Android OS supports configurable processor

Synopsys Inc. announced Android OS (v2.2 FroYo) support for the DesignWare ARC 750D configurable processor core. The DesignWare ARC 750D host processor at 1.1 GHz and delivers 1800 DMIPs in an industry standard 40nm process.
The DesignWare ARC 750D offers a broad range of processor, DSP and floating point capabilities, enabling designers to address a wide range of processing requirements with a single host application processor. Using a single processor simplifies the design, lowers silicon-area and enables faster debug of the chip. In addition, Synopsys offers designers a full suite of software and development tools to ease program development and debug. Shipped in more than 550 million ICs annually, Synopsys' high-quality DesignWare ARC processors can be integrated into SoC designs with less risk and improved time-to-market.

"Synopsys' DesignWare ARC 750D processor core with support for the Android OS enabled us to easily integrate Android-based applications into our SoC early in the design process," said Robert Chen, president of AVID. "By using Synopsys' configurable DesignWare ARC 750D processor, we are able to produce a high-performance, low-power solution that is helping deliver next-generation Android-based products reliably to the marketplace."

The DesignWare ARC 750D processor is available now.

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World's First Terrestrial 3D TV Service Starts in Italy

The world's first terrestrial 3D TV service officially went live last week, following a successful trial by Italian broadcaster Mediaset.
The service, known as 3VOD, runs on Motive's Bestv set top box, offers subscribers the ability to view films from a selection of around 50 films. It was originally offered as a limited trial to subscribers from late last year.
Previously 3D TV was limited to high-bandwidth pay-tv on satellite and cable platforms.
The problem with 3D TV is its very large filesizes—with two images per frame, films are literally twice the size of 2D shows.
"I believe this is a world first," said Giuseppe Flores d'Arcais, co-founder of Bestv and director of Motive. He said the service is aimed at delivering internet TV-like services to viewers still receiving their signal through aerials or via satellite, rather than internet-connected TV: "You don't need 10MB into the home."
What 3VOD does is to trickle the movie file to the Bestv set-top box throughout the day and night. The box stores the film on its hard drive. Trickling small amounts of data allows the broadcaster to extract the maximum value out of any under-used bandwidth. Typically broadcasters transmit up to seven TV channels in what is known as a "multiplex".
"Within a multiplex you will always have different kinds of content. So on one channel you may have a soccer match that requires a lot of bandwidth, maybe on another channel you may have a cartoon or news bulletin. Within multiplexing you can always find some free space, even during primetime. We really extract the value of these networks," he said.
3VOD is not a conventional VoD service
Although it describes itself as video on demand, 3VOD is not a conventional VoD service like the U.S. Netflicks. Instead users are able to watch from a limited set of choices. Unlike true VoD services where the files are stored on a remote server and streamed in real-time to the user, 3VOD stores the files locally on a set top box.
When the film is complete on the hard disk, it appears in the user's electronic programme guide for viewing. As the film is being served from the hard disk there are no issues of latency, buffering or quality concerns.
For broadcasters the system, known as Datacasting, allows them to offer a limited set of higher-end services that are similar to those offered by IP TV or satellite providers, but delivering them over their existing networks.
Motive is in talks with providers in eastern Europe as well as Turkey and Latin America. Motive Television was founded in London in 2005 and its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange (AIM).
The recent CES trade fair in Las Vegas saw a heavy 3D presence on show. However sales of the TVs remain slow. Only some 3.2m 3D TVs were sold last year out of global sales of 247 million televisions.

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D.Telekom eyes mobile web boost for U.S. - paper

Deutsche Telekom hopes demand for faster mobile internet services will help it gain customers in the United States, Chief Executive Rene Obermann said in an interview with a German paper.

"Mobile internet offers good growth chances at the moment," Obermann told Bild am Sonntag, adding that Deutsche Telekom currently has the fastest network there.

Obermann and new U.S. head Philip Humm are due on Thursday to present a strategy for the struggling U.S. unit T-Mobile USA, which is the market's No. 4 operator but has seen profits fall.

The U.S. represents the group's second largest market behind Germany and it has about 33 million customers there.

"In the U.S., we need an aggressive marketing policy and customer-friendly pricing," Obermann told Bild am Sonntag. "We have to improve our arguments as to why customers should come to us or stay with us."

The U.S. unit plans to double its network speeds this year in order to offer customers the chance to use applications such as video conferencing or multi-player gaming from their mobile phones.

Humm has already said T-Mobile USA will not charge a premium for its highest-speed services, as it seeks to regain ground on rivals Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc and Sprint Nextel.

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Cyber attacks could create "perfect storm" - OECD

Attacks on computer systems now have the potential to cause global catastrophe, but only in combination with another disaster, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report on Monday.

The study, part of a wider OECD project examining possible "Future Global Shocks" such as a failure of the world's financial system or a large-scale pandemic, said there were very few single "cyber events" that could cause a global shock.

Examples were a successful attack on one of the technical protocols on which the Internet depends, or a large solar flare that wiped out key communications components such as satellites.

But it said a combination of events such as coordinated cyber attacks, or a cyber incident occurring during another form of disaster, should be a serious concern for policy makers.

"In that eventuality, 'perfect storm' conditions could exist," said the report, written by Professor Peter Sommer of the London School of Economics and Dr Ian Brown of Britain's Oxford University.

Governments are increasingly emphasising the importance of cyber security.

The United States is preparing for cyber conflict and has launched its own military cyber command. Britain last October rated cyber attacks as one of the top external threats, promising to spend an extra 650 million pounds ($1 billion) on the issue.

Meanwhile, emerging nations such as China and Russia are believed to see it as an arena in which they can challenge the United States' conventional military dominance.