VIA @ Computex 2010 Tweet

Taipei World Trade Center, Nangang, Booth L1018.

VIA will showcase the latest embedded processor platform technologies that are set to drive embedded device design innovation throughout 2010 and beyond, including a live demo of the latest VIA VX900 media system processor paired with the latest VIA Nano E-Series processor.

Visitors to the VIA Embedded booth will also be able to see a range of unique panel PC systems based on the modular Em-ITX form factor as well as robust and fanless industrial PC systems including the Pico-ITX based VIA AMOS-3001.
Taipei International Convention Center, Room 201D

Join VIA@Computex 2010 and explore a dynamic range of processing platforms designed to connect you to the digital cloud whether you're at home, at work, or on the go. Demonstrating the processing performance of the new VIA Nano-3000 Series processor, VIA is poised to bring optimized performance to a range of cloud connected devices including thin and light notebooks and small form factor and all-in-one desktop PCs.

VIA subsidiary WonderMedia will be presenting a variety of Google Android tablets along with a range of innovative "Smart" devices for the home and office. VIA Labs' will demo the latest USB 3.0 ecosystem, while the VIA Audio team showcases the benefits of their versatile USB audio controllers.

Join VIA at the TICC, 2nd floor, room 201D and see first hand how VIA's latest system platforms are driving a new era in power-efficient, HD computing.

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SANDISK TO PRESENT AT THE THINKEQUITY SEMICONDUCTOR CONFERENCE Tweet

MILPITAS, Calif.--SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) announced that Judy Bruner, Executive Vice President, Administration and CFO will present to the investment community attending the ThinkEquity 1st Annual Semiconductor Conference, in New York City on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 08:30 am, Eastern Time. The session will be webcast and can be accessed live from SanDisk Corporation's Investor Relations website at www.sandisk.com/IR. A replay of the webcast will also be made available.

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GPS/Galileo Location and Multimedia Processor Tweet

Delivering the next step in the evolution of our mainstream navigation platform, the SiRFatlasV™ brings even greater functionality on chip and delivers faster fixes and higher performance than ever before while reducing overall power consumption, system cost, and size. When combined with CSRsynergy™, this processor can be seamlessly integrated with CSR's audio and connectivity platforms, allowing customers to design even greater variety into their consumer navigation devices.
General specifications

Supported OS

* WinCE 6.0, Linux

System Software

* CSRsynergy embedded wireless systems software that enables multiple wireless standards and features

Package

* Type: 285-ball grid array (TFBGA) with a pitch of 0.65 mm Pb free
* Dimensions: 10 mm x 13 mm; Height: 1.2 mm

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Freescale Eight-Core P4080 Processor-Based Conduction- or Air-Cooled VPX-REDI Module Tweet

Features:
* Freescale P4080 processor with eight PowerPC e500 cores at up to 1.5 GHz
* 3U VPX (VITA 46) module
* Ruggedized Enhanced Design Implementation (REDI)
* Conduction or air cooling
* Two channels of up to DDR3-1333 ECC SDRAM, up to 8 GB (4 GB each)
* Up to 256 MB of NOR flash (with redundancy)
* Up to 16 GB of NAND flash
* Hardware write-protection for NVRAM
* PrPMC/XMC interface
* x4 PCI Express or Serial RapidIO Fat Pipe P1.A fabric interconnect
* x4 PCI Express or Serial RapidIO Fat Pipe P1.B fabric interconnect
* Two SERDES Gigabit Ethernet Thin Pipe P1 fabric interconnects
* Two optional 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet ports
* Up to two RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 serial P2 ports
* Front I/O available via plugover module
* Linux BSP
* Wind River VxWorks BSP
* QNX Neutrino BSP
* Green Hills INTEGRITY BSP

Description

The XPedite5470 is a high-performance 3U VPX-REDI single-board computer based on the Freescale P4080 processor. With eight PowerPC e500 cores running at up to 1.5 GHz, the P4080 delivers enhanced performance and efficiency for today's embedded computing applications.

The XPedite5470 supports two separate channels of up to 4 GB each of up to DDR3-1333 ECC SDRAM, as well as up to 16 GB of NAND flash and up to 256 MB of NOR flash (with redundancy). The XPedite5470 provides the option of utilizing a PCI Express or Serial RapidIO Fat Pipe P1 interconnects, as well as two SERDES Gigabit Ethernet Thin Pipe P1 fabric interconnects. The XPedite5470 also supports dual Gigabit Ethernet, GPIO, I²C, PMC I/O, XMC I/O, and up to two RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 serial ports through the P2 connector.

The XPedite5470 provides a ruggedized, high-performance, feature-rich solution to support the next generation of rugged embedded applications. Wind River VxWorks, QNX Neutrino, Linux and Green Hills INTEGRITY Board Support Packages (BSPs) are available.
Technical Specifications
XPedite5470 Block Diagram
Processor

* Freescale P4080 processor
* Eight PowerPC e500 cores at up to 1.5 GHz
* 128 KB L2 cache per core
* 1 MB L3 cache per channel
* IEEE754 Floating Point Unit support

Memory

* Two channels of up to DDR3-1333 ECC SDRAM, up to 8 GB (4 GB each)
* Up to 256 MB of NOR flash (with redundancy)
* Up to 16 GB of NAND flash

VPX (VITA 46) P1 I/O

* x4 PCI Express or Serial RapidIO to P1.A
* x4 PCI Express or Serial RapidIO to P1.B
* Two SERDES Gigabit Ethernet ports (or one 10/100/1000BASE-T port out P1 and one 10/100/1000BASE-T port out P2)
* X12d XMC P16 I/O

VPX (VITA 46) P2 I/O

* One 10/100/1000BASE-T port (when two SERDES Gigabit Ethernet P1 ports are not used)
* Up to two RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 serial ports
* I²C port
* 3.3V GPIO signals
* P64s PMC P14 I/O

PrPMC/XMC Site

* 32-bit, 66-MHz PCI bus (PMC interface)
* x4 PCIe port (XMC interface)
* P64s P14 I/O support
* X12d P16 I/O support

Front Panel I/O

* Front-panel RJ45 Ethernet and mini-DB9 RS-232 serial ports available via optional plugover module

Software Support

* Linux BSP
* Wind River VxWorks BSP
* QNX Neutrino BSP
* Green Hills INTEGRITY BSP

Physical Characteristics

* 3U VPX-REDI conduction- or air-cooled form factor
* Dimensions: 100 mm x 160 mm
* 0.8-in. pitch without solder side cover
* 0.85 and 1.0-in. pitch with solder side cover

Environmental Requirements

* Supported ruggedization levels (see chart below):
Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5
* Humidity: 0% to 95% non-condensing
* Storage temperature: -55 to 105 ºC

Power Requirements

* Maximum power consumption: 40 W (estimate)

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iPhone users flock to Opera Mini Tweet

Global rankings reordered in new State of the Mobile Web Report.

More than 2.6 million people used Opera Mini on their iPhones, in the two weeks following April’s mid-month launch. This surge in new Opera Mini users reshaped both the top 10 countries and the top handsets for mobile Web usage, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report, issued today. The United States jumped two spots in the top 10 country ranking, displacing South Africa and Nigeria. Globally, the iPhone immediately became the third-most-popular device for Opera Mini users worldwide.

Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report, published monthly, provides information on the top global trends affecting the mobile Web. The full report is available from http://www.opera.com/smw/ (English only). In addition to a full review of Opera Mini on the iPhone, the report highlights global statistics and reviews the mobile browsing trends in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Global trends

* In April 2010, Opera Mini had more than 58.9 million users, a 6.6% increase from March 2010 and more than 152% compared to April 2009.
* Those 58.9 million people viewed more than 26.3 billion pages in April 2010. Since March, page views have gone up 1.6%. Since April 2009, page views have increased 203%.
* In April 2010, Opera Mini users generated over 398 million MB of data for operators worldwide. Since March, the data consumed went up by 0.6%. Data in Opera Mini is compressed by up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 3.7 petabytes of data in April. Since April 2009, data traffic is up 164%.
* The top 10 countries for Opera Mini usage in April 2010 were: Russia, Indonesia, India, China, Ukraine, United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Vietnam and the United Kingdom. Due to Opera Mini on the iPhone launch, the United States leaped ahead of South Africa and Nigeria.

iPhone impact

* In Part 4 of this month’s report, we take a closer look at the impact of Opera Mini becoming available on the Apple iPhone.
* In April 2010, there were more than 2.6 million unique users of Opera Mini on the iPhone (from April 13-30).
* As predicted in last month’s report, the Apple iPhone is the #3 device used by Opera Mini users worldwide in the month of April 2010.
* Most likely due to the interest generated by Opera Mini’s new availability on the iPhone, the United States jumped from #8 to #6 in the top 10 countries list.
* The United States is ranked #1 in terms of Opera Mini users on the iPhone, and the iPhone is the #1 handset used by Opera Mini users in the United States, well ahead of BlackBerry (which previously occupied the top spot).
* The United Kingdom is ranked #4 in terms of Opera Mini users on the iPhone, and the iPhone is the 5th most popular handset used by Opera Mini users in the United Kingdom.
* Russia is ranked #7 in terms of Opera Mini users on the iPhone, but the iPhone is not one of the top 10 handsets in Russia according to Opera Mini usage.
* Countries outside of the top 10 where Opera Mini on the iPhone has become popular include: Japan, Germany, France, Canada, Netherlands, Italy and South Korea.

CIS trends

* In Part 3 of this month’s report we look at countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The top 11 countries using Opera Mini in that region are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
* Some numbers: From April 2009 to April 2010, page views in the top 11 countries of the CIS increased by 84%, unique users increased by 63% and data transferred increased by 97%.
* Growth rates in the CIS: Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan lead the top 11 countries of the region in terms of page-view growth (508,484.1% and 663.9%, respectively). Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan also lead the top 11 countries of the region in growth of unique users (194,769.2% and 551.2%, respectively). Armenia leads the top 11 countries of the region in page views per user, with each user browsing 1085 pages on average each month.
* In the CIS, the big winners (as usual) are Vkontakte, Mail.Ru, odnoklassniki.ru, Yandex and Google.
* Opera Mini users in the CIS generally prefer Nokia handsets, followed by Sony Ericsson and Samsung.

What we say

“While many iconic smartphones are superb web-browsing tools, today it is possible to make nearly every phone capable of browsing the Web gracefully,” said Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder, Opera Software. “Because the number of mobile-web users will eventually dwarf wireline users, making the Web works flawlessly only on a handful of mobile devices is to turn our collective backs on more than a billion new users. We believe access to the Web is a universal right, and as more companies embrace developing sites for the wide spectrum of mobile-web users, we will come closer to that goal than ever before.”

State of the Mobile Report archive: http://www.opera.com/smw/archive/

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Huawei Wins LTE Innovation and Commercialization Awards at LTE World Summit 2010 Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that, in recognition of their advancements in the commercialization and research and development of LTE technology, the company won two top awards at the LTE World Summit 2010 in Holland. These awards include "Significant Progress for a Commercial Launch of LTE by a Vendor" and "Best Contribution to Research & Development for LTE."

The LTE World Summit 2010 attracted more than one thousand attendees, including operators, vendors and organizations from across the LTE ecosystem. Huawei was selected by an independent panel of judges and honored for their significant contributions to the LTE industry chain.

Ying Weimin, President of LTE Product Line, Huawei, said: "Huawei has invested heavily in the development of the LTE industry since 2004; contributing world-class LTE technologies, patents, standards and commercial experiences. Huawei also created a successful business model enabling the world' s operators to remain profitable, while meeting an unprecedented demand for mobile broadband services anywhere, anytime."

As of March 2010, Huawei has been awarded more than 60 LTE contracts, including nine commercial LTE contracts. Huawei has also expanded its scope to focus on end-to-end R&D, including eNodeB, EPC (evolved packet core), terminal devices (USB/CPE) and chipsets.

Huawei shares its patent and standards achievements with industry partners in an effort to build an open, cooperative, and harmonious LTE industry environment. To date, Huawei has submitted more than 4,700 LTE/EPC standard proposal contributions to 3GPP and holds 181 LTE essential patents, accounting for 34% of the infrastructure vendors in LTE essential patents.


About LTE World Summit

LTE World Summit 2010 is the leading event of its kind attracting all the major LTE players, including all major operators, vendors, industry associations, industry press and bloggers from across the world. It has over 80 stands, a comprehensive 6 track programme, and two co-located conferences.

For further information about LTE World Summit, please visit: http://www.lteconference.com/world

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Nokia N8 video walkthrough shows off messaging, internet and maps Tweet

ESPOO, Finland- We’ve seen the sample video and the sample photos of the feature-packed Nokia N8, now Nokia has released a trio of comprehensive videos showcasing the handset’s myriad talents. In this first video Chris Bennetts, Senior Project Manager at Nokia talks through the Nokia N8’s homescreen, demonstrating the customisable abilities of the handset, true multitasking that makes running multiple apps a breeze, the lighting-fast onscreen keyboard, email and messaging, internet and browser capabilities and finally maps and navigation. Join us after the jump for a full walkthrough of the new Nokia N8. Once you’re done let us know what you think in the comments section below. Stay tuned for episode two and three coming up next week.

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