Dedicated Systems e-Spotlight: Vol 9, Issue 5s published on February 7, 2008
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Thames Innovation Centre
Creative Thinking Workshop - Survival of the Most Creative
"It's not the strongest who will survive but the most creative!"
These are the words of Simon Middleton.
Simon Middleton is fast becoming one of the most respected experts on brand develop...
"It's not the strongest who will survive but the most creative!"
These are the words of Simon Middleton.
Simon Middleton is fast becoming one of the most respected experts on brand development and creative thinking. On the evening of the 18th March, Simon will be holding a Creative Thinking Workshop at the Thames Innovation Centre in London, UK.
During this workshop Simon will share his thoughts, experiences and ideas; discussing a wide range of issues that are key to business success in today's highly competitive global economy. Simon's previous events have repeatedly attracted entrepreneurs, technologists, marketing and design professionals and managers in both the private and public sectors.
Although Simon has helped to develop n...
Date : Jan 29, 2008
SPOTLIGHT SELECTION
This is the spotlight edition of our e-gazette. You can still find all submitted announcements on our website.
Boards
Pentek
Pentek Announces Industry´s First VME/VXS Board With Unique Combination of PowerPC, FPGA and Multiple High-Speed Gigabit Serial Interfaces
Building upon the success and wide market acceptance of Pentek´s previous processor board designs, this new board employs Freescale's MPC8641D Dual Core PowerPC AltiVecT Processor and a Xilinx Virtex-4 FX Series...
· Freescale's latest PowerPC processor, now with the AltiVecT engine
· Fabric-transparent gigabit serial crossbar switch
· Support for PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, Fibre Channel, Xilinx Aurora and more
· Xilinx Virtex FPGA for custom programming and gigabit serial I/O
· Dual Optical Fibre Channel interface for 800 MB/sec recording/playback
· Two PMC/XMC-module hosted sites for flexible I/O
· VITA-41 VXS interface with dual 1.25 GB/sec 4X ports
· Dual gigabit Ethernet interfaces
· Availability of ruggedized versions
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ-January 28, 2008-Pentek, Inc., one of the pioneers of VME board-level technology, today released its Model 4207, the company's flagship product for high-performance digital signal processing and data-acqui...
Date: Jan 31, 2008
Industry News (Market)
Energi Technical
Thames Innovation Centre to Host Embedded Masterclass 2008
This year's UK Embedded Masterclass event is to be held at the new Thames Innovation Centre, an £8.2M eco building developed for the engineering, science and technology sectors....
Technical Marketing Specialist, Energi, has announced that this year's UK Embedded Masterclass event is to be held at the new Thames Innovation Centre, an £8.2M eco building developed for the engineering, science and technology sectors. The UK Embedded Masterclass conference for hi-tech engineers is now in its 6th year and this year's event, to take place on the 8th May, is expected to build on its previous success.
The Thames Innovation Centre represents a new breed of commercial buildings. As well as housing stylish offices, conference rooms and a cafe area, the entire building has been built to minimise its environmental impact. Using geothermic heating from the ground, solar panels for water heating and intelligent lighting systems that maximise the use of daylight, th...
Date: Feb 05, 2008
Dolomite
Dolomite Introduces Microfluidic Technology into Japan
Dolomite has announced the appointment of Hansen & Co Ltd in Japan as a distributor for their microfluidic services and capabilities....
UK microfluidics company Dolomite has announced the appointment of Hansen & Co Ltd in Japan as a distributor for their microfluidic services and capabilities. Hansen & Co will work with local clients helping secure new business opportunities and managing customer relations for Dolomite in Japan.
"This is an exciting development for us," said Gillian Davis, Commercial Director of Dolomite. "This appointment reflects the increasing level of interest we are experiencing around the world from customers interested in working with us to bring their microfluidic concepts to market. Appointing a technical company as experienced and capable as Hansen & Co will be instrumental in helping to secure business and manage customer relations in this territory."
Microfluidics, also known as ...
Date: Feb 05, 2008
Datalight, Inc.
Datalight Flash File System for Linux Offers 400% Faster Performance than JFFS2
For years Linux developers have struggled to squeeze maximum performance out of two legacy flash file systems, JFFS2 and YAFFS2, but with adoption rates for Linux climbing ever higher and a responsive user experience bec...
BOTHELL, Wash., - January 24, 2008 - Datalight Inc., long-time maker of flash file systems known for fast performance and solid reliability, today announced it will release a Linux version of its flash file system platform in February. The platform, a combination of Datalight Reliance high-integrity file system and FlashFX Pro intelligent flash media manager, deliver 400% faster write performance and 5 times faster mount speeds when compared to JFFS2.
First introduced in 1998, the company´s flash file system products are deployed with four of the top six handset manufacturers and an impressive list of communications, military, aerospace, and industrial customers due to their performance, reliability, and time-to-market advantages. The new Linux version builds on the company´s...
Date: Feb 01, 2008
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