The pitfalls of supercomputing
10 September, 2007 by Andrew Collins, JournalistChoosing a supercomputer for some fields of electronic research presents a conundrum for researchers, thanks to practical limitations inherent in every option
Distribution agreement announced for Elgato Systems and Conexus
28 August, 2007Elgato Systems has announced a distribution agreement with Conexus, a specialist distributor of multimedia technologies for the Macintosh.
Processor support
08 August, 2007The Trace32 ICD and Trace32 PowerTools debuggers of Lauterbach support the Analog Devices Blackfin family of processors.
Serial Communication Products
09 July, 2007Interworld Electronics can add multiple high-speed serial ports to any PC, Server, Thin Client, Laptop, PDA or Embedded System.
Paper that talks back
09 July, 2007 by Elizabeth Latham, journalistToday there are large boards and shop displays that talk directly to customers, using digital information embedded in the paper
Extended temperature IPC
14 May, 2007Kontron has introduced ThinkIO-P to provide a greater heat range with less power consumption.
Embedded single board computers
09 March, 2007Interworld offers a comprehensive range of boards and modules giving system designers options for integrating embedded processors within a variety of platform configurations including PICMG 1.3/1.0 full size and half size cards, 3.5" and 5.25" single board computers, ETX computer on modules (COMs), PC/104 and PC/104-plus SBCs and modules.
Standalone embedded control PCs
09 March, 2007The Boxer series of products are high-performance standalone embedded PCs featuring: fanless operation; compact size; robust construction; low power requirements; high vibration/shock protection; wide operating temperature range; and certificated embedded OS support.
Plans for multicore benchmarks unveiled
28 February, 2007The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) has announced plans to roll out new benchmarks that will address multiprocessing systems, multicore processors and multithread processors.
RISK processors minikit
15 January, 2007With the RoHS-compliant X-board<PXA> miniKit, Kontron''s Embedded Modules division has available an evaluation kit for ultra-compact and robust mobile applications based on the X-board open standard for Computer-on-Modules.
Playing the cards with embedded devices
05 February, 2006 by Andreas Geh*, Key Account Mgr for Digital-Logic smart embedded computersIntel originally designed the Pentium M processor for mobile systems, such as notebooks, to meet the special requirements in this area. Nevertheless, these same characteristics also predestine this processor for embedded applications
Speeding up embedded systems
05 June, 2005 by Ef Misoyannis, Electronics By DesignEmbedded products are becoming more complex and are processing more data than ever before. Consequently they require faster means of communication to external systems, compared with traditional methods such as RS232 or RS485
Next generation embedded computer module
03 March, 2005Kontron's newest and most innovative product sets the standard of the next generation of Embedded Technology. Known as ECM (Embedded Computer Module), it houses control boards within a secure module for use by OEMs and Integrators as a technology building block for a wide variety of application-specific systems.
Embedded processor
09 February, 2004Kontron has introduced the ETX-PM CPU module claimed to be the most compact board to date to host a Pentium M processor and the first Computer-On-Module to be based on it.
Embedded DSPs offer potential
12 February, 2002The use of digital signal processors (DSPs) in the design of customer-specific products, or application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), offers a high-growth, high-margin opportunity, according to Cahners In-Stat/MDR.
