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ChipDowning

  1. Wind River Introduces first embedded Linux operating system to be accepted for EAL4+ Certification by NIAP using OSPP: http://bit.ly/ancrsl
  2. GE Intelligent Platforms SBC612 rugged 6U OpenVPX QorIQ P4080 single board computer with VxWorks and Linux support: http://bit.ly/aARHWs
  3. VxWorks 653 Platform for DO-178B-certified systems now used in over 190 projects by over 105 customers in 45 aircraft: http://bit.ly/3t8zqX
  4. GE Power PowerXtreme PPC9B 6U w QorIQ™ P2020 dual core processor VMEbus single board computer (SBC) w 10x performance: http://bit.ly/dtgyhv
  5. Wind River Updates Tilcon Graphics Suite with Open Graphics Library (OpenGL) 3D Support for VxWorks, Linux, Windows : http://bit.ly/aNMbng
  6. Wind River Hypervisor embedded virtualization platform for Intel adds Microsoft Windows XP guest operating system (GOS):http://bit.ly/buUhYM
  7. TTTech Delivers Distributed IMA Test Bed based upon Wind River's VxWorks 653 APEX using TTEthernet to Sikorsky Aircraft: ttp://bit.ly/bgLF3E
  8. Wind River Supports Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) at Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, FLas Global Diamond Sponsor: http://bit.ly/cLjFHX
  9. ind River Supports Freescale Technology Forum as Global Diamond Sponsor
  10. EGNOS Satellite Navigation System Powered by VxWorks Achieves Safety-Critical Certification from European Space Agency: http://bit.ly/bwcmIY
  11. Saudi Arabia tests capability to relax air defenses for Israeli warplanes to strike Iran's nuclear facilities: http://bit.ly/d72MY6
  12. Pratt & Whitney discussing making of engine components for PW 1000 in China w/ Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC): http://bit.ly/9azf5m
  13. I am so glad to be back from China and having Twitter, Google, more work as expected -- no blockade here in the USA: http://bit.ly/3INyzq
  14. Aerospace & Defense partners ALT Software, Men Micro, Presagis, TTTech, Verocel join Wind River at Avionics USA 2010: http://bit.ly/c7K1uR
  15. Avionics USA 2010 starts in a few minutes, with demonstrations of Wind River's VxWorks 653 / VxWorks DO-178B platforms: http://bit.ly/c7K1uR
  16. Last winter's cyber attack against Google and ~30 other companies sheds new light on future offensive cyber campaigns: http://bit.ly/cTqHCm
  17. RT @bobduffy: WSJ: Intel Sees Growth as Devices Multiply http://bit.ly/cSnGDo
  18. Apple announces that iPad sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3, 2010: http://bit.ly/aaevfU
  19. Intel announces Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture at ISC Hamburg for Knights Corner chips, using 22-nm process: http://bit.ly/9I1Qgr
  20. Boeing X-51A WaveRider completes longest supersonic combustion ramjet flight in history -- nearly 3.5 mins. at Mach 5: http://bit.ly/a2EmpV