IDC Releases Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker
The worldwide mobile phone market continued solid double-digit growth in the second quarter (2Q08) as competition in high-end devices heated up. According to IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 306.0 million units, an increase of 5.6% from the 289.7 million units shipped during the previous quarter and up 15.3% from the 265.4 million units shipped during 2Q07. Total shipments for the quarter were in line with IDC’s expectations, even as vendors cited economic challenges and changing demands within key regions.
Strategy Analytics Publishes Q2 2008 Global Handset Market Share Report
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile handset shipments grew a healthy 15 percent year-over-year, to reach 297 million units in Q2 2008. Motorola surprised and held off LG to maintain the third spot in our global vendor rankings. Bonny Joy, Analyst at Strategy Analytics said, “Global handset shipments rose 15 percent annually, to 297 million units during Q2 2008. Despite much economic gloom, handset sales remain robust in emerging markets and the worldwide growth rate is, in fact, higher than it was at any time during 2007.”
OmniVision, eASIC Unveil eDVR91 MPEG-4 Camera Reference Design
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip(TM) image sensors and eASIC Corporation, the leading provider of zero mask-charge ASIC devices, announced the availability of the eDVR91, an MPEG-4 camera reference design suitable for a broad range of applications including camcorders, security and surveillance cameras and automotive vision systems.
Aeroflex 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set Supports SmartNet, SmartZone
Aeroflex has announced the release of version 1.7.4 software for the Aeroflex 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set that includes support for Motorola’s Astro SmartNet[tm]/SmartZone[tm] systems. Included in this release is support for re-banded channels in the 800MHz band. This new software is available for all Aeroflex 3900 Series products currently in the field, including the 3901, the 3902 and the new 3920 Series.
Agilent Announces Genesys 2008.07 Release for RF Board Design
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) announced shipment of its Genesys 2008.07 release. The new Genesys release contains improvements to the reliability of artwork masks for electromagnetic (EM) verification and RF board manufacturing, along with modeling and user interface improvements. This functionality results in shorter design cycles with fewer iterations for RF designers with tight deadlines and budgets.
MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 5.0 Supports Cavium OCTEON
MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced that MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 now supports Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) OCTEON[tm] CN58XX, CN56XX, CN52XX, CN50XX and CN38XX processor families, enabling embedded developers to use the widely adopted MIPS64-based OCTEON architecture to create high-performance multicore applications that are multi-threaded and core-aware while delivering the interoperability, high availability, and field serviceability that carriers need.
IDG World Expo Previews LinuxWorld Conference 2008
IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows and events, provided a preview of next week’s LinuxWorld Conference & Expo®. During the event, which runs August 4-7 at Moscone Center North in San Francisco, more than 200 exhibitors and thousands of Linux and open source users from around the globe will gather to explore the latest products and solutions, learn from industry leaders about emerging trends, and gather intelligence in broad-reaching educational and hands-on training sessions focused on key industry themes.
RoboDevelopment Conference Reveals Keynote Speakers
Robotics Trends and EH Events announced that Sebastian Thrun, Director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Team Leader of the DARPA Grand Challenge winning Stanford Racing Team, will deliver the opening keynote at the at the 2nd annual RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition taking place November 18-19, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Joining Thrun as keynote presenters are Maja J. Mataric, founding director of the University of California (USC) Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems and Co-Director of the USC Robotics Research Lab, as well as Jeanne Dietsch, robotics pioneer and CEO of from MobileRobots Inc.
Siverge Networks Optimizes Resources with Runtime NetworkComputer
Runtime Design Automation announced that Siverge Networks, a fabless semiconductor company focused on the packet evolution in carrier networks, has adopted Runtime’s NetworkComputer (formerly known as Flowtracer/NC) flow queuing system to optimize its network computing resources that provide a platform for the development of its System-on-a-chip (SoC) products. Siverge Networks research and development (R&D) center has already begun using the Runtime tool as part of its unified design network.
Aeroflex 3500 Radio Test Set Supports Field Test 6 Software
Aeroflex has announced the release of new software for its 3500 1GHz hand-held Radio Test Set to support Survey Technologies’ Field Test 6 Software. Now, users of the Aeroflex 3500 Series can improve and automate the acquisition, analysis and display of signal strength across a given terrain, as well as inside buildings. Field Test 6 has expanded the drive-test measurement concept to include indoor measurement and analysis for applications where GPS is not available. The hand-held capability of the Aeroflex 3500, along with the Field Test 6 software, now allows users to map out their building or geographical areas and find any sections that contain a weak signal. Armed with this information users can improve critical communications within those areas.
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