Sarsen Technology is an industry leading distributor of embedded hardware and software technology solutions. We specialise in single board computing, FPGA, digital signal processing, data acquisition and high-speed data recording COTS technology. Our clients are Europe's leaders in the telecommunications, defence, instrumentation, research, transportation and aerospace markets. You can find our web site at www.sarsen.net and follow us on Twitter at @Sarsen_Tech.
High reliability processing is now available at General Standards Corporation. It is recommended for product applications that experience environmental temperature fluctuations and/or power cycling. It is also recommended for applications where repairs are difficult to make and/or failure is unacceptable. Now, at GSC, high reliability is not just using extended temperature components: High Reliability Processing - General Standards
Are you looking at COM Express for your next project? Take a look at the rugged X-ES XPand6000 Convection-Cooled Small Form Factor ATR Chassis. The XPand6000 is also suitable for rugged, compact XMC format solutions: X-ES COM Express XPand6000 System
The December 2011 edition of the Sarsen Technology News Bytes is now available online. This month we are featuring new embedded technology solutions based on Altera Stratix V FPGAs, rugged convection cooled systems for COM Express & XMC modules and high performance AMD Radeon 6760 GPU Graphics XMC hardware. December 2011 News Bytes The image is a reproduction of an original watercolour by Pat Thuysbaert, showing a Christmas scene in Avebury, Wiltshire. Website: www.patsartbox.co.uk
2011 brings record sales for BittWare Inc., the leader in Altera-based FPGA COTS boards. Sarsen Technology was a major contributor to the 2011 sales growth: 2011 Record Sales for BittWare
Busy with lots of new opportunities for the BittWare S5-PCIe Altera Stratix V FPGA board in the automated financial trading market http://bit.ly/vL8e2v
In recent years Sarsen Technology has successfully delivered a number of 19" rackmount high-performance computer systems for the flight control and mission analysis of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) projects. At the heart of these systems are Trenton Technology PICMG 1.3 embedded System Host Boards (SHBs) and PICMG 1.3 backplanes designed for the latest Intel multi-core processors.
The BittWare S5-PCIe is the industry's first Altera Stratix® V FPGA-based COTS board and is optimised for high performance computing military, telecommunications test equipment and financial trading applications. The Altera Stratix V FPGA has 3.8 billion transistors and is optimised for demanding computing applications. New project opportunities in the automated financial trading market is keeping us very busy this month.
Nigel, Robbie & Tim travelled to Concord, NH at the end of September for BittWare's 2011 International Distributor Sales & Traing Conference. We learnt about lots of new exciting technology including the Altera Stratix V COTS hardware & the new Anemone FPGA Co-Processor. We also travelled one evening to the Castle in the Clouds in the White Mountains in New Hampshire where the photo above was taken.
Thank you to everyone who visited us at DSEi2011. It was a very successful show for us and thanks for making it a fun event. We will announce the winner of the iPad3 as soon as it is released. Pictured above is Tim Norris (Sarsen), Robbie Burns (Sarsen), James Rickwood (Sarsen), Laura Jeffs (Sarsen), Colleen Jameson (Sarsen), Nigel Norman (Sarsen), Chad Hamilton (BittWare), Frederic Parachoux (D-TA Systems), Burkhard Jour (BittWare) and Caroline Jour (BittWare). Sarsen Technology will be exhibiting again at Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEi) in 2011. DSEi will be held from 13th - 16th September, 2011 in London at ExCeL. DSEi provides a unique platform to view the latest equipment and systems from the world’s defence and security industry. DSEi provides an opportunity for companies of all sizes to develop international relationships and generate new business opportunities.
We will have two working demos on our stand this year. A BittWare VPX Rapid Development Platform which is a development environment for 3U VPX Systems and a BAE Systems Rugged Processor Unit. The BAE Systems Rugged Processor Unit uses two VersaLogic Leopard PC/104-Plus Intel Core 2 Duo processor Single Board Computers. The Rugged Processor Unit operates in extreme temperatures, arid, humid, and wet climates and where shock/vibrations are commonplace. Certified to Mil Std 810F, you can be confident that the RPU will deliver the Size Weight and Performance (SWaP) you need.
You will find Sarsen Technology on stand S4-102 and details can be found on the www.dsei.co.uk web site. We look forward to seeing you there.
Sarsen is delighted to let you know that we will be joined by colleagues from both BittWare and Extreme Engineering Solutions at the Defence & Security Equipment International exhibition from 13 - 16 September 2011. Burkhard Jour is BittWare's Business Development Director for Europe and Burkhard will be joining us on stand S4-104. Also joining us will be Rob Scidmore who is CEO of Extreme Engineering Solutions. Please contact us via our web site at www.sarsen.net if you would like to pre-book meetings with Burkhard and/or Rob. We look forward to seeing you at DSEi2011!
The May 2011 edition of our News Bytes newsletter is available today and will feature:
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Altera Breaks Semiconductor Industry Record for Most Transistors on an Integrated Circuit
Industry's Highest-Bandwidth, Highest-Performance FPGA Features a Record-Setting 3.9 Billion Transistors.
San Jose, Calif., April 18, 2011 – Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced it set an industry milestone in semiconductor technology by delivering the most transistors ever packed onto an integrated circuit. Altera's 28-nm V FPGAs are the semiconductor industry's first devices to feature 3.9 billion transistors. This level of functionality delivers unparalleled performance to system designers.
San Jose, Calif., February 2, 2011—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced that its variable-precision digital signal processing (DSP) block architecture won the DesignCon 2011 DesignVision Award in the Semiconductor and IC category. Altera's variable-precision DSP block architecture was recognized by DesignVision Award judges for its ability to enable high-precision, high-performance digital signal processing in FPGAs that efficiently supports many different precision levels. This unique architecture is implemented within Altera's portfolio of 28-nm FPGAs to increase system performance, reduce power consumption and reduce architecture constraints for DSP algorithm designers. Altera was presented with the 2011 DesignVision Award at a ceremony held at the Santa Clara Convention Center during DesignCon 2011.
Altera developed the industry's first variable-precision DSP block architecture to meet the industry's demands for higher precision signal processing. This innovative architecture allows each DSP block in the FPGA to be configured at compile time to three 9x9, two 18x18 or a single 27x27 or 18x36 multiplier mode. Additional higher precision modes are available using multiple DSP blocks. This architecture supports, on a block-by-block basis, various precisions per block, ranging from low resolution fixed point video up to single-precision floating point within a single DSP block, and even double-precision floating point with minimal external logic. To learn more about Altera's variable-precision DSP block architecture, or to view a white paper or webcast on the architecture, visit www.altera.com/dsp-variable-precision.
