Extreme Engineering Solutions Launch New Web Site

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) has launched their new website on July 29, 2010. The new features of the X-ES website include a search function, easy navigation, improved product search capability, ability to subscribe/unsubscribe to e-newsletters, the ability to follow X-ES on Twitter, and a link to SupportNet, the extranet website that provides customers with access to technical documentation, software, and ECOs.

X-ES, a leader in the design, manufacture, and support of embedded computing solutions for compute-intensive military, communications, commercial, and industrial applications, provides a product portfolio of commercial-grade to fully ruggedized boards and systems. Our specialty is custom services, from modified COTS to full-scale custom designs, getting you the technology you need as soon as possible. All of our products are backed by an unparalleled level of responsive customer support.

Interesting Post - Trends in Microprocessors - High-end Military Applications Are Beginning To Shift To Intel

An interesting post from John Keller published on Miltary & Aerospace Electronics web site discusses the processor trends in the defence market place. "When it comes to military embedded computing, basically only two microprocessor manufacturers slug it out for the lion’s share of the defense and aerospace embedded computer market for applications like radar processing. While Freescale has been this market’s 500-pound gorilla for some time, Intel’s latest introduction of its Core i7 microprocessor in January is tipping the defense embedded systems community on its head in a transformation the likes of which seasoned observers have not seen in years."

Read more on the Military & Aerospace Electronics web site.

BittWare Visitors from the USA and Germany

Chad Hamilton and Burkhard Jour of BittWare visited the Sarsen Technology offices in Marlborough Wiltshire this month. We met with some key clients and had new product training meetings whilst Chad & Burkhard were with us. We also found some time for a visit to Silbury Hill and the Avebury henge which are just five miles from our Marlborough office. Sarsen Technology gets it's name from the Sarsen stones to be found at Avebury and Stonehenge. Please click on the photos above for a larger image.

ATLANTiS™ FrameWork Overview "What is BittWare's ATLANTiS FrameWork and how can it help your FPGA development?"

New from BittWare is a series of online videos detailing the features and benefits of the ATLANTiS FPGA Framework software. The first in the series is entitled "What is BittWare's ATLANTiS FrameWork and how can it help your FPGA development process?"

In this video, you will learn more about BittWare's ATLANTiS FrameWork which provides reconfigurable FPGA components and the necessary infrastructure to implement, simulate, synthesize, validate, and deploy a complete FPGA application on BittWare's Altera-based FPGA products. BittWare's own Chad Hamilton, Director of Applications Engineering, presents. BittWare Video Library.

Business Link Web Site Search Engine Optimisation Workshop

Today Nigel attended a "Search Engine Optimisation Workshop" organised by Business Link at the Castledown Business Centre in Ludgershall, Wiltshire. The presenter was Andy Poulton who provided an excellent review of the key elements of SEO techniques for business web sites. The workshop was attended by 58 representatives of small and medium sized businesses from central Wiltshire. The business types represented a wide range of activity from Electrical Engineers, Web Site Developers, Growers & Sellers of seeds, Business Coaching, Wedding Dance Instructors and Embedded Computing Technology Distributors. Andy's blog can be found at Andy Poulton Blog. The workshop came at a great time for Sarsen Technology as we work towards the launch of our new web site in September 2010.