Making memory smaller
01 April, 2009
The long-term trend that has persisted in the computer industry since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958 has been for the hardware to become smaller and smaller. But scientists believe that conventional miniaturisation processes could soon reach their fundamental limits.
Embedded panel PC
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: ICP Electronics Australia
ICP Electronics has released its 15, 17 and 19" embedded panel PCs based on Intel’s 915 chipset. The PCs have been designed for use in high-performance applications and can support up to 2 GHz Pentium M CPUs.
16 GB flash drive
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Lexar Australia
Lexar Media has announced the hot red 16 GB capacity JumpDriveFirefly USB flash drive. It is PC and Mac compatible and comes in four different colours, each representing a different memory capacity.
Board with accelerator
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: ICP Electronics Australia
ICP Electronics has released the Kino-Atom Mini-ITX board incorporating the Intel 945GSE Express chipset with ICH7M.
High contrast LEDs
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Osram Australia Pty Ltd
Osram has launched two MultiLEDs for LED video displays, targeted at high-resolution video display applications that require high brightness and high colour fidelity from all viewing angles.
Voice data creation
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Epson Australia Pty Ltd
Epson has developed a natural-sounding voice data creation tool for embedded applications, as well as the S1V3034x series of voice chips and the terminal-compatible S1V3S344 IC chip with built-in flash memory.
Active power filter
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Westek Electronics Pty Ltd
The smart power conditioner, model SPC from PQ Tech, is an active harmonic filter series suitable for single-phase sub-distribution circuits in commercial buildings, shopping and entertainment centres, small industrial enterprises, etc.
Embedded controller
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
Siemens has released the modular Simatic S7-mEC embedded controller with pre-installed run-time visualisation software.
Safety switch
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Treotham Automation Pty Ltd
Treotham has released the SNV4063KP safety switch that has a selectable access delay for applications on machines that have a slow run-downtime.
Large screen panel
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
Siemens has developed a widescreen operator panel. The Simatic HMI TP 177B 4" has a fully graphical 4.3" touch screen and four tactile function buttons.
Quest for next-generation search engine
20 March, 2009
A computer grid designed to analyse data that will be generated by the world’s biggest scientific experiment is being used by two high-tech companies to help build the next generation of an internet search engine.
Virtual solution package
19 March, 2009
Citrix Systems says it will develop the industry's first applications and desktop delivery solutions optimised for Intel Core 2 desktops and Centrino 2 laptops with Intel vPro technology.
Partnership agreement
13 March, 2009
Soanar and WIMA have formed a partnership covering Australia and New Zealand for the distribution of all WIMA products.
3U quad-core PXI controller
13 March, 2009 | Supplied by: http://www.ni.com/pxi
National Instruments has released the NI PXI-8110 embedded controller, which claims to be the industry's first 3U quad-core embedded controller for PXI systems.
20th anniversary
10 March, 2009
Backplane Systems Technology is 20 years old, having grown from a specialist company manufacturing custom backplanes for computer and telecommunications applications to an industrial computer and peripheral supplier.
