Intel’s embedded roadmap is increasingly being accepted in vertical markets where better performance, lower power, and reduced heat are becoming more critical considerations. That roadmap also is encountering competition in a variety of markets in which Intel has never been a force—as well as in places where companies that previously weren’t considered competitors are looking to expand. Most industry observers expect fireworks over the next several years as all of these companies pursue a collision course.
Over the last few years, Intel has been pushing heavily into the embedded market as part of its long-term growth strategy. Unlike some of its previous attempts to expand its market beyond PCs, which included everything from videoconferencing to communications servers, the embedded market is viewed as a logical extension of its core market. That opens the door for Intel to get involved in everything from consumer devices with its new Intel® Atom™ processor to rugged industrial and military applications.
One of the better-known markets in which the processor giant has seen early success is the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA), which is the carrier-grade equipment market, as well as its scaleddown offshoot, MicroTCA. Both have been hot markets for Intel’s newest chips—in part because the markets themselves are relatively new and because Intel has greatly boosted its commitment to developing technology in this space. That was a big first win for Intel’s chip lineup. But the newest chips are finding their way into a host of other markets as well. Those new opportunities include a variety of industrial applications ranging from medical imaging to the industrial control of everything from trains to tanks.
The newest dual-core, 2.53-GHz Intel® Core™2 duo processor, which is built at the 45-nm process node, is opening even more doors. “As compared to the previous generation, the newest chips are much better,” says David Pursley, field applications engineer at Kontron. “A 65-nm Intel Core 2 Duo processor at 1.6 GHz versus a 45-nm chip at 2.53 GHz is a big difference. Because of the process shrink, we’ve got a lower overall power envelope and better thermals.”
By way of a real-world example, consider the migration of medical-imaging technology. It started out a decade ago in a selfcontained selfcontained room in some hospitals. This technology took up so much space that many hospitals couldn’t add it even if they could afford it. According to Pursley, medical-imaging technology has since shrunk to the point where it can be used in medical-imaging outpatient offices. In addition, the technology is about to go mobile in hospitals. It will be wheeled around on carts so that the imaging can be done at the bedside instead of in a separate room.
In that type of application, heat and a rugged shell are very important. But performance is even more critical. A mobile imaging device is like a single-board supercomputer, which has to run an enormous number of parallel calculations to arrive at a cohesive image.
Intel’s roadmap runs as broad as it does deep. The new Intel Atom processor, for example, is based on the x86 Intel® architecture. The chipmaker is positioning it—among other things—as a replacement for microcontrollers. After all, it’s easier to develop software for the x86 architecture. But the other three pieces of its embedded lineup—Network processors, PXA2XX processors, and the I/O processors—cut a wide swath across the embedded space. They also utilize standard ARM development tools. As a result, developers in this space won’t have to retool their skills to work with Intel’s offerings.
Obviously, Intel will have serious competition in this market. The reason that the company has included ARM-developmenttool compatibility is significant. ARM is the incumbent in the embedded-processor market. In addition, ARM’s customer base is enormous and varied. But Intel’s push into markets dominated by ARM—and, to a lesser extent, MIPS—signals just how important the embedded market has become.
ARM is pushing back as well. The company has been running a campaign showing that in real-world settings, its processor cores are performing better than Intel’s. At the Common Platform conference in Santa Clara, Calif., ARM president Tudor Brown compared his company’s Cortex-A8 and the forthcoming A-9 versus the Intel Atom processorin terms of power consumption and area. He argued that ARM’s chip consumes 25% of the power in 25% of the ARM is pushing back as well. The company has been running a campaign showing that in real-world settings, its processor cores are performing better than Intel’s. At the Common Platform conference in Santa Clara, Calif., ARM president Tudor Brown compared his company’s Cortex-A8 and the forthcoming A-9 versus the Intel Atom processorin terms of power consumption and area. He argued that ARM’s chip consumes 25% of the power in 25% of the
In this war of words, being right may depend upon the individual application, the applications that are being used, and familiarity with the development platform. A single-core processor, for example, can perform better than a lower-clock-speed multicore processor if the application cannot take advantage of all of the cores. If a lower-power chip is needed, however, performance may sometimes be less essential than some of the energy-saving techniques employed in the chip.
“What’s happening here is the PC architecture is moving into the mobile market and ARM is moving into what I would call the larger mobile market,” states Dean Freeman, an analyst at Gartner. “There will be a collision as they hit common ground. ARM has been doing mobile for some time and they’re expanding. Intel is coming from the PC space and now they’re moving in.”
The collision of the two companies and their architectures mirrors the convergence that’s occurring in the consumer and business markets. There, the PC is the one tool that’s connected to more portable devices when users need more mobility. An example is when a user is commuting to work or traveling, but doesn’t want to lug along his or her notebook computer.
Intel also faces an uphill battle if it plans to displace some of the microcontrollers. While the ability to program an x86 processor is simpler than programming a microcontroller, not all applications require that kind of upgradeability. Justin Rattner, Intel’s CTO, explains that automotive companies in particular want to see that kind of programmability to be able to add new features as they become available. But automobile manufacturers often have multiyear design cycles, which make that kind of upgradeability more attractive there than it is in other markets. In the case of the Intel Atom processor replacing microcontrollers in things like motor control, the jury may be out for several years.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Smartphoneware Best CallRecorder 1.0 (S60v5)
Smartphoneware Best CallRecorder 1.0 (S60v5)
This is a fully customizable call recording application with rules for saving conversations for incoming/outgoing calls from known/unknown numbers. Unobtrusive and easy to use.
Features:
* "No beep" recording option;
* Automatic recording of voice calls, optionally limited or unlimited in time;
* User defined storage memory for recorded conversations;
* Custom rules allowing to automate call recording for different phone numbers and call directions;
* Small memory and battery usage;
* Easy-to-use and intuitive user interface;
Compatible devices: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97, Samsung i8910 Omnia HD
Download through Rapidshare or DepositFiles
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Five Best Ways to Make Money Online
Almost everyone has dreamed at one time or another of quitting the corporate world and still being able to pay the mortgage, put food on the table and take your family out to dinner occasionally. Thanks to the Internet, more and more people are able to accomplish the transition from wage slave to entrepreneur. While income may be lower than you are used to in your cubicle job, it's exciting to think that your expenses may be significantly lower as well. No more commuting costs, you can even be able to get rid of that second car. Just imagine a commuting time measured in seconds instead of hours. However, not every online money-making opportunity is equal. Here are five tried and proven ideas that allow you to make money online.
Sell your services
There are literally hundreds or even thousands of project bidding opportunities that appear on the various freelance web sites every day. The projects range from writing copy to designing web sites, to audio services and project management. The service buyer describes the project he wants completed, the service providers bid on the project and define how much they will charge to complete the project according to specific requirements of quality, style and deadlines. You can make money online from these sites if you can stay focused working alone.
Write for blogs
Sometimes blog posts are handled in the same way as the freelance projects. Buyers ask for bids on a certain number of posts over a period of a specific number of days. Typically, a batch of posts will be sent to the service buyer who remits payment to the service buyer through one of the payments sites such as Paypal. In order to make money online writing for blog postings, you must be self-disciplined, have reasonable research skills and be able to meet deadlines.
MyLot
MyLot is an interesting way to make money online. It's a global community where members get paid for blogging or posting to the forum with opinions, discussions, questions or other news commentaries and editorials. Because the payment vary according to the volume and quality of the posted information, you can earn anywhere from $10 on up.
Advertising revenue
It's easy and fun to make money online when you own a website where the sponsors pay you to list products. You design a website that draws visitors from the global market. Prepare and post good content and the visitors will be led to your site. Because your site is getting dozens of hits each day, revenue from advertisers will soon begin to pay you to place a web advertisement on your site.
Authority website
Building an authority website is another popular method to make money online. With fairly minimal effort you can create a website that becomes an authority on some subject. Then, you can wait for the orders to arrive on behalf of the website visitor, or you can do active recruitment in areas there have not been an online presence
Sell your services
There are literally hundreds or even thousands of project bidding opportunities that appear on the various freelance web sites every day. The projects range from writing copy to designing web sites, to audio services and project management. The service buyer describes the project he wants completed, the service providers bid on the project and define how much they will charge to complete the project according to specific requirements of quality, style and deadlines. You can make money online from these sites if you can stay focused working alone.
Write for blogs
Sometimes blog posts are handled in the same way as the freelance projects. Buyers ask for bids on a certain number of posts over a period of a specific number of days. Typically, a batch of posts will be sent to the service buyer who remits payment to the service buyer through one of the payments sites such as Paypal. In order to make money online writing for blog postings, you must be self-disciplined, have reasonable research skills and be able to meet deadlines.
MyLot
MyLot is an interesting way to make money online. It's a global community where members get paid for blogging or posting to the forum with opinions, discussions, questions or other news commentaries and editorials. Because the payment vary according to the volume and quality of the posted information, you can earn anywhere from $10 on up.
Advertising revenue
It's easy and fun to make money online when you own a website where the sponsors pay you to list products. You design a website that draws visitors from the global market. Prepare and post good content and the visitors will be led to your site. Because your site is getting dozens of hits each day, revenue from advertisers will soon begin to pay you to place a web advertisement on your site.
Authority website
Building an authority website is another popular method to make money online. With fairly minimal effort you can create a website that becomes an authority on some subject. Then, you can wait for the orders to arrive on behalf of the website visitor, or you can do active recruitment in areas there have not been an online presence
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Free Islamic Books and all Islamic Stuff
About Khanqah
http://www.khanqah.org
http://www.khanqah.org
Khanqah is the spiritual center providing a facility for Islah-e-Nafs (Self Correction).
Following the traditions of the Ehl-e-Haq (Truth Bearers), Khanqah revives the rare traditions of Sulook, Tazkia, Tassawuf while staying clear of all kinds of Bidda’hs (innovations in the religion) and complies strictly with the rules and boundaries prescribed by the Sharia.
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