Sun is Shining, Weather is Sweet....

That’s right. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you, it’s not dark; it’s just your sunglasses. The pain on the back of your neck and shoulders is actually sunburn. It’s summer, people, and we’ve finally had some pretty fabulous weather, with the UK racking up temperatures hotter than Barbados and Tahiti at times.

But take a minute to actually think about the sun. As well as being the giver of tan lines and facilitator of days at the beach it’s also the closest star to Earth, (practically next door at only 149,600,000 km away), and is about 4.6 billion years old. We actually know quite a lot about it, thanks to solar imaging.

BittWare was involved in a project to design a solar image processing system for one of their customers. The processing requirements were quite specific – the customer was looking for adaptive image processing using multi-channel correlation. This called for a very large multi-processor system with a huge amount of I/O bandwidth, extensive integration work, and a very efficient cooling system.

 

BittWare’s solution included ten DSP-based boards, supplying 80 DSPs, and a custom designed chassis to provide efficient cooling. They drew on decades of expertise in digital signal processing design, enabling them to create an 80-DSP system that functioned with no issues, which also cooled properly. Although the hardware used was COTS hardware, significant application-specific design work was needed to ultimately provide the final system to their customer.

Enjoy the sun this weekend!

Team GB, A Big Secret, and The Chance to Win an iPad with Sarsen Technology!!

First and foremost a massive congratulations to Team GB for their awesome performances so far this week.

With Jessica Ennis and Louise Hazel starting their heptathlon events today, Victoria Pendleton looking to get over yesterday’s disappointment with a medal in the Keirin and Rebecca Adlington defending her 800m freestyle title it’s going to be another exciting day for British sport.

There is a bit of a buzz in the Sarsen office – we have some exciting news to share with you next week! Keep an eye on Twitter and LinkedIn for more details!

This time of year is usually a little quieter for sales activity, and we were all looking forward to a bit of a rest, but we are still really busy! With some of the team off on their summer holidays it’s left the rest of us a little jealous, especially as our UK quota of sunshine seems to have been and gone!

Sarsen Technology are running a competition in this month’s MTE magazine to win a brand new iPad, simply for signing up to our monthly newsletter. It really couldnt be easier!
You can sign up and enter the competition here.

Have a fantastic weekend, and dont forget to cheer on Team GB as they go for more golds at

London 2012!