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Technology from advanced-physics research institute CERN will form part of National Instruments' long-term strategy to improve the ability of distributed systems to support real-time control.

Nokia Siemens Networks has built an instrument able to handle bandwidths up 1GHz to investigate the use of milllimeter-band radio for 5G communications.

Cadence Design Systems has developed an FPGA-based prototyping system that takes advantage of much closer alignment with its existing Palladium XP emulator to accelerate bring-up and support debugging across both platforms.

As heterogeneous multicore SoCs move into the mainstream, embedded developers face increasing integration and debug challenges.

Mentor Graphics has expanded its portfolio of tools and software for the automotive market with its second acquisition of the year in this sector.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has turned its attention to slashing the electricity demands of network-attached devices with a report that says manufacturers and service providers need to look at changes to protocols and features such as energy harvesting.

With the aim of accelerating the development of applications and algorithms that harness sensor fusion, startup Sensor Platforms has released as open source its Open Sensor Platform (OSP).

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Building the internet of Things will demand collaboration and a healthy ecosystem

Can applications provide useful input for verification? They can but not when run straight out of the box, panelists at DAC 2014 said.