Commercial GPUs to speed up baggage imagingBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukMercury Computer Systems is to develop a high performance baggage scanning system based around graphic processors (GPUs). The company, which has been using GPU arrays in military and medical imaging systems since 2004, is using its unique expertise in optimizing algorithms for GPUs and its software framework to enable
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Imagination launches cloud-connection for embedded devices
Posted on 07:40 by Unknown
Minimorph uses META processor, two ENSIGMA comms engines and Flow software
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Imagination Technologies has launched a highly integrated low cost 'connected processor' based system designed to help engineers create the next generation of Cloud-connected embedded and consumer solutions.
Minimorph is the first connected processor based development system targeted at
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Imagination Technologies has launched a highly integrated low cost 'connected processor' based system designed to help engineers create the next generation of Cloud-connected embedded and consumer solutions.
Minimorph is the first connected processor based development system targeted at
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Greenliant ships NAND drive on a chip
Posted on 13:23 by Unknown
A 32Gbyte SATA drive in a ball grid array package
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Greenliant Systems has started volume production of its SATA interface NANDrive solid state drives (SSDs). The GLS85LS product family has the same pin-out across all capacities—2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and higher in the future—which simplifies system-level board design.Measuring 14mm x 24mm x
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Greenliant Systems has started volume production of its SATA interface NANDrive solid state drives (SSDs). The GLS85LS product family has the same pin-out across all capacities—2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and higher in the future—which simplifies system-level board design.Measuring 14mm x 24mm x
Atmel and Redpine Team Up on Ultra-Low Power 802.11n Wi-Fi for AVR and ARM-Based Microcontrollers
Posted on 12:59 by Unknown
Over 100,000 designers can easily add WiFi to embedded applicationsBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukAtmel Corporation has teamed up with Redpine Signals to help its community of system engineers easily add 802.11n Wi-Fi to its AVR and ARM-based microcontrollers for a variety of embedded systems in building automation, metering, digital audio and medical applications.
Designers can add 802.11a/b
Designers can add 802.11a/b
Qualcomm goes head to head with Broadcom on powerline networking
Posted on 12:51 by Unknown
AR7420 Chipset Aims to Provide the Smallest, Highest Performing and Lowest Power HomePlug AV-Based ProductsBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukFollowing hard on the heels of yesterday's announcement by Broadcom of a 40nm single chip powerline device, Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) has also launched a new chipset for the HomePlug AV powerline networking standard.
The networking and connectivity subsidiary
The networking and connectivity subsidiary
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Broadcom Announces Industry's First 40nm Single Chip HomePlug Powerline Device
Posted on 09:26 by Unknown
Driving down cost of HomePlug AV and IEEE 1901 powerlineBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukBroadcom has launched the industry's first 40nm single chip monolithic Powerline Communications (PLC) SoC that is HomePlug AV 1.1 certified and IEEE 1901 compliant. Using existing residential electrical wiring to create a home network, Broadcom's BCM60321 Powerline Networking SoC enables increased in-home
RFM Introduces Low-Cost 2.4GHz Frequency Hopping Module for Sensing, Telemetry and Control Applications
Posted on 09:20 by Unknown
Provides Serial and I/O Data, and Auto-Reporting
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukRF Monolithics has launched its latest low-cost, long-range frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) module for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The DNT24 module is a very affordable solution for wireless applications that require reliable performance in difficult or unpredictable RF environments that
TTP demos HD video over white space link
Posted on 08:51 by Unknown
Opens up broadband to hard-to-reach rural areas with 12Mbit/s over 6km
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
TTP in Cambridge is successfully streaming iPlayer HD video at speeds of over 5.4Mbps across a 5.6km white space link from its research centre near Cambridge to a house in the rural village of Orwell. The early success of these trials demonstrates the potential importance of white space
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
TTP in Cambridge is successfully streaming iPlayer HD video at speeds of over 5.4Mbps across a 5.6km white space link from its research centre near Cambridge to a house in the rural village of Orwell. The early success of these trials demonstrates the potential importance of white space
Monday, 26 September 2011
Broadcom Introduces First NFC Chips in 40nm
Posted on 11:03 by Unknown
Aims to Drive Next Generation of Mobile Payments and Connectivity to Bluetooth and WiFiBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukBroadcom has launched a new family of NFC chips designed to drive the mass deployment of NFC in consumer electronics devices, based on a leading edge 40nm process.
By using the latest process technology Broadcom cut power consumption by more than 90 percent, used 40 percent
By using the latest process technology Broadcom cut power consumption by more than 90 percent, used 40 percent
NXP Launches Industry's First Cortex-M0 Microcontrollers With Integrated Segment LCD Drivers
Posted on 04:45 by Unknown
$2 devices drive high-contrast LCD displays for consumer devicesBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
NXP has launched the first ARM Cortex-M0 microcontrollers with integrated segment LCD drivers, enabling high contrast and brightness in a single chip. Featuring the NXP PCF8576D LCD driver, the LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 are capable of driving any static or multiplexed Liquid Crystal Displays
NXP has launched the first ARM Cortex-M0 microcontrollers with integrated segment LCD drivers, enabling high contrast and brightness in a single chip. Featuring the NXP PCF8576D LCD driver, the LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 are capable of driving any static or multiplexed Liquid Crystal Displays
Grid Connect launches $10 Gigabit Ethernet chip
Posted on 04:00 by Unknown
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukIllinois chip designer Grid Connect has developed a ARM-based System on a Chip with integrated Gigabit Ethernet for the low cost embedded marketplace costing just $10 .The gridARM is designed for low cost products that require a fast Ethernet connection. As most IT networks, PCs and laptops are all gigabit Ethernet, it only makes sense to have all your devices
Xelerated starts shipping 100G network processor
Posted on 03:48 by Unknown
HX 100G NPU offers programmable wirespeed processing, advanced traffic management and low power consumption
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukSwedish chip designer Xelerated has started volume production of its HX family of 100G network processors (NPU) for packet-OTN, mobile backhaul/PTN and Carrier Ethernet Switch-Routers.
The HX family of NPUs was the first to demonstrate 100G wirespeed
Researchers develop brain scanner from a smartphone - video
Posted on 03:40 by Unknown
Researchers in Denmark have developed a fully functional smartphone brain scanner with a a low-cost 14-channel EEG headset with a wireless connection to a Nokia N900 smartphone. This provides a touch-based interface with real-time brain state decoding and 3D reconstruction and enables minimally invasive EEG monitoring in naturalistic settings.See the video here: Researchers develop brain scanner
Researchers develop brain scanner from a smartphone - video
Posted on 03:38 by Unknown
Low cost headset connects to Nokia phoneBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukResearchers in Denmark have developed a fully functional smartphone brain scanner with a a low-cost 14-channel EEG headset with a wireless connection to a Nokia N900 smartphone. This provides a touch-based interface with real-time brain state decoding and 3D reconstruction and enables minimally invasive EEG monitoring in
Lantiq and Altair team for LTE home gateway
Posted on 03:21 by Unknown
Combines Lantiq’s network processors with Altair’s LTE chipset By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukGerman chip maker Lantiq has teamed up with Altair Semiconductor to speed development of LTE-ready home gateways. The deal combines Altair's ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets with Lantiq XWAY GRX family of network processors.The Altair FourGee-3100/6200 is a 3GPP
Friday, 23 September 2011
Smart grid drives boom in lithium ion batteries
Posted on 05:52 by Unknown
China to see $586bn investment in the next ten yearsBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukThe proliferation of electrical smart grids during the next decade will generate nearly $6 billion worth of demand by 2020 for lithium ion batteries used mainly in energy storage systems, according to the IHS iSuppli Rechargeable Batteries Special Report. Worldwide revenue from sales of lithium ion batteries
Broadcom closes US DTV and Blu-ray chip units
Posted on 02:19 by Unknown
EETimes reports that Broadcom is closing its chip design business for the US ATSC digital TV standard. The decision seem to come as the company is said to have been steadily losing DTV sockets to two Taiwan-based consumer chip companies, MediaTek and Mstar, in the mid- to low-end of the digital TV markets. Broadcom closes DTV, Blu-ray chip units:
Thursday, 22 September 2011
IDENT partners to develop world’s first 3D gesture Multi-touch Display
Posted on 06:57 by Unknown
IDENT Technology and AU Optronics to jointly develop Multi-touch displays with integrated long range free-space 3D gesture control capabilities
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
One of the world's largest flat panel makers, AU Optronics, has signed a deal to use a 3D gesture control chip in its 2D multi touch and 3D Liquid Crystal Display Modules (LCM) to create the world’s first LCM display
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
One of the world's largest flat panel makers, AU Optronics, has signed a deal to use a 3D gesture control chip in its 2D multi touch and 3D Liquid Crystal Display Modules (LCM) to create the world’s first LCM display
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Cortex micro market hots up as STMicro claims world’s most powerful ARM Cortex devices
Posted on 05:16 by Unknown
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukThe competition for microcontrollers based on the ARM architecture is hotting up with STMicroelectronics launching its STM32 F4 series of microcontrollers with the claim of the world's most powerful.
The 90nm series is based on the latest ARM Cortex-M4 core, which adds signal-processing capabilities and faster operations. Single-cycle DSP instructions of the
The 90nm series is based on the latest ARM Cortex-M4 core, which adds signal-processing capabilities and faster operations. Single-cycle DSP instructions of the
Monday, 19 September 2011
Cypress Introduces Very Low-Power 2.4GHz WirelessUSB Transceiver
Posted on 06:51 by Unknown
Battery life of over a year for wireless peripherals
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Cypress Semiconductor has launched a highly integrated 2.4GHz WirelessUSB Radio-on-a-Chip with very low power consumption for wireless keyboards, mice, remote controls and other Human Interface Devices (HIDs). The new devices are offered in 4 x 4 mm QFN packages, in bare die, and in wafer form, enabling
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Cypress Semiconductor has launched a highly integrated 2.4GHz WirelessUSB Radio-on-a-Chip with very low power consumption for wireless keyboards, mice, remote controls and other Human Interface Devices (HIDs). The new devices are offered in 4 x 4 mm QFN packages, in bare die, and in wafer form, enabling
Friday, 9 September 2011
Carbon nanotubes handle line voltages in key step to reality
Posted on 02:45 by Unknown
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Carbon nanotubes have been are inching toward electrical conductivities seen in metal wires in the labs, but researchers have now been able to use them at line voltages, lighting up interest among a range of industries.
Researchers at Rice University in the US made such a cable from double-walled carbon nanotubes and powered a fluorescent light bulb at
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Kontron to enter ARM PC and board market with new format
Posted on 08:57 by Unknown
Major German manufacturer will also make ARM tablet and box PCs By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukOne of Europe's major embedded manufacturers is to add a new format of ARM-based boards and PCs boxes to its Intel and AMD-based product range. Kontron describes this as a strategic move into the ARM architecture, enabling a new breed of embedded scalable building blocks for application-ready
iPhone app controls iOS monster truck - video
Posted on 05:05 by Unknown
iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices replace controller to make iOS monster truck danceBy Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.ukThis one is a bit of fun for September but hints at the demise of the radio controlled handset, instead using freely available iOS devices to give more control, either using the gyroscope or the touch panel and so adding to the capabilities of embedded devices without adding
Friday, 2 September 2011
Nokia sees 1000x more bandwidth for 'Beyond 4G'
Posted on 08:19 by Unknown
Portable Multimedia: Nokia sees 1000x more bandwidth for 'Beyond 4G'
There is room for a ten-fold increase in mobile broadband subscribers and possibly up to 100 times higher traffic per user (more than 1 GByte/sub/day), with smartphones and super-phones experiencing the fastest growth, says Harri Holma, a Fellow at Nokia Siemens Networks.
'via Blog this'
There is room for a ten-fold increase in mobile broadband subscribers and possibly up to 100 times higher traffic per user (more than 1 GByte/sub/day), with smartphones and super-phones experiencing the fastest growth, says Harri Holma, a Fellow at Nokia Siemens Networks.
'via Blog this'
First 'brain controlled' TV to launch
Posted on 05:29 by Unknown
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
It looks like the world's first TV to be controlled by brain waves is really set to launch in a few days time. The TV, developed by Haier in China, uses embedded EEG technology from Neurosky, which already supplies companies such as Mattel and Toshiba with its ThinkGear system.The Haier Cloud Smart TV offers the ability for users to interact with their Smart
It looks like the world's first TV to be controlled by brain waves is really set to launch in a few days time. The TV, developed by Haier in China, uses embedded EEG technology from Neurosky, which already supplies companies such as Mattel and Toshiba with its ThinkGear system.The Haier Cloud Smart TV offers the ability for users to interact with their Smart
Researchers develop quantum computing engine
Posted on 05:22 by Unknown
By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk
Researchers in the US have have demonstrated a quantum integrated circuit that implements the quantum von Neumann architecture, the heart of practical computing. In this architecture, a long-lived quantum random access memory can be programmed using a quantum central processing unit, all constructed on a single chip, providing the key components for a quantum
Researchers in the US have have demonstrated a quantum integrated circuit that implements the quantum von Neumann architecture, the heart of practical computing. In this architecture, a long-lived quantum random access memory can be programmed using a quantum central processing unit, all constructed on a single chip, providing the key components for a quantum
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