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Internet DVP Enlists Powerful Multi-Format Source Decoder
Digital video player (DVP) manufacturer Roku has opted for NXP’s PNX8935 multi-format source decoder in its products. The DVP allows instant streaming access to over 40,000 movies including many new releases, and commercial-free TV shows from Amazon Video On Demand.
Virtual Platform At Work On Next-Gen Spacecraft
Honeywell will use the Simics virtual platform as a simulation platform for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, NASA’s next-generation manned spacecraft. Simics will help to improve the product life cycle of Orion by providing a collaboration capability for software development at least 12 months before actual hardware availability, according to Virtutech.
MP3 Player Uses Broadcom’s Bluetooth Combo IC
Samsung Electronics has incorporated Broadcom Corp.’s BCM2048 single-chip Bluetooth/FM radio combination device into the award-winning YP-P3 MP3 player, according to Broadcom. Introduced at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show, the P3 media player was a Best of Show winner.
InfiniBand Interchanges With Fibre Channel And Ethernet
Mellanox is using its BridgeX InfiniBand chip as the centerpiece for a thrust into the enterprise computing space where large, networked storage is the norm. Technologies such as Fibre Channel and Ethernet-based iSCSI typically sit between the storage devices and the rest of the network.
Dev Kits 2009: Round 1
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at the latest collection of microcontroller development kits from Renesas Technology.
Multicore Heavy Hitters
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes Intel’s hex core Xeon, Nvidia’s latest GPU and XMos’ XC-1 multicore platforms for a spin.
E-Paper Leaps Forward As Automotive Radar And VME/VXS Hit The Road
As the global economy gets tighter, international companies look to each other to develop the next wave of technological innovation. For example, Nemoptic and Seiko Instruments will examine e-paper technology. Robert Bosch GmbH will take advantage of an Infineon chip to improve its automotive radar systems. And, Concurrent Technologies has turned to Intel’s 45-nm process for VME/VXE advances.
Java Eclipses ZigBee
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes Java for a Zigbee spin with Sentilla’s Perk and its Eclipse-based tool suite.
Point Of Sale Gets Long Life
Microsoft’s Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 is now available. It targets application areas like self-service checkout and digital signage. Also, it now supports USB boot and installation along with the latest point of sale (POS) for .NET, Silverlight 2.0, and crypto services. Extended support is available through 2019.
3U CompactPCI FPGA Delivers Flexible I/O
The trend toward more flexible I/O via FPGAs continues. The 3U CompactPCI MEN Micro F215 Universal Interface Board tasks an Altera Cyclone FPGA with I/O handling chores.
AMC Module Offers Four Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Kontron’s latest AMC offering targets the communication space. The conduction-cooled AM4101 AdvancedMC single-board computer (SBC) sports a 1.5-GHz Freescale dual-core MPC8641D PowerPC processor with 128-bit Altivec vector processing support. The board has up to 2 Gbytes of 600-MHz soldered SDRAM, 2 Gbytes of NAND flash memory with error correction coding (ECC), and four gigabit Ethernet ports, with two on the front panel.
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Distributed Media System Courtesy Of D-Link
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at D-Link’s DNS-321 NAS Media Server and the DSM-750 Wireless N HD Media Center.
STB SoC Powers Digital Media Player
2Wire has selected the BCM7405 digital set-top box system-on-a-chip (SoC) to power 2Wire’s new Mediapoint digital media player, according to Broadcom Corp. The MediaPoint player enables service providers to quickly provide their customers with entertainment offerings delivered directly to their TVs, including movies, video, music, and other on-demand Web-based media content, as well as personal music and video content.
Vudu: Movies On Demand
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at Vudu’s Internet movie delivery service and hardware.
USB Extension License Enhances KVM System
Thinklogical, a provider of KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) extension, switching, and secure console server devices, has incorporated Icron Technology’s ExtremeUSB Core Design License in the new VelocityKVM system.
Consumer Electronics Series: Archos 7 Mobile Video Player
Technology Editor Bill Wong takes a look at the Archos 7 mobile video player.
Seiko Picks Actel FPGA For Storage Viewers
Seiko Epson Corp. has selected Actel’s ProASIC3 FPGAs for use in the new Multimeter Storage Viewer P-7000 and P-6000.
Use DisplayPort In Your Next TV Application
DisplayPort, a new interface standard from the Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA), simplifies display design and its associated connections. It also supports higher resolutions with robust electrical characteristics. Although the immediate application of the DisplayPort interface is in notebooks and display monitors, it is designed to be robust for many embedded and internal applications, such as digital TVs.
Bosch To Use Infineon RASIC For Automotive Radar
The new (third-generation Long Range Radar) automotive radar sensor system from Robert Bosch GmbH will use a chip from Infineon Technologies’ (Radar System IC) product family. Bosch developed the LRR3 for adaptive cruise control at ranges up to 250 m. It is also used for predictive radar-based safety functions such as protective brake assist systems, collision warning features, and automatic emergency braking.
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