VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   VIA Technologies Inc. has released the VIA ARM DS (Digital Signage) system. Developed for the Android operating system, the VIA ARM DS is an all-in-one system-ready solution for managing dynamic displays for cost sensitive high volume segments where high performance video and connectivity are paramount for enhanced customer engagement. Applications range from kiosks, POS systems, video walls, and menu boards to TVOIP, cloud streaming, and Out of Home Advertising across a broad spectrum of retail, hospitality, education, and entertainment environments. Epan Wu, Head - VIA Embedded Platform Division said, “The VIA ARM DS system extends the familiarity of Android to dynamic digital signage displays, providing a cost-effective alternative to other products on the market. We welcome 3rd party software and system integration partners to join us to develop customized solutions based on the system.” For More Details See www.varindia....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AMD has announced that it will integrate a new security solution into its future products to meet the increasing need to provide consumers and businesses with secure access to their content and worry-free online transactions. Through a strategic technology partnership with ARM, AMD will integrate the ARM TrustZone technology into future Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) via a system-on-a-chip (SoC) design methodology.    AMD and ARM will provide a consistent approach to security spanning billions of Internet-connected mobile devices, tablets, PCs and servers - whether they are powered by ARM processor-based solutions or AMD x86 APUs. AMD plans to provide development platforms that have TrustZone security features on select APUs in 2013, expanding further across its product portfolio in 2014.  Mike Wolfe, Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer, AMD said, “With AMD’s support for, and inclusion in, the expanding TrustZon...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ARM has released its Development Studio 5 (DS-5) Community Edition (CE) - a free-to-use edition of its reference software development toolkit. The new edition is believed to be dedicated to the Android application developer community and helps them create native software for compute intensive tasks that can run up to 4 times faster than Java code. DS-5 CE complements the standard SDK and NDK Android development kits by offering developers a unique set of tools to help them achieve the performance and energy-efficiency advantages made possible when ARM native code is used in Android applications. DS-5 Community Edition includes limited, but essential functionality from the premium DS-5 toolkit to help solve common Android application developer pain points. It achieves this by providing an integrated graphical debugger for NDK-generated code and visibility of advanced processor information, including ARM NEON Single Instruction Multiple Data (S...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ARM has announced that it has acquired Prolific, Inc. The increasing complexity of 20nm and low process technologies is driving the need for automated layout optimization solutions. This acquisition augments ARM's strategy to provide innovative physical IP products that will enable the ARM partnership to continue to lead in the implementation of highly integrated, low-power system-on-chip solutions. Simon Segars, EVP & GM, Physical IP Division, ARM said, "We have been successfully collaborating with Prolific for a number of years. The technology and expertise that will come with this acquisition will expand our capabilities to accelerate ecosystem adoption of advanced process nodes at 20nm and below." Paul de Dood, President & Founder, Prolific, Inc. said, "Prolific has a long history of improving the efficiency of complex physical design process flows. The ARM partnership will benefit from faster time to market for...