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• Micrium uC/OS-II RTOS Support Now Available for Tensilica’s Diamond Standard and Xtensa Configurable Processors (Wednesday Sep. 06, 2006)
  Tensilica, Inc. and Micrium announced that Micrium’s uC/OS-II RTOS (real-time operating system) now supports Tensilica’s Diamond Standard and Xtensa configurable processors.
  
  
• ZiLOG(R) to Offer Developer Studio II Software via Free Download (Wednesday Aug. 30, 2006)
  ZiLOG(R), Inc., a leading provider of integrated microcontrollers (MCUs) and universal remote control solutions, today announced that its ZiLOG Developer Studio II (ZDS II) software has been made available free of charge via download from the Company's we
  
  
• TIVR announces availability of highly optimized VC-1 Video Decoder for Mobile Devices (Friday Aug. 25, 2006)
  TIVR Communications, a leading provider of efficient multimedia solutions, today announced the availability of highly optimized SMPTE VC-1 Simple & Main Profile (Microsoft’s WMV9) video decoder software for Mobile and Embedded platforms.
  
  
• Independent Benchmark Scores Show Freescale's Industry Leading MSC8144 DSP Soars against the Competition (Thursday Aug. 24, 2006)
  Freescale Device is Top Performer among Fully Programmable DSPs Tested by BDTI
  
  
• Mercury Computer Systems Ships Industry's First COTS Wideband Remote Fiber Transceiver (Thursday Aug. 24, 2006)
  Mercury's Mixed-Signal Module Brings Receive/Transmit Signal Conversion Close to the Antennas
  
  
• Global Edge Software Ltd, Develops a H.264 Video Decoder (Monday Aug. 21, 2006)
  Global Edge Software Ltd, a leading Embedded Software Engineering and Services company has developed a base line H.264 Video Decoder that is fully compliant with ITU-T H.264 recommendation also referred as ISO/IEC 14496-10 or Advanced Video Coding standar
  
  
• Atmel and Jungo Announce Availability of Jungo's USBware Software Protocol Stacks for Atmel's AT91 Smart ARM Microcontrollers (Monday Aug. 21, 2006)
  Atmel's AT91 Smart ARM Microcontrollers, Integrated with Jungo's USBware - Embedded USB Software Solutions - Provide Developers with a Complete Hardware and Software Host/Device Production-Ready USB Solution
  
  
• MindTree's Bluetooth Stack support Content Protection Schemes (Thursday Aug. 17, 2006)
  MindTree Bluetooth protocol stacks support negotiation of SCMS-T (Serial Copy Management System) content protection method. This method has been tested with various products for audio streaming
  
  
• IAR Systems launches low-cost evaluation kit for Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S102 (Thursday Aug. 17, 2006)
  New starter kit includes free IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart for ARM with Cortex M3 support, enabling full production use with the LM3S102 device
  
  
• Altera and Elektrobit Offer First OBSAI RP3-01 Development Kits for Wireless Base Station Designs (Tuesday Aug. 15, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) and Elektrobit Group Plc. (HEX:EBG1V) today announced the availability of the industry‘s first development kits for designing applications in compliance with the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) Reference
  
  
• Dolby Laboratories and MIPS Technologies Poised to Deliver Next-Generation Audio Technology for Set-Top Box, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc Markets (Monday Aug. 14, 2006)
  MIPS becomes first processor IP company to support Dolby Digital Plus; provides SoC designers with quick, low-risk approach for advanced format in home entertainment audio applications
  
  
• SafeNet Introduces Sentinel RMSe; The First and Only Feature Control and Licensing Solution Designed Specifically for Embedded Systems (Monday Aug. 14, 2006)
  Embedded vendors can realize increased software revenue by enabling additional features that can then be sold on a per feature basis. This allows vendors to build incremental value and optimize revenues by pricing and selling the software and features sep
  
  
• VeriSilicon Launches GSM-AMR-WB (G.722.2) Wideband Codec on ZSP(R) for 3G Wireless and VoIP Applications (Monday Aug. 07, 2006)
  G.722.2 is the compression standard for voice sampled at 16KHz, covering the audio frequencies from 50Hz to 7KHz and improving the intelligibility of speech compared to narrow band codecs such as G.711 and G.729
  
  
• W&W Communications Announces Multi-Channel, Low-Latency Video Transcoder Suite for IMS Gateway Applications (Monday Aug. 07, 2006)
  W&W Communications' transcoder suite brings optimized channel/watt benefits for multi-format transcoding of H.264, H.263+, H.263 and MPEG-4 SP streams
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Delivers First Hardware/Software Processor Support Package for the ARM Cortex-M3 Processor (Tuesday Aug. 01, 2006)
  Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the availability of the first Mentor processor support package for the ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor, which works with Mentor Graphics’ Seamless® tool to expose hardware/software integration errors inherent in proce
  
  
• Imagination Technologies enables mobile content creation across widest range of platforms; Launches PowerVR Insider SDK 1.9 (Tuesday Aug. 01, 2006)
  The PowerVR Insider SDK is the most exhaustively proven and comprehensive toolkit for mobile and embedded content developers
  
  
• Wind River Contributes Over 300,000 Lines of Code to the Eclipse Foundation (Monday Jul. 31, 2006)
  Device Software Optimization Leader Deepens Commitment to Open Standards by Donating Intellectual Property to the C/C++ Development Tools, Platform, Target Management, and Device Debugging Projects Within Eclipse
  
  
• TTPCom's software is first portable 3G protocol stack to achieve full GCF and IOT accreditation (Friday Jul. 28, 2006)
  TTPCom today announces that its 3G dual-mode protocol technology has successfully passed GCF and IOT testing and is currently undergoing final carrier acceptance trials.
  
  
• GDA Technologies Announces Availability of Advanced Mezzanine Reference Platform for Freescale's High-Performance MPC8548E PowerQUICC(TM) III Processor (Thursday Jul. 27, 2006)
  The MPC8548E-based AMC is designed with high-performance Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and up to 8 lanes of PCI Express for embedded applications in broadband telecommunications and data communications networks
  
  
• Hantro Enables Multimedia Applications on Freescale's i.MX31 applications processor, i.300 and MXC cellular platforms (Wednesday Jul. 26, 2006)
  Hantro, the leading provider of video technology for mobile handsets, today announced immediate availability of its 8300 Multi-Media Engine for Freescale’s i.MX21, i.MX31, MXC300-30, and i.300 application development suites.
  
  
• Comneon Announces General Availability of its APOXI Application Framework Software for Mobile Phones (Wednesday Jul. 26, 2006)
  The newest version of the Framework, APOXI 3.0, features a customizable interface for fast and efficient porting to various mobile phone platforms.
  
  
• Express Logic Announces ThreadX(R) RTOS Support for Luminary Micro's Stellaris(TM) Microcontrollers (Tuesday Jul. 25, 2006)
  Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that Express Logic's ThreadX(R) RTOS now supports Luminary Micro's Stellaris microcontrollers based on the ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 microcontroller c
  
  
• ARM Announces RealView System Generator: Fast Virtual Prototypes For Real-Time System Interaction (Monday Jul. 24, 2006)
  Generates instruction-accurate prototypes for embedded software developers and multimedia creative professionals
  
  
• TTPCom announces availability of 3G DigRF interface module (Wednesday Jul. 19, 2006)
  This extends to dual system 3G chipsets the benefits of DigRF which include; greater integration, reduced component count, easier board level design and manufacturing and plug and play flexibility between RF and Baseband ICs
  
  
• ATEME launches EASEE: Audio/Video Software System for TI's DaVinci Technology (Thursday Jul. 13, 2006)
  Enabling developers to benefit from all the various capabilities of Texas Instruments Incorporated’s (TI) DaVinci technology, ATEME has developed an Audio/Video Software System called EASEE
  
  
• ATEME launches EASEE: Audio/Video Software System for TI's DaVinci Technology (Thursday Jul. 13, 2006)
  Enabling developers to benefit from all the various capabilities of Texas Instruments Incorporated’s (TI) DaVinci technology, ATEME has developed an Audio/Video Software System called EASEE
  
  
• Faraday and ITRI Jointly Launch the Highly Competitive VoIP Middleware (Wednesday Jul. 12, 2006)
  With no PC required, it is designed to address communication needs anytime anywhere as well as facilitate the access to the business trip and SOHO markets
  
  
• TietoEnator joins TTPCom's AJAR Platform ecosystem (Monday Jul. 10, 2006)
  TTPCom today announces that TietoEnator, one of Europe's largest IT and software services providers, has joined the AJAR Platform ecosystem.
  
  
• Renesas Technology Releases SH-MobileL3V Application Processor for Digital TV Broadcast Capable Mobile Phones (Monday Jul. 10, 2006)
  On-chip high-performance image processing engine enabling VGA-size video recording and playback
  
  
• Renesas Technology Releases SBC Middleware for SH3-DSP CPU Core Compliant with Bluetooth® Technology A2DP Audio Profile (Friday Jul. 07, 2006)
  Renesas Technology Corp. today announced SBC Middleware software supporting the SBC (Subband Codec) audio data coding method stipulated in Bluetooth*1 technology for short-range wireless communications, for microprocessors incorporating Renesas Technology