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Cooperation between German and Chinese Test Specialists Asia remains the main focus of Goepel electronics global expansion of innovative JTAG/Boundary Scan test solutions. With the high-tech enterprise Watertek Information Technology Co. Ltd, Goepel electronics welcomes another Asian member in his GATE partner network. The aim of this cooperation is the special application development and practical implementation of the latest JTAG/Boundary Scan solutions. Watertek Information Technology Co. Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Beijing, with offices in different locations across China. The company is specialized in
PikeOS Powers Communication Platform from X-ES
Sysgo is announcing the support of its precertified hypervisor PikeOS for the XPedite6101 Single Board Computer (SBC) from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES). The XPedite6101 is based on a Freescale QorIQ architecture with T1042 processor, designed for high-performance networks. PikeOS adds key features like real-time, as well as safety and security, to a cost-effective and energy-efficient platform for critical networks and telecommunication applications in the Internet of Things (IoT). The XPedite6101 provides a compact and costeffective rugged computing solution with excellent processing performance-per-watt. It supports multiple processor configurations and up to 8 GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM and also supports a number of high-performance I/O options. By supporting DPAA (Data Path Acceleration Architecture), PikeOS enables the developer to reach network performance goals while distributing the networkprocessing workload to different cores of the QorIQ T1042 architecture, which has four e5500 cores running at up to 1.4 GHz. PikeOS is a hypervisor intended for embedded systems with safety and security requirements. With real-time, virtualization and partitioning, it provides all the features needed to build today’s multi-functional and highly-integrated devices. The PikeOS architecture creates a foundation for critical systems allowing official approval by the authorities regarding safety and security standards. PikeOS is the only European software platform for smart devices in the Internet-of-Things. 8 | RTC Magazine FEBRUARY 2015
embedded system and testing services for various sectors such as transport, energy and military & defense. The aim of the global alliance program, GATE, is the application-specific transfer of Goepel electronic’s JTAG/Boundary Scan product portfolio into a variety of specific custom test instruments through close cooperation. Thereby, ESA technologies (Embedded System Access) are intended to be offered even more easily to the user. The GATE program is available in three different levels, ranging from the Associated Member followed by Selected Members and to the highest level – Center of Expertise (CoE), cooperating with Goepel electronic as a strategic development partner, such as Watertek Information & Technology.
Dedicated Computing Joins the Intel Cluster Ready Program for Bioinformatics Research Dedicated Computing, a global technology company, announced its participation in the Intel Cluster Ready program to deliver integrated high-performance computing (HPC) cluster solutions to the Life Sciences market. Powered by Intel Xeon processors, Dedicated Computing is offering a family of purpose-built analytics and storage clusters for use in bioinformatics research. Dedicated Computing’s HPC cluster, built upon Intel Cluster Ready architecture, will provide a fully integrated and optimized cluster. From entry level, compact clusters, featuring four multi-core homogeneous nodes, to those with hundreds of heterogeneous computing nodes, and combined with 20 Terabytes to multiple Petabytes of object store, these scalable solutions will be able to support the massive amounts of data that needs to be analyzed, interpreted and stored. These integrated cluster solutions contain securely maintained open source software stacks and cluster management that are designed to accelerate time-to-market, minimize costly validation and verification and enable 24x7x365 system monitoring for increased uptime.
Green Hills and NVIDIA Bring Advanced Graphics and Computer Vision Platform to Automotive Green Hills has announced that it is integrating its automotive safety and security products and services with high-performance automotivegrade NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors and NVIDIA’s vast library of 3D graphics and computer vision software to the Green Hills Platforms for Automotive. This combination addresses the growing demand for superior single system performance combined with proven safety and security. These are requirements when building nextgeneration automotive electronic systems for Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS), 3D digital instrument clusters and center console consolidation. By leveraging the Integrity RTOS as the dominant in-vehicle real-time kernel for instrument cluster and ADAS systems, this next-generation automotive platform will enable automotive OEMs and Tier 1s to reduce design/ integration complexity and time-tomarket while delivering unmatched advancements in the next generations of in-vehicle electronics. The NVIDIA Tegra processor is a mobile superchip that incorporates a high performance multicore ARM Cortex CPU complex, the industry’s most powerful GPU technology, and dedicated audio, video, and image processors. The size of a thumbnail, this highly energy-efficient processor enables vibrant 3D graphics, smooth video playback, and advanced audio processing, while placing fewer demands on vehicle electrical systems. In addition, Tegra is able to deliver an unprecedented amount of computing power to drive computer vision and deep learning systems.