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• Renesas and VaST Strike Global Partnership Addressing Automotive Software Development (Tuesday May. 29, 2007)
  VaST Systems today announced a global partnership with the Automotive Business Unit of Renesas Technology Corporation to develop and deliver virtual prototypes of Renesas' high-performance processor platforms using VaST technology.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Announces Ultra-Low-Cost Development Kit for STR9 ARM966E Core-based MCUs with Ethernet Connectivity (Thursday May. 24, 2007)
  STMicroelectronics today announced a complete yet very low-cost evaluation and development kit for the company's powerful STR91x 32-bit microcontroller family, which is based on the ARM966E® core and is particularly suited to networked embedded applications.
  
  
• FS2 Introduces System Navigator Tools for MIPS32 74K Core Debug (Wednesday May. 23, 2007)
  First Silicon Solutions, a division of MIPS Technologies, Inc., has announced immediate availability of its System Navigator suite of EJTAG probes and software for the next-generation MIPS32 74K family of processor cores introduced today.
  
  
• Texas Instruments and NSCC Deliver the Industry's First Single-Chip AVS IPTV Set Top Box Based on DaVinci(TM) Solution (Monday May. 21, 2007)
  Built on TI's innovative DaVinci(TM) technology platform, the solution targets on home audio and video entertainment applications that adopt China's digital television (DTV) standard - AVS. It is an easy-to-use and cost effective solution that will drive the widespread deployment of IPTV services in China.
  
  
• KPIT Cummins develops AUTOSAR 2.0 Compliant MCAL Layer and ECU Abstraction Layer (Monday May. 14, 2007)
  MCAL is a set of Microcontroller Drivers that act as an interface between the hardware and the AUTOSAR Services Layer and Application Layer. The MCAL developed by KPIT Cummins is built in compliance with quality standard SEI CMMI Level 5 and especially to the Configuration concept of AUTOSAR.
  
  
• Ellipsys 2.0 Software Released by Elliptic - features Support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography & RSA Security (Wednesday May. 09, 2007)
  This release upgrades the algorithms implemented to include a complete set of asymmetric functions such as Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and RSA functions. Elliptic Curve Cryptography is being implemented by the U.S. Government as part of the Suite B standard and the cryptographic modernization program sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA). ECC is also used in digital rights management and mobile handsets due to the high security it can offer at much smaller key sizes than the equivalent RSA algorithms.
  
  
• New ARM Jazelle Technology Software Raises the Performance Bar of Mobile Multimedia Applications Using Java (Tuesday May. 08, 2007)
  ARM announces a new, industry-leading product, the ARM® Jazelle® MobileVM for enhanced Java acceleration on mobile handsets. As a result of ARM’s continued commitment to improving performance, Jazelle MobileVM technology introduces up to a 40 percent increase in performance of mobile Java applications such as games and video
  
  
• SRS Labs Ports TruSurround HD to Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine for HDTV SOC Designs (Tuesday May. 08, 2007)
  Tensilica, Inc. and SRS Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRSL) today announced that SRS Labs has ported its TruSurround HD virtual sound audio technology to Tensilica’s HiFi 2 Audio Engine for Xtensa processors and the Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio Processor
  
  
• Faraday Partners with eSOL to Support µITRON for its ARM CPU (Tuesday May. 08, 2007)
  By partnering with eSOL, a leading embedded software developer, now Faraday has the capability to offer not only a proven µITRON RTOS but also various middleware and driver supports to its Japanese customers. µITRON porting to Faraday's FA526 (ARMv4-compliant) and FA626TE (ARMv5TE-compliant) will be done by end of Q2 and Q4 2007 respectively.
  
  
• Commetrex and Tensilica Announce Commetrex Fax Solutions for Tensilica's Processor Cores (Friday May. 04, 2007)
  Commetrex and Tensilica today announced that Commetrex' fax technologies now support Tensilica's Xtensa configurable and Diamond Standard processor cores.
  
  
• ARM First to License OpenGL ES 2.0 Benchmarks From Futuremark (Thursday May. 03, 2007)
  World leader in mobile applications processors and graphics hardware to use Futuremark's tools to optimize OpenGL ES 2.0 3D performance
  
  
• CSR launches BlueVOX Flash, the only fully flexible, reprogrammable solution for low cost headsets (Thursday May. 03, 2007)
  Based on the BlueCore4-Audio Flash chip, the new solution combines a high performance, low power Bluetooth radio with 6Mbits of on-chip reprogrammable flash memory and a comprehensive SDK for complete software flexibility
  
  
• TI and Ittiam Ease Video Development with Availability and Support of Advanced Codecs (Thursday May. 03, 2007)
  The new offerings include: H.264 Main Profile (MP) encode, WMV9 MP encode, MPEG-2 encode, MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile encode/decode, DivX decode and MP3 encode.
  
  
• Hantro Pave's the Way for Microsoft Silverlight in Mobile (Thursday Apr. 26, 2007)
  Hantro's latest configurable hardware video IP, the 7190 Multi-format decoder, supports VC-1 video decoding up to 720p, 30fps. Optimized hardware design allows the IP core to run at an ultra low clock frequency, leading to very low power consumption, crucial for any chipset targeted for wireless handsets. Pure hardware implementation clearly outperforms all software video implementations including dedicated DSP video solutions.
  
  
• Renesas Technology Releases The Software Development Kit for Bluetooth Audio Products (Tuesday Apr. 24, 2007)
  Renesas Technology today announced the development of the SOUNDabout Suite as a software development kit (SDK) for microprocessors incorporating a 32-bit SuperH Family SH-4A, SH-2A, or SH3-DSP CPU core, for the development of high-sound-quality audio products using Bluetooth wireless communication technology.
  
  
• TI Makes ZigBee Available for Mass Market with Free Software Stack (Thursday Apr. 19, 2007)
  New Versions of ZigBee Development Kits and ZigBee 2006 Stack Now Available; Z-Stack Includes Support for TI's MSP430 Ultra-Low-Power MCUs
  
  
• Elliptic Extends Industry Leadership in NIST Validation (Tuesday Apr. 17, 2007)
  Security IP provider Elliptic today announced that its Ellipsys software has passed the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Suite defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
  
  
• Mercury Computer Systems Announces Collaboration with NTT-AT for a Cell BE Processor-Based Solution for AVC/H.264 Codec (Tuesday Apr. 17, 2007)
  Initial performance results show that the vector processing can be accelerated by more than an order of magnitude compared to existing solutions. NTT-AT plans to develop and sell image encoding system products based on this hybrid architecture.
  
  
• TOPPERS-Pro, the First Commercial Real-Time Operating System for Altera Nios II Multiprocessor Designs (Tuesday Apr. 17, 2007)
  Targeted at a wide variety of applications in the digital consumer, office equipment and automotive markets, this embedded solution addresses the performance, power consumption and radio noise emission requirements of today’s advanced systems.
  
  
• Tensilica Adds Support for Low-Cost, Hardware-Based Simulations of Diamond Standard Processors (Tuesday Apr. 17, 2007)
  Software developers can use these popular, very-low-cost FPGA boards, which allow Diamond Standard processor cores to run on Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs, to speed their software design, debug and program optimization processes.
  
  
• Gaisler Research Announces ThreadX RTOS Support for the LEON processor (Wednesday Apr. 11, 2007)
  ThreadX Port and Board Support Package is now available for the GNU based SW development environment
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Nucleus USB Software Receives High-Speed, On-The-Go Certification (Tuesday Apr. 10, 2007)
  The Nucleus USB software was tested and certified using the Mentor IP division's USB 2.0 multi-point, high-speed OTG controller, and subsequently granted use of the USB logo by the USB-IF. The rigorous testing assures developers that their Nucleus-based applications will pass USB-IF certification allowing them use of the USB logo on their products.
  
  
• Altera's Nios II Processor Supported by Vector Informatik's OSEK/VDX-Compliant RTOS for Automotive Applications (Tuesday Apr. 03, 2007)
  With osCAN support, automotive designers can, for the first time, leverage the flexibility of an FPGA-based embedded processor with the knowledge that they will meet the specifications set by Europe’s top automotive manufacturers.
  
  
• ARM Announces RealView Development Suite 3.1 For Low-Risk Embedded System Software Development (Monday Apr. 02, 2007)
  RealView Development Suite 3.1 provides performance improvements and tuning for ARM processor support, most notably by providing better optimization for the full Cortex processor family, including the just-announced Cortex-M1 processor, the first ARM product designed specifically for FPGA implementation.
  
  
• Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS Supports AMCC's PowerPC 405EZ Acadia Evaluation Kit (Monday Apr. 02, 2007)
  ThreadX will be available for the PowerPC 405EZ Acadia Evaluation Kit in May, with royalty-free, full source code licenses starting at $12,500.
  
  
• ByteTools' Low-Cost Catapult Probe Supports Tensilica's Processors (Tuesday Mar. 27, 2007)
  The high-performance, low-cost Catapult devices work out-of-the-box with Tensilica's software development tools, meaning that users need not install any additional software. Catapult probes interface to the standard XOCD 14-pin JTAG header, with Catapult EJ-1 offering an Ethernet host interface, and Catapult UJ-1 offering a USB host interface.
  
  
• Ocean Blue Releases DVB multi-mode software for entry-level NXP Semiconductors STB100 & STB200 hardware platforms (Monday Mar. 26, 2007)
  Ocean Blue Software, the specialist digital TV software developer, has released its DVB software products on NXP's entry-level Nexperia STB100 & STB200 platforms. The software provides an off-the-shelf solution for consumer electronics companies developing entry-level set-top boxes and digital TV products.
  
  
• Thin Multimedia to Develop a Multi-Standard Mobile TV Solution With Siano (Friday Mar. 23, 2007)
  Thin Multimedia, Inc. (TMI), a leading developer and provider of multimedia software solutions, and Siano Mobile Silicon, a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for Mobile Digital TV (MDTV), today announced that they entered into an agreement to collaborate on the creation of a multi-standard, integrated MobileTV platform
  
  
• Core Logic Now Runs SPIRIT Voice on its Mobile Processors (Tuesday Mar. 20, 2007)
  The Core Logic MAP is an ARM-based dedicated multimedia accelerator for multimedia-enabled mobile handsets. The MAP is already deployed by major Asia-based phone manufacturers.
  
  
• QuickLogic Delivers Ground-Breaking ArcticLink Solution Platform Tailored for the Mobile Market (Monday Mar. 19, 2007)
  The hardwired interfaces in the ArcticLink solution platform include a USB 2.0 High Speed On-the-Go (OTG) controller with integrated PHY and a SD/SDIO/MMC/CE-ATA host controller. The USB 2.0 OTG controller supports the maximum USB speed of up to 480 Mbps and can be configured as either a host or a device (OTG).