The minimalist approach has helped MIPS find licensees selling processor for networking devices and other embedded devices.
Apps like that would tend to speed the release of even more embedded devices, and increase their functionality.
"It looks an awful lot like PCs in 1985, " says Scott Horn , general manager of mobility and embedded devices at Microsoft.
Wind River has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is found in more than 1 billion products.
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The claim is that the speed would be fast enough to where it would be useful for embedded devices to take advantage of.
For the quarter, ARM said 1.1 billion ARM processor-based chips were shipped for mobile devices and tablets, and another 800 million for consumer and embedded devices.
As embedded devices become increasingly connected to the Internet, there are some real interesting possibilities around extended the capabilities of extending the capabilities of these limited devices by connecting them to cloud computing.
Unlike the more powerful general purpose computing device such as the personal computer or, more recently, the smartphone, embedded devices are typically things like cars or thermostats which are only given a limited amount of computing power and memory to accomplish specific tasks.
Human-enhancement researchers at the University of Reading, for their part, are considering future technologies, such as embedded devices that enhance the senses or add new ones, and implants that improve memory or allow messages to be sent or devices to be controlled using thought alone.
International CES 2013, Las Vegas, USA: Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia technologies company, announces a set of advanced API extensions for its existing PowerVR Series5XT (SGX) GPUs, giving application processors using the technology, and mobile and embedded devices based on them, access to some of the features that would otherwise be only available on future APIs on next generation GPUs.
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And these capabilities will not only be available for apps running on devices, but for the embedded operating systems of those devices as well.
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Soon, cameras will be like clocks and radios so thoroughly embedded in electronic devices that consumers will have a hard time counting how many they own.
From embedded Java on devices, up to Oracle engineered systems in the data center and Big Data analytical tools, Oracle provides a practical device-to-data center platform that makes it easy for organizations to collect, store, manage, and efficiently analyze data collected via connected devices.
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Boxee's software can be easily downloaded for free to any computer or embedded in living room devices.
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It also helps Intel push its chips into smaller, battery powered devices and embedded systems, as Intel begins challenging companies manufacturing chips based on power-efficient ARM designs.
The Windows 8 innovations coupled with additional embedded functionality for edge devices will help them quickly and efficiently deliver differentiated solutions with security enhancements, a refined application model and touch-first industry experiences.
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The latest clue will come Wednesday in Shanghai at the Intel Developer Forum, where the chip maker will detail its new lineup of low-cost, low-power processors, dubbed Atom, for handheld devices and embedded gizmos.
The company still has a bright future developing chips for the embedded market and storage devices, but they'll probably never again have the opportunity to become an instantly-recognized name like Intel, AMD, or IBM.
In HIS secret keys are extracted from the properties of chips like an 'electronic fingerprint' and used to offer a total protection of sensitive private and corporate data on mobile devices, embedded systems and in the cloud.
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U.S. and Asian demand, he says, was broad-based, with particularly solid growth for analog chips, embedded controllers and programmable logic devices.
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Extending Windows 8 technologies to a spectrum of edge devices, Windows Embedded 8 helps enterprises capitalize on the Internet of Things with the platform to capture, analyze and act on valuable data across IT infrastructures.
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Some of these solutions can even be embedded on smart cards, enabling simple as well as sophisticated pay as you go from mobile devices such as phones, tablets, on-board units embedded into cars, smart cards embedded into vending machines, toll gates!
On the other hand, Microsoft also has its Embedded Compact 7 for ARM-based tablets and devices.
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Its products include removable and embedded memory cards used in many electronics, including medical devices and notebook computers.
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Giga Information Group, a Massachusetts consultancy, reckons that 5% of all embedded chips which could amount to millions of devices will fail the date test.
Second, while the idea of not charging a subscription for embedded access is a step toward ubiquitous wireless access for devices, it is far from a guarantee of adoption, particularly in a competitive consumer electronics category.
Its products enable OEMs, ODMs, System Integrators and Software Developers to deliver industry-leading devices across a broad range of consumer electronics and embedded markets.
More than half the GPS-equipped mobile devices sold in Western Europe and North America have Navteq maps embedded in them.
However, because each device in the data center typically has its own embedded power supply, enterprise data centers would have to replace all of their devices in order to take advantage of this new energy saving technology.
Also, since it aligns with the new Metro app model, Windows Embedded Standard 8 will also allow developers to scale apps across types of specialized devices, customizing the interface for each type of device while maintaining their own proprietary branding and experience.
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