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Software Compatibility with the Flick of a Switch

Ahhh, software. Can’t live with it, can’t live without it. Or so it seems during some projects. In this new world order of limited development budgets, it’s certainly the 800-poundRead More...

Recent Trends in FPGAs Drive Adoption in Mil Apps

The adoption of FPGAs into rugged applications continues to increase at a rapid pace thanks to a number of factors. These factors, which make FPGAs more attractive and easier toRead More...

Small but Mighty: Small Form Factors Gaining Ground

Application-specific technology and expertise are critical to any embedded design. Advantages such as 45nm technology are pervasive and long-term, impacting embedded architecturesRead More...

Industry Insider

Embedded COTS Vendors Issue Joint Statement on Open Standards Model and VSO Several leading COTS embedded board, subsystem and backplane and enclosure vendors, includingRead More...

Industry Insider

Over $25 Billion: Total Size of the Embedded Software Engineering Market A series of Embedded Systems Market Statistics reports from Venture Development Corporation ResearchRead More...

Products & Technology

CSP/BallNest Hybrid Socket for Reliable Test and Burn-in to 0.30mm Pitch A new patented CSP/BallNest hybrid socket is suitable for prototyping, test or burn-in of CSP (chipRead More...

The Taming of the Multicore

In the popular Shakespeare comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, Lucentio travels to Padua to attend school at the local university. Upon his arrival he meets the beautiful Bianca and,Read More...

Two Basic Motherboards with 45nm Intel Quad-Core Processor

Two new variants on a family of basic motherboards are based on the 45nm Intel Core 2 Quad processor: The KTG41/ATX basic motherboard and the KTG41/ATXU Micro-ATX basic motherboardRead More...

Products & Technology

High-Density AC-DC Adapters for Medical Applications A series of wall mount switching adapters, designed specifically for medical and information technology equipment (ITE)Read More...

Products & Technology

Radio-via-Ethernet Board for Streaming Audio without a PC A ready-to-go answer for integrating an Internet radio solution that will play streaming audio without the need for aRead More...

Software and I/O Make the Application (or... It's the I/O, Dummy!)

The pointy-haired boss says the latest multicore CPU is required for the next project, providing you with a reason to come to work tomorrow. Good thing the boss knows how to keepRead More...

The Incredible Shrinking Blade Server: New Possibilities beyond the Data Center

While blade servers have grown in popularity as a high-density, cost-efficient and space-saving alternative to rackmount servers in data centers and server farms, newer computingRead More...

Products & Technology

Extreme Rugged Methodology Comes to Mid-Range ETX As part of an initiative to extend its Extreme Rugged product lines, Adlink Technology has announced the first new Ampro byRead More...

Were There Bright Spots in 2008? Is There Hope for 2009?

Happy New Year. Well, let’s at least hope it’s going to be a happy year. We’ve seen some rough times in 2008–record layoffs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the computer/electronicsRead More...

CompactPCI Board and Rear Transition Module for RAID Applications

SBC Supports Twin AMD 6-Core Processors

Beyond Handsets: Android Platform Picking up Major Chip and Tools Supporters.

ATCA SBC with Dual Xeon 5500s, 64 Gbyte RAM to Improve Network Throughput

A new ATCA single board computer is designed for demanding telecommunications networks where it will enable significantly faster network performance than is currently possible. TypicalRead More...

VMEbus SBCs Based on Low Power Core 2 Duo Processor

VMEbus SBCs Based on Low-Power Core2 Duo Processor  A VMEbus single board computer (SBC) is designed to meet the needs of users requiring the low-power Intel processor and highRead More...

SBC Supports Twin AMD Six-Core Opterons

A PICMG 1.3-style single board computer (SBC) supports twin, AMD six-core Opteron processors to deliver 12 cores of processing power. The MB-80020 from Win Enterprises features theRead More...

ETX 3.0 Module Combines Core 2 Duo Performance with Legacy I/O

A series of ETX 3.0-compliant computer-on-module (COM) products is based on Intel’s LV and ULV Core 2 Duo and Core Duo processors. The ETX-945 series modules from Diamond SystemsRead More...

COM Express Module with Intel Core 2 Duo Provides Flexible Configuration

A flexible COM Express design features the Intel CPU Socket 479, which enables support for Intel Core 2 Duo, Core Duo or single core Pentium M and Celeron M processors. The MB-80070Read More...

Dual PMC Expansion on Core2 Duo VME Carrier Card

Many long-life VMEbus systems require high-performance expansion using PMC or XMC modules. Xembedded has announced the XVME-9076 dual-PMC 6U carrier module. The XVME-9076 single-slotRead More...

1U Rackmount Appliance Supports Core2 Quad Processor

1U Rackmount Appliance Supports Core2 Quad Processor A high-performance 1U rackmount appliance supports a broad range of network services for the enterprise and small businesses.Read More...

Embedded Technology, Multicore, and Virtualization. Are You Keeping Up?

The embedded design world has changed markedly over the last decade, and the progress shows no sign of slowing. Multicore processing (in the form of both symmetric multiprocessingRead More...

PrPMC / XMC Module Features Core2 Duo Processor

PrPMC / XMC Module Features Core2 Duo Processor  A conduction- or air-cooled PrPMC / XMC module supports the Intel Core2 Duo processor running at up to 1.8 GHz. The XPedite7101Read More...

The Multicore Developer's Toolbox

All major embedded processor architectures—ARM, Intel, MIPS and Power—have spawned multicore processors, and designers across a range of industries are snapping them up due to theRead More...

Multicore Silicon and Virtualization Software—Made for Each Other

Embedded virtualization is finding increasing deployment in intelligent devices of all kinds. As in the enterprise and on the corporate desktop, embedded virtualization meets the needsRead More...

A 6U CompactPCI SBC Uses Core2 Duo

A 6U CompactPCI SBC Uses Core2 Duo  Using a ruggedized, conduction- or air-cooled design, making it suitable for today’s rugged embedded computing applications, a new 6U cPCIRead More...

Quad-Core Blade Server in New CoolShell Package

Quad-Core Blade Server in New CoolShell Package   The principle barrier to higher compute density in modular electronic packaging is the cooling and mechanical stabilization ofRead More...

Multicore Networking Platform Provides 10 Gigabit LAN Performance

Multicore Networking Platform Provides 10 Gigabit LAN Performance A 2U server-grade platform uses Intel 5300 Series technology to provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet (2x) and support forRead More...

Too Much Christmas Music

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...

Core i7 -Based 6U Conduction- or Air-Cooled VME Module

A high-performance 6U VME single board multiprocessing computer is suitable for ruggedized systems requiring high-bandwidth processing and low power consumption. With the Intel CoreRead More...

6U VPX Blade Debuts with Two Core i7 Processors

An innovative VPX computing blade for parallel data and signal processing applications incorporates two independently implemented Intel Core i7 processing nodes linked to a powerfulRead More...

Energy Management in Multicore Designs with Embedded Virtualization

Energy conservation is increasingly an important requirement in the design of computer systems. In the desktop and server space the main driver is the cost of electricity and airRead 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...

6U VME Single Board Computer with Dual-Core Freescale Processor

A new 6U VME SBC is equipped with Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core MPC8572E PowerQUICC III processor. The XCalibur1531 from Extreme Engineering Solutions is a high-performanceRead More...

PCI/104-Express SBC with Core2 Duo/Celeron M Processors

A PCI/104-Express single board computer is based on the Intel Core 2 Duo / Celeron M Small Form Factor (SFF) processors and the Intel GS45 Express (Cantiga) chipset. Based on theRead More...

Hypervisor Supports On-Chip Debugging and Processor Virtualization Technologies

Intel’s Core i7: What It Means to the Embedded Market

On Thursday, January 7 of this year, according to one editor in the embedded computing space, it “rained” Intel Core i7 press releases. According to another editor, theRead More...

Embedded Virtualization Manager Pairs Windows with RTOSs

Embedded Virtualization Manager Pairs Windows with RTOSs A new embedded virtualization manager software product enables different real-time operating systems (RTOSs) to runRead More...

Bigger Jobs in the Same Space

The PC/104 envelope continues to benefit from Moore’s Law, as CPU performance has reached a new plateau of 20 GIPS starting with Intel’s T7400 CPU and continued with the SP9300.Read More...

The Application Services Platform: A New Class of Device for Embedded Development and Systems

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...

OpenVPX Rugged SBC Features GPGPU Technology Taking CUDA Beyond Graphics

A Rugged 6U OpenVPX Single Board Computer (SBC) features integrated general-purpose computing on a graphics processing unit (GPGPU) capability. The IPN250 from GE Intelligent PlatformsRead More...

Multi-Core Software: To Gain Speed, Eliminate Resource Contention

Deployment on multicore CPUs should make software faster by enabling tasks to run in parallel rather than waiting for a time slice on a single core. But in practice, parallelRead More...

COM Express Module with Mobile Core i7 and QM57 Chipset

A new COM Express module is part of a portfolio of Type VI COM Express Basic (small footprint) modules from American Portwell. The Type VI COM Express Basic is becoming a newRead More...

Power, Processing and Communication

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...

Gap Remains Between Multi-core Potential and Software Realization

VDC’s embedded hardware and systems research practice recently surveyed over 200 embedded developers who were using multicore processors. The results showed that there is still a majorRead 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...

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...

Look Before You Leap: Hypervisors Present New Design Challenges for Embedded Developers

Increasingly, hypervisors are being touted as a solution for consolidating multiple systems or applications onto a single piece of hardware. Using a hypervisor offers several potentialRead More...

Hypervisors Ease the World of Multicore Processors

In the realm of high-performance embedded 32-and 64-bit devices, it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy a single core processor. This means that systems that have beenRead More...

Hypervisors Leverage Multicore Processors for Embedded Systems

The newest multicore processors contain hardware-assisted virtualization features that enable hypervisors to be constructed in such a way that they can support multiple operatingRead 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...

Industrial Server brings Dual Xeon to Extended Environmental Conditions

With up to 12 processing cores designed with new 32 nm technology, a new industrial server offers high performance density that makes it a fit for virtualization functionality,Read More...

Big Performance, Little Footprint: Rugged System Beats ATR-Short

A fast, powerful, rugged computer system packs features and options into a small, easily mounted package that is one-quarter the size and weight of a ½ ATR-Short package. With a Core2Read More...

2U Rackmount Network System Supports Xeon, Core i7 and up to 32 x GbE LAN

A 2U rackmounted hardware platform designed with a redundant power supply is targeted for network service applications. Built with Intel Embedded IA components with warranty ofRead More...

Industry Insider

Intel Buys McAfee for Over $7 Billion In what turns out to be the biggest purchase in its history, Intel has acquired anti-virus software maker McAfee for $7.68 billion. The dealRead More...

Core 2 Duo Embedded Computer now with QNX support

Triadem Solutions, the official QNX Distributor & Reseller in Switzerland, has developed a Board-Support-Package for the PIP20 platform boards from MPL that are integrated in its PIP20Read More...

6U SBC Delivers 10x Performance Without Increasing Power

A rugged 6U VMEbus single board computer is based on Freescale’s QorIQ P2020 dual core processor and with 2 Gbytes of DDR3 ECC memory. It is designed to provide an upgrade pathRead More...

EBX SBC Features Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

An ultra-fast single board computer (SBC) on an industry standard EBX form factor is designed around an Intel Core2 Duo P8400 processor. The Mamba from VersaLogic performs at 2.26 GHzRead More...

Multi-Operating System Support for Intel’s New Embedded Quad-Core Core I7 Processors

The Intel Core i7 family has been widely used in the desktop and laptop market, and now the quad-core versions of the processor are available for embedded designs. Now LynxSecure 4.0Read More...

Intended or Not, Intel and ARM Appear More Directly Competitive

There appears to be a growing rivalry emerging between Intel and ARM, although neither company nor company’s camp of users seems to want to acknowledge it publically. Maybe they areRead More...

3U VPX Module with Freescale Dual-Core QorIQ P2020 Processor

An air- or conduction-cooled 3U VPX single-board computer (SBC) is based on Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core QorIQ P2020 processor. The XPedite5570 from Extreme EngineeringRead More...

Multicore Processor Family with Intelligent SoC Management

A multicore processor system-on-a-chip (SoC) family is designed with advanced subsystem and offload acceleration hardware to enable new levels of security, high availability, lowRead More...

PrPMC / XMC Module Targets Freescale Dual-Core QorIQ P2020

An air-cooled PrPMC/XMC module based on Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core QorIQ P2020 processor has already earned design wins in commercial, telecom and aviation applications thatRead More...

6U VME SBC Based on Freescale QorIQ Power Architecture

A new single slot, OpenVPX, 6U, multi-function I/O and serial communications card supporting VME, Gigabit Ethernet and Serial RapidIO (sRIO) or PCI Express (PCIe) control interfaceRead More...

Mini-ITX Module Supports Dual Display and Core i7/i5/i3 Processors

A new Mini-ITX embedded system board takes full advantage of Mobile Intel QM57 Express chipset to provide increased mobile computing performance and graphics. At the heart of the newRead More...

Mini-ITX Motherboard with Core i7/i5/i3 Processors

A new industrial-grade, Mini-ITX motherboard supports the latest Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors with LGA 1156 sockets. The Intel 45nm Core i7 and Core i5 700 series processors are quadRead More...

3.5-Inch ECX Embedded System Board With Dual-Core Atom D525

3.5-Inch ECX Embedded System Board with Dual-Core Atom D525 Achieving increased performance while keeping power consumption in check is the aim of a new 3.5? ECX compact embeddedRead More...

Power Architecture Technology Enabled Differentiated solution for LTE

Text messages sent and received via mobile devices have exceeded the population of the planet. The emergence of the iPhone and other Internet and multimedia-enabled smart phones hasRead More...

New 3U VPX SBC Features 8-Core Processor

An OpenVPX-compliant single board computer (SBC) is designed for demanding space- and weight-constrained environments such as unmanned vehicles and is based on the 8-core FreescaleRead More...

AdvancedMC Packet Processor Module Based on Cavium OCTEON II

A second generation of AdvancedMC packet processor modules features the Cavium Networks OCTEON II CN6335 MIPS64 6-core processor. The Kontron AdvancedMC packet processor module AM4211Read More...

Compact, Rugged Server Class System Uses High-End Xeon CPUs

A server class rugged 1U computer system for the embedded military market is based on the highest performing processors on Intel’s road map, the Quad and Dual Core Xeon chipset.Read More...

3U CompactPCI SBC with Core i7 and Choice of OS Support

Core i5/i7-Based PICMG 1.3 System Host Board with Four-Core Technology

Aimed at customers who are seeking lower power consumption while remaining at the forefront of new technology, a new system host board (SHB) supports a choice of Intel’s latest Core i5Read More...

Java Tackles Multi-Core Complexity

As VLSI transistor densities continue to rise, microprocessor vendors are increasingly turning toward multicore architectures as the most effective utilization of availableRead More...

Second Generation ICore Processors on 6U VXS Form Factor.

A 6U VXS single board computer is fully compliant with the VITA 41.x standard and  features the enhanced processing and graphics performance of the quad-core Intel Core i7-2715QERead More...

Second Generation iCore processors on 3U OpenVPX Form Factor.

A new 3U OpenVPX high-performance embedded single board computer features the second generation Intel Core processor and 6 series chipsets from the Intel embedded roadmap.  The TRRead More...

6U OpenVPX DSP Engine Features Two Quad-Core Core i7-2715QE Processors

A rugged, high-performance OpenVPX DSP engine is based on the new quad-core Intel Core i7-2715QE processor. The new CHAMP-AV8 is also Curtiss-Wright Controls’ first DSP engine to offerRead More...

3U VPX SBC Features Second Generation Core i7 Processor

A conduction- or air-cooled 3U VPX Single Board Computer (SBC) is based on the second generation Intel Core i7 processor. The XPedite7470 from Extreme Engineering Solutions utilizesRead More...

COM Express Module Boasts Quad-Core Processor, USB 3.0 and Digital Display Interfaces

Microprocessors or FPGAs?: Making the Right Choice

There has been stunning growth in the size and performance of FPGAs in recent years thanks to a number of factors, including the aggressive adoption of finer chip geometries down toRead More...

Adding Extra Levels of Security for Connected Client Devices

3U CompactPCI Express Module with Core i7

An air-cooled, 3U CompactPCI Express Single Board Computer (SBC) is based on the Intel Core i7 processor and Intel QM57 chipset. The XPedite7331 from Extreme Engineering Solutions,Read More...

Device Family Integrates Dual ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore with Programmable Logic

A new family of devices tightly integrates a complete ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor-based system with 28 nm, low-power programmable logic for system architects and embedded softwareRead More...

AdvancedMC Card with Second Generation Core Microarchitecture

A new AdvancedMC (AMC) high-performance processor board benefits from the recently introduced 2nd generation Intel Core processors. The AM 31x/x0x AMC single board computer fromRead More...

Second Generation Intel Core Processors on 3U OpenVPX Form Factor.

A 3U OpenVPX embedded Single Board Computer features the 2nd generation Intel Core processor and 6 series chipsets from the Intel embedded roadmap. The TR 80x/39x from ConcurrentRead More...

3U CompactPCI Enhanced by Second Generation Intel Core processors

A single-slot air-cooled 3U CompactPCI Single Board Computer (SBC) features integrated graphics and memory controller on a single 32 nm process technology. The TP 86x/39x fromRead More...

CompactPCI Serial SBC Brings Serial Interfaces to Rugged Computing

A new single-board computer is based on the newly ratified PICMG CPCI-S.0 CompactPCI Serial specification that was announced at Embedded World 2011. The G20 from Men Micro uses theRead More...

Double-Width AdvancedMC Processor Module with Core i7

A double-width AdvancedMC processor module is equipped with an Intel Core i7 Mobile processor and Hyper-Threading technology. The AM5020 from Kontron incorporates up to 2.53 GHz ofRead More...

AdvancedMC 6U cPCI SBCs Based on 2nd Generation Intel Core Processors

Two new single board computers are based on the latest Intel Core i7 processors. The MIC-5603 AdvancedMC and the MIC-3395 6U CompactPCI single board computer from Advantech areRead More...

Programming ASP-Type Devices: New Approaches for a New Paradigm

An application services platform or ASP, a name coined by RTC editor-in-chief Tom Williams, is a new class of IC that combines a CPU, a standard set of configurable peripherals and aRead More...

New Embedded Generation Fuses x86 with Parallel Processing Engine

What do embedded processor customers want? Customers want infinite performance, zero power consumption, all for the price of a penny or less. And semiconductor manufacturers areRead More...

Mini-ITX Embedded Board Based on Second Generation Intel Core Family

A new Mini-ITX form factor embedded system board is designed to provide high performance and flexibility for functional expansion and is suitable for applications in gaming, kiosk,Read More...

3U VPX SBC Takes Advantage of 2nd Generation Core i7 Processors

A 3U OpenVPX rugged single board computer takes advantage of the potential of the 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 processors—formerly codenamed “Sandy Bridge.” The SBC324 from GERead More...

Embedded Virtualization Meets Real-time Needs in Multi-OS Systems

Embedded systems often employ multiple computing platforms with each running different operating systems. Typically, there is a real-time operating system (RTOS) on one platform toRead More...

Embedded Virtualization on x86: A Technical Look at, Approaches and Solutions

With virtualization becoming an increasingly widely used technology in embedded systems, it is helpful to take a look at some of the “virtualization-specific” terminology and theRead More...

Head Transplant

Those of us old enough to remember when the word “control” always followed the word “embedded,” remember a day when even computer controlled equipment was beset with electromechanicalRead More...

Supercomputer Performance on a Chip Powers Next-Generation Embedded Image Processing

Current-generation imaging applications have exhausted every method for squeezing out additional performance. First, microprocessor vendors deepened on-die caches, created SIMD (singleRead More...

Customizing a Microcontroller for Hardware Platform Management

When the subsystem CPU is a microcontroller and its job includes hardware platform management for a larger board or module, it is highly desirable for the controller to integrateRead More...

A Floating Point Co-Processor for FPGAs

There was a time when if an application had some special functions that needed to be executed very fast and often, one alternative was to use an FPGA as a special-purpose co-processorRead More...

An Integrated Real-Time Platform Can Deliver Improved DSP Performance at Lower Costs

Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) have specialized architectures that are optimized for heavy math computations and they have dominated the real-time digital signal processing marketRead More...

Building Scalable Network Processing Platforms with Multicore Processors

As excited new users charge their latest mobile device for the first time, little thought is given to the challenges these new devices bring to the infrastructure that must supportRead More...

Mini-ITX Board with Dual Core VIA Nano X2 E-Series

A Mini-ITX board features a Via Nano X2 E-Series dual core processor, which combines a high-performance 1.6 GHz 64-bit Via Nano X2 E-Series processor with the Via VX900 unifiedRead More...

OpenComRTOS for Freescale PowerPC Processors Integrated into Designer Suite

For applications where performance is paramount, using less memory means higher performance and less energy consumption. The small code size of OpenComRTOS from Altreonic frees aRead More...

Sandy Bridge in PC/104 Form Factor—i7, 2.2 GHz PCIe/104 SBC

A PC/104 form factor features the 2nd generation Intel Core i7 processor that incorporates Intel’s latest embedded two-chip platform. This 2nd generation i7 processor integratesRead More...

AMD vDual-Core Power on Qseven Module

A new Qseven module is based on the AMD Embedded G-Series and combines high-performance graphics, dual core processing power and low power consumption in a very small form factor. ItRead More...

Video and Display Technology at the Intersection of Full Multimedia Immersion

Today’s video and display technology designers are afforded more resources and flexibility than ever before to deliver stunning, ultra-immersive HD visual experiences for a wide rangeRead More...

SoC FPGAs Integrate ARM Processor and FPGA into 28nm Single-Chip Solution

  Altera has introduced a family of what in these pages have been dubbed application services platforms (ASPs) and what it is calling SoC FPGAs. These are devices that integrate aRead More...

Pico-ITX Mainboard with Dual-Core x86

A Pico-ITX board incorporates dual core processing. Featuring a 1.0 GHz VIA EdenTM X2 CPU along with the VIA VX900H Media System Processor, the EPIA-P900 from VIA TechnologiesRead More...

Virtual Platforms from Xilinx and Altera Support Development on ASPs

Everybody has a different name for them: Programmable SoC (PSoC) from Cypress, SmartFusion from Microsemi, Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) from Xilinx and, most recently, SoCRead More...

EPIC SBC with Latest Generation Core Processors

A rugged EPIC form factor SBC boasts 2nd Generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 and Celeron processors. The ReadyBoard 910 EPIC SBC from Adlink Technology also features an onboard SolidRead More...

Desktop Platform with AMD G-Series Offers Fanless, Low-Power Operation

A desktop platform is designed for networking applications where low-power and fanless operation is desirable. Powered by the AMD T24L 1.0 GHz low-voltage G-Series processor and A55ERead More...

Changing Demands Are Changing the Role and Applicability of SoCs and ASICs

Companies building embedded systems that depend on SoCs and ASICs have reached a tipping point. They cannot continue to meet their customers’ increasingly aggressive product-featureRead More...

COM Express Type 6 Module Boasts Quad-Core Processor

A new high-performance COM Express module for future designs features the Type 6 pin-out and digital display interfaces to ensure improved display options and increase bandwidth withRead More...

ARM on COM Modules: Meeting the Needs of Mobile Devices

There is change on the way in the embedded systems arena and we are just beginning to see the outlines of what it might look like. It looks like ARM. At least two companies whoseRead More...

VPX Board Set with High-End DSP for Aero and SIGINT

Two modules, both designed to meet demanding SIGINT, COMINT and radar processing applications, together with  FPGA engines and FMC I/O modules from Curtiss-Wright Controls EmbeddedRead More...

Large Operating Systems Have Embraced Embedded. Did Anyone Notice?

Here’s a riddle: What do Windows CE, Linux and Java all have in common? Answer: They were all originally designed with no thought to their use in embedded and real-timeRead More...

Designing ASP-Type Devices: What Does it Take?

An Application Services Platform, or ASP, a name coined by RTC Editor-in-Chief Tom Williams, is a new class of IC that combines a CPU, a standard set of configurable peripherals and aRead More...

Mini-ITX Motherboard with Ultra Low Power Atom Processors

An ultra low power industrial mini-ITX motherboard features the latest Atom N2600, N2800 and D2700 dual core processors with integrated graphics (GMA 640/400MHz) and Memory ControllerRead More...

Core i7 Quad Core-Based Fanless Computer for 3G/WiFi/BT/GPS Support

A new series of rugged, quad core, fanless computers is based on the high-performance 2nd Generation Intel¨ Core i7/i5/i3 processor and QM67 chipset. The new Matrix MXE-5300 seriesRead More...

High-Octane Distributed Computing Fuels Intelligent Highways

The intelligent highway expands and gains speed each year. To fuel the expansion, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) researchRead More...

Min-ITX Board Supports Extensive I/O Options

A new mini-ITX SBC features second generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 or Celeron processor with up to 16 Gbyte DDR3 memory and runs off a single 12V-only 4-pin power connector. TheRead More...

Min-ATX Board Offers Second Gen Core CPUs

FPGAs Mix It Up with CPUs – The Era of the SoC FPGA

Semiconductor devices that integrate FPGA fabric, hardened CPU subsystems and other hardened IP—SoC FPGAs—have launched a new era that will lead to their broad proliferation in theRead More...

Dual Core Mini-ITX Board Features Rich I/O Set

A dual core Mini-ITX board features one of the richest I/O sets available for a wide range of embedded applications including ATM, kiosks, POS, digital signage, healthcare and digitalRead More...

ARM-Based COM Modules? Let’s Take a Step Back and Look at This

By now most people in this industry have become aware of a new trend in the form of ARM-based small form factor modules that are beginning to appear from a number of vendors. WhileRead More...

3U OpenVPX SBC Runs Gen2 Core i7 with EFI BIOS Replacement

A new 3U OpenVPX Single Board Computer is based on the Intel second-generation Core i7 processor (Sandy Bridge) and is coupled with the Intel QM67 chipset and up to 8 Gbytes DDR3-1333Read More...

Harnessing the Potential of Multicore Processors for Real-Time Applications

Multicore processing provides many opportunities to the embedded community, including the potential to scale applications while using the same code. In spite of this, many within theRead More...

Approaches to Inter-OS Communication and Messaging for Multicore – Multi OS Systems

The fact that embedded hypervisors can be used to run multiple operating systems independently in parallel and under real-time constraints on multicore platforms has become publicRead More...

Accelerated Processing Units and Multicore Programming Innovation at the Cusp of Machine-to-Machine

Heterogeneous system architectures promise to transform many applications and the usability of machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions in these applications, enabling reliable and real-timeRead More...

Quad-Core ARM Module on Qseven Form Factor

A new generation of ARM-based modules has been initiated by congatec with the introduction of the conga-QMX6 Qseven module. The Qseven standard Revision 1.2, which was published backRead More...

Pico-ITX Embedded Motherboard with Dual-Core ARM Cortex A9 Processor

A new ARM-based Pico-ITX embedded motherboard is equipped with a dual-core ARM Cortex A9. The KTT20/pITX from Kontron is based on the NVIDIA Tegra2 processor and is the first keyRead More...

COM Express Mini Computer-on-Module with Dual Core Processors

A COM Express Module with dual-core processing power is the latest addition to the family from Kontron of products formerly named nanoETXexpress modules, and is based onRead More...

SBC Boasts Intel Gen2 Core i7/i5, Celeron 1.6 GHz - 2.5 GHz

PCIe/104 SBC Includes Dual Core Atom D2700 at 2.13GHz

Power Architecture Combines Rich Features for Embedded

Q7 SBC Uses Dual/Quad-Core ARM CPU for Multiple HD Displays

The Fabric of the Cloud

COM Express Type 6 Module with Quad Core, 3rd Generation Core Processors

6U VXS/VME Sports Third Generation Intel Core processors

COM Express Module Marks Energy Efficient Entry-Level Into Multicore

AdvancedMC SBC Features Third Generation Intel Core Processors

Mini-ITX Board Series Offers Low Power with Integrated High Performance Graphics

Entry-Level Module for COM Express Type 2 with New Atom Dual-Core Processors

COM Express Modules with Quad-Core Third Generation Core Processors

Rugged COM Express Module with Third Generation Core i7

Family of Accelerated Processors Opens the Doors to New Embedded Possibilities