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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 |
Development Tools
Instrumentation, development tools such as emulators and diagnostic equipment
Eurotech—from Sensors to Supercomputers
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Happy Holidays from SF3
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Development Platform Features Blackfin Processor and .NET Micro Framework
Development Platform Features Blackfin Processor and .NET Micro Framework A new VITA 57-compatible development platform features the Analog Devices Blackfin BF518F processor and alsoRead More...
Tools for Motor Control Improve Efficiency and Performance and Reduce Development Time
Tools for Motor Control Improve Efficiency and Performance and Reduce Development Time Two new low-cost development systems enable the rapid development for motor controlRead More...
Graphics Processors Running General-Purpose Code Set to Revolutionize Embedded Computing
The quest for ever higher performance in embedded computing has seen successive generations of microprocessor come and go, with quad core the latest to rise to the challenge. DSP andRead More...
On-Chip Debug Solutions Support ARM Cortex-A8
The ARM Cortex-A8 processor now has a full debug suite available with on-chip debug technology. The Cortex-A8 is ARM’s first superscalar processor featuring technology for enhancedRead More...
Low-Power in Small Systems Made Simple
Developing a power management plan is a critical step in embedded systems design. Consumers and manufacturers alike value long battery life, and engineers must focus on the same endRead More...
New Intel Processor Family Extends the Embedded Span of x86
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...
Autonomous UIs—A New Path for Customizing Application Look, Feel and Function
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...
$149 Evaluation Kit invites energy harvesting and wireless exploration
$149 Evaluation Kit Invites Energy Harvesting and Wireless Exploration For only $149, an evaluation kit enables integrators and OEMs to explore the breadth and performance ofRead More...
Embedded Application Lifecycle Management Solution Targets 50% Cost Reduction
Embedded Application Lifecycle Management Solution Targets 50% Cost Reduction A new end-to-end application lifecycle management (ALM) system for the embedded space merges productRead More...
VPX Test Backplane Eases Access to Signals
VPX Test Backplane Eases Access to Signals A 2-slot test backplane for VPX board developers and integrators is designed to the latest VITA 46 specifications. The backplane fromRead More...
CPU Architectures Bring C Programmability into Formerly Specialized Devices
Given all the hardware assists that are continually appearing to speed specialized parts of applications such as I/O, signal conditioning, graphics processing, signal processing, etc.,Read More...
Optimizing Multicore Software for Embedded Processors
The use of multicore processors in embedded systems is increasing. These processors, which are two or more processor cores on one package, enable increased computation performance andRead More...
nanoETXexpress Starterkit for Wind River VxWorks
A new Atom Processor-based COM Express-compatible nanoETXexpress Starterkit for the latest VxWorks platform is designed to enable easy and efficient development and validation ofRead More...
Power Analysis Debug, Java and Specs
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...
Multicore Trace Tool Enables Event Analysis
A new multicore-enabled development tool enables embedded developers to visualize and better understand the behavior of their real-time systems by showing thread and core activityRead More...
Windows Embedded Compact 7 Supports Connectivity from Device to Enterprise
Microsoft has just unveiled the public community technology preview (CTP) for Windows Embedded Compact 7, the next generation of Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Compact platform forRead More...
New Development Tools for PSoC 5 Programmable System-on-Chip Architecture
New development tools are becoming available for the PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip architecture from Cypress Semiconductor in the form of two new design kits and a newRead More...
Time to Rethink Software Testing for Embedded Devices
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...
Medical Device Software: Why Has It Gone Code Red?
An FDA analysis of 3,140 medical device recalls conducted between 1992 and 1998 reveals that 79% of software-related recalls were caused by software defects introduced when changesRead More...
Industry Insider
OpenVPX System Specification Standard Reaches ANSI Ratification The VMEbus Industry Trade Association (VITA), has announced the ratification by ANSI of the OpenVPX SystemRead More...
Ensuring Software Quality in Embedded Medical Devices
The term “medical device” is used to refer to any item that treats, diagnoses, prevents or monitors patients. This ranges from simple stethoscopes, to teleoperated surgical devices, toRead More...
Advanced Static Analysis: Evaluating Tools to Optimize ROI
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...
Two-slot OpenVPX Development Platform Supports 3U and 6U Cards
A new two-slot VPX/OpenVPX test and development platform accommodates both 3U and 6U boards via a shelf divider. The new E-Frame Series Test Platform from Elma Electronic canRead More...
Three Keys to Unleashing the Full Horsepower of the FPGA
Today’s FPGAs have high computational efficiency, high bandwidth concurrent memory access, rich on-chip interconnectivity and are uniquely hardware as well software programmable. As aRead More...
Goldilocks and FPGA Development – a Methodology That’s Just Right
While tools and support for the development of FPGA IP blocks have made tremendous advances in recent years, it still remains burdensome to integrate these blocks into a large, complexRead More...
Development Board Eases Design With 16-bit MCUs and DSCs
A new small development board provides a complete, low-cost solution for designing with Microchip’s 16-bit PIC24H microcontrollers and dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs),Read More...