Category: Intel

Ittiam H265 Real Time Encoder

Posted by – June 17, 2020
Category: Intel

Ittiam Systems, a leading technology provider to the broadcast and media industry, announced the availability of its i265 H.265/HEVC Encoder for the new Intel Visual Compute Accelerator (Intel VCA) platform. The recently announced Intel Visual Compute Accelerator is a PCIe based media processing card with 3 Intel Xeon E3 series processors, designed to accelerate high-end media transcoding in a standard Intel Xeon E5 series processor based server. Intel VCA offers a lower total cost of ownership, lower power requirement and higher density compared to other solutions for Data Centers, Broadcasters and Distribution Networks. Ittiam’s multiprocessor implementation of its i265 H.265/HEVC Encoder for Intel VCA, an industry first, leverages the integrated Intel IrisTM Pro graphics capabilities and interconnects on the Intel VCA card to enable real time 4K60 broadcast quality encoding in 1RU servers. This also delivers significant performance scaling for offline high quality encoding and dense transcoding applications. Ittiam’s i265 H.265/HEVC Encoder for Intel VCA leverages Ittiam’s deep expertise in video algorithms and graphics acceleration. i265 for Intel VCA is available now as a codec SDK for system developers and will be available as part of Ittiam’s upcoming Media Engine transcoding system. About Ittiam Systems: Ittiam Systems is a global technology company with deep R&D driven solutions for media creation, management and consumption, ittiam provides advanced media codecs, software development platforms, systems and workflows for embedded and online applications. Its solutions are at the heart of tens of millions of lifestyle products that drive mobility, content access, networking and sharing.

Gole11 Indiegogo Materials Update, to ship to early bird backers by end June, Manufacturing next

Posted by – May 20, 2020

John gives an update from the Gole design house and factory building maker of the Gole11 now crowdfunding with now 100x $139 each 2-pack perks ($278 for 2pcs) available on Indiegogo at http://igg.me/at/gole11 if the campaign reaches the $100K goal by June 20th then all early bird backers (at $99, $119, $139 (2pcs) or $169) will get their Gole11 shipped to them before the end of June, and in July regular backers (those at $199) will be getting it.

$99 Gole11 on Indiegogo, 11.6″ FHD Touch, 4 COM Ports RS232/485, Intel Celeron N3450, Windows 10 Pro

Posted by – May 5, 2020

Gole11 Mini PC now crowdfunding at http://igg.me/at/gole11 starting at $99 for the first 30 early birds, comes with an 11.6″ 1920×1080 capacitive touchscreen, runs Intel Celeron N3450 at 2.2Ghz, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, comes with a full Windows 10 Pro.

Lenovo Smart Office at ISE 2020, Lenovo ThinkSmart View, ThinkSmart Hub 500, ThinkSmart Manager

Posted by – February 17, 2020

Lenovo Smart office features the ThinkSmart View, a dedicated personal business communications device for Microsoft Teams audio and video calls, comes with a dedicated display for Teams audio and video conferencing, powered by the Qualcomm APQ8053 SoC, a physical camera shutter and a device lock by PIN, available starting January 2020, starting at $349 or $449 with a ThinkPad X1 ANC Bluetooth Headset.

ThinkSmart Hub 500 for a huddle space in small to medium conference spaces, with either Microsoft Team Rooms or Zoom Rooms, ThinkSmart Edition Tiny for Zoom with Zoom Rooms bundle kits for small, medium and large meeting spaces featuring its ThinkSmart Edition Tiny for Zoom (available now from Maverick AV Solutions) (based on the ThinkCentre M920q). The solution includes the Lenovo Tab M10 controller and Heckler stand, featuring Logitech audio and video peripherals Lenovo ThinkSmart Manager, software for IT departments to easily manage interconnected ThinkSmart devices provides welcome security (available now with the first year’s subscription included).

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faytech latest Product Series overview, Optically Bonded Industrial Touchscreen Devices EASY Shopper

Posted by – February 3, 2020

After doing the awesome factory tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh3874Bxv1o Arne Weber, managing founder of faytech, provides this product series feature tour. The topics range from the optical bonding technology and progress in software development all the way to the new i5-Core product series and EASY Shopper. Arne explains all the details of faytech’s touch devices and why his quality outmatches all competitor. More info on Optical Bonding: https://www.faytech.com/news/newsitem/news/introducing-purebond-optical-bonding/
More info on the EASY Shopper: https://www.faytech.com/news/newsitem/news/introducing-the-easy-shopperr/
More info on the i5-touchschreen PC series: https://www.faytech.com/news/newsitem/news/the-next-generation-i5-core-touch-pc-series/
For more information on all faytech products, visit them at http://www.faytech.com https://www.facebook.com/faytechtouch/ https://twitter.com/faytechShenzhen/ https://www.instagram.com/faytech_touch_devices/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/faytech-ag/

$199 Acer Spin 311 Chromebook Intel Celeron Wacom

Posted by – January 29, 2020

Chromebook Spin 311 offer 11.6-inch HD IPS displays, optional Wacom stylus and the Spin 311 can be configured with up to 64 GB eMMC storage and 8 GB RAM. The Spin 311 also offers an additional outward-facing camera for recording 1080p videos RAM and storage options are limited to 4 GB and 32 GB eMMC, respectively come with the promise of a 10-hour battery life and USB Type-C charging.

Acer ConceptD 7 Ezel with Xeon, Quadro RTX, 4K HDR, 32GB RAM

Posted by – January 16, 2020

Acer expanded its line of ConceptD creator PCs with new Windows 10 convertible notebooks and a powerful workstation. A CES 2020 Innovation Award honoree, the ConceptD 7 Ezel series features Acer’s Ezel hinge that allows for five usage modes, making it easier than ever for designers to collaborate, share and bring ideas to life. The elegant and robust ConceptD 700 workstation was built to handle heavy content creator workflows with ease.

The ConceptD 7 Ezel series convertible RTX Studio notebooks allow creators to design and share their ideas with a color accurate UHD touch screen display that swivels and rotates into any of five different usage modes for the utmost in flexibility and convenience

The ConceptD 7 Ezel Pro is ideal for those needing maximum power; it features an Intel® Xeon™ processor[1], NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ GPU, ECC memory support and Windows 10 Pro

The ConceptD 7 Ezel is ideal for heavy workflows; it features up to a 10th Gen Intel® Core™ H-series processor coming soon, NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs, up to 32 GB of DDR4 memory and up to 2 TB NVMe PCIe SSDs

The ConceptD 700 workstation is ideal for filmmakers, animators and AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) designers; it features an Intel® Xeon™ E processor and up to NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ 4000 graphics.

Creators’ work comes to life in brilliant detail and clarity on the notebooks’ 4K IPS[2] displays (3840 x 2160 resolution) which deliver more than 8 million pixels. With a 400-nit high-brightness rating, images are vibrant and eye-catching. The displays also include integrated color correction technologies and have been tested and calibrated to deliver superior fidelity in reproducing the PANTONE® Matching System (PMS) Colors. This ensures true-to-life color reproduction with a 100% Adobe® RGB color gamut and a color accuracy of Delta E

Acer’s ConceptD Palette User Interface makes it easy to manage color profiles and system settings.

The notebook has been designed to stay cool and quiet, and produces less than 40dB of noise — equivalent to the sound level in a library — while maintaining high computing and graphics performance.

The elegantly designed all white ConceptD 7 Ezel includes a Micro-Arc Oxidation finish for strength and resistance to corrosion and oxidation. It also includes stain-resistant and high-abrasion resistant coatings.

The Zephyr Project at Embedded World 2019


The Zephyr Project joins some 1,000 exhibitors at Embedded World in Nurnberg, Germany, with Zephyr Project members including Antmicro, Foundries.io, Intel, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP and SiFive, with offer interactive IoT demos powered by the Zephyr RTOS, which supports multiple hardware architectures and is built with safety and security in mind.

The Antmicro and Renode demo showcases how the open source Renode simulation framework that can be used to test multi-node Zephyr setups, including ARM and RISC-V based platforms. Using human-readable scripts and configuration, Renode allows you to easily create complex CI installations, enabling better testability of real products. You will see how to test production-ready code without the hassle of connecting multiple pieces of hardware together against corner-case conditions unachievable in testing rigs.

NXP i.MX 6SoloX (UDOO Neo) with RPMsg Protocol, a Multicore demo with Linux running on A9, Zephyr running on M4 – This demonstration shows how to leverage asymmetric co-processors of modern SoCs on the example of i.MX6SoloX and Udoo Neo board. The embedded Cortex-M4 core is running Zephyr RTOS which implements various low speed serial peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C) in software using GPIO. Cortex-M4 communicates with the embedded Cortex-A9 core running Linux Kernel using the RPMsg protocol. On the Linux side a kernel module is used to present implemented serial peripherals to the user space as regular serial, SPI or I2C interface (e.g. /dev/ttySx). The benefits of such approach consist in the possibility of extending existing set of peripherals without any additional hardware cost and the possibility to place selected peripheral at virtually any available GPIO pin. Thanks to exporting the interfaces to the user space, it can be accessed for example by a Python script.

Intel S1000 Speech Kit showcases basic Alexa functionality

Nordic Semiconductor Gaming Mouse, Zephyr on an nRF52-based low-latency, high report rate gaming mouse prototype

Zephyr on the Nordic nRF91 Development Kit, including a BLE to LTE gateway

SiFive Demo, Zephyr Running on a SiFive HiFive1 Development Board

Zephyr running as a guest on ACRN Hypervisor

Synology DS1019+ 5/10 Bay NAS

Posted by – March 21, 2019

The DiskStation DS1019+ is a new 5 bay Network attached storage from Synology. The DiskStation DS1019+ can be expanded up to 10 bays. The DiskStation DS1019+ features an 1.5ghz base/2.3ghz boost Intel Celeron J3455. Prices range from 650 dollars and up.

$1709 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (7th Gen) 2019 with second monitor, $1929 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (4th Gen) 2019

Posted by – March 18, 2019

This is the 7th Generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon to be available from June 2019, weighing only 1.08 kg, comes with the latest 8th Gen Intel Core i5 or i7 processors, optional 4K or 1080p display, optionally with Dolby Vision HDR, optional carbon fiber weave top cover, with a thickness of only 14.95mm, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 2TB of PCIe SSD storage, up to 15 hours battery, two USB 3.1 ports, dual USB-C Thunderbolt ports, and also they provide a 585gr light second monitor that simply connects by the USB Type-C port to add a second display while on the go. Lenovo is also introducing the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga for 2019 moving Yoga to an aluminum design, with many of the same processor, storage and more.

$999 Lenovo ThinkPad T490 and the thinner T490S

Posted by – March 16, 2019

Lenovo ThinkPad T490 is a 1.46kg lightweight 14″ business laptop with display options starting from FHD 250nit Antiglare to FHD IPS Touchscreen, 400nit with PrivacyGuard to WQHD 2560×1440 500nit 100% Adobe color gamut with Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range (HDR) display. Redesigned bezels enable a larger screen area than previous models, tested against 12 military-grade requirements and more than 200 quality checks, up to 16.1 hours of battery life with rapid Charge that provides 80% capacity in just an hour. Optional worldwide LTE-A card, ThinkPad Pro Dock, USB-C side mechanical docking station, ThinkShutter physical camera cover, optional IR (infrared) camera and optional touch fingerprint reader. Runs on the 8th Gen Intel Core i5/i7 vPro, up to 48GB RAM, up to 1TB PCIe SSD, Intel UHD 620 GPU or the NVIDIA GeForce MX250, Dolby Audio Premium, Dual far-field microphones and more.

Lenovo ThinkPad X390

Posted by – March 14, 2019

Lenovo Thinkpad X390 is a 13.3″ Open Rich Display business laptop with a 12″ footprint, the follow on to the long lasting Lenovo X200 series, with 18 hour battery can be charged to 80 percent capacity in 60 minutes, up to 13.3″ FHD (touch & non-touch), IPS, HD, 400-nit touchscreen with PrivacyGuard. Lenovo Thinkpad x390 features up to 8th Gen Intel Core i7 with vPro, up to 1TB fast PCIe SSD storage, up to 32 GB 2400 MHz soldered DDR4 RAM. Lenovo Thinkpad x390 offers up to 32gb of ram and 1tb ssd. The Lenovo Thinkpad x390 features an optional LTE modem. Prices start from $1300 USD. PrivacyGuard, PrivacyAlert, ThinkShutter, dual far-field microphones and Dolby Audio Premium, global LTE capability, 1.22kg weight. 12 military-grade requirements and more than 200 quality checks, USB-C side mechanical docking station, optional Hybrid IR (infrared) camera, optional touch fingerprint reader.

Lenovo ThinkPad X390 Yoga

Posted by – March 14, 2019

ThinkPad X390 Yoga is a 13.3″ FHD (IPS, 300-nit, anti-reflective, anti-smudge) 2-in-1 laptop for business with integrated ThinkPad Pen Pro, enhanced security, long 14.5 hours battery with fast 60min charge to 80 percent capacity, dual far-field microphones, optional global LTE-A WWAN capability, and more. Connects to ThinkPad Pro Dock via USB-C side mechanical docking, optional Hybrid IR (infrared) camera and touch fingerprint reader to securely log in with Windows Hello, ThinkShutter physical camera cover. Runs on 8th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel UHD 620 GPU, with fast PCIe Up to 1TB SSD storage, Up to 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4, enhanced audio with Dolby Audio Premium. 2.93 lbs (1.32Kg) weight.

Toradex shows Deep Learning Accelerators, Edge AI with Gyrfalcon, Xnor.ai, Movidius and More


Toradex shows their deep learning inference solutions at Embedded World 2019, using power-efficient, Arm-based System on Modules, as machine learning and deep learning using neural networks progress is accelerating with successful new applications in computer vision for the embedded world. Toradex simplifies the integration of these technologies into products with its System on Modules, training deep learning models on high-performance computers with frameworks like TensorFlow, with optimizations needed to improve performance on low-power embedded Linux devices such as the ones Toradex partners with Au-Zone, Xnor.ai and Antmicro and others to bring to the embedded market. Implementing these dedicated neural network accelerators can boost the performance of embedded devices while keeping power consumption low, as shown in Toradex’s solutions with Intel Movidius Myriad and Gryfalcon Lightspeeur. Toradex partners with Allied Vision to showcase the brand-new Alvium industrial MIPI CSI-2 camera as a crucial component in the pasta detection demo which uses an Apalis System on Module featuring the NXP i.MX 8 QuadMax SoC with Cortex-A72, Cortex-A53 and dual OpenCL-capable GPU. To learn more about the demo, see CNX-Software’s blog post. A real-world application example of deep learning is Manta, a camera-based drowning detection system from Coral Detection Systems which is solar-powered, and the video analytics are done on a Toradex Apalis module featuring a Nvidia TK1 SoC with a CUDA-enabled GPU. If a person is at risk of drowning, the system can alert its user acoustically or via smartphone.

TechNexion shows i.MX8M Mini, Intel Apollo Lake, Qualcomm QCA9377, QCA6174 at Embedded World 2019


TechNexion shows their lineup of new devices based on the ultra low-power NXP i.MX8M Mini in their ultra-small PICO form factor combining ARM Cortex-A53 and an M4 microcontroller at embedded world 2019, it supports Android, Linux, Yocto, Ubuntu OS is only 37 x 40 mm and at a low cost. The SoM integrates a fully certified wireless module PIXI-9377 based on Qualcomm QCA9377. They also show their Qualcomm QCA9377, QCA6174 devices and more. TechNexion announces two new SoM families: AXON and FLEX. AXON is a product family of small form factor (58 x 37 mm) modules designed for specialized embedded applications requiring another dimension of I/O flexibility. AXON-IMX8M-MINI is also based on NXP i.MX8M Mini applications processor and features AXON Fabric programmable logic, a specialized IC that provides additional functions including nearly infinite pinmuxing, allowing for true pin-to-pin compatibility between SoC versions. FLEX series, on the other hand, is a low-cost family making use of low-cost LPDDR4 SO-DIMM connector. FLEX-IMX8M-MINI (69.6 x 35 mm) offers HD multimedia streaming and integrated 3D graphics at a price point for the cost sensitive market. TechNexion launches several products based on Intel Apollo Lake processor family (Intel Atom x5-E3930, x5-E3940 or x7-E3950) that can be easily deployed in diverse industrial applications ranging from manufacturing robots and machinery, to radar and sensors on ships, trains and automobiles, to in-vehicle experience, video systems and more. TC-1010-APL and TC-1560-APL Multi Touch HMIs come in 10.1” and 15.6” sizes. On the other hand, TCK3-APL is a ruggedized box PC fully customizable to handle your projects with IoT integration. TechNexion also shows their expanded lineup of fully certified (CE / ETSI / FCC / IC / RCM / TELEC) PIXI and STIX series combo wireless communication modules based on Qualcomm QCA9377 and QCA6174 solutions. The modules are available in several M.2 and in the mini-PCIe form factor.

Huawei MateBook 14, 1.49 kg, 15.9 mm

Posted by – March 10, 2019

At about $500 cheaper than the Huawei MateBook X Pro New with the same 8th generation Intel core processor, 2 GB GDDR5 Nvidia MX250 GPU performance, 1.49 kg, 15.9 mm thick, comes with 90% screen-to-body ratio and wide 3:2 aspect ratio 2160×1440 display with 100% sRGB and Huawei Share OneHop.

Arrow shows latest 96Boards and Mezzannine boards


Arrow shows some of their latest 96Boards and Mezzanine boards such as the Renesas ANT96 board based on the Renesas RZ Family Renesas RZ/G1E processor featuring a dual-core Arm Cortex-A7. Novtech Meerkat i.MX7D and Chameleon Cyclone V Altera/Intel FPGA board. NextBiometrics NB-2023-S fingerprint sensor mezzanine board, STM32 Sensor mezzanine board and more. Arrow has more than 5 Mezzanine boards in the pipeline and at least 2 base boards too. Oxalis Layerscape LS1012A.

$150 KONKA Laptop, $40 Tablet, $300 Dancing Robot, $90 Smartphone


$150 http://www.konka.com.hk Kogan Ultra Slim Pro laptop. 13.3-inch, matte screen, 2560 x 1440, non-touchscreen IPS LCD; 900MHz-2.2GHz Intel M3-6Y30 processor; 8GB RAM; 256GB SSD; Intel HD Graphics 515; 802.11AC WiFi; 37.1Wh battery; 1.15KG. https://ift.tt/2PYDJkM $40 Tablets MQWG101. With Screen size 9:7”(4:3) Resolution 1024*768, MTK8392 Quard Core A7 1.7Ghz,RAM 512MB ROM8GB,OS Andriod 4.4 with USB, Battery 4000Mah. $300 Dancing robot. Arm featuring 7-DOF + 1-DOF interchangeable gripper hand including tools, 2-DOF torso, 2-DOF head equipped with 3D camera and 5MP 2D camera, 2-DOF base for horizontal and vertical movement, high-performance AI embedded CPU/CGU, 802.11 ac WiFi + Bluetooth, 2.5 kg payload, Aeolus ROS operating system. $40 Konka AR magic guns real mobile games augmented reality smart children’s toy. Size 311*162*46, Battery 2 section 1.5V AAA bettary OS 4.4. https://ift.tt/2D1QYPa $40Android SmartWatches . 2.5 D curved surface KONKA Smartwatch OLED Screen 0.96 display, 60 days Standby IP68 50m Waterproof Swimming Sport Activity Tracker Smart Watch for Android 4.4 IOS.$90 KONKA 711 Fingerprint 4G Smart phone. CPU: MT6737T 1.45GHz, Display: 5.5″ In-Cell FHD Screen, Front camera: 8.0MP, Rear camera: 13.0MP, RAM: 3GB, ROM: 32GB, OS: Android 7.0, Battery:3000mAh.

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$179 MELE PCG02 PC Stick Fan-less, PCHD26 GML3 with Intel Gemini and PCC65 Video Conference

Posted by – October 20, 2018

MELE Fan-less PCHD26 GML3Computer stick with Intel:
Processor Intel Appllolake N3350:/N3450 with 2.4/2.2 Quad core and dual core. Cache 2MB L2,OS Ubuntu Linux or Windows 10,©/4GB/6GB LPDR, Storage 32GB;Connectivity 100/1000Mbps LAN; HDMI2.0 output 4K@60fpsUSB3.0 at Aliexpress MELE PCC65 Video Conference System: OS; Widnows 10 Pro, Display 1080 FHD+, Zoom: 12X Angle 72.5 degree wide, Speed 1000 mbps 5MP sensor with a 72.5 °field of view , built-in noise canceling microphone that can rotate both vertically and horizontally. up to 8GB of DDR3L RAM and 64GB of eMMC with optional SSD from 128GB to 512GB, most expensive will have Intel Kaby Lake-U chips from 15W with (up to) 32GB of DDR4 memory and up to 64GB of on-board eMMC with optional SSD M.2 in various denominations. at Mele (text by flatslap5657 of Fiverr)

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faytech Touch PCs at Computex 2018

Posted by – July 18, 2018

Johanna, Peter and Anna of faytech give a tour of the faytech booth at Computex 2018. This will be the 5th time faytech is exhibiting at Computex to show some of their standard products, but special projects also.

The 55” IP65 Touch PC Kiosk is shown, which is perfect for outdoor usage. It is water- and dust proof and has 1000+ nits of brightness. Besides this, you can also see the 32” Open Frame (HDK) Touch Monitor, with 1000+ nits and is Optically Bonded. It is the perfect solution for integration into a machine or wall. After that, the special project for bus application is also introduced, which uses a 10.1” IP65 Capacitive Touch Monitor with high brightness, RFID scanner and special buttons on the front. Then, the 21.5” Docking station PC with new design is shown, which uses a 100-pin connector and magnets to attach the LCD Panel to the Industrial PC, which is revolutionary in its use! After that, Anna takes over and introduces the 15” IP65 High Brightness Touch Monitor, which uses an All-In-One Cable, perfect for outdoor usage. Then the 15” Capacitive Touch PC with Ubuntu OS is introduced. And at last, the 21.5” V40 Embedded PC is introduced by Peter, which uses Android OS.