5 GHz Per Channel / 2-Channel, 3 GHz Per Channel PCI-Express Digitizer with Two Virtex-5 FPGAs"

SafeRTOS adds SIL3 and FDA support for STM32

SafeRTOS is a small, robust real-time operating system designed for critical applications and is supplied with an independently validated certification pack for Industrial and Medical devices.

Using a mature process first certified by TÜV SÜD in 2007, SafeRTOS has been specially developed to ease the path to certification and offers a low risk approach to bring the benefits of off-the-shelf software to applications with safety implications or certification requirements.

The small footprint, efficient kernel uses less than 10k flash and a few hundred bytes of RAM and has certification packs tailored to … Read More → "SafeRTOS adds SIL3 and FDA support for STM32"

NEC Electronics Introduces Eight New 8-bit Body Control MCUs with Industry’s Leading Low Standby Power Consumption for Low-End Automotive Applications

DUESSELDORF (Germany), KAWASAKI (Japan), SANTA CLARA, (USA, Calif), December 18, 2009 — NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) today announced the availability of eight new All Flash microcontrollers (MCUs) for safing microcontroller applications as well as low-end automotive systems, … Read More → "NEC Electronics Introduces Eight New 8-bit Body Control MCUs with Industry’s Leading Low Standby Power Consumption for Low-End Automotive Applications"

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