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- Choosing an RTOS for Remote-care Medical Devices
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RTEC10 is an index made up of 10 public companies which have revenue that is derived primarily from sales in the embedded sector. The companies are made up of both software and hardware companies being traded on public exchanges.
| COMPANY | PRICE (USD) | CHANGE |
|---|---|---|
 Adlink | 1.36 | -1.350%
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| - Advantech | 0.00 | |
| Concurrent Comp | 3.70 | -2.375%
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| - Elma | 476.21 | 0.000% |
| - Enea | 0.00 | |
| - Interphase | 0.00 | |
 Kontron | 8.12 | 0.246%
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| Mercury Comp | 14.62 | 0.412%
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| - Performance Tech | 0.00 | |
| PLX | 3.52 | -0.845%
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| Radisys | 7.40 | 0.271%
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| 52 WK HIGH | 52 WK LOW | MKT CAP (Million USD) |
|---|---|---|
1.38 | 1.36 | 187.35 |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
3.84 | 3.70 | 34.05 |
| 476.21 | 476.21 | 108.81 |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
8.16 | 8.03 | 452.11 |
14.69 | 14.49 | 451.15 |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
3.66 | 3.36 | 156.76 |
7.50 | 7.30 | 205.25 |
Technology In Context
RTC covers cutting-edge technology in real-world applications, including medicine, communications, aerospace, industrial automation, and control. The Technology in Context sections looks at the impact of embedded technology in these major application areas. Our editors strategically select key technologies where the solutions outlined and information provided are highly applicable and transferable.
The Changing Role of the ASIC and the SoC
The Changing Nature of the ASIC
Alan A. Varghese and Michael B. Doerr, Coherent Logix
January 2012
Is the ASIC dead? Not if you consider that ASICs comprised a $20 billion market in 2010. And industry analyst company Semico Research projects that total ASIC design starts willRead More...
The Changing Role of the ASIC and the SoC
Changing Demands Are Changing the Role and Applicability of SoCs and ASICs
Brian Calder, IntervalZero
January 2012
Companies building embedded systems that depend on SoCs and ASICs have reached a tipping point. They cannot continue to meet their customers’ increasingly aggressive product-featureRead More...
Embedded Memory Design
Algorithmic Memory Boosts Next Generation SoC Memory Performance
Sundar Iyer, Memoir Systems
December 2011
System-on-chip (SoC) architectures are a popular choice for meeting the ever increasing performance needs of embedded and mobile systems. These designs generate a lot of memoryRead More...
Stackable vs. COMs: What's the Best Choice?
An Aerial View of COMs vs. SBCs from 30,000 Feet
Bob Burkle, WinSystems
November 2011
System designers have several viable options for their embedded computer and I/O board architecture. While technical articles, advertisements and datasheets tend to bury designers withRead More...
Stackable vs. COMs: What's the Best Choice?
Thinking (about What Goes) Inside the Box
Martin Mayer, Advanced Digital Logic
November 2011
Embedded form factors have continued to evolve and become more powerful as new bus interfaces and circuit technologies mature and graduate from mobile to embedded product sectors.Read More...
Flash and More: Nonvolatile Memlry
Advances in Nonvolatile Memory Interfaces Keep Pace with the Data Volume
Terry Grunzke, Micron Technology
October 2011
With the ever-increasing demand for larger nonvolatile memory capacities, NAND flash technology is widely used in a variety of applications today. It is an aggressively scaledRead More...
Open VPX in Commercial Applications
Updated Attributes Bring VME Beyond Military with OpenVPX
Steve Gudknecht, Elma Electronic
September 2011
VITA 46, more commonly known as VPX, was developed to improve the performance of VME technology and bring it in line with more advanced standards to ensure its longevity. InitiallyRead More...
Open VPX in Commercial Applications
CompactPCI Serial Challenges VPX as Embedded Shifts to Serial Point-to-Point Architectures
Barbara Schmitz, MEN Micro
September 2011
A considerable number of new serial-based standards have been created, which—unfortunately—were optimized for special markets or applications during their initial development. OnlyRead More...
Embedded Memory System Options
The Things I Hear: The Engineering to Purchasing Gap in Embedded Memory Selection
Nicholas Urbano, Memphis Electronic
August 2011
As the lead engineer on your latest project, you’ve chosen your memory, finished your design, and sent it on to the next phase of development. Then one Friday afternoon, the phoneRead More...
Embedded Memory System Options
Downloadable Modules Ease Memory Constraints in Small Embedded Systems
John A. Carbone, Express Logic
August 2011
Embedded systems have always found themselves between a rock and a hard place with regard to the amount of memory available for their software and data. More is always desirable,Read More...
Sorting out Small Form Factors
Graphics Performance Drives Ever More Capable Small Form Factor Designs
Christine Van De Graaf, Kontron
July 2011
It is well known that many embedded market applications have evolved to smaller, space-constrained designs that also require long-term availability and cost-effective embeddedRead More...
Sorting out Small Form Factors
The Right COM for the Right App: Sorting out Small Form Factors
Dan Demers, Congatec US
July 2011
Small form factors are not a new invention, but the need to reduce size, weight and power has boosted their demand and resulted in several design considerations. PC/104 Read More...
CPU Meets I/O in System Management
Customizing a Microcontroller for Hardware Platform Management
Mark Overgaard, Pigeon Point Systems and Hichem Belhadj, Microsemi
June 2011
When the subsystem CPU is a microcontroller and its job includes hardware platform management for a larger board or module, it is highly desirable for the controller to integrateRead More...