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We worry a lot about Moore’s Law running out of gas right about now. Now comes former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz with this piece on Harvard Business Review’s blog: “There, however, is a possible “off-ramp” to Moore’s Law that offers [...]
LOS ANGELES–So often, we get ahead of ourselves a consuming public, especially when it comes to technology innovation. Take power generation and smart-grid management. We know that electronics that drive enormous efficiency gains on the grid. After all, our smart [...]
By Malcolm Fuller, contributing writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. – You wake up in your chilly San Francisco apartment (or any chilly place for that matter), and your first instinct is not to crank up the thermostat several notches (too expensive!). [...]
By Brian Fuller We’ve written all lot about the quickening pace of innovation in automotive electronics design. And you’ll recall the centerpiece of the first part of the Drive for Innovation was an all-electric Chevy Volt, which took us around [...]
Infotainment System
Infotainment Teardown
Third in the Teardown series By John Scott-Thomas For the designers of the Chevrolet Volt – GM’s signature hybrid automobile – the infotainment system presented an interesting dilemma. On the one hand, the infotainment system is the primary interface between the driver and the automobile, and as such, it should be a highlight of the vehicle. On the other hand,
Peeling back the onion on the Volt
MARLTON, N.J.–We've been slowly peeling back the onion on the Chevy Volt and EV technology on this site. (We'll be tearing down a Volt next year and analyzing it to cap off this adventure). John Donovan has been looking under the hood at the Volt, such as interfacing the motor with the engine and electric driving and Henry Muyshondt examined "Making the ‘MOST’ of
Illuminating innovation
NOVI, Mich.–Since its invention, lighting has been as much about function as it has been about form. It's no different in automotive lighting. Remember the old three-headlight Dodge pick up trucks from the 1960s? Or was it Ford? Or both? I'll never forget the first time I saw it, on a remote mountain road at dusk when I was a
Making the ‘MOST’ of automotive infotainment
By Henry Muyshondt, SMSC, for EE Times, Design 7/22/2008 As cars designers strive to present drivers and passengers information and entertainment systems that fully integrate consumers' digital lifestyle, it becomes more important to use a multimedia networking backbone. The network should not only combine the long lifecycle, reliability and tough environmental requirements of the automotive world, but it should also
When the check-engine light goes on
Ah, the new-car experience. There's nothing quite like it–the smell, the fresh and the clean feel, the comforting notion that your first repair bills are years away. So far, we've been on the road for seven weeks and rolled across seven states. The odometer sits at about 4,500 miles. Despite the newness, though, we've already run into a couple of
Design challenges of hands-free systems
By Scott Pennock, for EE Times, Design 9/28/09 Hands-free kits and in-vehicle hands-free systems have been around for many years. The technology for these systems isn't standing still, though; changes introduced by automotive OEMs, the network, as well as increasing customer expectations are driving many new innovations. For example, wideband technology being introduced in Europe allows for greater call fidelity, but
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Advantech RISC Computing Platforms
UBC-DS31 is powered by a Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 dual core processor, with 1GB DDR3 memory & 4GB flash onboard. It has 2D and 3D graphics built in, and supports dual displays with up to 1080p high resolution output on low power consumption.
