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• Development Tool from STMicroelectronics Opens Performance Monitoring Window on New STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 core-based Microcontrollers (Tuesday Nov. 06, 2007)
  STMicroelectronics today announced the STM32 PerformanceStick, a very low cost development package for the recently-announced STM32 Flash microcontroller family based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 core.
  
  
• Alvaview announces High quality, Low-power Multi-format codec design for Mobile Video Devices (Monday Nov. 05, 2007)
  Alvaview (www.alvaview.com) unveiled today a new power-saving, highly optimized video codec design targeted for wireless IC manufacturer. The codec supports MPEG4, H.263 and H.264/AVC video formats at resolutions up to 720 x 576 as well as up to 16Mpixel JPEG still images.
  
  
• Tensilica Ports MPEG-4 BSAC Decoder for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) to HiFi 2 Audio Engine (Tuesday Oct. 16, 2007)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that it has added a MPEG-4 Bit Sliced Arithmetic Coding (BSAC) decoder to Tensilica’s HiFi 2 Audio Engine, the most popular commercial audio core for system-on-chip (SOC) designs.
  
  
• ARM Works With Intel to Deliver Increased System Protection for Flash Memory Devices (Monday Oct. 15, 2007)
  The combination of the ARM TrustZone technology from the ARM1176-JZ(TM), Cortex(TM)-A8 and Cortex(TM)-A9 applications processors with Intel Authenticated Flash memory offers a comprehensive, reliable approach to delivering a trusted environment, specifically targeted at securing consumer products such as mobile phones, PDAs and set-top boxes, as well as other products running open operating systems such as Symbian, Linux and Windows CE.
  
  
• Broad Range of Low-Cost, Third-Party Starter Kits for STM32 Microcontroller Available from STMicroelectronics (Tuesday Oct. 09, 2007)
  STMicroelectronics today announced four low-cost evaluation and development kits, from leading third-party tool suppliers, designed to support its recently-announced STM32 microcontroller, which is based on the ground-breaking ARM® Cortex™-M3 core.
  
  
• TRANGO Virtual Processors announces secure virtualization on ARM multicore platforms (Thursday Oct. 04, 2007)
  TRANGO Virtual Processors, a leading provider of embedded virtualization IP and member of the ARM® Connected Community, demonstrates its secure hypervisor running on the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor
  
  
• Analyst: Linux set to dominate in embedded systems (Thursday Oct. 04, 2007)
  Asked which operating system they would use in their next project, 71 percent of embedded system engineers who responded said they would opt for Linux on a free distribution basis, 16 percent would use Linux on a paid distribution basis, 12 percent planned to use a commercial OS while just 1 percent indicated they would stick with an in-house developed OS.
  
  
• Industry Leaders to Collaborate on Linux Mobile Computing Platform (Wednesday Oct. 03, 2007)
  The new platform will be released into the open source community and will be naturally adopted by ARM’s large ecosystem of software and silicon vendors, including Marvell, MontaVista, Movial, Mozilla, Samsung, and Texas Instruments.
  
  
• ARM Announces RealView Profiler for Embedded Software Analysis (Tuesday Oct. 02, 2007)
  Based on the comprehensive ARM debug and trace infrastructure, the RealView Profiler delivers unrivalled insight into the performance of embedded device software. The RealView Profiler supports performance analysis from the early stages right until the end of the design cycle and, therefore, greatly reduces software development project risks.
  
  
• ARM and EVE Sign Co-Emulation Partnership Agreement (Tuesday Oct. 02, 2007)
  The ARM® RealView® SoC Designer electronic system level (ESL) design software will be coupled and integrated with EVE’s ZeBu hardware-assisted verification platform for early architectural exploration and prototyping.
  
  
• Wavecom launches StarService, a Breakthrough Offer Combining Intelligent Device Services with a New Wireless Microprocessor (Monday Oct. 01, 2007)
  The first StarService offer comes with a new Wavecom Wireless Microprocessor®, WMP50, which is included free of charge as part of the package. This new ARM9-based device has been specifically designed for high-volume industrial M2M and automotive applications. It runs the Open AT® Software Suite, which enables customers to develop embedded applications, and is expandable with a rich set of plug-ins. Samples of the WMP50 are available now.
  
  
• ARC New VTOC 4.0 Modeling Toolset Speeds Creation of Fast Cycle-Accurate C++ and SystemC models. (Monday Oct. 01, 2007)
  VTOC 4.0 includes a new intelligent code analysis system that enables developers to generate C++ and SystemC models that are more efficient and achieve higher performance. These source code models accelerate the development of performance critical firmware such as device drivers and codecs and functional verification of this software within a complete SoC; a complete software suite can be developed and debugged before the target SoC sees first silicon.
  
  
• Imagination Technologies Launches Latest SDK for Advanced Embedded & Mobile Graphics Technologies (Monday Oct. 01, 2007)
  The POWERVR Insider SDK 2.1 enables developers to begin work on games and applications using OpenGL ES 2.0, the API for programmable 3D shader-graphics pipelines, and targeting POWERVR SGX, the next-generation graphics architecture for mobile and embedded devices.
  
  
• Comsys launches ComMAX Reference Design platforms for rapid realization of multimode mobile WiMAX (Thursday Sep. 27, 2007)
  Each of the platforms is built around Comsys’ award-winning ComMAX™ multimode baseband processors. The first is a modular platform that allows maximum flexibility, enabling development teams to utilize the full capabilities of the ComMAX processor by integration with various RF and application processors as well as to develop software applications, while the second is designed to provide the most rapid development path and a fast time to market with a fully operational multimode mobile WiMAX/cellular reference design solution.
  
  
• WiMAX OEMs Spur Deployment with Texas Instruments Wave 2 Software and DSP-based Development Tools (Thursday Sep. 27, 2007)
  Wireless base station and broadband mobile equipment manufacturers can now eliminate over 15 years of development man-hours with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) WiMAX Forum compliant 802.16e Wave 2 software and development tools platform.
  
  
• Xceive and Genesis Launch Reference Design Supporting Digital and Analog Broadcast Reception for HD Flat-Panel TVs (Monday Sep. 24, 2007)
  Xceive and Genesis Microchip today announced the launch of a joint reference design platform for HD flat-panel TV manufacturers. This joint reference platform was designed to enhance the quality, performance and capabilities for flat-panel TVs while significantly reducing development time for customers.
  
  
• Virtutech Simics to Support IBM Mambo Processor Model (Monday Sep. 24, 2007)
  Virtutech Commits to Opening Its Functional-Accurate Simulator to Golden Models from Semiconductor Vendors, Enabling Reduced Design Cycle and Improved Software Quality Power Architecture Developer Conference
  
  
• GDA Technologies announces availability of PowerQUICCIIITM MPC8548E - based AdvancedMC high-performance "Data Cruncher" PCI-Express Card equipped with Quad - Gigabit Ethernet ports (Friday Sep. 21, 2007)
  Intended to use in TCA & ATCA or plugged into x86 systems, the - MPC8548E-based PCI-Express card is designed with four high-performance Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and up to 8 lanes of PCI Express verified in both target & host modes, for embedded applications in pervasive computing, media servers, storage networking, wireless infrastructure, enterprise network access systems and next generation telecommunication systems.
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Introduces Multimedia Solution for Nucleus OS and Inflexion Platform (Wednesday Sep. 19, 2007)
  Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the launch of the Inflexion Platform ™ Multimedia Feature Pack for Nucleus® OS, a new paradigm for manufacturers of mass market consumer electronic devices to bring advanced audio and video capabilities to their products.
  
  
• Tensilica Picks EVE's ZeBu for Validation of Diamond Video Core (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2007)
  ZeBu (for Zero Bugs) gives Tensilica verification engineers an easy-to-use and affordable solution that combines the best aspects of traditional emulation and rapid prototyping systems. It is used in Tensilica’s system-level regression testing, hardware/software integration, application and codec development, conformance testing and profiling. ZeBu also proved useful in validating multi-processor synchronous debugging.
  
  
• ARC Releases New MetaWare Development Toolkit Featuring Lower Power and Smaller Code Size (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2007)
  ARC International today released the MetaWare® Development Toolkit Version 8.0. It includes new versions of ARC’s MetaWare C/C++ Compiler, Debugger, and Eclipse 3.2 based Integrated Development Environment, and supports ARC’s recently introduced VRaptor™-based video subsystems.
  
  
• Renesas Technology and Express Logic Launch Real-time Control and Signal Processing Platform With File System, Networking, and High-speed USB Support (Monday Sep. 17, 2007)
  Renesas Technology America, Inc. today announced that Express Logic's ThreadX® multitasking real-time operating system (RTOS) now supports Renesas SH-2A series microcontrollers (MCUs), providing a high-performance operating platform for applications using these fast, powerful devices in embedded systems.
  
  
• ARM Announces the Low Cost Cortex-M1 Development Kit For Altera Cyclone III (Monday Sep. 10, 2007)
  Complementary to the Cortex-M1 processor – the first ARM processor designed specifically for implementation on FPGAs - the ARM Cortex-M1 Development Kit enables the seamless integration of ARM processor technology with the Altera Cyclone III FPGAs using the Altera Quartus II design software and Altera SOPC Builder tool, together with the ARM RealView® Microcontroller development Kit software development environment.
  
  
• P-Product Joins Tensilica's Partner Network: Ports Codecs to the HiFi 2 Audio Engine (Monday Sep. 10, 2007)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that P-Product has joined its Xtensions partner network. P-Product has already ported audio software to Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine and has significant expertise in audio and video software porting.
  
  
• FS2 and Tektronix Introduce FPGAView Software for Tektronix MSO4000 Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes (Monday Sep. 10, 2007)
  FPGAView software makes debugging FPGA designs faster than ever. In addition to the MSO4000, FPGAView software is also available for the Tektronix TLA5000 and TLA7000 Logic Analyzers.
  
  
• S3 and GIGA-BYTE demonstrate the world's first Open Platform OMA BCAST phone (Monday Sep. 10, 2007)
  The GIGA-BYTE Gsmart T600 Windows Mobile phone together with S3’s onHandTV™ mobile TV software delivers a compelling mobile TV experience and supports both OMA BCAST and IPDC Mobile TV standards
  
  
• ARM selects XJTAG for RealView development tools debug and test (Wednesday Sep. 05, 2007)
  ARM is currently using XJTAG on its latest generation of RealView platform baseboards, which contain multiple high pin-count ball grid array (BGA) devices including processors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs).
  
  
• S3, Sofia Digital and O2 collaborate to implement platform independent Mobile TV applications (Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007)
  The objective of the collaboration was to define and implement the essential parts of the proposed JSR 272 API which would enable the delivery of downloadable, operator branded, mobile TV applications, to multiple mobile platforms.
  
  
• Texas Instruments Launches New Low-Cost DaVinci(TM) Processor to Spur Growth of Portable, HD Video Applications (Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007)
  Driving the market growth for next- generation, portable, high-definition (HD) video products, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the availability of a new embedded DaVinci(TM) processor with ARM host control and complete development tools.
  
  
• NEC Electronics Europe and Vector Informatik release complete AUTOSAR software stack based on combined hardware and software know-how (Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007)
  NEC Electronics Europe and Vector Informatik have introduced a complete AUTOSAR software stack for NEC Electronics’ V850ES/Fx3™ and V850E/PHO3™ microcontrollers, based on NEC Electronics’ 32-bit V850™ CPU core.