Or creating an independent hardware ecosystem?

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Bunell led the audience through a mind-boggling array of slides illustrating numerous techniques for improving availability in embedded systems independent of hardware redundancy.

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And yet new gaming hardware from independent companies is generating waves of excitement throughout the gaming community and millions of dollars on Kickstarter.

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Before returning to school, Petropoulos worked in the consulting industry, where one of his projects was improving the businesses of the thousands of independent owners of Ace Hardware stores across the country.

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Corona's software includes an embedded Java operating system and a new variant of the old X-Windows software, which allowed for the creation of hardware-independent graphical user interfaces much like those of Windows or the Macintosh operating system.

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Locally sourced produce and independent, specialised shops - bakers, butchers, and hardware shops - ranked highly in your wish lists.

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The point is that Android, Symbian, webOS, Windows Phone 7, and the rest of the pack should be able to advance with almost total disregard for the hardware business, knowing they're resolution-independent (within reason) and they can expect to target an ARMv6 or ARMv7 core.

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For maximum flexibility, the unified player and mixer unit also has inputs to connect external hardware, such as CDJs or turntables, so DJs can use it as an independent mixer.

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