Altera's 28-nm Variable-Precision DSP Block Architecture Wins the 2011 DesignVision Award

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.

Working on a Rugged Airborne Computer

Currently working with a key client on a rugged airborne high performance embbeded computing system to be housed in an ATR chassis.

Hardware Modification

Fortunately this request for advice is not from one of our clients.

MAE2010 - Tuesday 30th November 2010 in Reading

The future for Military, Defence & Aerospace Electronics …
Join your peers, industry thought-leaders, and VIPs at the UK's only dedicated event on embedded computing and integrated electronic systems for military, defence and aerospace applications.
Jim Renehan of Trenton Technology will be presenting a paper entitled "High Density Computing Systems In Surveillance and Communications Applications" and Sarsen Technology will be exhibiting. Green Hills Software will have an Extreme Engineering Solutions demo running on their stand at the exhibition.www.mae-show.co.uk

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends!

Freescale P4080 Eight PowerPC e500 3U VPX-REDI Board

The Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) XPedite5470 is keeping us very busy this month. The XPedite5470 is a high-performance 3U VPX-REDI single-board computer based on the Freescale P4080 processor. With eight PowerPC e500 cores running at up to 1.5 GHz, the P4080 delivers enhanced performance and efficiency for today's embedded computing applications. We are seeing great interest for demanding military, research, transportation and medical applications.

The XPedite5470 supports two separate channels of up to 4 GB each of up to DDR3-1333 ECC SDRAM, as well as up to 16 GB of NAND flash and up to 256 MB of NOR flash (with redundancy). The XPedite5470 provides the option of utilizing a PCI Express or Serial RapidIO Fat Pipe P1 interconnect, as well as two SerDes Gigabit Ethernet Thin Pipe P1 fabric interconnects. The XPedite5470 also supports dual Gigabit Ethernet, GPIO, I²C, PMC I/O, XMC I/O, and up to two RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 serial ports through the P2 connector.

The XPedite5470 provides a ruggedized, high-performance, feature-rich solution to support the next generation of rugged embedded applications. Wind River VxWorks, QNX Neutrino, Linux, and Green Hills INTEGRITY Board Support Packages (BSPs) are available.

United Electronic Industries Appoint Sarsen Technology as exclusive UK distributor

United Electronic Industries announce the appointment of Sarsen Technology as its exclusive distributor in the UK

MARLBOROUGH, WILTSHIRE – 18 October 2010 – United Electronic Industries (UEI) is pleased to announce that it has named Sarsen Technology Limited as its exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom. All UEI sales and marketing activity in the UK will now be handled by Sarsen Technology. The company will also provide first line technical and applications support, but will be fully backed by UEI’s technical support group. “Both UEI and Sarsen Technology are focused on providing optimum real-time and embedded solutions to our key clients in the defense, aerospace, simulation and transportation markets,” according to Rick Van Nostrand, International Sales Manager at UEI. “Sarsen Technology will give us the in-depth technical and commercial experience our data acquisition and control products deserve. Sarsen’s experience and reputation in serving the embedded electronics marketplace is a welcome addition to UEI’s team of international sales and distribution partners ” "We see a tremendous amount of opportunity in the UK for United Electronic Industries’ innovative Cube and RACKtangle™ DAQ and control chassis solutions," stated Nigel Norman, Managing Director at Sarsen Technology. "UEI’s data acquisition and control system products along with their supporting IP and software are the perfect addition to our line card. The UEI solutions will enable our customers to quickly deploy their products and in turn, reduce their time-to-revenue. UEI has arguably the industry’s most innovative industrial and embedded control solutions." — SHEET 1 OF 2 —

About UEI Founded in 1990, UEI is a leader in the PC/Ethernet data acquisition and control, Data Logger/Recorder and Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) markets. UEI’s I/O “Cube” and RACKtangle are compact, rugged platforms, ideal for DAQ, Logging and control applications in a wide range of applications and industries such as automotive, aerospace/aviation, unmanned vehicles, appliance test, simulator control, in-vehicle test, wind and solar power system control, semiconductor manufacturing, medical equipment and more. UEI offers both COTS and custom products to OEMs, end-users, and systems integrators worldwide. With analog, digital, counter, CAN-bus, Serial I/O, ARINC-429, 1553 I/O and more, UEI will have the interface you need. UEI supports all popular Windows, Vista, Linux and Real-time operating systems, programming languages, and application packages such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, and DASYLab. About Sarsen Technology Limited Sarsen Technology is United Electronic Industries exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom. Sarsen’s focus is on providing its customers with the very best in embedded digital signal processing, data acquisition and single board computer products and provides full local technical and commercial support. The company’s mission is to bring high technology solutions to market in the shortest possible time to the benefit of both customers and manufacturers represented in the UK and Europe. Please visit www.sarsen.net or call +44 1672 511166 for more details. — END —