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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Infineon Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 August 2003
Embedded research focuses on TriCore
architecture
Infineon Technologies has collaborated with Hitex (UK) and Altium to provide De Montfort University with a leading-edge embedded development facility.
Infineon Technologies has collaborated with Hitex (UK) and Altium to provide De Montfort University (DMU) with a leading-edge embedded development facility The new engineering lab will enable both undergraduate and postgraduate students within the School of Engineering and Technology to experience development with the latest 32bit microcontroller technology - the Infineon TriCore MCU DSP architecture
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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They will be able to use the Hitex ICE (in circuit emulator) Tanto development system together with Altium's Tasking embedded software tools to implement embedded designs - a development environment truly representative of those used in industry.
The total value of equipment donated by the three companies is approximately GBP 20,000.
The equipment will support the teaching of microprocessor systems design, debugging and architecture and will be used for laboratory exercises, project work and research.
Philip Tasker, Vice Chancellor of De Montfort University said: "De Montfort University is very successful at building strong partnerships with industry and we are very grateful to Infineon and Hitex not only for their generous donation, but for their continuing relationship with us.
Our students are highly regarded, especially in the business, IT and electronics industries and we believe that our excellent links with businesses like Infineon and Hitex, are a key factor in our students gaining graduate employment".
Professor Marwan Al Akaidi, Head of School of Engineering and Technology at the University, said: "This generous donation means that our students will have the opportunity to learn with the latest equipment and will have the benefit of being able to demonstrate real time computing applications in automotive and other industrial applications".
"We are delighted with this support from Hitex, Infineon and Altium; it really helps us to put our students at the forefront of technology study".
Wendy Walker, Business Development Manager at Infineon commented: "We are particularly pleased that this facility will be TriCore based, providing students with a real head start in their electronics careers by equipping them with relevant knowledge of both components and development methods".
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