Not yet an E-Letter subscriber? Sign up for scheduled delivery!
s s
July 2008
Newswire DSP-FPGA.com
Innovative Integration
Innovative Integration
NIWeek 2008
NIWeek 2008
PLDA
PLDA
articles

Editorial
Virtualization yields hardware optimization and new embedded architectures

By Chris A. Ciufo, Editor
Virtualization yields hardware optimization and new embedded architecturesI’ve written in this space many times about multicore processors, serial switched fabrics, and virtual environments. But for the years I’ve been pontificating, I’ve always assumed that each stood on its own merits.

Signage and Cell Phones
Signs of the TimesSigns of the Times
By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor
At the previous 2007 3GSM World Congress, all of the signage plastered around the Bull Ring adjacent to the Congress (and seemingly everywhere else in town) was dominated by Motorola. This year, the extensive signage was replaced by Samsung, clearly evidence of Motorola's displacement from the number-two cell phone supplier rank.
FPGAs
Stretching the boundaries for FPGAs and peopleStretching the boundaries for FPGAs and people
By Staff
Q&A with Jeff Kodosky, Co-Founder and Technology Fellow, National Instruments.
Signal Processing
Signal processing in FPGAs goes mainstreamSignal processing in FPGAs goes mainstream
By Staff
Jeff gives us further insight in this exclusive interview as to how signal processing using FPGAs has changed, and how customers are benefitting from the improvements.
FPGAs
“Projecting” images in radar and medical applications“Projecting” images in radar and medical applications
By David Pointer, SRC Computers
An FPGA contributes to a reconfigurable system’s performance by allowing a programmer to explicitly and completely dedicate a device to the solution of the regular, uninterrupted streaming aspects of a program.
Power Management
Power consumption as the competitive advantagePower consumption as the competitive advantage
By John East, Actel Corporation
Our exclusive interview sheds light on how Actel’s strategy and technology are reshaping programmable logic for the latest power-sensitive applications.
Programmable Logic: FPGAs & Reconfigurable ComputingProgrammable Logic: FPGAs & Reconfigurable Computing(PDF)
By OpenSystems Publishing
To download the entire supplement, FPGAs and Reconfigurable Computing," check out the link above.


Technical Sessions

Avnet Offers New Xilinx On-Ramp Technical Sessions for FPGA Design

Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. has launched eight new On-Ramp Technical Sessions featuring programmable solutions from Xilinx.

Avnet subject matter experts are visiting customers across the globe to present the latest On-Ramp Technical Sessions featuring live presentations and demonstrations. On-Ramps are offered free of charge for qualified Avnet customers.

New On-Ramp sessions include: Introduction to FPGA Design, Introduction to the MicroBlaze processor, Spartan-3A FPGA Configuration Techniques, The Cypress PSoC as an FPGA Companion Chip, Virtex-5 FXT Platform PowerPC Processor, and several others.



Products
Innovative Integration
Innovative Integration
New! X3-Servo PCI Express XMC Module from Innovative Integration MORE
Connect Tech Inc.
Connect Tech Inc.
Virtex-5 & Spartan-3E FPGA reconfigurable computing boardsMORE
VMETRO
VMETRO
VXS/VITA-41 Digital Signal Processor blends Freescale MPC8641D Dual-Core Processor with 2 Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAsMORE
Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc.
Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc.
Offers Dual Twelve Bit 2.3 or 1.5 GSps DAC I/O CardMORE
PLDA
PLDA
Get a proven FPGA solution from PLDA - reduce your lead time and costMORE
NIWeek 2008
NIWeek 2008
Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference and ExhibitionMORE



embedded webcast schedule
September 1812:00 AM EDT
Registration: OPEN
(12PM EDT) TechCast: Simplifying the Migration to Multicore with On-Chip Debugging Solutions for Freescale Semiconductor Technology
Presented by: Wind River Systems and Freescale
Speakers: Steve Veneman (Product Line Manager, Wind River Systems) and Toby Foster (Product Marketing Manager, Freescale)Moderator: No Moderator
September 162:00 PM EDT
Registration: OPEN
Providing a DO-178B Level A Software Programming Environment For The Boeing 787 Avionics Software
Presented by: AdaCore, Verocel and Wind River Systems
Speakers: Greg Gicca (Director of Safety and Security Product Marketing, AdaCore), George Romanski(President,Verocel), and Chip Downing (Senior Industry Marketing Manager, Wind River Systems)Moderator: Chris Ciufo
For additional webcasts, check out the E-cast Archive.

embedded webcast schedule
Exactly When Do You Need Real Time?6/24/08
Presented by: QNX Software Systems
Speaker: Jeff Schaffer (Senior Field Applications Engineer, QNX Software Systems)Moderator: Curt Schwaderer
For additional webcasts, check out the E-cast Archive.


©MMVIII. An OpenSystems Publishing, LLC publication.