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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Optimistic About Desktop Virtualization, BYOC

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Semiconductor makers ought to be optimistic about desktop virtualization trends and corporate bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) programs. Desktop virtualization effectively allows an enterprise to create virtual desktops that can then be shared with employees working on personal computers. In its most common form, desktop virtualization uses a technique called virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that resembles, at a [...]

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Video demonstrates RX performance and RX-Stick platform

Friday, July 30, 2010

The RX-Stick evaluation platform includes an RX-610 Renesas RX microcontroller (MCU) and a full copy of the company’s High-performance Embedded Workshop (HEW) integrated development environment.

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Code-density optimizations deliver real memory savings

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The RX team compared a number of MCUs against the RX for code density and the RX won in every instance. Let’s focus on comparisons with an ARM Cortex-M3 MCU since that architecture is proving popular and is the ARM flavor that the company has optimized for code density.

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Fast interrupt processing keys numerous applications

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The Renesas RX MCU architecture offers interrupt response that meets the most demanding of applications and includes an architectural feature called a fast interrupt function that can further accelerate response to a specified internal or external interrupt source.

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Software vendors help with touch screen revolution

Monday, July 26, 2010

According to iSuppli, independent software vendors will play an important role in the growing market for touch screens in mobile and desktop PCs. They predict that the global market for touch screens modules that are used in these devices will soar to 117.9 million units in 2010, up to 15.8 million in 2010. Read more.

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When Everyone has a Tricorder, We’ll All be Safer

Friday, July 23, 2010

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is working with Qualcomm, NASA, and a number of mobile handset manufacturers to produce next generation smart phones that could minimize casualties associated with some kinds of terrorist attacks. The project, called “Cell-All,” one day hopes to place environmental sensors in nearly all mobile handsets. When a phone detects [...]

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So many versions. Why?

Friday, July 23, 2010

marketing/branding makes lots of models of the same thing

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