We roundup all the latest news and developments from the Embedded Systems Conference, Silicon Valley. Hosted at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, the conference runs from Monday 26 - 29 April.
ESC 2010
Wednesday 28 April
Microsoft gets embedded in media hubs
At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Microsoft announces Windows Embedded Standard 7, targeting specialised devices, such as thin clients, digital signage, industrial controls, set-top boxes, connected media devices (CMDs), and TVs.
Tuesday 27 April
Xilinx hardwires Cortex-A9 MPCore processor into FPGA
Xilinx has introduced its first FPGA design platform with an embedded ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor.
IAR development tool offers live power data
Embedded development firm IAR Systems is to link live power consumption data into its Embedded Workbench development and debugging environment.
Freescale SC3850 StarCore in general purpose processor
Freescale Semiconductor has used its high end SC3850 StarCore DSP core in a family of programmable digital signal processors (DSPs) aimed at applications in the medical, military/aerospace and test markets.
Monday 26 April
Green Hills Software helps Freescale in multicore RTOS support
Green Hills Software and Freescale Semiconductor have entered into a multi-year strategic agreement to develop and sell single and multicore operating systems and tools for Freescale's QorIQ and PowerQUICC processor families.
MIPS Sees Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity
Android, the mobile phone OS from Google, is the Trojan Horse for breaking the ARM/Symbian monopoly in the wireless industry, according to Sandeep Vij, CEO of MIPS, speaking at the Globalpress Summit Conference in Santa Cruz last night.
ESC 2009
Wednesday 1 April
OKL hypervisor runs Linux and RTOS on Motorola's QA4
Linux and an RTOS are running side by side on a single ARM processor in a retail phone, claims Chicago-based Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs).
Tuesday 31 March
Atmel offers custom ARM chips in 12 weeks
The programmable device also has power advantages over FPGAs. "Worst-case static power consumption for the CAP7L is between 3mW and 4mW - 98% less than the power consumed by a typical FPGA," said Atmel.
Luminary Micro Cortex-M3 dev kit supports SafeRTOS
The Stellaris DK-LM3S9B96 development platform features the LM3S9B96 MCU, which is based on the low-power revision of the ARM Cortex-M3 controller core operating at up to 80MHz.
Poll - Your next embedded microcontroller design
In the context of Embedded Systems Conference 2009, the first Electronics Weekly poll takes the temperature for future MCU development.
Monday 30 March
Microsoft embeds Visual Studio in MSDN
Microsoft has used the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose to announce a new Windows Embedded developer services initiative.
Altera and National show video reference design
Altera has teamed with National Semiconductor to develop graphics interface devices for in-car entertainment systems.
ARM shows fast multicore, with speedy prototype kit
ARM is lining up a couple of fast Cortex-A9 cores which will be introduced at Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose later today.
Pre-show News
Actel demos Cortex-M1 design in FPGA
The free training session on March 31st will use the company’s development kit for its Fusion mixed-signal FPGA
IAR Systems IAR Embedded Workbench for Atmel AT91SAM
Version 5.30 of the embedded workbench for ARM has enhanced debug facilities including views of core and peripheral registers for all AT91SAM devices.
Renesas puts multicores at centre of processor plans
The microcontroller specialist's 32-bit processor plans have started to take shape.
Altium Tasking TriCore VX-toolset v3.2 for embedded software
Enhanced with next generation Viper compiler technology, version 3.2 offers new features linked to Infineon's 32-bit TriCore MCUs.
NXP to show 'fully functioning' Cortex-M0 next week
On view at ESC will be further details of NXP's standalone ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller.
MPC Data and Renesas Little Blue Linux development kits
The first Little Blue Linux Professional SDK targets the popular low-cost RSK+7203 development kit from Renesas Technology Europe.
Infineon PK51 developments tools
Infineon Technologies is offering free tool chains for its latest 8-bit and 16-bit flash microcontrollers.
See also: Electronics Weekly Live, the "How To" exhibition and conference taking place within National Electronics Week, 16 - 19 June, Earls Court 2. Themes of the show are: Eco-Design, Embedded processor design, Using Linux, Power-efficient design, Test for embedded systems, Wireless system design.
2008
The 2008 Embedded Systems Conference, Silicon Valley, was hosted at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose. The conference ran from 14 - 18 April.
Tuesday 15 April 2008
MIPS tool finds code hot spots
Embedded System Conference in Silicon Valley - McEnery Convention Center, San Jose.13:34 15 Apr 2008
MIPS Technologies introduces what it claims is the first hot spot analyser (HSA) for Linux Kernel profiling at the Embedded System Conference in Silicon Valley.
16-bit microcontroller has 100nA standby, says Microchip
Microchip Technology claims to offer the lowest power 16-bit microcontroller which has a standby current of just 100nA.
Monday 14 April 2008
ARM cuts power of Cortex-M3 processor
Building on the success of its Cortex-M3 processor core, the Cambridge-based developer has added a new Wake-Up Interrupt (WIC) controller which allows what the company called an "almost instantaneous return to fully active mode from an ultra-low leakage retention state".
Freescale and Xilinx amongst early movers in San Jose
The Embedded Systems Conference kicks off in San Jose, California today (Monday) and some of the early movers are Freescale with an LCD Coldfire microprocessor, Atmel with Linux OS support and Xilinx with an embedded development platform for 65nm Virtex-5 FPGAs.
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