Five reasons why we won't see IBM's holographic display in five years - video

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk






IBM has released its prediction of five key technologies for the next five years, and on the whole they are pretty sound: fuel cell batteries are here and making headway in a number of markets, the smart grid will take existing technologies and apply them to wide area power systems, sensors will be everywhere (absolutely!) and smart algorithms can take

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World's smallest Christmas card in nanotech

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk



Researchers at the University of Glasgow have built what they claim is the world's smallest Christmas card etched on a piece of glass. 

"We decided that producing this Christmas card was a simple way to show just how accurate our technology is," said Professor David Cumming of the School of Engineering. "The process to manufacture the card only took 30

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EU project to build a molecular computer

Nottingham University part of collaboration
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


The University of Nottingham is the UK's representative in a major new European project to build a computer that uses molecules as switches rather than transistors.
The four year AtMol project stats on the 1st January with ten research groups in Europe working together with the IMRE Institute from A*A*STAR

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First video of working invisibility cloak

R&D project demonstration
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

A video by Fractal Antenna Systems of Waltham, Massachusets (just down the road from Analog Devices) is showing that the 'invisibility cloak' is becoming a realistic project.
The company has been working on the system for two years using fractal antennas and resonators to make an 'object', or wearer, disappear into the background.

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Top five postings on The Embedded Blog

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

As we approach the end of the year, it's time to look back on what have been the most popular stories on The Embedded Blog in 2010.


True gesture multitouch for large LCDs
Open Android API to drive NFC 
TI's 1GHz Cortex A8
The battle of names with iPad and iNemo
USB3 moving into digital cameras

But there has to be a mention of a story from 2009 that is still

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Nottingham researchers etch the periodic table on a hair - video

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


Not strictly an embedded story but great nonetheless - researchers at the Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Center have etched a tiny periodic table onto a hair belonging to chemistry Professor Martyn Poliakoff. This is part of their collection of Periodic tables at  The Periodoc Table of Videos.



  
Related articlesThe Smallest Periodic Table in

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Moving multicore to embedded is key to US competitiveness

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The rapid advances in information technology that drive many sectors of the US economy could stall unless there is significant fundamental research and development of parallel computing, says a new report by the National Research Council -- which will drive the move to embedded multicore systems.Better options for managing power consumption in computers will

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Google multi-source deal drives down cost of 100G optical transceivers

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


10X10 Multi-Source Agreement established to encourage broad adoption of 100G networks based on 10G signaling specificationsGoogle has teamed up with leading suppliers Brocade, JDSU and Santur to form a Multi-Source Agreement (the 10X10 MSA) for low cost, low power, pluggable 100G optical transceivers based on 10 optical lanes at 10G.“The 10X10 MSA is exciting

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NFC Forum Publishes Four Technical Specifications; Brings Total Number of Available Specifications to 15 | Business Wire

NFC Forum Publishes Four Technical Specifications; Brings Total Number of Available Specifications to 15 | Business Wire: "NFC Forum Publishes Four Technical Specifications; Brings Total Number of Available Specifications to 15"By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

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Renesas and green Hills team up for virtualisation for real time control

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Renesas Electronics and Green Hills Software are to jointly develop basic software supporting CPU virtualisation technology for real-time control applications as well as a software development environment.
Through the collaboration, Renesas Electronics will develop added functions necessary for the efficient operation of virtualization software enabling

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Marvell takes ARM into the enterprise cloud with quad core chip

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

While attention has been focussed on startup SmoothStone for enterprise computing on the ARM chip platform, Marvell has done its usual job of working away quietly and then coming up with a key device.
It has launched a quad-core processing, enterprise-class cloud computing platform based on its own spin of the the ARM architecture. At 1.6GHz  the ARMADA XP is

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Shipments of Silicon to Jump 23.6 Percent in 2010

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Global silicon shipments in terms of square inches will rise to record levels in 2010, according to semiconductor manufacturing market research firm iSuppli.
 
Shipments of silicon for semiconductor manufacturing in 2010 will grow by 23.6 percent year-over-year, reaching 8.9 billion total square inches, up from 7.2 billion square inches in 2009, iSuppli

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Freescale to drive industrial connectivity with i.MX28 family of processors

Industrial-Focused Processors With On-Chip Connectivity and Analogue Features at Less Than 0.5 Watts
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Freescale Semiconductor has launched two new families of processors for low-power, cost-sensitive industrial applications. Consuming less than half a watt and priced starting at less than $6, these devices are aimed at a wide

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World's smallest USB drive

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The SuperTalent Pico C is claiming the crown for the world's smallest USB drive, weighing less than 6 grams but that doesn’t prevent it from holding up to 32 GB of data. The 4 GB version comes in at £9.45 while the larger 32 GB edition costs £35.45.
This flash drive is speedy too, “the I/O performance results are amazing when it comes to the Super Talent

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USB3 drives fastest in Digital Cameras and Camcorders

7m Set top boxes with USB3 by 2014

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

USB has been extremely successful in the digital still camera and digital camcorder markets because most users want to download images to PCs to store video recordings and still pictures or to print pictures. But, given Intel's reluctant backing of USB3 (shipments of chips not until 2012), other segments are set to take

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Intel in $7.68bn McAfee takeover

Intel in $7.68bn McAfee takeover
The interesting thing here is how will this fit with Intel's Wind River division, where embedded security is an increasingly important issue.
Related articles Intel to buy McAfee for £5bn (guardian.co.uk)
Intel-McAfee Fallout: Who Will Buy Symantec? (informationweek.com)
Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 Billion, Biggest Acquisition in 42-Year History (circleid.com)

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NAND targets $1 per Gbyte for solid state drives

Portable Multimedia: NAND targets $1 per Gbyte for solid state drives

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Intel updates Atom processor for storage with DDR3

DDR3 for higher speed transfers marks shift in embedded market

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Two new processors for embedded data storage are marking the shift to DDR3.  
Since launching the D410 and D510 Atom processors into the home networking space in March, Intel has updated the chip to be faster with the 1.8GHz D425 single-core and D525 dual-core devices that now support

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TI's 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 DaVinci chip to replace OMAP3

DM37x combines 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 and 800MHz C64x+ DSP for 720p HD video
Hardware offers 50% boost in ARM performance, 40% in DSP, double the graphics performance with 40% less power consumption over OMAP3530 device
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
TI is targetting its own OMAP3 processors with a new Da Vinci video processor family, the DM 37x. The DM3730 and DM3725 with their ARM Cortex-A8

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Sundance ships 12 core development system

Customer shipment three months after launch

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Sundance Multiprocessor Technology in Chesham, outside London, has started shipping its flagship multiprocessor development system to a customer three months after adding the system to its website. 
The EVP6472-941 (left) is directly targeted at the new breed of high intensity processing applications where

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Portable Multimedia: Just seven smartphone apps drive hardware designs

Portable Multimedia: Just seven smartphone apps drive hardware designsBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

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Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems in Cars May Pose Security Threat

Researchers spoof wireless monitoring systems 
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Reseachers in the US have 'spoofed' cars with wireless tire pressure monitoring systems, giving a false rading on the dashboard and potentally causing cars to stop. The reseachers at Rutgers University in New Jersey and the University of South Carolina also say that the new wireless

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OIF project to shrink tunable laser modules for 100G networks

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is developing a specification for a micro-integrable tunable laser assembly (uITLA). This new form factor for tunable lasers is needed as the industry moves to an XFP form factor with reduced power dissipation.
The new uITLA project will propose changes to the assembly electrical interfaces,

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Intel changes track on healthcare - video comment

Combines units with GE to focus on telehealth 

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Intel is merging its Digital Health group with GE Healthcare’s Home Health division to create a new healthcare technology company focused on telehealth and independent living. The new company will be owned equally by GE and Intel, with Louis Burns, currently vice president and general

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Open source hardware gets an updated definition

Open source hardware gets an updated definition - The InquirerVersion 3.0 for open source hardware designs

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60GHz LAN chips take off

Startups and partnerships to drive 60GHz networks

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The development of chips for 60GHz networking is taking off, with UK startup Blu Wireless already developing a radio and baseband digital signal processing, and US WiFi chip maker Atheros joining with Wilocity for a 60GHz chipset.
The driver for this is the establishment of the WiGig Wireless Gigabit Alliance

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Arqiva pilot long-range radio for smart meter network

Arqiva pilot long-range radio for smart meter network - 07/07/2010 - Electronics WeeklyHmm, very interesting

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Surprisingly 2.5G Drives Cell Phone Baseband - chart

Portable Multimedia: Surprisingly 2.5G Drives Cell Phone Baseband - chartGreat, useful data on baseband players in the market

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Find out the latest on the mobile industry

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The international wireless industry meets in Bristol this week with 2010's Wireless2.0 conference on Friday July 9th at @Bristol, www.siliconsouthwest.co.uk

Market data direct from Will Strauss of Forward Concepts, future directions for the handset from Sony Ericsson, how to get good 2Mbit/s broadband into rural areas from Deltenna and a host of other

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Lattice and Affarii put remote radio head on FPGA

COMPLETE RRH HARDWARE FOR WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Lattice Semiconductor and Affarii Technologies have demonstrated the industry’s lowest cost, low power Remote Radio Head (RRH) solution at 1300mW per antenna. The integration of all RRH processing has been achieved on a single LatticeECP3-150 device.
The single chip solution supports 2x2 MIMO configurations

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Que? That’s Spanish for “Where The Hell is My E-Reader,” Right?

Que? That’s Spanish for “Where The Hell is My E-Reader,” Right?Story from WSJ on the cancellation of pre-orders for Plastic Logic's Que reader, and no date for shipping - opps, not a good sign, and a real shame for a UK startup!

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Updated: Yorkshire silicon resonator firm raises £3m - 25/06/2010 - Electronics Weekly

Updated: Yorkshire silicon resonator firm raises £3m - 25/06/2010 - Electronics Weekly

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IBM, Samsung and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Set To Produce 28nm Chips with STMicroelectronics

Three Tier Two suppliers aiming to boost into next generation process technology - ST the beneficiary

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Portable Multimedia: Toshiba aims to standardise WiFi in an SD card

Portable Multimedia: Toshiba aims to standardise WiFi in an SD cardNot just for portable multimedia communications but a quick and easy way toadd WiFi to all manner of embedded and industrial devices via an SD slot

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Xilinx tackles FPGA power with 28nm Series-7

Scalable from low to high density with 28nm Virtex-7, Kintex-7, and Artix-7 families

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Xilinx is tackling two of the key barriers to using FPGAs - power and cost. It is reducing the power consumption of its new 7 Series devices families by 50% over the previous generation and has developed an architecture that wil scale across three families, helping to reduce

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Toshiba Launches Industry’s Largest Embedded NAND Flash Memory Modules

32nm Embedded Memory up to 128GB NAND and Controller in a Single PackageBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukToshiba has launched a 128-gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved in the industry. The module is fully compliant with the latest e•MMC standard, and is designed for application in a wide range of digital consumer products, including

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Shipments of Short Range Wireless ICs Expected to Increase 18% in 2010, Says ABI Research | Business Wire

Shipments of Short Range Wireless ICs Expected to Increase 18% in 2010, Says ABI ResearchShort range wireless ICs, including Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi have been widely adopted in computing, communication, and consumer products in recent years. “The market for short range wireless ICs is booming in 2010, says ABI Research analyst Celia Bo. “

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Engineers build 3D printer for making plastic parts | News | The Engineer

Engineers build 3D printer for making plastic parts | News | The EngineerFast 3D printer from the SPRINT project

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Portable Multimedia: Tiny pico projector for cell phones and cameras

Portable Multimedia: Tiny pico projector for cell phones and camerasBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukVery nice little unit, 4cc, 6mm high for embedding in cameras although still a bit large for use in smartphones

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Portable Multimedia: First standard 1.8in solid state drive modules

Portable Multimedia: First standard 1.8in solid state drive modulesNice little modules from Apacer, SATA interface up to 64Gbyte capacity with the latest JEDEC standard

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Benchmark Results: Throughput : USB 3.0 On A Stick: Super Talent's RAIDDrive 64 GB

Benchmark Results: Throughput : USB 3.0 On A Stick: Super Talent's RAIDDrive 64 GBBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

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Power management chip shortage looms

Remarkable growth over Christmas drives up prices By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Strong demand for power management semiconductors in the first half of 2010 has caught suppliers off-guard, spurring shortages and causing prices to rise in the near term, says market researcher iSuppli. This will impact on the design and supply and cost of portable euipment in particular this year.
Revenue for

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Industry drives ARM-based Linux devices through Linaro

ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Form New Company to Speed the Rollout of Linux-Based Devices

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments have created the not-for-profit company, Linaro, to provide new resources and industry alignment for open source software developers using Linux on the world’s most

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Mercury ships dual GPU open processor system

Industry’s highest performance OpenVPX, dual-GPU, conduction-cooled subsystem


By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Mercury Computer Systems has started shipping the industry’s highest performance 6U module-based OpenVPX, dual GPU-based conduction-cooled subsystem, using whichever high power GPU is available. This subsystem is currently deployed in an embedded rugged defense surveillance

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Hewlett-Packard Maintains MEMS Dominance in 2009

Print heads still drive MEMS manufacturing but cell phone accelerometers are catching up
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

It's always good to have pre-conceptions challenged, and this one is big - that HP is the leading manufacturer of Microelectromechanical (MEMS) sensors among semiconductor Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDM) and fabless firms, according to the latest figures from

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Broadcom combines three WiFi channels for wireless HD video

Intensi-fi 65nm single chip supports 450Mbit/s 3x3 802.11n WiFi
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

In a bid to make wireless video work in the home, Broadcom has developed a single-chip 802.11n dual-band 3x3 wireless solution that achieves 450 Mbit/s data rates in client devices and over 600Mbit/s throughput (TCP/IP) in 3x3 AP/router configurations. By combining the MIMO wireless capacity with

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Portable Multimedia: Qualcomm ships dual-core Snapdragon chips

Portable Multimedia: Qualcomm ships dual-core Snapdragon chips

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Copper nanowires enable flexible displays

Cheaper than silver and made in volume

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

A team of Duke University chemists has perfected a simple way to make tiny copper nanowires in quantity that are small enough to be transparent, making them ideal for thin-film solar cells, flat-screen TVs and computers, and flexible displays.
"Imagine a foldable iPad," said Benjamin Wiley, an assistant professor of

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SGI puts petaflop hybrid computing in a single cabinet

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


Scalable Mixed Technology Uses Open Architecture  SGI has developed a breakthrough hybrid computing platform that will deliver a petaflop of performance within a single cabinet using technology from NVIDIA, ATI and Tilera. The platform uses an open software architecture and will scale from

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Probing the brain in 3D

Frontier research produces 3D neurological probe

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The definition of Information Society Technologies (IST) is now extending to the  brain. A Eur10m pan-European research project has created a pioneering 3D brain probing system that may provide new leads for understanding schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and other serious brain conditions.
The NEUROPROBES ('

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Panasonic gives 3D gesture control to outdoor signs and industrial apps - video

9m range for outdoor 'time of flight' motion sensor points to gesture control of TV and interactive 'magic' mirrors

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Panasonic (or rather Panasonic Electric Works, the new name for Matsushita) has developed a 3D 'time of flight' motion sensor for outdoor displays and immersive multimedia and points to gesture control of TVs and new types of displays such as an

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Infineon Bristol wins two major European projects

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Infineon's design centre in Bristol is part of two of the largest R&D projects in Europe for the multicore development for automotive and safety critical systems alongside embedded software house Wittenstein High Integrity Systems (HIS). The involvement in the two multimillion euro ARTEMIS projects is covered in the current issue of SiliconSouthWest. With over

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Consumer WiFi drives global growth

Wi-Fi chip shipments to surpass 770m units in 2010 up 33%
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Wi-Fi chip shipments are forecast to surpass 770 million units in 2010, up almost 33% compared to 2009, says a new report from market researchers ABI Research. Shipment of 802.11n ICs will surge ahead of 802.11g and dominate the market this year, accounting for approximately 60% of total Wi-Fi IC

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Wireless mesh networking for smart lighting

Chipset pairs ISM transceiver with mesh controller for 10 years operation from a single battery

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Mesh sensor provider Virtual Technology in Israel has teamed up with chip maker Semtech in the US for a two-chip wireless mesh network chipset that brings a new level of performance and signal robustness to smart lighting applications.
The chipset pairs Semtech’s

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STMicro brings SMP ARM multicore to embedded

Symmetrical ARM Cortex multiprocessor architecture with DDR3 delivers cost efficiency, computing power and customizability for multiple embedded applications 

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

STMicroelectronics has launched a new multicore processor architecture that will be the backbone for the new members of its popular SPEAr (Structured Processor Enhanced Architecture) family of

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Dust Networks Unveils Location Sensing Technology

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

No Wires Required for Accurate 802.15.4 Real Time Location Systems
Wireless sensor maker Dust Networks is expanding the capabilities of its wireless sensor networking (WSN) technology to include location sensing. Dust Networks has combined its work in standards-based time synchronized mesh networking with new time-of-flight ranging capabilities to deliver a

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ST moves to 32nm for networking chips

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


Industry’s first Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) IP in 32nm demon to customers 

STMicroelectronics has launched a 32nm technology platform for the design and development of leading-edge application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for networking applications. Central to the new 32nm SoC design platform, which implements ST’s 32LPH (Low-Power

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Movidius and Icera see funding boost for chip ventures (UK Technology Startups)

Movidius and Icera see funding boost for chip ventures (UK Technology Startups)Posted using ShareThis

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Google stops sniffing Wi-Fi data after privacy gaffe

Turns out Google was sniffing WiFi networks AND DATA as it was taking its StreetCam pictures....

Google stops sniffing Wi-Fi data after privacy gaffe - Computerworld






Related articlesOpps. Google took personal info from public Wi-Fi networks (techstartups.com)
Google to Roll Out Encrypted Search After WiFi Snooping Snafu (dailyfinance.com)
Google street view cars peep your Wi-Fi, know what

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US admits losing the cyber war

Image via WikipediaBank loses $10m in a single attack
A senior US offical has admitted the country is losing the cyber war. More than 100 foreign spy agencies were working to gain access to US computer systems, as were criminal organizations, said James Miller, principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy. 
Hackers have already penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and have stolen

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LED lighting gets wireless links

Wireless lighting control system will involve each lighting fixture being wireless enabled

The move to LED technology will require a redesign of a lighting fixture, says Stephen Page, VP of Engineerig at Cyan Technology in Cambridge. At this redesign stage, for a very small incremental cost it is also possible to add wireless control to a lighting fixture, making home automation much more

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Mitsubishi plans big smart metering push - 17/05/2010 - Electronics Weekly

Mitsubishi plans big smart metering push - 17/05/2010 - Electronics WeeklyPosted using ShareThis

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DSP Group and Lantiq Complete Interoperability Testing for Home Gateways and Digital Cordless Handsets

Successful implementation of new CAT-iq 2.0 standard  drives converged communications 


By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The DSP Group and German chip maker Lantiq have successfully completed interoperability testing based on the latest CAT-iq 2.0 (Cordless Advanced Technology: Internet and Quality) specification.
Recently adopted as an industry standard, CAT-iq 2.0 is a key technology

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Researchers hack cars

Researchers hack cars' computers - The Inquirer




All the details are at the FAQ here alog with the orginal paper

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True gesture multitouch for large LCD displays

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk



Evoluce in Germany has launched its first gesture computing enhancement to its ITSO (Integrated Through Screen Optics) Sensing Technology, offering true multi-touch, multi-pen functionality for large flat screen LCDsfor a fraction of the price of Microsoft's Surface technology.
For the first time, multi-touch-enabled applications can also see and respond

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BBC News - Rural town installs wi-fi cloud

BBC News - Rural town installs wi-fi cloudPosted using ShareThis

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Compatibility issues dog 3D discussions | Broadband TV News

Compatibility issues dog 3D discussions | Broadband TV NewsPosted using ShareThis

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World's Smallest Flash Microcontroller Package for Silicon Dust

Ultra-small packaging expands design options for applications in consumer, lighting and industrial control markets
 
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Just look at the size of this! Atmel has launched the world's smallest flash AVR microcontroller package, putting 12MIPS of processing for 50c in a mere 4 square millimetres, driving the trend to 'silicon dust' - processors so small they

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Libelium gives portable Bluetooth access to Wireless Sensor Networks

Module provides medical and industrial users with access to wireless sensor data. Enables the deployment of hybrid sensor networks that use both ZigBee and Bluetooth protocols.By Nick Flaherty 13th May 2010

Libelium in Spain has developed a new Bluetooth module for its Waspmote wireless sensor network (WSN) platform that enables wireless sensor networks to be directly linked to portable

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CSR gains as NXP takes top spot in automotive infotainment silicon

NXP Semiconductors in 2009 took the top position in the global automotive infotainment semiconductor market according to market researchers iSuppli, the first time the company has held the top spot since the company began tracking the area in 2005.NXP in 2009 posted automotive infotainment semiconductor revenue of $291 million. While this total was down 24.8 percent from $387 million in 2008,

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TDK extends range of smallest pressure sensors

Smallest differential pressure transmitter with an extended range
TDK-EPC has extened the range of its EPCOS MiniCell series of pressure sensor transmitters to unsymmetrical measurement ranges from 0 to 500 hPa and 0 to 2500 hPa. In addition, variants are offered for symmetrical measurements from -500 to +500 hPa and -2500 to +2500 hPa.
With dimensions of only 19.6 x 16.2 x 11 mm³ the

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ACAL samples next generation 2.5in solid state drives (SSDs) for embedded

Over 2x faster Read/Write transfer rates than previous Wester Digital drives
Speed Assurance for consistent performance across the life-time of the drive
Support for advanced features: TRIM, NCQ and SMART
5 year warranty and Western Digital FIT Lab certified
Available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities

ACAL Technology is sampling the latest generation of 2.5 inch SATA Solid

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Lattice to develop Serial Rapid IO (SRIO) interface for Cavium network processors

Lattice FPGAs to link to Octeon II multicore processors
FPGA maker Lattice Semiconductor has announced plans to interoperate between Cavium Networks’ OCTEON II CN63XX multicore network processors and its LatticeECP3 family via a Serial Rapid IO (SRIO) Specification 2.1 link. SRIO is commonly used in 3G/4G wireless base stations and wireline switches and routers where low latency is critical.

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DNA as the future of silicon chips?

In a single day, a solitary graduate student at a lab bench can produce more simple logic circuits than the world's entire output of silicon chips in a month. So says a Duke University engineer, who believes that the next generation of these logic circuits at the heart of computers will be produced inexpensively in almost limitless quantities in a story

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Foundry business picks up

Revenue to Grow Nearly 40 Percent This Year
After a year that was decidedly skewed by macroeconomic forces impacting the entire electronics value chain, pure-play foundry suppliers will see revenues in 2010 jump by 39.5 percent, according to iSuppli.
Total pure-play foundry revenue in 2010 will reach $24.8 billion, up from $17.8 billion in 2009. This year’s projected revenue also is up 24.6

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STMicro launches first EAL6+ high security smartcard controller

Supports latest security protocols and enhanced contact/contactless operation, surpass credentials of competing components

STMicroelectronics has announced details of its formal EAL6+ Common criteria certification - the highest security standard applicable - for its ST23YR80 secure dual microcontroller including its optional crypto libraries.
ST's chip is the world's first secure

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Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig Cooperate on 60GHz Wi-Fi

  Agreement enables technology sharing for program development and triband certification
The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig Alliance) are to copperate on multi-gigabit wireless networking, sharing technology specifications for the development of a next-generation Wi-Fi Alliance certification program in the 60 GHz frequency band. This agreement further encourages

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USB 3.0 Falls Short in New Laptop Tests

USB 3.0 Falls Short in New Laptop TestsPosted using ShareThis

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ALPS Aims Low Power Wireless Module at WiFi Smart Meters

WiFi automation networks set to take off

ALPS Electric has developed  an all-in-one WLAN module for wireless networks. The module’s built-in CPU and networking protocol combined with low energy consumption enables easy setup of sensor or other device networks, such as those used for smart meters.
Sensor network systems promote efficient energy usage by monitoring power consumption,

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STMicro and Infineon launch breakthrough power package

Maximizes efficiency advantages of MOSFETs and is standardised with Infineon

It's not often you can get excited about power packaging, but the latest development by STMicroelectronics has increased the power density achievable, and so reduced the size of equipment, with a key new surface mount package for its latest generation MDmesh V power MOSFET technology.
The new 1mm-high surface-mount

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Anders Electronics Claims Smallest, Most Power-Efficient PC

Fully-functional, palm-sized desktop PC for industrial and networking applications.

Anders Electronics, exclusive UK distributor of the Fit-PC line, has announced the availability of the Fit-PC2i NetTop computer - specifically designed for low-footprint, high-performance industrial and networking applications.
Anders claims it is one-fourth the size of its nearest competitor and uses 95% less

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Industry looks up as DRAM market recovers

DDR3 transition continues at 35% of market

The volatile DRAM market lurched from one extreme to another in 2009, but in the fourth quarter overcame market sluggishness at the beginning of last year to finish on a high note, with the industry achieving profitability for the first time since 2007, according to iSuppli Corp.
Following a revenue low in the first quarter of 2009 not seen since 2001,

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VIA Launches first Nano E-Series Mini-ITX Board

Mini-ITX board brings 64-bit performance to embedded applications
VIA Technologies has launched a mini-ITX board specifically to meet the needs of next generation kiosk, POI and POS applications. The VIA EPIA-M830 places the latest 64-bit, high performance VIA Nano E-Series processor in a streamlined, application specific Mini-ITX form factor board.Kiosk and POS systems will soon support

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SuperSpeed USB3.0 needs integration, says In-Stat

Will take 30% of the market by 2014

The debut of SuperSpeed USB devices in 2009 provided the seeds of dramatic change in the USB market,
reports In-Stat but needs more integration into the core chipset to make it really take off.
SuperSpeed USB, which offers a ten-fold bandwidth improvement over high-speed USB, will grow to just under 30 percent of the USB interface technology market by 2014,

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NetLogic Microsystems and TSMC Collaborate on 28nm Process Technology

Includes analogue capability for high speed interfaces  Network processor developer NetLogic Microsystems  is working with leading foundry TSMC to extend their existing collaboration to include TSMC’s NEXSYS 28HP (28nm high performance) semiconductor process node. This will be used for NetLogic’s next-generation

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The Strange World of Nanotech - video narrrated by Steven Fry

An interesting video from Cambridge University, narrated by Stephen Fry

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Samsung Taping Out 32nm Foundry Designs - 29/04/2010 - Electronics Weekly

Samsung Taping Out 32nm Foundry Designs - 29/04/2010 - Electronics WeeklyPosted using ShareThis

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Farewell to the Internet Streaming Media Alliance

Merges with MPEG Industry Forum

The Board of Directors of the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) and Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) have agreed to merge the two organizations in a move that marks the end of the ISMA. In a slightly strange move, MPEGIF members will become ISMA members but the organisation will go forward as MPEGIF within the existing ISMA Californian non-profit

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Rugged XMC Module For Video Streaming From Unmanned Vehicles

ICS-8580 combines two TI DSP processors and Altera FPGA

GE Intelligent Platforms has launched a powerful, compact, easy to use and flexible answer to the problem of capturing, compressing and delivering video. The ICS-8580 responds to the rapid growth in unmanned vehicles and their requirement to deliver high quality mission video over links that are often bandwidth-constrained. It is designed

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TI fights back in wireless networking

New CC430 MCUs and developer support accelerate time to market for building automation, smart meters and asset tracking
With the recent launches of the Dust SoCs and Silicon Labs wireless mesh network module, Texas Instruments is fighting back with its single-chip RF CC430F513x microcontrollers and developer ecosystem offering complete, scalable hardware and software.
The CC430F513x MCUs combine

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Microsoft launches Windows 7 Embedded

Tries again with Media Centre
As Windows 7 actually seems to be working after the debacle of Vista in the desktop market, Microsoft has launched the embedded version, but aiming mainly, again, at the Media Centre and set top box.
Windows Embedded Standard 7 provides the familiarity of Windows 7 in a highly customizable and componentized form so that OEMs can use it to create differentiated

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Wolfson teams with Tensilica for audio platform

Setting the benchmark for world-class HD audio
Leading audio chip maker Wolfson Microelectronics has teamed up with configurable processor IP provider Tensilica to create a low power, high definition (HD) sound platform.
Combining Wolfson's world-leading mixed-signal technology and audio expertise with Tensilica's HiFi audio DSP processor cores, this licence agreement will bring HD sound to

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Xilinx puts multicore on FPGA

Two ARM Cortex-A9 cores on 28nm FPGA

Xilinx is putting a multicore processor architecture onto its next generation of FPGA. The Extensible Processing Platform is a single chip that combines two 800MHz ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor-based subsystems with 28nm FPGA fabric to add extra functions for system and ASIC protoyping.
This is a significant change, as it provides embedded systems designers

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IBM develops nanoscale MRI imaging - video

Taking images of a virus

Researchers from IBM's Almaden Research Centre and Stanford University have developed a new technique for seeing particles at the nanoscale using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that are already widely used in hospitals.

They have combined ultrasensitive magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) with 3D image reconstruction to achieve MRI with resolution

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CriticalBlue and Freescale collaborate to streamline and simplify multicore software development

CriticalBlue’s Prism development environment now available for QorIQ multicore processors
CriticalBlue is working with Freescale Semiconductor to make its Prism development environment available to support Freescale’s QorIQ multicore processor families. Software developers will be able to migrate, optimise and verify their existing software applications on Freescale’s multicore platforms based

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Risks to radio systems from wind turbines

Image via WikipediaI'm a great supporter of renewable energy and green electricity, and the SmartGrid will have to combine energy production from a variety of approaches, but Analysys Mason are pointing out that wind turbines may well cause problems for radio systems, particularly RF embedded control.
Although wind turbine blades are largely made of non-conductive plastics and similar composite

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GE Satellite provide Ku data uplinks to NASA unmanned science mission

Ex-military UAV flies across Pacific taking measurements




GE-Satellite, a leading provider of satellite services in the Pacific, was recently chosen by NASA to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for its ground breaking science mission to study atmospheric and environmental conditions across in the Pacific via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). 
The NASA Global Hawk Pacific (GloPac)

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Synapse and Silicon Labs Launch Wireless Module for Mesh Networks

Sub-GHz connectivity for smart meters, building automation and personal medical devices
Synapse Wireless and Silicon Laboratories have teamed up to develop a wireless mesh network solution that combines the SNAP network operating system with Silicon Labs' Si1000 wireless microcontroller (MCU). The combined software/hardware solution - the Synapse RF Engine module - makes it easy to deploy a

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UK investment in semiconductor startups plummets (UK Technology Startups)

UK investment in semiconductor startups plummets (UK Technology Startups)

The UK saw a reasonably healthy growth in investment in technology startups last quarter, except for the semiconductor sector. Analysis by Ascendant showed a positive trend of 65 companies receiving £153m, up 48% and 32% respectively over Q1 09, from 82 investors. But the average deal

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Audium Semiconductor assets bought by NXT (UK Technology Startups)

Audium Semiconductor assets bought by NXT (UK Technology Startups)

Amplifier chip startup Audium Semiconductor in Bristol  has closed and its assets have been bought by flat panel speaker maker NXT. The company raised $8.5m in September 2007 for its untra low power amplifier but failed to raise a second round of venture capital.

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Texas Instruments embraces Linux for C64x DSP processors

Reflects embedded industry move to open source
TI has announced Linux kernel support for its TMS320C64x digital signal processors (DSPs) and multicore system-on-chips (SoCs) targeted for applications such as communications and mission critical infrastructure, medical diagnostics, and high-performance test and measurement. As customers move towards open source initiatives as a key element of

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Dust Networks launches ARM Cortex-M3 system chip for 802.15.4

World's lowest power RF so far

Dust Networks is an intersting company as a leading supplier of wireless sensor networks (WSN). It is using the low power ARM Cortex-M3 processor for a new family of system-on-chips (SoCs) that include an on-chip power amplifier (PA) that will be the basis for a variety of upcoming standards-based WSN products, including IEC 62591 (WirelessHART), 6LOWPAN (IP), and

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Imagination Technologies teams with MIPS

Joint Solution Demonstrated in New 3D Chipset from Sigma Designs Having had a close relationship (and joint venture) with ARM and an investment by Intel, Imagination Technologies has now teamed up is a strategic alliance with MIPS Technologies, with MIPS joining Imagination’s POWERVR Insider graphics developer ecosystem as a technology partner.Together the companies are working to help SoC

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Freescale unleashes industry’s highest performing DSP core for medical, aerospace and test

Fully programmable MSC825x DSP family scales from one to six cores; helps lower system cost as much as 50 percent
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a family of programmable digital signal processors (DSPs) that delivers the optimal blend of low cost and high performance for a broad range of applications in the medical, aerospace/defense and test/measurement markets. Based on the

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Cortex-M0 microcontrollers open up new CAN applications

First Cortex-M0 MCU with on-chip CANopen drivers in ROM
NXP has launched the first two devices, LPC11C12 and LPC11C14, in the LPC11C00 series featuring a Controller Area Network (CAN) 2.0B-compliant controller for industrial and embedded networking applications. CAN has long been considered one of the best choices for robust real-time communication, but price-prohibitive for low-cost

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Green Hills supports Sitara ARM Cortex-A8 controllers

RTOS and tools for TI embedded processor family   Green Hills Software is supporting the  Texas Instruments Sitara processors  with the INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS), MULTI integrated development environment (IDE), optimizing C/C++ compilers and Green Hills Probe for industrial control, automation, transportation, medical, and a wide variety of other embedded applications in the

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AMD brings DDR3 and quadcore to embedded with two new platforms

Brings DDR3 high speed memory, quad core processors and 1080p HD video into embedded.
AMD has launched two new platforms that bring key functions from the desktop to the embedded market but with long term support and fanless operation.
The compact ASB2 platform and the high-performance AM3 platform offer combinations of power and performance with up to 74% (apparently,

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A VC’s perspective on healthcare investment | Analysis

With the passing of the new healthcare reform legislation in the US, there are new-found opportunities to make the healthcare system more efficient with the influx of more than 32 million people over the next several years. With this surge, there will be an inevitable paradigm shift not only for consumers, but also for businesses.
Startups will quickly fuel the healthcare space with new

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IBM creates nanoscale 3D map with 15nm etching - video

IBM researchers have created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt. The scientists accomplished this through a new, breakthrough technique that uses a tiny, silicon tip with a sharp apex — 100,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil — to create patterns and structures as small as 15 nanometers at greatly reduced cost and complexity. This

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Akya launches second generation of reconfigurable technology (UK Technology Startups)

Yorkshire startup Akya has launched the second generation of its dynamically reconfigurable logic (DRL) IP.

ART2.1 can now run up to twice as fast as its predecessor and will work significantly better with code generated by high-level-language compilers. It also expects to announce its first customer soon.

DRL technology has huge potential advantages over other programmable technologies

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Internet of Things Takes a Step Forward

RFID collaboration driveseasy linking of devices over the Internet 

International RFID technology leaders NXP Semiconductors, MTI, austriamicrosystems, and RF-iT have come together to demonstrate PlugNPlay solution, a major step towards the Internet of Things
Connecting everyday items to the internet through embedding short-range mobile transceivers enables a new medium of communication

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VIA puts a desktop in the palm of your hand

VIA ARTiGO A1100 DIY PC Kit packs HD video, HDMI and full 64bit computing


VIA Technologies in Taiwan has developed a DIY PC kit that puts desktop computing into a form factor the size of the palm of your hand.
The VIA ARTiGO A1100 takes inspiration from Pico-ITX, with a 64bit processor, HD video support, HDMI and VGA display connectivity, Gigabit networking, Wi-Fi Support and five USB

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Infineon and Fairchild standardise power MOSFETs packaging

Compatibility Agreement for Power MOSFET pinout 


Infineon Technologies and Fairchild Semiconductor have signed a packaging partnership for their power MOSFETs in the Infineon PowerStage 3x3 or Fairchild MLP 3x3 (Power33) packages.

The compatibility agreement is in response to the need for supply security while balancing the drive towards best-in-class efficiency and thermal performance in

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Ten emerging technologies from MIT

Each year, Technology Review selects what it believes are the 10 most important emerging technologies. Some of these changes are on the largest scale possible: better biofuels, more efficient solar cells, and green concrete all aim at tackling global warming in the years ahead. Other changes will be more local and involve how we use technology: for example, 3-D screens on mobile devices,

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Practical phase change memories finally emerge

Numonyx launches Omneo memories for embedded applications
 
Newly acquired memory joint venture Numonyx has introduced a set of products based on the long awaited class of memory technology called phase change memory (PCM). The new devices now deliver the higher performance, endurance and simplicity that is needed for wired and wireless communications, consumer electronics, PCs, and other

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ASMedia drives USB3.0 cost below $3

ASMedia seeks USB 3.0 chip orders with aggressive quotes

DigiTimes reports ASMedia Technology, a subsidiary of Asustek Computer, is aggressively seeking USB 3.0 chip orders from motherboard makers and is said to be offering prices below US$3 per unit to compete against NEC's US$6.ASMedia's USB 3.0 chip is expected to start mass shipments by the end of June 2010.Asustek has already

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Xintronix gears up for expansion (UK Technology Startups)

Xintronix gears up for expansion (UK Technology Startups)

Bristol startup Xintronix has raised private finance and appointed a new chairman as it ramps up for samples of its high speed transceiver technology later this year for USB3 and LightPeak.

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Online retail site goes live for Topaz NFC tags

Cirencester-based IP provider Innovision Research & Technology is bringing NFC (Near Field Communication) RFID tags based on its Topaz technology direct to the market in one of the first online retail sites dedicated to the purchasing of such  tags and related NFC items. The site, www.buynfc.com  was officially launched to developers and consumers at WIMA, the global NFC business and

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SES ASTRA to Launch Europe’s First 3D Demo Channel

Free to air 3D channel launches next month
SES-Astra is to launch Europe’s first 3D demo channel on ASTRA. Following initial testing, the channel will go live on 4 May 2010 right in time for the opening of ANGA Cable, the international trade fair for cable broadband and satellite taking place from 4-6 May in Cologne, Germany.
ASTRA’s new 3D demo channel will be available

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Quantum Cryptography breakthrough heralds uncrackable communication networks

Cambridge team achieve new record bit rate for quantum key distribution
The Cambridge Lab of Toshiba Research Europe has achieved a major breakthrough that will allow ultra-secure encryption of sensitive data sent by banks, hospitals and government organisations.
They have succeeded in

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Open Android API to drive NFC RFID apps

NXP and Trusted Logic lead the integration of NFC technology into Android

Chip makers NXP and Trusted Logic have developed and launched an open source API for NFC RFID chips on the Android operating system. This will enable mobile phone users to access a new range of contactless applications such as mobile payments, transport and event ticketing as well as data sharing directly from their

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Sentec and OnStream partner to bring Mobius-based smart meters to UK

Licensing agreement bring Sentec’s Mobius current sensing technology to the market
Cambridge-based metering specialist Sentec has finalised a licensing agreement with OnStream, a National Grid company, to bring Sentec’s flagship current sensing Mobius technology to the UK smart electricity meter market.OnStream is using Sentec’s Mobius current sensor to produce a customised smart electricity

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Altera heads to 28nm for Stratix V FPGA Family

28Gbit/s transceivers focus on bandwidth Altera has announced its next-generation 28-nm Stratix V FPGA family as the industry's highest bandwidth FPGA. The FPGAs will offer up to 1.6Tbit/s of serial switching capability for new technology designs next year, using a leading-edge 28-nm process to reduce the cost and power of high-bandwidth applications.
Manufactured on

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Virtual Remote Sense Controller Eliminates Remote Sense Wires

Linear Technology has developed a Virtual Remote Sense DC/DC controller that eliminates the remote sense wires required to compensate for the voltage drop in cables, wires and circuit board trace runs. Voltage drops in wiring and cables that cause load regulation errors are usually corrected by an additional set of sensing wires. The LT4180

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Radiometrix launches low cost multichannel ISM radio modem

Enable implementation of simple, 9600bps wireless links
The TXL2 transmitter and RXL2 receiver modules, from London-based wireless solutions developer Radiometrix, are half duplex multi-channel OEM radio modems offered in the company’s popular SIL standard footprint. Operating in the European license-free 433 MHz ISM (Industrial Scientific and Medical) frequency band, with a choice of 5

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Cinterion Adds Wireless M2M Module for Automotive

Adds Land Grid Array (LGA) packaging option and ARM9 processor
Cinterion Wireless Modules has launched a new machine-to-machine wireless data module for automotive designs. The new AGS3 module adds land grid array (LGA) technology to its automotive-grade modules. The AGS3 is Cinterion’s sixth-generation automotive module and is optimised for peak performance and rugged automotive application

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Long range module runs Bluetooth over 1.2km

ConnectBlue has developed a long range Bluetooth module that provides an exceptionally long range of 1.2km, high throughput and the Extended Data Mode protocol which makes individual data channel communication possible for each unit in the 7-slave multi-point network.
The new OEM Serial Port Adapter 433 achieves its exceptional range of over 1200 meters through high receiver sensitivity and

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SiliconSouthWest launches test lab in Bath

Focus on supporting start up companies

SiliconSouthWest has launched a test lab to help start-ups develop and evaluate their wireless hardware and network equipments designs.
The lab, housed in the Innovation Centre in Bath, is available to members of the Centre to avoid the need for high capital outlay early in the design cycle. Virtual membership of the Centre is available at low cost to

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EETimes.com - It's official: NXP files IPO

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Frontier aims for £20 digital radio

Verona all in one tuner for WorldDMB Profile 1 radios 

Frontier Silicon has developed an all-in-one tuner that it says will enable digital radios under £20, vital to support the switch-off of analogue radio services in the next few years. The Verona tuner has been designed to remove every aspect of cost while maintaining good quality, long battery life and excellent receiver sensitivity. 

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Intel aims for SmartGrid with sensor technology

Researchers at Intel have invented a new wireless device to make the collection of energy data easy and inexpensive for consumers. The experimental, low-cost sensor need only be plugged into the house wiring to instantaneously measure and wirelessly report the power consumption of each electrical load in the home through the voltage drop on the supply. The technology could be easily deployed

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Intel moves to on-chip PCIe as Tunnel Creek takes off

Well, Intel's launch of Tunnel Creek is very interesting for the embedded market. A new 3W system on chip based around the Atom core with various useful peripherals, ther are already several designs being based around it.
The key aspect is that, for the first time, it will let other companies create PCI Express-compliant devices that directly connect to the chip, which offers new

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Honeywell develops space hardened SERDES chip

Image via WikipediaSERDES circuit selected for International Space Station, up to 3.125 Gbit/s per channel Honeywell has developed a serialiser/

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Blackberry maker buys QNX operating system to get into cars

Audio and automotive equipment maker Harman is to sell its QNX real time operating system business to Balackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM).
Somehow, the two companies expect this to further strengthen QNX penetration in the automotive market, despite RIM's focus on mobile systems and lack of experience in the market. Much more likely is the proximity argument - both QNX and RIM are based

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GE looks at ultra thin OLED lighting

Flexible paper-thin lighting sheets

GE Lighting has teamed up with Konica Minolta (KM) to develop sheets of OLED that could be as thin as a sheet of paper, potentially changing the design of homes and electronic systems dramatically when production starts next year.

“Lighting is becoming more than just a functional, utilitarian aspect of an environment,” says Zoltan Vamos, GE

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OLED lighting patent filings see explosive growth since 2000

Growth coincides with increasing UK Government funding of OLED lighting
OLED lighting patents filings are growing rapidly with more than 90% of filings appearing since 2000 according to the latest OLED Lighting: A review of the patent landscape report from cintelliq. This recent study identifies more than 1,800 patents focused on white OLED for lighting applications.
According

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Imec creates a 'virtual' camera

The Imec research centre in Belgium has developed a revolutionary new video technology for dynamic viewing and advanced image manipulation.

The iVC camera turns the input from fixed cameras into a 3D space where the Director or cameraman has the total freedom to choose any angle or distance to the action, giving the Director a flying camera that he can easily steer anywhere he wants to find

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Universal power standard slowly edges forward

Part 1 looking at interfaces
The Qi Wireless Power Consortium has delivered the first part of its interoperability specification to its members having taken over a year since the group was formed in December 2008.
The“System Description Wireless Power Transfer, Volume 1, Low Power, Part 1: Interface Definition, Version 1.00 Release Candidate 1”,  finally allows consortium members to begin

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Akamai sees record of 3.4Tbit/s for web content

Over 3.4 Terabits per second of Web traffic, 12m requests per second
The global network of Akamai Technologies reached an all-time high for total content served last week  Driven by demand for premium online coverage of major sporting events as well as customer product announcements and software releases, the Akamai EdgePlatform reached a new, single-day peak of 3.45 Terabits per second (

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Low cost PCIe development kit accelerates system design

Achieve Working PCI Express Hardware in Thirty Minutes
 

Lattice Semiconductor has developed a low cost PCI Express development kit for its LatticeECP3 family of low power FPGAs.  Based on a new ECP3 PCI Express solutions board, the kit accelerates development of PCI Express designs.  The kit has been developed from the ground up to accelerate the evaluation of PCI Express technology,

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NXP develops new class of digital controller with ARM Corex-M4

Shows first working silicon at 150MHz
NXP Semiconductors has developed a new class of digital signal controller based on the ARM Cortex-M4 processor core using an ultra low-leakage 90-nm process technology. This enables performance in excess of 150MHz, as well as very low active power consumption. In addition, the MCUs will offer extremely low power down currents using design techniques

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NTT develops multi-standard FPGA design for next generation 1080i 60 video

NTT Electronicst has developed an FPGA version of a multi-standard single chip LSI for both H.264/AVC 4:2:2 10-bit (including AVC-Intra 100/50) and MPEG-2 4:2:2 decoding
In the broadcasting industry, various types of H.264/AVC 4:2:2 10-bit equipment are available for the recording, editing, storage and transmission of high-quality (high-definition) video. NTT

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Sharp Develops 3D Touchscreen LCD for 3D without glasses

Sharp has developed a 3D touchscreen LCD for portable devices that has the industry’s highest brightness that can switch between 2D and 3D modes. Users can view 3D images without the need to wear special glasses, making this LCD ideal for mobile devices such as digital cameras, mobile phones, and smartphones, and there is speculation that it could be used for the next generation of

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Altera Rolls Out $3 FPGAs

Ships Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Kit
Altera Corporation has stared production shipments of its Cyclone IV FPGAs, providing roughly 20,000 gates (6K logic blocks) for as little as $3 in volume, or 50,000 gates (15K logic blocks) with built in transceivers for $6.
The Cyclone IV FPGAs are designed for cost-sensitive, small  form-factor applications in the wireless, wireline, broadcast,

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Landis+Gyr start UK's first major smart meter deployment

Million meter contract for smart meters with British Gas 

Smart meters are starting to roll out commercially in the UK with a million meter deal between Landis+Gyr, the world's largest electricity metering and smart meter supplier, and Centrica subsidiary British Gas.

The deal will see British Gas deploy up to one million of Landis+Gyr's "dual fuel" electricity and gas smart meters, along

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New generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators powers nanosensor

New generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators powers nanosensor

By combining a new generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors, researchers at teh Georgia Institute of Technology have created what are believed to be the first self-powered nanometer-scale sensing devices that draw power from the conversion of mechanical energy.
The new devices can measure

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On the road to a wireless display in a contact lens

It has been developed to monitor the eyes of patients with glaucoma, but the latest technology from STMicroelectronics for a Swiss medical startup points the way to integrating a display in a contact lens.
ST is to develop and supply a wireless MEMS sensor that acts as a transducer, antenna and mechanical support for additional read-out electronics in a system developed by Sensimed in Geneva.

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World's smallest microcavity laser for optical computing

From Nanowerk, physicists at ETH-Zurich have developed the smallest electricallyumped laser in the world that could revolutionize chip technology ("Microcavity Laser Oscillating in a Circuit-Based Resonator").

The laser is 30 micrometers long, eight micrometers high and has a wavelength of 200 micrometers. This makes the laser considerably smaller than the wavelength of the light it emits

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Skinput - using the skin for data entry

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are working on a way to use the skin as an input device, similar to the approach taken by Light Blue Optics.

Skinput is a method that allows the body to be appropriated for finger input using a novel, non-invasive, wearable bio-acoustic sensor, to be presented in April.
Devices with significant computational power and capabilities can now be easily

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Top 15 most admired semiconductor companies in 2010

Fortune magazine has listed its most admired companies in the world, with a separate break-out for semiconductor companies.
Among semiconductor companies evaluated, STMicroelectronics is ranked the 6th most admired, in its first year as a participant in the survey. Additionally, it is the highest-ranking Europe-based chipmaker on the list.

The “World’s Most Admired Companies” survey debuted

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GM looks to new augmented reality head up displays - video

Video of AR display for cars

General Motors R&D and several universities are working on a system that would use data gathered from an array of vehicle sensors and cameras and project images generated by compact ultra violet lasers directly onto the entire surface of the windshield. Head up displays are already used in cars for data suuch as speed, but this aims to use the whole windscreen for

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HP and Samsung lead rise in semiconductor spend

Apple rises as OEM spend grows 13% in 2010   
OEM semiconductor spend 2010 ($m)

Semiconductor spending in 2010 among Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) providers will post double-digit increases, reversing the cut in tspending over the last year and pointing to a more considered upturn. Among electronic equipment OEMs, spending in 2010 will rise

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STMicro turns to Mentor for 32nm design

Mentor Graphics is teaming up with STMicroelectronics on a broad collaboration to develop advanced design solutions at 32nm and down to 20nm.

The three-year joint-development project, named DeCADE, seeks to build on advanced design solutions for SoC (System On Chip) development for Digital and Analog design, including system-level approaches, design methodologies, place and route

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Samsung launches US apps store for consumer kit

Store For TVs, Blu-ray Players, and Home Theatre Systems linking to WiFi phones


Following the success of applications stores on mobile phones - particularly with Apple and Android - the next move is to apps running on Android on consumer equipment, and Samsung Electronics in the US is the first to officially launch its own site.
Samsung Apps is the first

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Strong bounce for consumer electronics in 2010 says IMS Research

2010 Consumer Electronics Outlook up on 2009, 2008


Despite a 5% decline from 2008 to 2009,  IMS Research sees relatively strong growth in smartphones, portable media players, set-top boxes, LCD televisions and refrigeration appliances for 2010, which are expected to significantly contribute to global CE revenues of $406 billion during the year. Global revenues for consumer electronics

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SiBEAM raises $36.5m for next round of high data rate wirelessHD

Cisco Joins Panasonic & Samsung to Accelerate Consumer Adoption

The most advanced millimetre wave startup, SiBEAM, has raised $36.5m in its D round of funding to accelerate the consumer adoption of its 60GHz short range wireless technology.
All of SiBEAM’s original investors contributed to this round including U.S. Ventures Partners (USVP) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), joined by new

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OpenGL4.0 launched

Open standard 3D API specification available immediately
Provides performance, quality and flexibility enhancements including tessellation and double precision shaders
Tight integration with OpenCL for seamless visual computing

The next generation of 3D API (application programming interface) that is deployed on all major desktop operating systems has been launched, along with a retrofit to

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GE puts CUDA on single board computer

Single board computer combines Intel Core2 Duo, NVIDIA CUDA and OpenVPX for 390GFLOPS in a slot

GE Intelligent Platforms has launched a rugged 6U OpenVPX Single Board Computer (SBC) that is the first with an integrated GPGPU (general purpose computing on a graphics processing unit) capability. The IPN250 delivers high levels of computing performance for size, weight and power (SWaP) constrained

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Call for new technology drive to spur growth

FT.com / Technology - Call for new technology drive to spur growth

Britain should invoke some of the spirit of Inmos – a government-owned semiconductor company set up more than 30 years ago – to establish a £300m series of new technology centres to lay the basis for economic growth, according to a top government adviser.

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IBM looks to optical computing with nanophotonic avalanche detector

IBM scientists have unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that communicate using pulses of light. As reported in the recent issue of the scientific journal Nature, this is an important advancement in changing the way computer chips talk to each other.

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NanoKTN and Institute of Nanotechnology Launch International NanoMicroClub to Encourage Global Investment in UK SMEs

INMC to Offer UK SMEs Opportunities to Network at Key International Events
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, and the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), a professional membership organisation for the nanotechnology industry, has announced a collaboration to encourage and support global

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World’s smallest MEMS microphones with a digital interface

MEMS for MP3 and mobile phones
TDK-EPC has developed the smallest commercially available MEMS microphone worldwide with an integrated digital interface. The dimensions of the EPCOS T4030 of 3.25 × 2.25 × 1.1 mm make the microphone about 60 percent smaller than alternative products. This allows significantly more compact designs of mobile phones and consumer electronics applications such as MP3

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Kontron brings 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switching to CompactPCI and VME

CP6930 supports PICMG 2.x and VITA 31.1 compliant high-performance switching
The new Kontron CP6930 6U switch brings 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching to CompactPCI and VME embedded systems and communication networks. With six SFP+ interfaces for 10Gb, two SFP interfaces for 1Gb Ethernet switching on the front and 24 GbE ports on the back, the new switch boosts the performance of VME and

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STMicroelectronics Launches 32bit Cortex-M3 line under $1

Optimized features for price-sensitive consumer, appliance and industrial designs from 85c

Taking the different approach from packing features into a device, STMicroelectronics has launched a 'value line' low cost version of its STM32 microcontroller.
Until now, engineers upgrading legacy 16-bit designs for higher performance and flexibility have had to choose from high-end alternatives that

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VIA launches ruggedized Em-ITX embedded PC

New format fanless and ruggedized embedded box PC for industrial, kiosk, POI and signage applications
VIA Technologies has developed a complete, fanless and ruggedized embedded box system based on the unique I/O-rich Em-ITX form factor, offering the ideal solution for a variety of industrial applications. Available as a complete system including drives and memory, the fanless VIA ART-3000

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Silicon Labs drives SmartGrid with Low Power Wireless Microcontrollers

Single-Chip for Smart Meter Solutions with RF Connectivity

Silicon Laboratories has launched the industry’s lowest power single-chip wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) for battery-operated home automation systems, smart meters, in-home utility monitors and security systems.
The demand for smart energy technology continues to grow each year as government initiatives mandate

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Renesas launches industry’s fastest embedded flash microcontroller

SH7216 series with 200MHz superscalar core and CAN, USB and Ethernet connectivity for motor control and networked applications
Renesas Technology Europe has launched the SH7216 series of 32-bit on-chip flash memory microcontrollers for industrial applications such as AC servos, factory automation equipment, building automation, air conditioning, and general purpose networking. The SH7216

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New Freescale Processor Helps Lower Costs and Foster Innovation for Next-Generation eReaders | Business Wire

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Silicon Basis heads for FPGA test chip (UK Technology Startups)

Bristol startup Silicon Basis is developing a test chip for its innovative FPGA architecture that has potential to reduce the size, cost and power of a reconfigurable array to a quarter of today's devices.

The Soft Gate Array (SGA) uses a time factor to reuse each look up table in the array and the interconnect up to eight times a cycle, dramatically reducing the size of the array and so

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Tabula Introduces Spacetime Programmable Logic Architecture

3D Architecture Enables New Category of Programmable Logic Devices 

Santa Clara startup Tabula has introduced a groundbreaking programmable logic architecture that uses time as a third dimension to deliver unmatched capability and affordability. Tabula achieves this breakthrough by combining the Spacetime hardware that dynamically reconfigures logic, memory, and interconnect at multi-GHz rates

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T-Ray teams with the University of Leeds on terahertz research

T-Ray Science in  an emerging leader in TeraHertz research in Canada, is teaming up with the University of Leeds to develop low cost, pulsed and continuous wave ("CW"), fibre coupled terahertz (THz) spectrometers that operate at telecoms wavelengths. Professor Edmund Linfield (Chair in Terahertz Electronics, Director of the Institute of Microwaves and Photonics) will lead the project in the

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Tsmc 40nm yield issues explained

TSMC HAS FINALLY come to terms with its 40nm ordeal. In a transcript published by EETimes, Shang-Yi Chiang, TSMC’s R&D boss, laid out six bullet points to explain the situation the company is coming from, what steps it’s taking to make amends and where it's going.

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Electronics for a third-generation artificial retina

Scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are now developing the electronics for a third-generation artificial retina as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to produce an “epiretinal prosthesis” that could restore vision to millions of people around the world suffering from eye diseases.

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Global 3-D TV Shipments Set to Soar to 78 Million Units in 2015

Boom with 80% CAGR, but concerns remain over 3D glasses
Global 3-D television shipments will soar to 78 million units by 2015, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 80 percent from 4.2 million in 2010, iSuppli predicts. Revenue from shipments of these sets will boom to $64.3bn in 2015, up by nearly a factor of nine from $7.4bn in 2010. Figure 1 attached presents iSuppli’s worldwide

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Pace becomes world's second largest set top box supplier...

Deighted to see Pace moving into second place in the league table of leading set-top box suppliers, according to Screen Digest. The Yorkshire comnpany has overtaken Technicolor, formerly the Thomson set-top division, to be behind Motorola. The figures were published ahead of Pace’s annual results on Tuesday.
“Growth across the overall set-top box market for pay TV has been driven by two factors:

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SMSC Announces Acquisition of Kleer Semiconductor

SMSC Announces Acquisition of wireless audio company Kleer Semiconducto

$5.5m deal

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iPhones drive NAND Flash Undersupply in 2010

Thanks to its huge sales and high memory usage, Apple’s iPhone is expected to generate insatiable demand for NAND-type flash memory in 2010, helping to strain supplies for the year, according to iSuppli.“An average of 35.2Gbytes of NAND will be used in each iPhone sold in 2010, iSuppli estimates,” said Michael Yang, senior analyst for memory and storage at iSuppli. “Furthermore, iPhone shipments

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From the creators of the IPAD, the iNEMO

STMicroelectronics Boosts Realism and Accuracy in Gaming, Robotics and Navigation by Combining Multiple Sensors with Microcontrollers STMicroelectronics, which owns the trademark for the IPAD, has now launched the iNEMO, a family of multi-sensor Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) devices combined with micocontrollers.The integration of a variety of motion, magnetic, pressure and temperature

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TI delivers first quad core radio

WiLink7.0 integrates WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth and FM on true single-chip


Texas Instruments has developed the first truwe single chip to integrate WLAN 802.11n, GPS, FM transmit/receive and Bluetooth technologies. The 65nm WiLink 7.0 solution reduces costs by 30 percent, reduces size by 50 percent and delivers superior coexistence performance as compared to today’s existing solutions. Built on

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Micron buys Numonyx

Micron Technology has bought struggling NOR flash memory joint venture Numonyx for $1.27bn in Micron shares.
The transaction really strengthens Micron’s position as one of the world’s leading memory companies, with a broad portfolio of DRAM, NAND and NOR memory products and strong expertise in developing and supporting memory system solutions. Micron would also gain increased manufacturing scale

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Numonyx Sold To Micron - 10/02/2010 - Electronics Weekly

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Atomthreads: Open Source RTOS | Kelvin's Thunderstorm

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Altium adds high-performance, low-cost option to its NanoBoard 3000 range

Altera Cyclone III added to NanoBoard 3000 range of FPGA-based development boards
Altium has expanded its range of low cost, rapid prototyping boards with a new NanoBoard 3000 hosting the Altera Cyclone III FPGA.
The new board provides electronics designers with the same hardware, software and ready-to-use, royalty-free IP of the NanoBoard 3000, but with the power of Altera’s low-cost,

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Cambridge Consultants launches Bluetooth development kit

DEVA hardware platform enables developers to quickly design and test differentiated Bluetooth products

Cambridge Consultants has launched a comprehensive development platform for the rapid development of highly differentiated Bluetooth products and mobile accessories.  The DEVA platform allows electronics and software engineers to rapidly prototype and test accessory products that deliver new

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T-shirt adds augmented reality

The world's first wearable magazine, T-post, has launched its 51st t-shirt issue with augmented reality. The t-shirt projects a 3-D interactive game of Rock, Paper, Scissors via the web camera (see video below). The stories are printed on the iside of the T-shirt - an interesting idea but not exactly what you would think of as wearable electronics.



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Piezoelectric Ribbons Print onto Rubber for Energy Harvesting

Researchers at Princeton and CalTech have developed a way of printing piezoelectric elements onto rubber so that they generate current when the rubber moves. This allows breakthroughs in implantable or wearable energy harvesting systems where the motion of the person powers the electronics, particularly low energy sensors.
Being electromechanically coupled, piezoelectric crystals represent a

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Portable Multimedia: Apple Launches iPad with own chip

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Consumer Electronics Market Returns to Growth in 2010

A good supporting point for the global recovery is that, after a 6.7 percent drop in 2009, the global consumer electronics market is expected to achieve a mild recovery in 2010 on the back of LDC TV growth, says iSuppli.

Worldwide consumer electronics OEM revenue will rise to $317.3 billion in 2010, up from $312.3 billion in 2009. While a less than 2 percent increase represents only marginal

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Congatec takes embedded systems into gaming

ed networXX and congatec optimise embedded hardware for gaming

ed networXX of Austria has produced a development platform especially suited for the design of gaming applications. This platform includes the M-Box embedded computer from congatec, as well as displays that meet the special requirements of gaming applications. By using this package, designers of gaming applications can

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MIPS taps reconfigurable expert for CEO

Sandeep Vij Appointed CEO of MIPS Technologies MIPS Technologies has appointed Sandeep Vij as president, chief executive officer and director. Lately general manager of the Broadband and Consumer Division of network processor company and MIPS licensee Cavium Networks, Vij is a seasoned FPGA executive having worked for both Xilinx and Altera.  He succeeds Interim CEO Anthony B. Holbrook, who will

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Anders Introduces OMAP System-on-Module for industrial and medical apps

Anders Electronics has launched the CM-T3530 - the market’s most feature-rich miniature system-on-module based on the TI OMAP3530, which powers some of the world’s most powerful and popular mobile devices.  Ideally suited for high-end industrial and medical products, in addition to low-power embedded and commercial applications like multimedia handsets, high performance PDAs, 2G and 3G wireless

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95% of email traffic is Spam

If you think you get a lot of spam, that's nothing compared to the traffic that has already been filtered out.

In 2009 the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) launched an Anti-Spam Measures survey, asking e-mail service providers in Europe about the measures they take to combat spam in their networks. This survey provides a view of how the fight against spam has evolved

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Blu-Ray and Network Connectivity Finally Start Encroaching on DVD

High-volume shipments of Blu-ray players, most of which feature network connectivity, are finally making inroads into the broader disc player and recorder market, says market researcher In-Stat. By 2013, Blu-ray player shipments will still lag slightly behind the 90 million DVD player unit shipments. However,

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Feynman anniversary event to be held at University of South Carolina

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French focus on 3D packaging for consumer and wireless applications

Leti and R3Logic to Combine Expertise in Three-Year Lab Agreement 


French research lab Leti is teaming up with R3Logic, a leading US 3D IC EDA company to combine their expertise in 3D silicon integration and packaging in France to build 3D IC designs and methodologies for consumer and wireless

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Passwords still suffer in security breach - top ten weakest passwords

Internet security experts Imperva have analyzed 32 million passwords recently exposed in the Rockyou.com breach of security at a social media software developer.  Imperva’s Application Defense Center (ADC) analyzed the strength of the passwords in a report, Consumer Password Worst Practices, that analyzes 32 million passwords to help consumers and website administrators identify the most commonly

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FlatFrog raises €12.5m to commercialise its optics-based multi-touch technology (UK Technology Startups)

FlatFrog raises €12.5m to commercialise its optics-based multi-touch technology (UK Technology Startups)
FlatFrog Laboratories, a startup in Lund, Sweden, developing optics-based multi-touch kits and subsystems, has raised $18m to commercialise its technology with the backing of a UK company.
FlatFrog develops a line of large high-performance, multi-touch in-glass displays, initially for the

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Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in | Reuters

A sign from Reuters that things are improving - attracting talent into the UK from abroad. It mentions Cambridge and London, but Bristol/Bath is also part of the trend

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Futurity Media » Blog Archive » Is the Internet broken?

Issues with the security of the Internet and the creation of a group to try to fix it!

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Foreign firms overtake US in patent battle (UK Technology Startups)

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Toshiba certifies Cortex-M3 controller to SIL3

ARM Cortex-M3 MCU designed with Yogitech methodology to IEC61508 and ISO26262



Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has developed a microcontroller that can be certified to Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL3) and Automotive SIL D (ASILD) while significantly reducing associated system cost and performance overheads.
The Toshiba SIL3/ASILD implementation delivers a more cost-effective solution than

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Synopsys Introduces Industry's First SystemC TLM-2.0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Models

System-Level Library Adds SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Support


Marking the start of more widespread adoptionof high speed USB3.0 in system-on-chip devices, design tool vendor and IP supplier Synopsys has developed transaction-level models (TLM) that support that latest high level standard - the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) TLM-2.0 API specification.
The models are TLM representations of the

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DS2 streams 1080p HDTV over all wired home networks

DS2 first to show working G.hn prototypes for 3x bandwidth on coax, powerline and phoneline
DS2 in Spain has demonstrated the first live streaming of HDTV using the G.hn draft standard. DS2 also demonstrated its G.hn prototypes support existing UPA technology to ensure backward compatibility with its large installed base of UPA systems.
G.hn is the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU)

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Intel shows giant holographic touchscreen concept and standard

Intel has demonstrated a new 7-foot-6-inch multi-user, multi-touch 'Intelligent Digital Signage' concept system in New York. Intel said the prototype device could change the way people interact with digital signage technology in environments such as stores, airports, banks and hotels.

The demonstration emulates a virtual brick-and-mortar store setting where customers may use the multi-touch

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3D desktop printer line expands

$20,000 for a desktop printer that builds your prototype


This is a slightly off-beat story, but 3D printers that use plastic to build up a 3D structure are an interesting development, particularly with potential in the future to team that with printable and plastic electronics to build a complete system at the desktop. Then the idea of open source hardware becomes very interesting.
At the

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Xilinx shows Plug-and-Play HDTV FPGA reference design

Low-cost Spartan FPGAs with video enhancement algorithms 
Xilinx has developed a new Video Enhancement Reference Design that bundles advanced digital video algorithms with a low-cost Xilinx Spartan field programmable gate array (FPGA) for rapid 'plug-and-play' design of high-definition digital televisions (HDTVs).
Developed in collaboration with Vestek Electronics Research and Development, a

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Triad launches configurable array with ARM Coretex-M0 core

Low cost embedded analogue and mixed signal platform 
 


Triad Semiconductor has launched the first system-on-chip (SoC) to integrate the 32bit ARM Cortex-M0 processor core with the via-configurable analogue and digital functions needed to rapidly and inexpensively deliver embedded mixed-signal solutions. Through the via-configurable array (VCA) technology, Triad's Mocha-1T array  allows

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Google Nexus One teardown

iSuppli's teardown of the Nexus One phone shows 4Gbit of DDR2 DRAM and a 1GHZ Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm.

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Toshiba embeds Cell processsor in terabyte OLED 3D TV

Toshiba America Consumer Products has developed a TV that uses the same Cell Broadband Engine processer as the PlayStation3 and an OLED screen.

The heart of CELL TV is the powerful CELL Engine which has 143 times the processing power available in current TV models.  This massive power manifests itself in incredibly enhanced picture quality that is certainly the new state-of-the-art.  True Super

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Analogue test becomes the critical ingredient - 08/01/2010 - Electronics Weekly

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Curtiss-Wright Controls Acquires Skyquest Systems in Basildon

Rugged Video Display, Distribution and Recording Technology for Airborne Surveillance Aircraft


Curtiss-Wright Controls in North Carolina has acquired Skyquest Systems, an Essex-based supplier of aircraft video displays, recorders and video/radar converters for surveillance aircraft applications for £10 million, or approximately $16 million. The business will become part of Curtiss-Wright

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MIPS demo first Android set top box

MIPS Technologies has launched a series of demonstrations, partnerships and technologies aimed at making the Android mobile phone operating system a viable platform for digital home devices such as set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, DTVs and VoIP solutions. This is a key move as it makes the ecosystem of Android applications already devloped for handsets available for consumer equipment.

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Horizon launches first home fuel cell system

World’s First “Personal Hydrogen Station”
Singapore-based energy company Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies has unveiled a small home hydrogen refueling and storage solution that it says could begin the transition to a hydrogen-based economy.
In addition to making many new fuel cell products possible, the refueling device enables a lower cost, scalable, and consumer-centric hydrogen supply model

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Understanding Windows 7 God mode

This is not a traditional embedded post, but very interesting for anyone running Windows 7. CNN reports the God mode story that by creating a new folder with a certain string of characters you have all, yes all, the system controls in one place. Fantastic! And it works well.
The name for the new folder is GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}




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SiBeam launches IP licensing for 60GHz consumer and PC products with WirelessHD

SiBeam Gen 2 Chipsets and IP Licensing for 60GHz WirelessHD at CES
60GHz wireless chip and system developer SiBeam has entered mass production with its second generation chipsets as well as launching an IP licensing program to address increased demand for embedded 60GHz solutions in new market segments within the CE and PC industries.
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Nick Flaherty on... Greening the data centre - 05/01/2010 - Electronics Weekly

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VIA joins USB3 hub battle

VIA VL810 SuperSpeed USB hub controller allows a single USB port to be used by up to four high-bandwidth USB 3.0 devices simultaneously

VIA Technologies has developed an integrated single chip for USB3.0. Developed by wholly owned subsidiary company VIA Labs, the VIA VL810 expands a PC’s USB capability by allowing more than one device to be connected to each host port. One upstream port and

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