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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 |
Technology Connected
Wireless Networking
In-Home Wireless: The Next Frontier for Industrial Engineers
Cees Links, GreenPeak Technologies
August 2010
Inside almost every home you will find some flavor of wireless used for connecting devices. This includes Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) and related technologiesRead More...
Assuring Software Quality
Time to Rethink Software Testing for Embedded Devices
Paul Henderson, Wind River
July 2010
Whether they realize it yet or not, test teams and their software development colleagues at embedded product companies are headed for trouble—or are knee-deep in it already. There isRead More...
Assuring Software Quality
Advanced Static Analysis: Evaluating Tools to Optimize ROI
by Paul Anderson, GrammaTech
July 2010
Advanced static-analysis tools have become popular in recent years because they are capable of finding serious programming errors that might otherwise go undetected. UnlikeRead More...
CompactPCI and PXI
CompactPCI and PXI Enable Advanced Measurement and Control in Embedded Applications
Patrick Webb, National Instruments
June 2010
CompactPCI and PXI have become increasingly popular standards in the industrial and test and measurement spaces. Because of the significant adoption of these standards, a wide varietyRead More...
Ethernet Hits 40 Gbit, Aims at 100 Gbit
High Levels of Interface Integration to Enable 10, 40 and 100 Gbit/s Ethernet Rates over Optical Nets
by David Yeh, AppliedMicro
May 2010
Increasing volumes of IP-based network traffic are driving telecommunication carriers and Internet service providers to demand faster transmission speeds of 10 Gigabits per second toRead More...
USB and/or PCI Express?
USB and PCI Express: Advanced, Evolving Interconnects for Embedded Systems
by Akber Kazmi, PLX Technology
April 2010
USB and PCI Express are two interconnect technologies that have created industry-wide appeal and a strong presence in computer and consumer electronics over the last two decades.Read More...
USB and/or PCI Express?
PCIe? USB? Sorting Out Two COM / SFF Design Decisions
by John Hentges, ACCES I/O Products
April 2010
Among all the bus types available in most COM specifications, only USB and PCI Express (PCIe) are well supported, high-level buses, with plug-and-play and excellent interoperability. ARead More...
User Interfaces
Autonomous UIs—A New Path for Customizing Application Look, Feel and Function
Robi Karp, CEO, Fluffy Spider Technologies
March 2010
Embedded computing has its roots in industrial automation and instrumentation. The vast majority of traditional systems was headless, or communicated with operators and other usersRead More...
Security for Networked Devices
Utilize Open Standards to Protect Control System Networks
Scott Howard, Byres Security and Lisa Lorenzin, Juniper Networks for The Trusted Computing Group
February 2010
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Wireless Data Acquisition
Low Power Wireless Data Acquisition Brings Flexibility and Low Maintenance
by Daniel M. Dobkin and Lew Adams, GainSpan
January 2010
Installing sensors for data acquisition has traditionally been a labor-intensive process, involving analog or network wiring from sensor locations to aggregation points. The highRead More...