Conexant sold off to SMSC

Creates group with 900 mixed signal engineers
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


How are the mighty fallen. The once powerful embedded chip maker Conexant Systems - spin off of Rockwell and dominant supplier of modem chips - is to be sold off to up and coming chip maker SMSC of New York.
Conexant leaves the industry with a string of legacies through a number of spin offs, from foundry Jazz to

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IPv6 provides path to secure deployment of next-generation Internet - uptake data

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a guide for managers, network engineers, transition teams and others to help them deploy the next generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) securely.This is vital for the next generation of embedded devices as it provides a wider range of addresses and more security, but uptake has

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Qualcomm's acquisition of Atheros key to Connected Home says iSuppli

Key to combat Broadcom 
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Qualcomm’s planned acquisition of Atheros Communications will position the combined companies to take on rival Broadcom in the burgeoning consumer electronics market for wireless connectivity semiconductors, according to market researchers iSuppli.
Qualcomm today confirmed it will buy Atheros in a deal estimated to be worth about $3.1

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Embedded market research consolidation continues as NPD buys In-Stat

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


Market research is an important tool in the development of embedded systems, and the firms that provide such data are seeing a key consolidation into just two large and relatively unknown conglomerates. This has happened before, with the Gartner Group taking over Dataquest in 1995, with the resulting loss of key semiconductor research and loss of confidence

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USB3.0 drives the 'zero client' computer with no internal processing power - CES

New Approach to Computing Powered by USB 3.0 at CES 2011By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

The rise of the high speed USB3.0 technology, particularly the optical version, is leading to a renaissance in the thin client, driving the idea of the 'zero client', says VIA Labs.

The Zero Client concept is an evolution of the Thin Client computing model that takes Shared-Resource Computing to the next

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VIA Launches Embedded Industry’s First Dedicated Graphics Card with 3D and DDR3

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


VIA eH1 card offers DX10.1 graphics and multi-screen HD video content for embedded systems
 VIA Technologies has developed a graphics card designed specifically for the embedded market. The eH1 is a DX10.1 compliant, multi-display card for the PCI Express slot that comes with the three year product longevity guarantee that is vital for embedded designs and is

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