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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Hypervisor Supports On-Chip Debugging and Processor Virtualization Technologies

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