April 29, 2012 – The long awaited video game version of the classic graphic novel “the Walking Dead” was relesed this week on the Xbox platform. The game is based on characters from the original graphic novel, with a new story line and not aligned with the TV series. A trailer for the game can [...]
March 21, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—A panel discussed the monetizing strategies for the OTT, TV everywhere, and multi-screen jungle. Tom Morgan form MediaD.TV moderated the panel which was comprised of Scott Brown from Nielson, Brent Horowitz from Freewheel, Eric Goldstein form Disney ESPN, and Sam Chang from LG Electronics. Monetizing content has [...]
March 20, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—a panel considered the on-going commentary on the demise of cable and broadcast. Jeremy Toeman from Dijit Media moderated the panel. Panel members included Scott Mirer from Netflix, Colin Decker from the Virgin Group, and Richard Bullwinkle from Rovi. Cord cutting? Bullwinkle said this requires redefining service [...]
March 20, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—a panel considered the implications for the next generation connected media experiences. Colin Dixon from the Diffusion Group moderated the panel. Panel members were Martez Moore from BET-Viacom, Sean Knapp from Ooyala, Trevor Doerksen from Mobovivo, Sandy Khaund from Turner Broadcasteing, and Guy Piekarz from Macha.TV. Broadband [...]
March 27, 2012, Design Week Conference, San Jose, CA—A panel moderated by Alissa M. Fitzgerald of AM Fitzgerald looked at the possible futures for MEMS devices. The panel consisted of Rob O’Reilly for Analog Devices, Dave Rothenberg from Movea, and Stephen Whally from Intel. O”Reilly reviewed the current markets and noted that the industry really [...]
March 21, 2012, SensorCon 2012, Santa Clara, CA—A panel of experts discussed the growing influence of sensors on the electronics market. Pallab Chatterjee moderated the panel. Panel members included Terry O’Shea from Intel, Kevin Shaw from Sensor Platforms, Janusz Bryzek from Fairchild Semiconductor, and MP Divakar from Microlytics. Are there infrastructure limits to increases in [...]
April 11, 2012, FlexTech Workshop, San Jose, CA—Jeffery Ashe from GE talked about the nature of health care and the issue that the healthcare system is increasingly complex. Changes in the systems will require the application of many new technologies and a different way to look at all of the healthcare issues. The domain experts [...]
We talked with Renesas about their latest products at Design West, formerly the Embedded Systems Conference. Among the new releases were a low power microcontroller, a motor control kit, a capacitive touch evaluation kit, and new software support for the various products. The 32-bit RX62G group are optimized for digital power control applications, including motor [...]
We talked with the Rapid I/O group at Design West, formerly Embedded System Conference. The increase in infrastructure, especially in 3G and 4G wireless base stations, demands higher performance in the I/O sections of the system. RapidIO is deployed in virtually 100 percent of all 4G/LTE systems and 60 percent of new 3G systems worldwide. [...]
We talked with Imagination Technologies about their suite of processors and development tools at Design West, formerly Embedded Systems Conference. The newest releases include a 4k capable video encoder/decoder, new microprocessors, and many new tools to support developments on the new platforms. The PowerVR VXD395MP video decoder with support for resolutions up to 4Kx2K has [...]
