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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 |
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System on Chip (or Two) Coming to a Design Near You?
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
August 2010
Are developments in silicon going to play havoc with this explosion of small form factor modules that has been recently sprouting like mushrooms in a moist cellar? With this issue,Read More...

NASPI: Building the Foundation for New Opportunities for Embedded
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
July 2010
There has long been a story (which, alas, turns out to be a myth) that in 1899 the head of the U.S. Patent Office sent his resignation to President McKinley because “everything thatRead More...

Cyber War—Coming to a Nightmare near You
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
June 2010
Never mind the “living dead” movies, reconstituted gruesome remakes of H.P. Lovecraft or endless iterations of Freddy Krueger. If you want to be scared, pick up a copy of Cyber War byRead More...

May 2010
Power, Processing and Communication
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
May 2010
When we talk about embedded systems, the word “power” is commonly associated with two other words: heat and processing. Sometimes it is easy to confuse them, but both are central toRead More...

What Do We Call the Whatchamacallit?
by Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
April 2010
How is it that very smart people seem to have similar ideas at around the same time? In our industry, when such a thing happens we tend to think of a trend, or in other cases of someRead More...

Software Quality a Matter of Life or Death—and Not Just for the User.
March 2010
I think it started with that little “check engine” light. I had for some years been blissfully driving a number of cars that were equipped with the enigmatic little light but hadRead More...

February 2010
Cyber-Vulnerability Sees the Light of Day
February 2010
If anyone ever doubted that cyberspace is also a battlefield, that doubt should be permanently erased by the recent incident involving Google and China. What initially looked like aRead More...

Whither the Smart Grid?
Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
January 2010
Our present electrical grid—let’s just be honest—is based on technology from the 1920s that has been enhanced, expanded, improved and strengthened but not basically changed in itsRead More...
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