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Arium Embedded Linux is Now Available (1/11/2010)
 Arium made available today an embedded Linux distribution targeted to developers using Intel architecture.
Intel’s new small form factor Atom™ motherboards can be very inexpensive, opening up new opportunities in lower cost embedded applications not previously practical on Intel architecture. With increasing dominance of Linux in the embedded OS world, these new opportunities spark a need for specific Linux distributions and tools that meet the requirements of IA embedded development.
Insyde® Software Launches Humanos™ Bringing Application Openness to Instant-On Computing Platforms. (12/9/2009)
 Android™ Applications Market Add Rapidly Increasing Capabilities
Company's UEFI BIOS & Quick-to-Launch System Software Enable Humanos Environment
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS and engineering services today unveiled Humanos, an instant-on software environment aimed at notebooks and netbooks running Microsoft Windows. Humanos, built on Google's Android technology and Insyde Software's Quick-to-Launch UEFI software, gives mobile PC users access to a broad and quickly expanding set of Android applications in an instantly available operating environment.
Insyde® Software Continues to Drive Fast Boot Initiative (12/1/2009)
Insyde® Software Continues to Drive Fast Boot Initiative with Support for the Microsoft® Windows 7 Operating System
Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) based firmware, BIOS, and engineering services, today announced that InsydeH2O™ UEFI firmware supports the Microsoft® Windows 7 operating system and adds substantial improvement in the area of quick-booting technology.
µVision4 available in all Keil software tools. (11/19/2009)
 Plano, TX: Keil announce that all their software development tools will now include the new µVision4 IDE and Debugger. New versions of its development tools for ARM, C166, 8051, and MPS251 devices are now available for immediate download. This introduction follows a 6-month beta trail period, during which µVision4 has been tested by more than 30,000 users.
ASSET's ScanWorks® supports PLX Technology's PCI Express switch family's visionPAK diagnostic toolset (11/3/2009)
 Richardson, TX (November 3, 2009) — ASSET InterTech, the leading supplier of open tools for embedded instrumentation for design validation, test and debug, and PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLXT), the leading global supplier of PCI Express® (PCIe®) switch and bridge silicon, today announced that ASSET's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instrumentation is supporting the exclusive PLX® visionPAK" packet generator/system analyzer toolset.
New Linux OS-aware Support for Intel® Atom™ Processors (9/29/2009)
Arium today announced the release of SourcePoint™ 7.7.1, the latest version of the company’s flagship debugger. This release offers substantial improvements for software based on Intel® architecture and firmware development assisting engineers to bring designs to market faster and with higher quality. Key features include Linux OS-Aware debugging and code execution trace.
JTAG Debugging Offers Linux OS-Aware Features (9/29/2009)
Arium today announced the release of ground-breaking debugging technology supporting Linux OSs. The technology offers substantial improvements for Intel®-based software and firmware development assisting engineers to bring designs to market faster and with higher quality.
Cray selects ASSET's ScanWorks® platform for embedded diagnostics in next-generation supercomputers. (9/7/2009)
Supercomputer leader Cray Inc. has selected ASSET® InterTech's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instrumentation as the basis for embedded test solutions critical to Cray's next-generation supercomputers. ASSET InterTech is represented by Logic Technology, based in The Netherlands.
GrammaTech: CodeSonar 3.4 Released (8/17/2009)
GrammaTech is pleased to announce the release of CodeSonar 3.4. New features include:
- Incremental Analyses. Once you have done a full analysis of your code base, you can re-analyze the code in time roughly proportional to the number of compilation units that have changed.
- Warning Processors are plug-ins that facilitate integration with other tools, such as bug trackers. Examples are shipped with the product. Users can author their own with a simple API.
Fast Models from ARM (7/21/2009)
 Software development cycles for embedded systems can be delayed waiting for expensive development hardware. Remaining competitive in today’s market requires fast turn-around of fully-featured software that has been developed on a fully validated system.
Solution: Early access to a Virtual Platform (VP) for accelerated software development
Keil supports the STM32 Connectivity Line (7/13/2009)
Plano, Tx: Keil announce immediate support for the STMicroelectronics STM32 Connectivity Line in the Keil MDK-ARM (Microcontroller Development Kit) and RL-ARM (Real-Time Library). Keil has also introduced the new MCBSTM32C evaluation board and starter kit.
Keil MCB1760 Evaluation Board and Starter Kit (7/8/2009)
Plano, TX: Keil has released the MCB1760 evaluation board and starter kit to support the NXP LPC1700 Cortex™-M3 processor-based family.
The MCB1760 evaluation board features a LPC1768 microcontroller running at up to 100MHz, together with a color QVGA LCD, Ethernet, USB, CAN, SD/MMC card interface, and UARTs.
New Datalight File System Available (6/25/2009)
 Datalight High-performance File System Now Available for Windows CE, Windows Mobile and VxWorks
Bothell, WA – June 16, 2009 – Datalight announced availability today for Reliance Nitro, the newest in the company lineup of fault-tolerant embedded file systems. Reliance Nitro is now available for Windows CE and Windows Mobile as well as VxWorks, and is reported to boost sequential and random write speeds as much as five times faster than the default file systems. Reliance Nitro is designed to allow devices like smartphones and digital cameras to store and access large amounts of data without the lag time often experienced when dealing with multimedia and other large files.
Insyde® Software and Acer® Unveil Super Long Battery Life On Acer's Timeline™ Series Notebooks (6/2/2009)
Insyde Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS firmware today announced the availability of its extended battery life support on the Acer Aspire Timeline Series notebooks.
Datalight Brings Support for MLC NAND Flash Memory to Wind River VxWorks (5/21/2009)
Datalight announced today a new flash manager, FlashFX® Tera, which enables OEMs building systems that run Wind River VxWorks to use raw MLC NAND flash memory in their products. Manufacturers of products such as MP3 players, smartphones, and personal navigators can choose from a broad range of raw MLC NAND flash parts as an alternative to the more expensive managed NAND, potentially lowering the cost of and enabling faster performance for these devices. FlashFX Tera supports a wide array of over 300 flash parts, including SLC and MLC NOR, SLC and MLC NAND, and fusion flash like OneNAND and OrNAND, in flash arrays up to two terabytes.
Datalight Brings Support for MLC NAND Flash Memory to Microsoft Windows Embedded CE (5/21/2009)
Datalight announced today a new flash manager, FlashFX® Tera, which enables OEMs building systems that run Microsoft Windows Embedded CE to use raw MLC NAND flash memory in their products. Manufacturers of products such as MP3 players, smartphones, and personal navigators can choose from a broad range of raw MLC NAND flash parts as an alternative to the more expensive managed NAND, potentially lowering the cost of and enabling faster performance for these devices. FlashFX Tera supports a wide array of over 300 flash parts, including SLC and MLC NOR, SLC and MLC NAND, and fusion flash like OneNAND and OrNAND, in flash arrays up to two terabytes.
Cortex-Mx Microcontroller Prototyping System (5/15/2009)
 Keil announce the Microcontroller Prototyping System (MPS), enabling evaluation and prototyping of ARM® Cortex™-Mx processors and user defined peripherals in a single product. The Keil MPS is the first prototyping system incorporating a full-speed Cortex-M0 or Cortex-M3 processor implemented in FPGA which can be integrated with third-party peripheral IP to deliver a prototyping system for hardware and software application development.
ASSET ScanWorks platform is first to support both validation and test for new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series (5/6/2009)
Nehalem microarchitecture with QuickPath Interconnect can be validated and tested with ScanWorks® Intel® IBIST® and processor-controlled test.
Richardson, TX (May 6, 2009) - ASSET® InterTech's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instrumentation is the first in the industry to support both signal integrity design validation and circuit board test for the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series, codenamed Nehalem, as well as the 5520 chipset. Xeon 5500 series processors will be deployed in systems using Intel's QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) platform architecture.
TCPnet source code now available (5/5/2009)
Plano, TX: Keil have released a separate extension to RL-ARM which includes the source code for the TCPnet Networking Suite.
RL-ARM includes source code for RTX, Flash File System, CAN, and USB. Now by adding RL-ARM-S, you have the source code for TCPnet.
Access to the source code allows you to rebuild the TCPnet libraries or extend the feature set. It is also useful where source code is needed for product certification.
CMX adds Kernel Awareness for RTOS in MDK-ARM (4/17/2009)
 CMX Systems is pleased to announce the availability of its CMXKAware kernel awareness for its CMX-RTX and CMX-Tiny+ Real Time Operating Systems when used with the Keil MDK-ARM Microcontroller Development Kit.
CMXKAware presents all RTOS-specific information on screen, and allows the user to display internal data structures of the operating system in a convenient series of lists via a child window in the debugger.
Datalight Flash File System makes Windows Mobile up to 100 Times Faster (4/15/2009)
Datalight announced today the release of a new performance enhancing flash file system for Microsoft Windows Mobile offering up to 100 times faster file open operations, a key metric of device responsiveness. File open lag time is a common source frustration for users of smart phones, cameras, and personal navigators when they are attempting to playback music, video, images, and other files. The new Windows Mobile flash file system is comprised of the well-known Datalight Reliance and FlashFX® Pro products, and also boasts six times faster writes, and random reads/writes at twice as fast as the default flash file system included with Windows Mobile.
AMD Introduces the GeodeTM LX 600@0.7W* Processor (4/14/2009)
 The power of Fusion combined with the low-power of AMD Geode™ LX Processors is helping to create new options for designers. The AMD Geode™ LX processors represent a large install base of embedded low-power x86 solutions, combining advanced design methodologies with a unique architecture to deliver products that are optimized for power and performance. The LX processor family is expanding to include new levels of performance and power versatility with the introduction of the AMD Geode™ LX 600@0.7W* processor.
Finding defects using Holzmann's "Power of 10" rules for writing safety critical code (4/14/2009)
GrammaTech's Paul Anderson in Embedded.com
The Embedded.com website today published an article by Paul Anderson, GrammaTech's Vice President of Research. The article is titled Finding defects using Holzmann's "Power of 10" rules for writing safety critical code and focuses particularly on Rule 10, which specifies the daily use of static source code analyzers such as CodeSonar.
Insyde® Software Announces Quick-to-Launch Technology to Complement Third-Party Instant-On Solutions (4/10/2009)
UEFI-based InsydeQ2L™ Delivers a Seamless "Quick-Boot" Experience for Mobile Computer and Netbook Users
Insyde Software, a leading provider of UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) based firmware, BIOS, and engineering services, today announced an innovative instant-on solution with the unveiling of InsydeQ2L™ for mobile PC OEMs and ODMs.
Insyde Software Announces Flexible and Reliable Netbook Solutions (4/8/2009)
Insyde Software, a leading provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) based firmware, BIOS, and engineering services, announces innovative netbook solutions featuring fast boot technology and InsydeQ2L™ for netbook makers.
GrammaTech Announces Newest Version of CodeSonar (3/31/2009)
Includes performance and integration improvements, and support for The Power of 10 rules for developing safety-critical code
GrammaTech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of source-code analysis tools, today announced that the next version of CodeSonar will ship in Q2 2009. The release includes checkers for the new Power of 10 coding standard, new facilities for integrating CodeSonar with defect-tracking systems and other tools, and significant performance improvements that reduce analysis time.
Datalight Tree-based File System Boosts Windows Mobile Performance by 500% (3/30/2009)
San Jose, CA (Embedded Systems Conference), – Datalight announced Reliance Nitro, a new tree-based file system with broad performance implications for embedded device manufacturers around the globe. Early tests show sequential and random write speeds as much as five times faster on Microsoft Windows Mobile than the default file system, allowing devices like smartphones and digital cameras to store and access large amounts of data without the lag time often experienced when dealing with multimedia and other large files.
Fast Models from ARM (3/27/2009)
Software development cycles for embedded systems can be delayed waiting for expensive development hardware. Remaining competitive in today’s market requires fast turn-around of fully-featured software that has been developed on a fully validated system.
Solution: Early access to system for accelerated software development
New Compilation Tools patch for RealView® Development Suite 3.1 available (3/27/2009)
A new Compilation Tools patch (Build 794) for RealView Development Suite 3.1 is now available from the ARM website. This RVCT 3.1 patch #7 can be used to update any RVDS 3.1 Standard or Professional installation.
MindShare goes live with 3 new training course (3/19/2009)
 1) Intel AtomTM Processor Architecture course, 2) USB 3.0 Architecture course, and 3) Cost-Effective Bluetooth Wireless Product Development course.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 9, 2009 – MindShare, Inc. announces that it has developed the following classroom / virtual classroom courses: 1) Intel® Atom™ Processor Architecture course, 2) USB 3.0 Architecture course, and 3) Cost-Effective Bluetooth Wireless Product Development course.
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