Canon New Digital Imaging Engine (DIGIC II) 03月 15, 2006

DIGIC, Canon’s proprietary Digital Imaging Processor, is a core device in our digital cameras. DIGIC represents the newest stage in our Digital Imaging Processor development. Most of the functions required to process signals in a digital camera are condensed on this single chip, which measures a mere 10 mm square.

wrist PC 03月 15, 2006

A European embedded computing specialist has announced a wrist-worn wearable computer that runs embedded Linux or Windows CE. Eurotech’s WWPC (“wrist-worn PC”) offers a wealth of standard PC interfaces, along with several innovative wearable-specific features, the company claims. It targets emergency rescue, security, healthcare, maintenance, logistics, and “many other” applications.

The WWPC is based on an unspecified low-power embedded processor. It boots from 32MB of flash, and has 64MB of SDRAM. Storage can be expanded through an SD-card slot supporting cards up to 1GB.

Additional claimed features include:
Direct-access keypad

L1 16-channel GPS receiver with active helix antenna

IrDa (up to 4Mbps)

Bluetooth v1.1 (up to 721 Kbps)

LAN 802.11b (up to 11Mbps) with “hardware coexistence handshake”

Specific internal antennas

Supports “different configurable audio/video user interfaces”

Supports Linux or Windows CE