Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the PSoC Programmable System-on-Chip, USB controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories.

Adding to their VC21 series of products, Virtual Cogs has introduced the Portable Computing COG (PC COG). The PC COG is built around a 4.3” LCD touch screen and integrates built-in stereo speakers, a microphone and audio input/output jacks in addition to two joysticks and several strategically placed pushbuttons. With an integrated Li-Ion battery and charging circuit, the device can be run portably for hours on a single battery charge. A MiniSD card slot adds data storage expansion capabilities. Aimed at those interested in developing PDA devices, portable gaming consoles and remote controls, the PC COG mates with the i.MX21 COG (Freescale i.MX21 multimedia processor board running Linux). The addition of other Virtual Cogs daughtercards using a set of PassThru connectors adds features such as Ethernet, wireless connectivity, GPS and a camera to portable designs. For integration, an optional plastic enclosure is also available.

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Using a PCI Extension platform, a cable converter to input serial commands to the iPod for control and a LabView Technology created software interface, engineers are able to send commands to complex devices like the iPod and measure the response.

There's a lot of talk about power consumption in data centers, yet the efforts to reduce storage power consumption are rarely discussed. Consider high-performance disk drives, commonly driven to 10,000 or 15,000 rpm by latency demands, with their numbers multiplying to supply the terabytes of storage we take for granted.

Imagine the branding capabilities when they start embedding OLEDs into clothing.