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Embedded Vision Alliance Forms to Catalyze Practical Applications of Computer Vision

May 31, 2011 |

Posted in Automotive, Benchmarks, Processors, Software Development, Technical Marketing, Tools, Video

A new industry association, the Embedded Vision Alliance, is being formed to help embedded system designers harness computer vision in their products. BDTI, which has initiated the partnership, believes that computer vision—extracting meaning from images and video—is poised to

July 29, 2010 |

Posted in Audio, Automotive, Benchmarks, Low-Power, Processors, Software Development, Tools

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This spring, ARM added the Cortex-M4 digital signal controller (DSC) to its processor core line-up. This product brings digital signal processing capabilities to ARM’s microcontroller core line (the Cortex-M family). At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose in April, NXP

May 20, 2010 |

Posted in Automotive, Communication, FPGAs, Low-Power, Processors, Software Development, Tools, Video

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Xilinx recently unveiled a new chip architecture integrating an ARM processor with an FPGA fabric. This platform centers around a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor complex, including hardened memory interfaces and peripherals. The platform architecture, shown in Figure 1, is intended to

June 17, 2009 |

Posted in Automotive, Processors

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Earlier this month Texas Instruments announced that it had acquired Luminary Micro, a start-up fabless semiconductor vendor that sold ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers. Luminary’s “Stellaris” family of Cortex-M3 MCUs has been on the market since 2006. Current Stellaris chips

November 14, 2007 |

Posted in Automotive, Opinion

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Do you ever look at a piece of hardware and wonder, “Why, oh why, did they build it like that?” This is what I’m thinking as I look at my 2001 Volkswagen Passat, a car that is now completely dysfunctional because of an unfortunate (yet easily foreseen) intersection of

July 18, 2007 |

Posted in Automotive, FPGAs, Low-Power, Tools

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In June Atmel announced the Customizable Atmel Processor (CAP), a family of customizable microcontrollers, and two initial devices. Customization in the CAP is achieved via a gate array block in which users can implement functions ranging from processor cores and peripherals to algorithm

Freescale Unveils Dual-Core Audio DSPs

January 17, 2007 |

Posted in Audio, Automotive, Processors

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On January 3rd, Freescale announced the first dual-core members of its Onyx family of audio DSPs. The first two chips in the family, the DSP56720 and DSP56721, feature two DSP5636x cores operating at 200 MHz. The chips mainly target high-definition audio processing in

November 15, 2006 |

Posted in Automotive, Processors, Software Development, Tools, Video

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Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) this week announced four new “DaVinci”-branded processors: the TMS320DM6437, TMS320DM6435, TMS320DM6433 and TMS320DM6431. Priced at $10-23, the media processors target video applications in the car and the home. (All prices in this article are for 10,000

November 15, 2006 |

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This week, Analog Devices introduced four new members of its Blackfin processor family: the ADSP-BF549, ‘BF548, ‘BF544, and ‘BF542. These new devices will operate at clock speeds of up to 600 MHz and are intended mainly for automotive applications that incorporate signal

October 18, 2006 |

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In September, Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) announced the TMS320C6720 floating-point DSP. Operating at 200 MHz and priced at a modest $5.75 (unless otherwise stated, all prices mentioned in this article are for 10,000 unit quantities), the chip is the latest and least expensive member of

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