D&R Headline News | Most Popular | SoC News Alerts | |

Embedded Systems News

• NSCC Launches First AVS SD Decoder Optimized For The ARM Cortex-A8 Processor With NEON Technology (Jul. 01, 2009)
  ARM and NSCC today announced that NSCC has successfully developed the first AVS Standard Definition (SD) decoder optimized for the ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor with NEON™ technology. The AVS (GB/T GB/T200090.2) is the second generation of source coding/decoding standard developed by the AVS Workgroup (Audio and Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China).
  
  
• MindTree Partners with Bluetooth Special Interest Group to Develop MCAP Test Suite for PTS (Jun. 25, 2009)
  MindTree today announced the release of a new protocol test suite developed for the Bluetooth Profile Tuning Suite (PTS).
  
  
• HHTech. launched a new generation Cortex-A8 emulator (Jun. 24, 2009)
  HHTech. has launched Cortex-A8 emulator CodeHammer™ A. The emulator supports core debugging and real-time hardware breakpoints for Cortex-A8 core processors,such as i.MX515 and OMAP3530.
  
  
• Wind River Extends JTAG Development Tools for Freescale, Intel and RMI Processors (Jun. 24, 2009)
  Wind River today introduced its standards-based Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging 3.1.1 with extended support for Freescale, Intel and RMI processors.
  
  
• BitSim launches ARM based Qt platform (Jun. 22, 2009)
  BitSim has developed an ARM based system running Linux and Qt. The system hosts a range of interfaces, including: radio communication, USB, ethernet, Compact Flash-card, 2D graphics display accelerator and a generic FPGA interface. The hardware serves as a base for future projects, and a good starting point for prototyping and technology evaluation.
  
  
• CoWare and EVE Link Electronic System Virtualization and Emulation for ARM AXI-based Systems (Jun. 19, 2009)
  CoWare Virtual Platform and EVE’s ZeBu (for zero bugs) emulation prototypes uses CoWare’s fast untimed emulation adapters and EVE’s Synthesizable AXI Transactors. This bridges the gap between the virtualized, transaction-level representation of the system for software development and the register transfer level (RTL) implementation of subsystem hardware in emulation.
  
  
• Ittiam Systems announces new audio software bundle for Texas Instruments' C64x+ Digital Signal Processors (Jun. 18, 2009)
  Ittiam Systems today announced the availability of a bundle of audio codecs for the Texas Instruments' C64x+™ family of digital signal processors (DSP). The software bundle is a comprehensive suite of production-qualified audio codecs that reduces design time and minimizes cost.
  
  
• Sun starts porting OpenSolaris to ARM chips (Jun. 12, 2009)
  Sun Microsystems has started porting its OpenSolaris operating system on to ARM processor cores, targeting mobile, handheld and embedded applications, on the heels of being made available on Sparc processors targeting mainframes and servers.
  
  
• Atmel Upgrades SAM9261S to Higher-frequency SAM9G10 ARM9-based Embedded Microprocessor (Jun. 10, 2009)
  The SAM9G10 further extends the performance envelope – it is clocked at 266 MHz, compared to 188 MHz from its predecessor, with a bus frequency of 133 MHz compared to 94 MHz and consuming no more than 100 mW in full power mode.
  
  
• HelloSoft Announces WiMAX/WiFi Handset Based on Its HS100 IP Convergence Processor (Jun. 05, 2009)
  HelloSoft announces a dual-mode WiMAX/WiFi phone reference design based on its ultra low-power HS100 IP Convergence Processor. The HS100 combines an ultra low-power ARM processor with HelloSoft's patented SmartWLAN(TM) and SmartVoIP(TM) technology.
  
  
• Developers of control, automation and instrumentation applications can jumpstart designs with TI's new cost-efficient ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris MCU kits (Jun. 03, 2009)
  TI today announced availability of four cost-efficient development kits supporting the fourth generation of its ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris MCUs.
  
  
• ARC Launches New Sound-to-Silicon Solution Aimed at the High-Growth Media Phone Market (Jun. 03, 2009)
  ARC International today announced its latest Sound-to-Silicon solution aimed at the new category of broadband-based multimedia device, the Media Phone, which is predicted to replace telephone handsets and be the “fourth screen in the home.”
  
  
• New ARC Sound-to-Silicon Solution Targets Revitalized Mobile Digital TV Market (Jun. 03, 2009)
  With ARC’s new solution, OEMs can quickly add digital TV functionality to portable devices that provides consumers with a significantly enhanced listening and viewing experience at lower development cost, while creating a product that is unique from their competitors.
  
  
• Atmel Introduces Industry's First ARM Cortex-M3 Flash MCU With On-Chip High Speed USB Device-and-Transceiver (Jun. 01, 2009)
  Atmel announced today the SAM3U, the industry's first ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 Flash microcontroller integrating high speed (480 Mbps) USB Device-and-Transceiver, 4-bit 192 Mbps SDIO/SDCard 2.0, 8-bit 384 Mbps MMC 4.3 Host and 48 Mpbs SPI interfaces on-chip
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Announces Availability of Android Platform on MIPS Architecture (Jun. 01, 2009)
  MIPS today announced availability of the Android platform on its industry-standard MIPS® architecture. The company also announced it will make the MIPS-optimized source code publicly available within 60 days.
  
  
• Xilinx and LynuxWorks Demonstrate Avionics Application Solution (Jun. 01, 2009)
  At the Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum (MAEF) and the Avionics USA conference today, Xilinx and LynuxWorks will demonstrate the industry's first and only time- and space-partitioned, FAA-accepted Reusable Software Component (RSC) that meets all objectives of RTCA/DO-178B.
  
  
• Sundance Boosts 4G Offer with New WiMAX Solution (May. 29, 2009)
  Sundance today announced the release of its next generation WiMAX development system. The SMT703 is a complete lifecycle solution from R&D, design verification and conformance, through network deployment for Fixed or Mobile WiMAX designs.
  
  
• Xilinx & BEEcube to Unveil Next-Generation FPGA-based Multi-core SoC Development Platform for Sun OpenSPARC (May. 22, 2009)
  Xilinx and BEEcube will jointly unveil a high-performance development environment for multi-core UltraSPARC CMT (chip multi-threaded) processors that reduces the time and effort required to design systems using the SPARC architecture.
  
  
• ARM RealView Development Suite: Enhanced Platform Support For Atmel, Freescale, Samsung, ST and TI Devices (May. 20, 2009)
  ARM announces that enhanced platform support in the ARM® RealView® Development Suite has been extended to cover new development platforms for popular ARM processor-based devices.
  
  
• Agilent Technologies to Demonstrate Industry-First USB 3.0 Tests with NEC Electronics’ USB 3.0 Host Controller (May. 20, 2009)
  Agilent today will demonstrate its SuperSpeed USB test solution portfolio here at the Developers Conference. This is the industry’s first high-performance SuperSpeed USB test fixture coupled with NEC Electronics’ USB 3.0 host controller.
  
  
• Tokyo Electron Device Announces ASIC/LSI Prototyping Board Released Featuring DDR3 SDRAM and LV-DDR2 SDRAM (May. 19, 2009)
  Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED) has today announced the release of Virtex-5 DDR3/LV-DDR2 SDRAM evaluation platform featuring next-generation high-speed DDR3 SDRAM memory and new LV-DDR2 SDRAM from Elpida Memory.
  
  
• Incoras Solutions announces MediaDesigner, an Eclipse-based Design and Test Workbench for OpenMAX IL Development (May. 19, 2009)
  Incoras Solutions Ltd today announced the full release of MediaDesigner version 1.2, Eclipse-based design and test workbench that dramatically reduces time-to-market, costs and risks in the development of multi-media products using the Khronos OpenMAX IL standard.
  
  
• Tundra Semiconductor Announces RapidIO System Modeling Tool (May. 14, 2009)
  Tundra Semiconductor today announced its new Serial RapidIO® System Modeling Tool™. The new System Modeling Tool allows wireless, military, imaging, video infrastructure and storage OEMs to unleash the full performance potential and features of RapidIO interconnect to enhance system level performance, optimize architecture and reduce power consumption.
  
  
• Monotype Imaging and TAKUMI to Unveil OpenVG Text Solution (May. 12, 2009)
  Monotype Imaging and TAKUMI will demonstrate TAKUMI’s OpenVG®- and OpenGL® ES™-compliant GV500 core graphics accelerator technology integrated with Monotype Imaging’s iType® font engine at the ESEC Expo
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Delivers First HDTV Platform for the Accelerated Verification of HDMI and DisplayPort Products (May. 12, 2009)
  Mentor Graphics today announced its high-performance platform to accelerate the verification of HDTV products. The platform consists of the Veloce® family of hardware-assisted verification products and the iSolveTM Multimedia product for HTDV applications, which provides a cost-effective and efficient solution, delivering a dynamic and accurate verification environment.
  
  
• XMOS Delivers Industry's First Open Source Hardware Solution for Networked Audio & Video over Ethernet (May. 11, 2009)
  The XMOS Ethernet AVB Reference Design delivers a complete AVB networked audio system, providing support for all AVB endpoint requirements, including Ethernet interface, packet processing, timing synchronization, configuration/stream setup and media rate recovery.
  
  
• Jungo Expands USB Collaboration with Synopsys to Include Software Support for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (Apr. 23, 2009)
  Jungo today announced that its USBware™ for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 stacks will be integrated with the Synopsys DesignWare SuperSpeed USB IP offering. The result is a complete turnkey solution for silicon manufacturers.
  
  
• Timesys Announces Factory Support for MIPS32 Processor Cores (Apr. 22, 2009)
  Timesys today announced Timesys Factory support for MIPS32® synthesizable processor cores, including the high-performance MIPS32® 74K™ and multi-threaded, multi-core 1004K™ Coherent Processing System.
  
  
• Enterprise License Agreement Expands Freescale Access to Virtutech Simics (Apr. 21, 2009)
  Virtutech today announced that Freescale Semiconductor has signed an extended license for the Simics® simulation platform. At the same time, Freescale’s Networking Systems Division (NSD) has designated Virtutech as its “preferred simulation partner” for the QorIQ™ line of processors.
  
  
• Sensor to Image Announces a GigE Core Reference Designs for Altera (Apr. 20, 2009)
  In addition to the already introduced reference implementations for the GigE Core, Sensor to Image now covers Altera platforms too. This allows developers of Altera based vision systems to bring GigE Vision functionality to their systems.