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Smart Sustainability - join ARM's research project and receive free benchmarking opportunities
ARM and IBLF have launched a survey on how the technology sector is addressing global sustainability issues.
The brief online questionnaire will take no more than 5 minutes and all participants will be sent a soft copy of the final "Smart Sustainability" report.
There are significant extra benefits if you then have time to go on and complete a more detailed survey, which will take around twenty minutes:
a (confidential) report benchmarking your company's performance against other respondents
the right to use this data, and the final "Smart Sustainability" report, in your own publications
$10 donation to the East African Drought Campaign from ARM for every full survey completed
The resulting report is assured excellent coverage through ARM's participation in the UN LEAD initiative and the associated activities. The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) is working with ARM to compile this report. Please click here to complete the questionnaire.
We would like to thank you in advance for your participation. If you have any queries about the questionnaire, please contact Bridget Cochrane, Director of the Digital Partnership at IBLF Bridget.Cochrane@iblf.org.
Product of the Month
Infineon XMC: ARM® Cortex™-M4 based MCU family for industrial applications.
The XMC4500 is the first product generation of the XMC microcontroller family, and delivers the brainpower for a variety of industrial applications facing high innovation pressure at decreasing development cycle times. It is dedicated to enabling highly energy-efficient products with industrial interconnection capabilities. Infineon's in-depth microcontroller know-how, demonstrated over the past decades in a number of well-recognized CPU kernels and peripherals, guarantees the best real-time performance in the industry, now coupled with all benefits of an industry standard CPU core.
Consumer Lifestyles
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx 4G Price Drop
Motorola has dropped the price of its ARM powered Droid Razr Maxx 4G, which boasts a 3300 mAh power pack.
The 4.3-inch SuperAMOELD Motorola Droid Razr Maxx 4G is now being offered starting at $169.99 at the select Verizon authorized online retailers, down from its launch price of $299.99.
The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx 4G is powred by a Texas Instruments OMAP4430 chipset and its SoC brings to the handset dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and a full gigabyte of RAM .It has an internal memory pegged at 16GB and a 16GB microSD card. Its has a rear-facing 8MP autofocus camera capable of 1080p recording and a front-facing 1.3MP video call camera that can record 720p clips.
ARM Powered Android Development Pad
Liquidware now has available an ARM powered off-the-shelf customizable Android tablet.
Liquidware Amber is a ready-to-customize, multi-touch, capacitive tablet equipped with Android Gingerbread, and with Ice Cream Sandwich available soon. Powered by Texas Instrument’s OMAP family of powerful ARM-Cortex A8 processors, Amber combines high-performance embedded computing with an easily-integrated USB and serial interface tailored specifically to accelerate embedded product development and deployment, the company said.
ARM Cortex Powered Smart TV Device
Pivos Technology Group, Inc has debuted the XIOS DS Media Play, an ARM powered Smart TV companion.
Powered by ARM Cortex A9 operating at 800MHz clock speed and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), the ultra slim smart TV companion weighs in at 170 grams. Supporting full 1080p playback, digital surround sound, expandable memory storage, USB connectivity, Ethernet and built in 802.11b/g/n WiFi, it has an MSRP at $114.99. Slated to ship later this month.
ARM Powered ZaTab Debuts
ZaReason has taken the wraps off its ARM powered ZaTab that ships with with Android 4.0.3, together with source code.
The tablet is powered by an AllWinner A10 processor (ARM A8 Cortex CPU, 1.2GHz single-core) and incorporates Mali 400 GPU, 1GB of DDR3 memory, 16GB of internal storage and a microSD slot. It features an IPS (In-plane switching technology) screen so that it can be viewed from all angles and offers 14 hours of battery life, according to its maker. The tablet comes with with WiFi, two microUSB ports, a microHDMI and front and rear cameras.
ARM Powered®Glasses Will Aid Visually Impaired
A research team at Oxford University in the UK is developing ARM Powered®‘smart’ glasses that will help people with common types of visual impairment, including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy to regain their ...
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Space Codesign Systems Inc. a developer of innovative virtual platform technology for embedded systems applications centered on ESL (electronic system level) design technology, hardware/software partitioning and codesign methodology, has recently joined the ARM Connected Community.
Space Codesign Systems supports ARM-based FPGA design in its SpaceStudio 2.2 virtual platform technology. Hardware and software design technology enables electronic engineers to enjoy a higher level of abstraction and executable representation for embedded systems design in commercial multimedia applications. Tailored to system architects and software developers, SpaceStudio™ 2.2 will serve as a comprehensive Electronic System Level (ESL) tool that covers the early and middle System-On-Chip (SoC) design cycle. For further details click here
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