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Sponsor: Wind River April 6, 2010 | Edited by Managing Editor: Wes Iversen

White Paper: Applying Multicore and Virtualization to Industrial Applications >>

Multicore and virtualization provide the opportunity to improve device performance, reduce costs through hardware consolidation, and upgrade applications more cost effectively throughout the product lifecycle as this white paper from Wind River explores.

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White Paper: Multicore is Key to Innovation in Medical Applications >>

This paper addresses what medical system designers require to meet today's challenges: a combination of multicore hardware, operating systems specialized for device certification, hypervisor software, and consolidated by open development toolchain.

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White Paper: Multicore Challenges and Choices >>

As this white paper from Wind River explains, there are a number of technology and business trends that will change the way many devices are architected and developed in the future. These include the frequency ceiling; using multicore for hardware offload; and the consolidation of multiprocessor systems to multicore.

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FEATURED STORY

Numbers Indicate Strong Revival In Indian Manufacturing

With recent data indicating a V-shaped recovery, market enthusiasm is on the rise as well.

India’s industrial activity has witnessed a sharp V-shaped recovery, as the sector recorded “another astounding performance” in January, as one economist put it. The country’s industrial output rose 16.7 percent in January 2010 from a year earlier, stronger than market expectations, aided by stimulus measures that boosted domestic demand, data shows. For December 2009, the growth rate was 17.6 per cent, revised upward from 16.8 per cent, compared to 1 per cent during the corresponding month in 2008... Read more

WEB EXCLUSIVES

Foundation Fieldbus Network Comes of Age

A full meeting room greeted Fieldbus Foundation (www.fieldbus.org) Chair John Berra and Executive Director Rich Timoney at the March 24-25 annual General Assembly... Read more

Baldor Adds iPhone App

As apps of all kinds multiply for the Apple iPhone, it’s not surprising that industrial automation is taking its place in the line-up. One of the latest comes from Baldor Electric Co. (www.baldor.com), the Fort Smith... Read more

Rockwell Stresses Service Offerings in Brazil

“Change is necessary,” says literature produced by the Rockwell Automation Center for Remanufacturing and Repair, which opened in 2007 in Brazil. The Center has become an important tool... Read more

New Certification Offered for Automation Sales Pros

In the not-to-distant future, your friendly automation salesperson may have a new certificate to show off. The Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA, www.measure.org), a Williamsburg, Va.-based trade association... Read more

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