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MPC Data announce Microsoft DRM & Windows Media services 17/02/2009

MPC Data announce Microsoft DRM & Windows Media services

MPC Data are pleased to announce that they are now licensed Interim Product Providers both for Microsoft's Digital Rights Management technologies and for the range of Microsoft audio and video codecs.

Approved Interim Product Licensees for WMDRM 10 for Portable and Network Devices

Windows Media Components Interim Product Licensees

DRM protected content is increasingly becoming the norm in digital retail, and MPC Data are in a position to help bring Microsoft's industry-leading DRM solutions to new platforms, safeguarding against customer frustration.

MPC Data has a number of experts in the field of DRM, with knowledge and experience of all areas from technical through to legal, so we are in an excellent position to advise you about which DRM solutions are best suited to your individual requirements.

Our engineers can guide and advise you throughout the complex process of obtaining Interim and or Final Product licenses, allowing you to develop or distribute your DRM-ready product. Crucially, as Interim Licensees, we are able to develop a port of WMDRM-10 tailored specifically to your Operating System and device, with support for WMA and WMV formats as required. MPC Data can provide a WMDRM-10 solution for Windows CE, Linux, or any other OS to meet your needs.

With a surprisingly low performance overhead, WMDRM-10 can be run without issue on most portable, networked, or embedded media devices. To find out more about the training courses and engineering services we offer in this area, please contact us.


Silica TI OMAP Workshop, Cambridge 04/02/2009

Silica TI OMAP Workshop, Cambridge

The TI OMAP 35x processors represent the first broad-market offering of the ARM Cortex™-A8 core, and offer very high performance processing at the best performance/power ratio in a single chip. This free workshop was an excellent opportunity to get in-depth training on the TI OMAP processor family and the ARM Cortex™-A8 core.

With more than four times the processing capability of today's 300 MHz ARM9 devices, the superscalar Cortex-A8 core runs up to 600 MHz and is integrated into four new OMAP35xTM applications processors for a wide range of possible applications, including portable infotainment and industrial devices, points of sale, digital signage and low-power medical devices.

Seminar Content:

ARM Cortex-A8 Core (ARM Bryan Lawrence)

  • Neon SIMD Unit (ARM Ashley Stevens)
  • OMAP Processor overview (TI Chris Bowers)
  • Graphics / Imagination Technology (TI Chris Bowers)
  • DSP 64x Capability (TI Chris Bowers)
  • Linux Kernel – Cortex A8 (ARM)
  • Tool Chain – Compiler, linker, Windows CE, Linux tools (ARM Shola Aiyegbusi-Slough)
  • Tools – Code Composer (TI Chris Bowers)
  • Linux/Windows CE – BSP (TI Chris Bowers)
  • Power Supplies/Peripherals (TI Miriam Cordero)
  • Demonstrations during lunchtime

The presentation material from the seminar sessions are now available for download from the following link to the Silica Website.

MPC Data demonstrated the rich operating system support which is available on the OMAP 35x processor family, including Microsoft Windows CE and Embedded Linux on both the OMAP3 EVM and Beagleboard, along with a selection of applications to illustrate the capabilities of these platforms.

Following significant interest in Windows CE6.0 support on the BeagleBoard we are now testing a beta version - watch out for the full announcement soon!

To find out why you should consider the OMAP35x processors for your next product, find out more about our demos or to follow-up on discussions with MPC Data at the Silica OMAP Workshops Email workshop@mpc-data.co.uk .

MPC Data appointed as emtrion's Single Board Computer solution reseller for North America 19/11/2008

MPC Data appointed as emtrion's Single Board Computer solution reseller for North America

MPC Data today announced that it has signed an agreement with Emtrion GmbH, appointing MPC Data as the North American reseller for emtrion’s range of industrial strength embedded Single Board Computer products and services. Under this agreement MPC Data will promote and support emtrion’s Single Board Computer products including Starter Kits, Processor Core Modules and Peripheral Modules, as well as offering custom software and hardware services.

Emtrion SH7760 SBCemtrion produce a range of high quality, high reliability embedded products, including systems based on Renesas’ SH3 and SH4 RISC family. These are backed up with a portfolio of Starter kits supporting Microsoft Windows CE, QNX or Linux to enable OEMs to get products to market quickly with minimal risk and effort. MPC Data is a Windows Embedded Gold Partner, Embedded Linux Specialist and QNX Partner Network Member, and is able to offer OEMs full software and hardware solution services around the Emtrion products.

Emtrion Starter Kit LinuxEmtrion Starter Kit WinCE

Contact us for more details including Processor modules and Starter Kits.


MPC Data appointed as Datalight reseller 18/11/2008

MPC Data appointed as Datalight reseller

Datalight Reliance™ & FlashFX® Pro

Datalight has announced that MPC Data Limited have been added to the company's worldwide reseller network to resell both RelianceTM and FlashFX® Pro within the UK. "As well as reselling, we will be looking to use the Datalight products to enhance the software solutions provided to our clients where appropriate" said Frank Breeze, MPC Data's Sales & Marketing Director. For further information go to Datalight Products.

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