Retail is a tough industry – consumer tastes are fickle, margins are often razor-thin, and employee turnover can be high, making it difficult to improve staff expertise and efficiency. Fortunately, intelligent retail system can address all of these problems, helping retailers grow and prosper even in today’s middling economy. In this blog, we will look at three particularly hot technologies: digital signage with viewer analytics , retail systems that combine entry-level prices ...Read More

Performance and power-efficiency are more important than ever for network infrastructure. Traffic is exploding and becoming more complex as video and web traffic increasingly dominate the network. Meanwhile, the increasing cloud connectivity of everything from enterprises source to consumer devices is creating a tempting target for hackers. At the same time, cost pressures are causing customers to make ever-greater demands on energy efficiency.   The Intel® Xeon® processors pro...Read More

The ongoing rise in healthcare costs is leading governments and healthcare providers worldwide to seek solutions that will make medicine more efficient. One of the primary areas of focus is in health information technology (health IT), where efficient electronic systems can replace antiquated paper records. These efforts promise to not only lower costs but also enable entirely new methods of delivering medical care. The introduction of new electronics can even bring advanced medicine to groups ...Read More

Communications and networking equipment often employ multi-architecture designs that combine network processors (NPUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), and general purpose processors (GPUs). From a workload perspective, this approach makes sense because telecom equipment handles highly diverse workloads – namely applications , control plane , packet processing , and signal processing . However, the multi-architecture approach makes development more complicated and increases th...Read More

Cloud computing isn’t just for the enterprise – telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMS) and service providers can also benefit from cloud computing. To learn how use can use this technology – and how to overcome the attendant challenges – check out the latest Embedded Innovator webinar from Emerson and RadiSys .  The webinar explains:   Benefits and use cases for cloud computing Fundamentals of Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) Design optio...Read More

I just got back from the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, and I am so excited about the future of embedded that I can barely sit still. Intel started the show with a thrilling preview of its 14nm technology. The big news here for embedded developers is that the Intel® Atom™ is being pushed onto the process roadmap as Intel® Core processors. That means we can expect Intel Atom processors to leap from 45nm today to 14nm by 2014. This rapid advancement is expected to...Read More

There’s a ground swell of “green” requirements taking a prominent position in modern electronics design. But there are some substantial benefits that can be obtained from improving energy efficiency that’s all wrapped up in the green part of the design. By selecting the right processor and systems software you can eliminate active cooling devices, reduce power supply needs, and reduce real estate requirements.   There are many applications that benefit from fan-less...Read More