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• Development Platform released for Cortus APS Processor IP Cores (Wednesday Jun. 03, 2015)
  Cortus announced the availability of a Development Platform for Cortus’ APS processor cores today. The Cortus Development Platform comprises a board based on a Xilinx Spartan-6X75, the Cortus Eclipse IDE and Cortus GCC toolchain.
  
  
• PLDA and ARM to deliver PCI Express-enabled ARM Juno development platform (Tuesday Jun. 02, 2015)
  PLDA and ARM announced the latest revision of the ARM Juno development platform that integrates the ARM big.LITTLE™ processor configuration of the ARM Cortex-A53 and A57 processors with the PLDA optimized PCIe Root Complex Controller.
  
  
• ARM De-risks Design Cycle for IoT Chips (Monday Jun. 01, 2015)
  ARM has unveiled a new hardware subsystem to enable the fast and efficient development of highly customized chips for smart connected devices. The ARM IoT subsystem for ARM Cortex-M processors is optimized for use with ARM's most efficient processor and radio technologies, physical IP and ARM mbed™ OS.
  
  
• Synopsys Expands Virtualizer Development Kit for Renesas RH850 with Support for RH850/P1x Series (Tuesday May. 26, 2015)
  Synopsys today expanded its Virtualizer™ Development Kit (VDK) portfolio for Renesas' RH850 MCU with a virtual prototype for the new RH850/P1x series targeting chassis electronic control units (ECUs).
  
  
• IAR Systems boosts 8051 development targeting Internet of Things (Wednesday May. 20, 2015)
  IAR Systems® has released a new version of its popular development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for 8051. The high-performance compiler and debugger toolchain has been further improved with added support for new IoT-targeted microcontrollers as well as parallel build for shorten build times.
  
  
• Imagination's OmniShield enables next-generation SoC security (Wednesday May. 20, 2015)
  With OmniShield-ready hardware and software IP, Imagination is ensuring that customers’ SoCs and OEMs’ products are designed for security, reliability and dynamic software management, as use models and services evolve across a wide range of connected devices.
  
  
• Latest version of Java SE 8 now available for MIPS (Tuesday May. 19, 2015)
  Imagination Technologies announces the availability of Java SE 8 for the MIPS architecture. This new release is part of an ongoing collaboration between Imagination and Oracle intended to enhance Java for embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) applications and optimize Java for the MIPS CPU architecture.
  
  
• Imagination's ClearCall VoIP application now available for Cavium's OCTEON III multi-core processors (Friday May. 15, 2015)
  
  
  
• Andes Technology Forms New Internet of Things C.ommunity Knect.me to Provide Open-Source and Commercial IoT Solutions (Wednesday May. 13, 2015)
  Andes Technology , the leading Asia-based suppliers of small, low-power, high performance 32-bit embedded CPU cores, today announced Knect.me, the new Internet of Things community that provides open-source, commercial solutions for connected devices.
  
  
• ARM Unveils New Quality Assurance Standard for mbed Enabled Devices (Wednesday May. 13, 2015)
  With the adoption rate of the ARM® mbed® IoT Device Platform increasing rapidly, the company has announced a new assurance standard, the ARM mbed Enabled Program. The move is expected to increase the deployment rate of Internet of Things (IoT) products and supporting technologies by giving partners the ability to label them as interoperable mbed-based devices.
  
  
• New EEMBC Benchmark Targets Improved Performance of the "Things" on the Internet of Things (Tuesday May. 12, 2015)
  This new benchmark, currently in development within EEMBC’s IoT working group, aims to provide a standardized, industry-created and -endorsed method to provide application developers with accurate, reliable information that allows them to quickly and equitably compare the efficiency of system solutions targeted at IoT end-point applications.
  
  
• Imagination upgrades Creator CI20 micro-computer (Tuesday May. 12, 2015)
  Imagination Technologies announces significant upgrades for its high-performance, low-power MIPS-based Creator CI20 development board featuring a PowerVR GPU. The new board includes full support for Imagination’s FlowCloud IoT platform; a square form factor; a modified board layout to optimise Wi-Fi speed and stability; and updated software for Linux and Android.
  
  
• Khronos Releases SYCL 1.2 Final Specification (Monday May. 11, 2015)
  The Khronos™ Group today announced the ratification and public release of the finalized SYCL ™ 1.2 specification. SYCL for OpenCL™ enables code for heterogeneous processors to be written in a “single-source” style using completely standard C++.
  
  
• Atmel and MXCHIP Collaborate to Bring Ultra-low Power Wi-Fi Platform With Secure Cloud Access for Internet of Things Applications (Thursday May. 07, 2015)
  Atmel and MXCHIP today announced the two companies are jointly developing an ultra-low power Internet of Things (IoT) platform with secure Wi-Fi access to the cloud, enabling designers to quickly bring their IoT devices to market.
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Enables Internet of Things Embedded Device Connectivity (Thursday May. 07, 2015)
  Mentor Graphics today announced its next release of the Mentor® Embedded Nucleus real time operating system (RTOS) targeting high-performance, next-generation applications for connected embedded devices.
  
  
• Conexant AudioSmart Voice and Speech Processing Software Now Optimized for Cadence Tensilica HiFi DSPs (Wednesday May. 06, 2015)
  Cadence and Conexant today announced that Conexant’s AudioSmart™ software has been optimized for the Cadence® Tensilica® HiFi digital signal processor (DSP) family.
  
  
• ARM, Applied Micro and Netzyn Collaborate on New NFV Platform to Reduce Operator Costs (Wednesday May. 06, 2015)
  ARM, Applied Micro and server software developer Netzyn today announced a new virtual set-top box (vSTB) reference platform which utilizes network functions virtualization (NFV). The new vSTB platform runs on cloud servers powered by Applied Micro's X-Gene® Server on a Chip® solution, and offers the potential to reduce network operator CapEx and OpEx, as well as increase average revenue per user (ARPU).
  
  
• ARM and Enea Enable Diverse Silicon Support for Efficient OPNFV (Wednesday May. 06, 2015)
  ARM and Enea will showcase the first ARM®-based reference platform for Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization (OPNFV) at the NFV World Congress from May 6-8, 2015.
  
  
• Sercos III Open Source Soft-Master Core Announced (Wednesday May. 06, 2015)
  Sercos International has announced that in cooperation with Bosch Rexroth a Sercos III Soft-Master core will be provided as open source software. By using a Sercos III Soft-Master, a Sercos III master device can be implemented without specific FPGAs or ASIC Sercos III hardware controller.
  
  
• NXP and Qualcomm Collaborate to Accelerate Adoption of NFC and Security in Mobile, Wearable and Internet of Things Devices (Tuesday May. 05, 2015)
  NXP Semiconductors today announced that Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, will integrate NXP’s industry-leading near field communication (NFC) and embedded secure element (eSE) solutions across Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 800, 600, 400 and 200 processor based platforms.
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus RTOS for Wearable Devices (Thursday Apr. 30, 2015)
  Mentor Graphics today announced the Nucleus real time operating system (RTOS) targeting high-performance, next-generation applications for wearable embedded devices designed for medical, fitness, security, safety and other sectors.
  
  
• Toshiba Launches Application Processor Development Platforms for Wearable and IoT Devices (Tuesday Apr. 28, 2015)
  Toshiba Corporation’s Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced the launch of a Hardware Development Kit (HDK) and Software Development Kit (SDK), able to monitor activity levels, take a pulse and check heart rate, that together form a development platform for the TZ1000 series application processor for wearable and IoT devices.
  
  
• Variscite Introduces the Smallest Freescale i.MX6 Quad Cortex-A9 System-on-Module in the Embedded Market (Monday Apr. 27, 2015)
  Measuring only 20mm x 50mm, the DART-MX6 from Variscite is the smallest System-on-Module (SoM) supporting Freescale's i.MX6 quad and dual core ARM Cortex-A9™ processor.
  
  
• EEMBC Delivers 64-Bit Android Platform Benchmark (Thursday Apr. 23, 2015)
  The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) today announced the availability of EEMBC AndEBench-Pro 2015 on Google Play™, a 64-bit enhanced version of the highly anticipated Android device benchmark.
  
  
• ARM Expects Vehicle Compute Performance to Increase 100x in Next Decade (Thursday Apr. 23, 2015)
  ARM offers functional safety package for ARM® Cortex®-A processors as it broadens its support for automotive
  
  
• New Tensilica Fusion DSP Sets Low-Energy Benchmarks for IoT, Wearables and Wireless Connectivity (Wednesday Apr. 22, 2015)
  Cadence today announced the new Cadence® Tensilica® Fusion digital signal processor (DSP) based on the proven Xtensa® Customizable Processor. This scalable DSP is ideal for applications requiring merged controller plus DSP computation, ultra-low energy and a small footprint
  
  
• UltraSoC announces industry-first "debug over USB" capability for complex SoCs (Tuesday Apr. 21, 2015)
  UltraSoC today announces the availability of USB-based debugging capabilities within its flagship UltraDebug® product. This unique, patented technology allows a single high-speed chip interface – in this case USB 2.0 – to be used simultaneously for both system communication and for analytics applications such as debugging.
  
  
• FreeRTOS Now Available for Tensilica Processors (Wednesday Apr. 15, 2015)
  Cadence today announced that the FreeRTOS™ real-time operating system is now available for Cadence® Tensilica® processors and digital signal processors (DSPs). FreeRTOS is a popular, scalable, easy-to-use real-time kernel designed specifically for small, low-power embedded systems.
  
  
• Quanta, Celeno and Imagination partner to provide the first WebRTC-enabled total VP8+H.264 IP camera solution (Tuesday Apr. 14, 2015)
  Quanta Computer, Celeno Communications and Imagination Technologies have partnered to create an end-to-end WebRTC-enabled IP camera that lets OEMs and service providers deliver their own branded solution for video conferencing, home surveillance and other applications.
  
  
• MulticoreWare demonstrates high quality 4K 10-bit real-time HEVC video encoding with x265 (Monday Apr. 13, 2015)
  MulticoreWare is demonstrating to video professionals attending the 2015 NAB Show the latest version of the x265 HEVC encoder, optimized to enable high quality 4K video encoding with deep 10 bit color at frame rates exceeding 60 FPS.