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The article highlights the development of cooling technologies for high-performance embedded systems designed to keep pace with the shrinking sizes and increasing capabilities of computer hardware. The choice method basically depends on factors such as altitude, G-forces, noise, accessibility, size and weight.

The article focuses on computer system specifically designed for military purposes. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is emphasizing to digitize the battlefield for net-centric warfare. The DOD is also putting pressure on deploying electronics. Increasing pressure from the DOD compelling rugged-computer makers to adopt the latest commercial technology for use in extreme conditions. Fast upgrade in the COTS technology is biggest challenge for designers of rugged computers. DRS Technologies Inc.' C41 Group supplies computers for FBCB2, the Army's Force XXI Battle Command. DRS relies on Intel to move its commercial processors into the mobile embedded line to fit fast chips into its power budget.

The article presents a list of software companies engaged in networking/communications, data acquisition/analysis, graphics and simulation, and information security.

The article presents a list of companies offering data-acquisition boards, single-board computers, graphics/imaging boards and communications/network controllers.

Shares an author's opinion concerning the usability of quantum computers. Likelihood that quantum computers will replace the general purpose computers of today; Reason why this type of computer has caused excitement to many; Kind of algorithm contained in the quantum hardware.

Reports on the growth of computer companies that caters to the needs of the military in the United States. Increased use of VME bus in the military; Capital investment in telecommunications; Growth of commercial-of-the-shelf equipment. INSETS: Myriad Logic designs uses flexible FPGA technology for new...;Restone Technology wins Eurofighter contract;COTS designs aid PC-104 growth, says Parvus CEO;GE Fanuc to Acquire VMIC

Presents a glossary of commonly used terms in computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing/computer-aided engineering/product data management (CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM).

Part I. Summarizes the developments in various industry segments and identify the potential change agents in order to keep company on top of the competition in computer-aided design market. Mechanical design and analysis; Implementation of product data management; Status of the Windows NT computer market. INSETS: Designing a new business jet the Unigraphics'way;Improving baggage handling systems.

Highlights the 1995 first annual Display Manufacturing Technology Conference sponsored by the Society for Information Display. Success of the conference; Number of attendees.

The article focuses on the emergence of the mezzanine input/output (I/O) board which will replaced the standard I/o boards. Mercury Computer Systems Inc. solution marketing manager Anne Mascarin says that the mezzanine cards emerged due to the direct movement of I/O boards on the processing modules due to its flexibility. It states that demands on mezzanine I/O cards are increasing despite the challenges embedded on it. It adds that technology will play an important role in the future of I/O.

The article presents news briefs relevant to the defense and computer industry in the United States compiled as of May 2006. The Raleigh, North Carolina-based defense company, Thales merged with the Santa Barbara, California-based Green Hills Software to integrate Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY real-time operating system and MULTI development tools with the Thales single-board computers. A United States Army helicopter took control of an unmanned aerial vehicle using a tactical common data link.

The article presents a list of companies offering laptop/notebook computers, Pocket Computers/palmtop and specialized computers.

Highlights the annual premier event for flat-panel displays sponsored by the Society for Information Display (SID). Various types and sizes of displays exhibited at the event; Focus of technical papers addressed during the event; Details on the SID 1998.

Provides advice on how computer companies in the United States can properly select the appropriate servers for technical use. Identification of the server applications; Maintenance of a balance among computer processor memory and input or output; Consideration of the availability and scalability. INSETS: What happened to Novell?.;Server specifics..

The article reviews several free mathematical software including Sage 4.1 from Open Source Alternatives (OSALT), Octave 3.3 from GNU, and Scilab 4.1.2 from Scilab.

The article discusses the potential of intelligent power management as a critical tool in managing profit and business losses in the U.S. It cites two complementary modes of industrial power management, such as the Power over Ethernet (PoE) and the Power Management Bus (PMBus). Basic PoE started with Cisco's proprietary approach for powering VoIP business phones over twisted-pair Ethernet cable. Meanwhile, PMBus provides different but complementary standard for industrial power-supply control.

The article features the design for the Printed Dipole that delivers high benefits for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). It notes that due to the growing use of Internet access worldwide, the technology has changed to complexity requiring versatile antennas providing high performance output. It mentions that although the dipole has sensible performance relative to the resonant frequency, its information measure at the required LAN is nevertheless determined.

The article focuses on the effort of the Interoperable PCell Library (IPL) Initiative to bring openness and greater productivity to parameterized cells (PCells) and process design kit (PDK). It is stated that the initiative has been founded by several electronic design automation (EDA) companies including Silicon Canvas Inc., Ciranova Inc. and Synopsys Inc. Accordingly, the goal of the EDA vendors is to leverage the OpenAccess database and application programming interface (API) system to develop PCell interoperability.

The article focuses on the developments in reference design as designers based it on the target audience. Many designers deliver reference designs to highlight their chips, modules, software or services, in one end, it becomes a platform. The changes to a reference design may only include color and texture, just like VIA Technologies Inc.'s Nanobook UMD which was developed in connection with First International Computer Inc. With this, customers can exploit the vendor's expertise for various components related to the product. Meanwhile, hardware designers improve the reference designs or development kits, however, major developments come before the custom platform is available. Reference designs can save considerable work and checking out a reference design is relatively low-cost.

The article discusses the importance of Ethernet in computer industry. Ethernet is faster than the legacy fieldbus implementations, so even industrial Ethernet versions that lack heavy duty, real-time performance will be more than adequate to meet many industrial-control tasks. In this industry, the Ethernet remains a complementary network because many control applications are neither power nor performance restricted. In addition, the integration of Ethernet and wireless interfaces into microcontrollers make networking even easier in industrial automation.

The article discusses integrated development environments (IDEs). This is a new technology that continues to develop into sophistication and provides wider development tools in systems software. IDEs feature an editor, compiler tool chain, and a debugger. Project and source-code management are supports within an IDE likewise, links to programming frameworks are incorporated into the editor and help systems. Bug trackers are also included into the build and debugging process. Many IDE vendors tried to execute all of these features but the challenge is clearly huge and third parties are seen to be the best solution. This would require Plug-in architecture.

This article presents forecasts for electronic markets that are expected to continue to be strong: "One of the strongest industries in terms of actual growth and the ability to continually create new, innovative products is consumer electronics...Demand for computer hardware is on the upswing after about five years of rapidly dropping or flat sales, with IT departments at many large companies beginning system upgrades. The rapid advances in medical electronics can be seen on several fronts...Lots of uncertainty swirls around defense spending over the near and long term, with anticipated cutbacks in some major weapons programs. The Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA), which updates its 10-year forecast of defense electronics spending annually, describes a range of scenarios in its latest report called alternative futures."

This article reports that field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are finding greater use as core components in systems for networking, communications, storage, and high-performance computing applications requiring complex data processing. The phase relationship between the DQ and DQS signals is important for DDR SDRAM and DDR2 interfaces When writing to the DRAM, the memory controller in the FPGA must generate a DQS signal that's center-aligned within the DQ data signals. When reading from the memory device, the DQS coming into the FPGA is edge-aligned with respect to the DQ signals. It's important to strictly follow the board-design guidelines provided by memory and FPGA vendors. To ensure first-time success of the memory-interface design, thorough signalintegrity analysis must be performed on a system level.

Just as one can never be too rich or too thin, computers can never have too much storage capacity. Large companies and government agencies routinely have storage capacities of many terabytes. This article aims to discuss how storage-area networks (SAN) make it possible to implement and manage the access of huge storage facilities and how SAN can bring vital support to capacity-hungry systems. SAN is the fastest growing computer networking technology today. It is an interconnection of computers, servers, and disk-drive subsystems that communicate over a fiber-optic network. It is used for massive storage of data and files, as well as system backup.

Features several microprocessors. AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64; Intel's Itanium 2; Sun's UltraSparc III; IBM/Motorola's PowerPC; MIPS' MIPS64.

Focuses on the role of microprocessors on the computer industry in the U.S. Capability to perform billions of operations per second; Efforts to develop microprocessors with greater computational throughput; Companies demonstrating adaptive computer architecture.

Introduces Power-over-Ethernet chips (PoE) which is of great help to designers of networking hardware and network peripherals. Key benefits of the chips; List of current generation of PoE power controller chips; Implications of the technology for network designers.

Focuses on component-based development (CBD) in the software industry. Need for CBD; Components of CBD; Benefits of components in test applications.

Comments on working designs for gaining advantages related to alternative application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and the standard nonrecurring engineering charges over the structured ASIC and field programmable gate arrays (FPGA). Information revealed from the survey concerning the front-end tool flows for structured ASIC; Importance of the platform architecture in designing structured ASIC platform; Facts on designing and development for virtual prototyping of FPGA.

Focuses on the advances in nonvolatile storage technology in the U.S. Delivery of high performance and great endurance; Comparison between nonvolatile storage and flash memory; Capability to retain data once it is written. INSET: WRITE-ONCE HAS A PLACE.

Provides information on design for the environment (DFE), a concept that prompted manufacturers to design products for easier recycling and remanufacturing. Information on the DFE programs of General Motors Corp.; Computer companies that have taken the lead in computer recycling programs; Reason the recycling of computers has been limited to date.

Focuses on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) application. Fragmentation of DRAM applications; Decline in DRAM market; Major contenders for personal computer DRAMs.

Looks at the research and development (R&D) efforts of camera maker Kodak and its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. Challenges faced by Kodak's R&D in the imaging business; Role of Sanyo Electric Co. in the OLED display of Kodak; Recognition received by Kodak from the Society for Information Display; Number of Kodak's patents on the basic OLED device structure; Licensing agreements of Kodak.

Focuses on the balancing of processing power and bandwidth by digital signal processing (DSP) board designers in the United States. List of signal processing products developed by DSP chip vendors; Features of the products; Views on the progress of DSP market.

Introduces the channel-based, switch-fabric input/output-subsystem that could infiltrate desktop computers and embedded computer designs. Shift in computer input-output subsystem architecture; Redefinition of the architectures of high-end computer servers; Impact of Next-Generation input/output and future input/output-channel infrastructures on embedded boards.

Reveals several signs that Microsoft Corporation, the world's leader in personal computing software for business, is starting to lose its monopoly of the industry. Serious assaults faced by Microsoft on its dominance from other quarters; Information on Microsoft's browser battle being waged in federal court; Reason for the popularity of network computer. INSET: Can NT scale up?.

Presents information on products released for use in the computer industry in the United States. Information on a CD-ROM jukebox library developed by JVC Professional; Details on the PCI/ISA single-board computer from Interlogic Industries; Information on a central processing unit from INSIDE Technology USA Incorporated; Other information.

Focuses on the 1996 Embedded Systems Conference. Event description; Issues and topics related to the Java computer program language to be presented at the event; Participants; Technical sessions on embedded systems; Contact information.

Descries the Advanced Power Management (APM), a technology which makes possible to achieve compact-disc-quality audio in ultra-compact systems in portable computers. Development of integrated multimedia audi integrated circuits that work in concert with APM technology; Characteristics of the APM specification as defined by Microsoft and Intel.

Announces the holding of the 1995 Silicon Valley Personal Computer Design Conference and (SVPC) Exhibition on August 21-23 at the San Jose Hyatt Hotel in California. Program of activities; Topics to be discussed; Participants of the conference.

Focuses on support companies in the personal computer industry that concentrate on ways to reduce the complexity and component cost of system motherboards. Development of highly integrated chip sets; Functionality of compatibility; Need to redesign chips for each new microprocessor; Continued enhancement of chip-set functionality; New products and features. INSET: Representative manufacturers of PC and workstation...

The article evaluates an array of hardware including SMP3620, SMP3625, and SMP7000 Modules, DNA/DNR-1553-553, and ZT5210 Multichannel Waveform Generators.

The article highlights the 2007 Embedded Systems Conference, held on April 1 to 5, 2007 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The author presented several products during the show including Ember's EM260/AVR breakout board which simplifies wireless development, Wireless USB and Ultra-Wideband, the LIS302ALk accelerometer from STMicroelectronics NV.

Features several computer hardware and software products for machine design. Nvidia Quadro FX 700, a professional graphics card from Nvidia Corp.; SolidWorks 2005 design software from SolidWorks Corp.; Pro/E Routed Systems Designer diagramming software from PTC.

Features various products for computer systems as of July 19, 2004. Components of the MV86VOx mobile media processor from Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc.; Capacity of the Embedded Development Kit for field programmable arrays from Xilinx Inc.; Availability of the SIO4-104 family of boards in different models, from Sealevel Systems Inc.

This article presents information on new products related to computer industry. ThinkVision L180p LCD flatpanel monitor, which features a bezel thickness of just 0.67 in. Its thin size suits it for tiling on a wall or arranging on a desktop computer in a dual-monitor configuration in office environments. The Thermex temperature-indicating sensor paper nondestructively reveals temperature distribution between any two heated contacting surfaces. Designed for wireless communications, the CRO2275A voltage-controlled oscillator covers a 50-MHz bandwidth with an average tuning sensitivity of 15 MHz/V. Also, it covers 2250 to 2300 MHz in 0.5- to 4.5-V dc of tuning with a spectral signal of -85 and -114 dBc/Hz at 1- and 10-kHz offsets, respectively. The IsoLoop IL261 coupler combines the company's patented spintronic giant magnetoresistors with CMOS circuitry to fit in a 0.4 in, 16-pin SOIC. It contains four transmit channels and one receive channel.

Discusses the efforts of Palm Inc. Chief Executive Eric A. Benhamou to meet the goals of the handheld computer maker. Divisions of Palm created by Benhamou; Improvements in the operations of the company.

Focuses on the trend in the computer industry in the United States wherein design and manufacturing of personal computers are outsourced. Goal in outsourcing manufacturing processes; How contract manufacturing originated; Improvements implemented by contract manufacturers; Role of the Internet in contract designing.

The article reports on the division of the high-performance embedded computer industry over how to proceed with VITA 46 VPX high-speed serial bus standards in the U.S. The four company members of the military embedded computing industry issued a joint statement calling for the VITA Standards Organization (VSO) to lead industry efforts for the VPX interoperability standards. The members believed that the issue must be done within the existing and proven model of the VSO Working Group System.

A directory of the Web sites of several manufacturers of communications equipment and computer peripherals for military applications in the U.S. is presented.