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• Software Radio Transceiver Module Boosts FPGA, Memory and ADC Resources for Complex Wideband Multi-Channel Systems (Wednesday Jul. 05, 2006)
  Dual Virtex-4 FPGAs Provide Configurable DSP and High-Speed Interfaces
  
  
• Mobilic Introduces New Portable Multimedia Development Kit (Monday Jul. 03, 2006)
  Mobilic Technology Corporation, a leading designer of SoC solutions for mobile products, today announced its new, portable multimedia device solution that combines the features of a digital camera, a personal media player (PMP), Java games, Web browsing a
  
  
• Altium releases TASKING VX-toolset for Altera's Nios II embedded processors (Thursday Jun. 29, 2006)
  Altium's TASKING VX-toolset for the Nios II embedded processor operates seamlessly within the Nios II Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and acts as a 'drop in' replacement to Altera's standard GNU C compiler (GCC) to deliver significantly enhanced
  
  
• SoftRISC to Provide Robust and Reliable Voice over WiFi for Symbol Mobile Computers (Thursday Jun. 29, 2006)
  SoftRISC’s field-proven solutions enable superior voice quality, while simultaneously eliminating the need for separate DSP and AEC chips by software implementation on host CPUs
  
  
• GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Introduces the Industry's Only COTS 10Mbit MIL-STD-1553 PMC Module (Tuesday Jun. 27, 2006)
  Utilizing the latest 1553 Intellectual Property, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has been able to greatly increase the features in a COTS 1553 avionics interface
  
  
• Hantro Announces the Availability of a Full Suite of DirectShow Filters for Windows Mobile and Windows CE 5.0 (Monday Jun. 19, 2006)
  Providing encode and decode support for MPEG-4, H.263 and H.264 / AVC video standards, GSM-AMR and AAC+ audio support, .3gp /.mp4 file format and 3GPP compliant streaming, the filters enable maximum compatibility and the fast deployment of leading edge wi
  
  
• Mentor Graphics and Global Edge Software Bring H.264 Digital Video Standard Support to Multimedia Applications (Wednesday Jun. 14, 2006)
  Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that it has teamed up with Global Edge Software to offer multimedia application developers H.264 technology for the Nucleus® PLUS real-time operating system (RTOS)
  
  
• Tendril Releases Its Software on Chipcon Platform From TI (Wednesday Jun. 14, 2006)
  Tendril Redcliff Release v1.1 system software is a platform-agnostic solution for customers seeking to quickly and easily deploy Wireless Sensor and Control Network (WSCN) applications.
  
  
• Enea announces OSEck DSP RTOS for the LSI ZSP500 signal processor (Monday Jun. 12, 2006)
  Enea, the world leader in advanced device software, today announced the availability of its OSEck real-time operating system (RTOS) for the LSI Logic ZSP500 digital signal processor
  
  
• Enea's OSEck DSP RTOS Available for StarCore SC1000 and SC2000 DSP Cores (Monday Jun. 12, 2006)
  StarCore DSPs and OSEck RTOS provide ideal platform for converged mobile multimedia applications
  
  
• Oki Announces the World's First Complete, Easy to use ARM-Based ZigBee Developer's Kit (Wednesday Jun. 07, 2006)
  Oki Semiconductor, a leading technology partner for the new era of digital communications and convergence, today announced the availability of a low-cost, full-featured development kit for its IEEE802.15.4 based ML7065 2.4GHz ZigBee compatible radio.
  
  
• Atmel Launches Industry's First Family of Real-time, Flash-based ARM9 MCUs (Tuesday Jun. 06, 2006)
  Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the industry's first family of ARM9-based Flash microcontrollers optimized for real-time embedded applications that have outgrown the ARM7™
  
  
• LongBoard and HelloSoft Form Partnership to Bring 3GPP-Compliant Fixed Mobile Convergence Solutions to Carriers and Service Providers (Monday Jun. 05, 2006)
  LongBoard, Inc., a leading provider of carrier-grade software that enables converged voice and multimedia services, and HelloSoft, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance communications IP for next generation VoIP, WLAN, VoWLAN, and cellular devices
  
  
• Renesas Technology Releases SH7263 and SH7203 SuperH Microcontrollers with On-Chip USB2.0 Host (Monday Jun. 05, 2006)
  Renesas Technology Corp. today announced a total of five SH7263 and SH7203 high-performance microcontroller models with a 200 MHz maximum operating frequency, incorporating a SuperH™*1 Family SH2A-FPU CPU core and a Host interface supporting the USB (Univ
  
  
• MQX Embedded and iSYSTEM Announce Integration of the MQX® RTOS with iSYSTEM Emulators (Friday Jun. 02, 2006)
  MQX Embedded, a division of ARC International (LSE: ARK) that is focused on the software needs of embedded system developers, and iSYSTEM AG, a manufacturer of emulation and debugging tools, today announced that the iSYSTEM winIDEA software has been adapt
  
  
• AMD Announces Initiatives To Elevate AMD64 As Platform For System- And Industry-Wide Innovation (Thursday Jun. 01, 2006)
  AMD released details around its next-generation microprocessor architecture; system-level technology initiatives that are designed to enable greater interoperability and value-added design opportunities for partners using AMD platforms; and advances in AM
  
  
• Oki Semiconductor and Integration Associates Announce Industry's First Commercially Available ARM7-Based ZigBee Solution (Wednesday May. 31, 2006)
  Oki Semiconductor, a leading technology partner for the new era of digital communications and convergence, and Integration Associates (IAI), today announced the industry's first commercially available ARM-based ZigBee platform.
  
  
• Transmeta Delivers Specialized Processor to Support Microsoft's Pay-as-you-go Computing With FlexGo for Emerging Markets (Monday May. 22, 2006)
  Transmeta today announced that it has developed a specialized Efficeon® microprocessor and a robust reference system platform specifically designed to support FlexGo(TM), Microsoft's new technology that enables subscription and pay-as-you-go computing mo
  
  
• Nero Introduces Reference Quality Nero Digital Audio MPEG-4 and 3G Encoding Software; Free download is available for personal use via Nero website (Wednesday May. 17, 2006)
  Nero, the leaders in digital media technology, today announced that the Nero Digital Audio reference quality MPEG-4 audio encoding software is now available free of charge via download from the company’s website
  
  
• D2 Technologies Launches ARM VoIP Solution on TI OMAP Platforms (Tuesday May. 16, 2006)
  D2 Technologies announces today that its vPort(TM) VoIP software has been implemented on the ARM926e RISC processor embedded within the Texas Instruments OMAP 1710 and OMAP 850 SoC (system on a chip).
  
  
• Denali Announces Embedded Software Product (Monday May. 15, 2006)
  Denali Software today announced its first embedded software product offering, the Spectra™ flash file system.
  
  
• CSR to combine high-performance, low-power Bluetooth reference designs with Freescale platforms (Wednesday May. 10, 2006)
  CSR's BlueCore hardware and software for Bluetooth will be combined with Freescale's 2.5G, 2.75G and 3G mobile phone platforms and the i.MX family of applications processors.
  
  
• Atmel Chooses LinuxLink by TimeSys as Linux Solution for Developers Targeting Latest ARM-based Processors (Wednesday May. 03, 2006)
  As an OnBoard Program member, the latest Linux® optimizations developed by Atmel for recently released and forthcoming ARM-based processors will be made available to developers through LinuxLink subscriptions.
  
  
• Freescale Opens QUICC Engine(TM) Technology to Embedded Developers (Tuesday May. 02, 2006)
  Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) has introduced the Open QUICC Engine(TM) developer program for third-party developers and customers who want to optimize the communications functionality of applications that leverage Freescale's QUICC Engin
  
  
• IPFlex and Sobal Co-Develop FFT Development Kit for DAPDNA-2; Starts Shipping Today-Sobal Joins DAPDNA Partner Program (Thursday Apr. 27, 2006)
  IPFlex Inc. and Sobal Corporation announced today that they have started to ship FFT Development Kit for DAPDNA-2, jointly developed by the two companies. The FFT/IFFT library in the kit was developed by Sobal.
  
  
• WWComs Announces High Profile HD H.264/AVC Encoder at the National Association of Broadcasters Show (Monday Apr. 24, 2006)
  The VIP-264-HP is based on DSP technology from Texas Instruments and FPGA technology from Altera and achieves bit rate reductions of more than 60% over standards such MPEG 2 at exceptional video quality. The H.264 coding standard enables broadcasters to m
  
  
• TI MCUs Address Emerging Requirements of Complex, Embedded Applications; Ultra-Low Power MSP430FG461x Sampling Today and ARM7(R)-based TMS470R1B1M MCUs Available in Volume Quantities Now (Monday Apr. 24, 2006)
  Addressing the increasing complexity of deeply embedded applications with new MCUs and increased on-chip flash memory, Texas Instruments announced sampling of the new MSP430FG461x series of ultra-low power MCUs with up to 120KB flash memory, and volume av
  
  
• S3 demonstrates interoperability with live Modeo DVB-H broadcast at CTIA Wireless (Wednesday Apr. 05, 2006)
  Today at CTIA Wireless, Silicon & Software Systems (S3) demonstrated interoperability between its Mobile DTV software stack, onHandTV™ and the live Modeo DVB-H broadcast.
  
  
• GDA Technology Pioneers Smart Phone Reference Platform (Tuesday Apr. 04, 2006)
  GDA Technologies, Inc., the fast-growing Silicon Valley-based IP and Electronic Design Services Company, has introduced a modular phone reference board design for remarkably reducing development time for enhanced multimedia feature cellular phones and spe
  
  
• Mentor Graphics' Nucleus RTOS and EDGE Tool Suite Support MIPS32 34K Family of Processor (Tuesday Apr. 04, 2006)
  Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that the Nucleus® real-time operating system (RTOS) and the Eclipse-powered EDGE™ Tool Suite now support the MIPS32® 34K™ multi-threading processor core family from MIPS Technologies, Inc.