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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 PRICECHANGE
Kontron
7.81
4.577%
Adlink
1.54
2.388%
Advantech
2.32
1.505%
Interphase
1.61
-3.012%
Radisys
9.26
-1.016%
-   Performance Technologies2.100.000%
-   Enea5.630.000%
PLX
3.62
-3.209%
Mercury Computer
11.76
-2.931%
Elma
412.98
-0.476%
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
2.102.1023.34
5.635.54101.86
3.74
3.61
134.28
12.17
11.76
279.57
412.98
412.98
94.25
RTEC10 Index: 490.94 (1.11%)
RTEC10 is sponsored by VDC research

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an interface standard for the connection of storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, and CD-ROM drives in computers. The standard is maintained by X3/INCITS committee[1]. It uses the underlying AT Attachment and AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATA/ATAPI) standards. Parallel ATA only allows cable lengths up to 457.20 mm (18.00 in). Because of this length limit the technology normally appears as an internal computer storage interface. For many years ATA provided the most common and the least expensive interface for this application. By the beginning of 2007, it had largely been replaced by Serial ATA (SATA) in new systems.

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