The PXI Systems Alliance (www.pxisa.org) today announced the release of the PXI MultiComputing (PXImc) Specification which supports a high performance, communication architecture for multi-controller PXI and automated test systems. The new hardware and software specifications, PXI-7 and PXI-8 respectively, continue the innovation of the PXI standard while ensuring backwards compatibility with the more than 1,500 PXI products available today.

New PLX Technology PCI Express 2.0 (Gen 2) switches feature the industry’s highest port counts — 24 — along with multicast and support from advanced development tools (debug, evaluation and signal-integrity utilities) to enable complex communications systems.

Power.org(tm) member presentations will focus on the latest multicore processor, queuing and traffic management developments for next generation SoCs.

Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima, an advanced communications equipment supplier, announced today that GateHouse Communications, a leader in satellite communications software, has selected Spectrum’s flexComm(tm) SDR-4000 software defined radio (SDR) transceiver platform to port their Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) SDR waveform. Inmarsat BGAN provides both commercial and military users with access to a reliable and mature global satellite communications network. Inmarsat BGAN can be found on land-portable, aeronautical, maritime, and vehicular products to provide broadband connectivity while on the move and in remote areas.

AIS adds a new degree of human interactivity to their digital signage line through new touch screen digital signage system that runs without the use of a PC system.

Maynard, MA (May 5, 2009)- Orchid Technologies Engineering and Consulting, Inc., is exhibiting at the Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference (RTECC) on May 7th with their newest designs.

Simplifies multicore communications management and scalability