Often, when I talk to people about my line of work – once I have explained exactly what embedded systems are – they will comment that it must be a good line of business to be in. I would tend to agree. However, I would actually be agreeing that it is an interesting business, whereas my interlocutor is more likely to be thinking of the financial benefits.
Of course, as embedded devices are … Read More
The increasing complexity of cars has taught automakers the value of cooperating with competitors on technology that customers won’t see and don’t care about but would be prohibitively expensive for a single automaker to develop in-house.
Automakers and suppliers formed the GENIVI Alliance, for example, to create an open source (Linux-based) development platform for in-vehicle infotainment, facilitating … Read More
Tags: Linux, Jaguar Land Rover, Magneti Marelli, XS Embedded, ARM, PSA Peugeot Citroën, QNX, Renault, Android, Visteon, Mentor Graphics, in-vehicle infotainment, Microltron, intel, Microsoft, Delphi, MontaVista Software, Genivi Alliance
Is your company, state, or region investing in the future of military and aerospace—the market, its staff, and its technology? If you live in Washington state, you can answer with a resounding “yes” thanks, in large part, to Washington State Representative Tim Probst’s House Bill 2088 and proactive players in the mil/aero and commercial markets.
House Bill 2088, sponsored by Rep. Probst, signed by … Read More
Tags: Microsoft, Mentor.com, Mil-Aero, Boeing, Geek, Aerospace, Mentor, Milaero, Military, Mentor Graphics, Gov. Chris Gregoire, Tim Probst, House Bill 2088, Washington
The Boeing Company and Microsoft Corp. have partnered to help support and grow the number of Washington state students earning bachelor’s degrees. The state’s two largest private employers are pledging $25 million each over the next five years to the new public-private Washington Opportunity Scholarship program and endowment signed into law by Gov. Christine Gregoire. Together with matching … Read More
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I’ve heard it talked about for some time and it certainly makes sense – being able to update the software in a car over the air in much the same way that Microsoft periodically updates Windows, though I hope my car will not have to reboot to finish the job.
Red Bend Software, which specializes in mobile software management, and has its software in more than one billion devices, has agreed to port its … Read More
Tags: QNX Neutrino realtime operating system, Red Bend Software, Microsoft, vRapid Mobile over-the-air software updating technology, Windows
Android is sexy, as are the ever-increasing number of smartphones and PC tablets that take advantage of Google’s operating system (OS). Military personnel, even officials at the highest ranks, agree. Soldiers want to use Android devices and Apple’s iPad in the field, while on a mission, communicating, socializing, killing time, or blowing off steam.
Soldiers have historically been frustrated by the … Read More
Tags: Electronic, iPhone, Mentor Graphics, Software, Sony, DoD, Mentor, Geek, soldier, Google, USB, Xbox, Hardware, soldiers, Mentor.com, VHS, electrical, PlayStation, Warfighters, iPad, Military, mp3, Operating System, Microsoft, Apple, Mil-Aero, Computer, Android, Milaero
Android addicts are everywhere. Even those who didn’t anticipate using a larger number of apps on their smart phones are finding themselves downloading a new app almost daily. Google’s Android mobile operating system (OS) is making waves throughout the commercial market; and now, thanks to Raytheon engineers in Waltham, Mass., it is likely to change the face of the digital battlefield.
Soldiers are … Read More
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In recent years, privately funded companies have made many efforts to develop and test space-capable vehicles. One of the most well-known, prize-based technology encouragement activities is the Ansari X Prize, founded in 2004 by the non-profit organization the X Prize Foundation. The competition’s rules were simple: The first privately funded, non-government organization to develop a reusable, manned … Read More
Tags: Mentor Graphics, Mentor, spacex, x prize, Aerospace, Engineer, Ansari, Falcon, Geek, Hardware, 2001, Burt Rutan, Dragon, Computer, EDA, Arthur C. Clarke, Electronic, Aviation, Elon Musk, Design, COTS, Design Automation, Scaled Composites, Mentor.com, paul allen, PayPal, nasa, Obama, Milaero, Military, Microsoft, Mil-Aero
The GENIVI Alliance, which is working toward a scalable software architecture for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), recently released an IVI software architecture report based on interviews with automakers, tier one firms, semiconductor suppliers, and service providers, including Alliance member and non-member companies.
Relevant IVI architecture suppliers, according to the report, include Microsoft, … Read More
Tags: Microltron, MeeGo, Microsoft, Genivi Alliance, Strategy Analytics, Wind River, in-vehicle infotainment, Android, Moblin, Linux, Maemo OS, QNX, Roger Lanctot, IVI
DoD Apps Store in our future?
I have noticed at recent industry conferences and exhibitions a predominant focus on software, marking a larger seachange in the military and aerospace industry. Case in point: ESC 2010 in San Jose.
ESC was always the venue at which I, as a mil-aero systems architect and geek-of-all-trades, could roam exhibit aisle after aisle looking at hardware. Tangible chips and boards, … Read More
Tags: Software, Silicon, Milaero, battlefield, DoD, Military, network-centric, Operating System, App Store, Geek, Mentor Graphics, Mentor.com, Hardware, Microsoft, Embedded Systems, Mil-Aero, Mentor, soldiers
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