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ARM is making its Mbed online development platform the cornerstone of its push into the internet of things (IoT), with Java as its preferred language.

Express Logic has launched a graphical user interface (GUI) software stack for resource-light 32bit microcontrollers running the company's ThreadX RTOS.

Software skills could hold back the development of the internet of things, ARM CEO Simon Segars claimed in his keynote speech at ARM TechCon 2013.

HP is throwing open its doors to other companies to bring in the necessary hardware and low-level software to build a new generation of servers, each specialized to a workload.

Altera will add a quad-core 64bit ARM processor complex to the Stratix 10 family of high-end FPGAs that will be made on Intel's 14nm finFET process.

ARM has launched at TechCon its own crop of online forums intended to let engineers collaborate and share ideas and has asked for IoT ideas.

Digia has launched a graphical user interface development suite based on Qt that is aimed at embedded devices running Linux and Android.

XMOS integrates xCORE configurable, deterministic multicore microcontroller technology with ultra-low-power ARM Cortex-M3 processor to create a low-power ‘programmable system on chip’.

Mentor's new version of its RTOS targets once high-cost flexibility with secure and reliable in-operation upgrades and app swap-outs for medical, industrial and smart energy.

ARM has launched the -R version of its v8 architecture, targeting applications in automotive and industrial systems and possibly spawning a new generation of Linux-oriented microcontollers.