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RTEC10 is an index made up of 10 public companies which have revenue that is derived primarily from sales in the embedded sector. The companies are made up of both software and hardware companies being traded on public exchanges.
| COMPANY | PRICE | CHANGE |
|---|---|---|
Kontron | 7.81 | 4.577%
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Adlink | 1.54 | 2.388%
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Advantech | 2.32 | 1.505%
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Interphase | 1.61 | -3.012%
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Radisys | 9.26 | -1.016%
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| -   Performance Technologies | 2.10 | 0.000% |
| -   Enea | 5.63 | 0.000% |
PLX | 3.62 | -3.209%
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Mercury Computer | 11.76 | -2.931%
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Elma | 412.98 | -0.476%
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| HIGH | LOW | MKT CAP |
|---|---|---|
7.85 | 7.43 | 435.04 |
1.58 | 1.52 | 185.11 |
2.33 | 2.30 | 1,198.70 |
1.70 | 1.61 | 11.00 |
9.41 | 9.24 | 223.74 |
| 2.10 | 2.10 | 23.34 |
| 5.63 | 5.54 | 101.86 |
3.74 | 3.61 | 134.28 |
12.17 | 11.76 | 279.57 |
412.98 | 412.98 | 94.25 |
Editor's Report

Digital Medical Devices Fueling a Quiet Revolution in Health Care
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
August 2010
With all the attention that health care has gotten in the media in recent months, there appears to be a development that has largely escaped widespread notice. That is the migration ofRead More...

From M2M to Sys2Sys
DDS Component Links Incompatible Network System Interfaces to Build Multisystem Applications
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
July 2010
By now, the world is familiar with machine-to-machine (M2M) systems in which autonomous or semi-autonomous nodes communicate and share data over a dedicated network to operate as anRead More...

Advances in Embedded Platforms
Intel’s “Tunnel Creek”—A New Thrust for the Atom into Embedded
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
June 2010
What is a system-on-chip? Maybe we thought we knew, but the definition seems to be shifting and that has some interesting implications for the embedded space. Time was, an SoC wasRead More...

New Developments from the Field
Power Analysis Debug, Java and Specs
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
May 2010
Are you worried that perhaps your sub-watt processor core is drawing too much power? With an increasing number of CPUs offering more sophisticated power management options, such as aRead More...

P/C-ASPs: A New Class of Devices
The Application Services Platform: A New Class of Device for Embedded Development and Systems
by Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
April 2010
There have been many attempts over the years to achieve a highly integrated system-level device on a single piece of silicon. There have been ASICs, ASSPs, SoCs and more. There haveRead More...

Optical Interconnects
Low-Cost Optical Interconnect Points the Way to Major System Developments
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
March 2010
Fiber optics is certainly not new to computer systems. Fibre Channel, for example, has been around for years and we are starting to see Ethernet over fiber links; telecom has used itRead More...

Developments in Embedded Processors
New Intel Processor Family Extends the Embedded Span of x86
by Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
February 2010
With the announcement of a new family of processors and chipsets, Intel is enhancing its CPU offerings for the desktop and mobile space while also tailoring some of them to theRead More...

Advancing Advances in Technology
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
January 2010
Two innovative companies have different takes on what could be called “conventional advanced technologies”—graphics and wireless networks. Both highlight ways these slightly differentRead More...
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