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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 |
SBC
Single-board computers (SBCs) are complete computers built on a single circuit board. The design is centered on a single or dual microprocessor with RAM, IO and all other features needed to be a functional computer on the one board.
COMs vs. SBCs: Forward Thinking Helps Make the Best Embedded Choices
The end application of any design typically helps define the choice of the computing form factor used. From there, the desired level of performance and scalability can be built intoRead More...
Confused or Liberated? Take Your Pick
Walking the floor of the recent Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany, one was immediately struck by the vast number of small form factor computer modules on display. The advent ofRead More...
Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders
Industrial USB to Four RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 Serial Communication Ports A new serial communication adapter offers users the choice of four field selectable RS-232, RS-422, orRead More...
Interconnect Wars? Let Peace Prevail with Interconnect Standards
Size, cost, performance, application software development and debugging tools, wired or wireless networking, power budget, time-to-market, temperature range, expansion flexibility,Read More...
USB and StackableUSB: Enabling Efficiency and Scaling for Embedded Designs
Board-level system designers have benefited from Moore’s Law of exponential improvement in size, cost, density and speed over the years as processor boards have packed more horsepowerRead 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...
LPC Bus-Legacy Lives On
Legacy buses and I/O appear to be on the chopping block. Large pin count parallel communications buses are being replaced by faster serial architectures. Examples include Serial ATARead More...
Toward a Unified Framework for Embedded Modules
In April of 2008, the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) unveiled a new modular standard for stackable expansion of single board computers. The SFF-SIG’s new standard,Read More...
Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders
10 GigE Switches Provide IP Carrier Class Routing on 6U cPCI, VME and VPX A family of switches supports jumbo frames, full-wire speed Layer 2 bridging as well as Layer 3 UnicastRead More...
USB I/O for the Embedded OEM
With the advent of the serial interconnect such as PCI Express and USB, the most obvious reaction and approach for designing new I/O has been to continue with just offering a connectorRead More...
Interoperability Scores a Victory with Plug and Play COM Spec
Computer-on-module (COM) manufacturers are delighted that their pluggable module alternatives to conventional single board computers (SBCs) are getting attention beyond the high-volumeRead 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...
Atom-Based PC/104+ SBC Supports CRT, LVDS, SATA II, and CompactFlash
An Intel Atom-based PC/104+ single board computer (SBC) is designed for space-limited applications requiring fanless operation, such as portable medical, interactive kiosk,Read More...
6U CompactPCI SBC Features the Freescale MPC 8572E
A new 6U CompactPCI board based on the Freescale MPC8572E, scales from commercial to full-blown military (conduction-cooled) applications. Targeting Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-coreRead More...
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...
EPIC-Sized SBC Features Core 2 Duo and SUMIT Connector
New performance levels in an EPIC-sized single board computer (SBC) have been achieved with the integration of the new Intel Core2 Duo (model P8400) 45nm processor in the Komodo SBCRead 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 Chicken
We wouldn’t want to be an SBC vendor in today’s small form factor market. As always, the new processor/chipset treadmill from Intel and VIA continues to churn at a pace to make theRead More...
6U VPX SBC Features Freescale MPC 8572E
6U VPX SBC Features Freescale MPC8572E An MPC8572E-based 6U VPX board ranges from commercial to full blown military (conduction-cooled) applications. With FreescaleRead 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...
6U CompactPCI Boards Sport Latest Core i7 processors
6U CompactPCI Boards Sport Latest Core i7 processors One of the first embedded product lines to feature the Intel Core i7 processor is the PP 712/08x family of 6U CompactPCIRead More...
High Performance 6U Single Board Computer Features Intel’s Latest Processor
A 6U CompactPCI single board computer is based on the latest 2.53 GHz Intel Core i7 (Arrandale) processor technology and features up to 8 Gbytes of DDR3 memory. The CT12 from GERead More...
AdvancedMC Processor Board with Core i7 and Integrated Graphics
AdvancedMC Processor Board with Core i7 and Integrated Graphics A single-width AdvancedMC processor module, designed with the new Intel Mobile Core i7 processor, offers aRead 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...
Board Set Merges COM Express Cores with Triple-Play I/O
Board Set Merges COM Express Cores with Triple-Play I/O A board-level “embedded-ready subsystem” (ERS) combines the benefits of computer-on-modules (COMs) with those of stackableRead More...
FPGA-based 6U SBC Offers Triple Redundancy for Critical Applications
A 6U FPGA-based, triple-redundant CompactPCI (cPCI) single board computer uses a lock-step architecture to keep software development costs low and to make the new board suitableRead More...
Rugged EPIC SBC with Dual-Core Atom and Hardware Video Decoder
A rugged EPIC single board computer integrates a dual- or single-core Atom Processor with ICH8M chipset, onboard SSD, H.264 hardware video decoder, networking and robust I/O in a smallRead More...
CompactPCI Processor Board Brings Core i7 Performance to 6U Systems
A 6U CompactPCI SBC is based on the latest Intel Core i7 mobile processor technology. The CO6002 from Kontron is designed to bring high performance with low power consumption and lowRead More...
Rugged EPIC SBC Offers SUMIT Expansion
A rugged EPIC single board computer (SBC) includes the SUMIT expansion connector, supporting both a single mezzanine card and multiple modules in a stack for optimal flexibility.Read More...
Rugged Atom-Based SBC the Size of an iPhone
A new Intel Atom-based rugged SBC offers extremely low power consumption combined with an exceptionally small footprint and high performance. The Atom XPC40x (extendedRead 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...
Stackable Single Board Computers: Choosing between the Form Factors
Implementation of an application’s embedded computing feature requirements can be done using two basic stackable modular design approaches: Single Board Computer (SBC) andRead More...
I/O-Rich SHB features Twin Intel Nehalem/Westmere Processors
A PICMG 1.3-style system host board (SHB) supports twin multicore Intel Nehalem and Westmere processors. MB-80100 from WIN Enterprises features the Intel LGA 1366 processor socketRead More...
Rugged SBC Offers Robust Display Functions for Mobile Applications
A rugged, maintenance-free SBC is targeted for use in mobile and intelligent display environments including trains, public transportation, airplanes and other specialty vehiclesRead More...