Wednesday, 22 February 2012
LATEST TECHNOLOGY: Personal power management puts you in charge
LATEST TECHNOLOGY: Personal power management puts you in charge: Personal power management puts you in charge "The goal of giving every household and business access to timely, useful and actionable infor...
Seeking fully biodegradable electronics
Seeking fully biodegradable electronics
Progress has been made in efforts to promote recycling of electronic and electrical goods, but the ultimate goal is fully biodegradable electronics.
Early biodegradable circuits being designed at Stanford University and elsewhere could find use as control circuits for drug delivery via implanted medical systems, for which the slower speed of organic electronics is not a hindrance. Nanopumps for insulin, for instance, are already being designed by a team from STMicroelectronics and Debiotech S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland); a biodegradable version would function for an expected lifetime of a few months and then simply dissolve away.
Success with biodegradable implants, and improved speeds for organic circuitry in general, could one day allow environmentally compostable electronics to become ubiquitous.
Progress has been made in efforts to promote recycling of electronic and electrical goods, but the ultimate goal is fully biodegradable electronics.
Early biodegradable circuits being designed at Stanford University and elsewhere could find use as control circuits for drug delivery via implanted medical systems, for which the slower speed of organic electronics is not a hindrance. Nanopumps for insulin, for instance, are already being designed by a team from STMicroelectronics and Debiotech S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland); a biodegradable version would function for an expected lifetime of a few months and then simply dissolve away.
Success with biodegradable implants, and improved speeds for organic circuitry in general, could one day allow environmentally compostable electronics to become ubiquitous.
Stricter legislation in the western hemisphere has helped clean up local practices, but unfortunately has also produced an export market in end-of-life goods to the developing world where environmental laws are not as strict.
3-D optical metrology measures up
3-D optical metrology measures up
Output in 3-D from TVs, game consoles and mobile handsets will be joined by 3-D input in 2011. Called 3-D optical metrology, the technique projects stripes of light onto objects, then makes measurements of the distortions in the reflected light to deduce size and shape, thereby allowing real-world scenes to be input automatically to a 3-D model.
Generating accurate 3-D models traditionally requires either manual measurements or expensive, laser-based 3-D rangefinding systems. Now Texas Instruments and others are downsizing their microelectromechanical system-based picoprojectors to do the same job inexpensively using structured light illumination. SLI offers automated 3-D sensing by projecting matrices of light onto objects, the reflected distortions from which allow the objects' dimensions to be deduced automatically.
Applications range from 3-D video game development to fingerprint scanners that could identify people at a distance. Seikowave (Lexington, Ky.), for instance, is harnessing a specialized infrared MEMS picoprojector that brings SLI to medical diagnostics; the device can noninvasively monitor the rise and fall of the chest of a respiratory patient, for example, during medical testing.
Output in 3-D from TVs, game consoles and mobile handsets will be joined by 3-D input in 2011. Called 3-D optical metrology, the technique projects stripes of light onto objects, then makes measurements of the distortions in the reflected light to deduce size and shape, thereby allowing real-world scenes to be input automatically to a 3-D model.
Generating accurate 3-D models traditionally requires either manual measurements or expensive, laser-based 3-D rangefinding systems. Now Texas Instruments and others are downsizing their microelectromechanical system-based picoprojectors to do the same job inexpensively using structured light illumination. SLI offers automated 3-D sensing by projecting matrices of light onto objects, the reflected distortions from which allow the objects' dimensions to be deduced automatically.
Applications range from 3-D video game development to fingerprint scanners that could identify people at a distance. Seikowave (Lexington, Ky.), for instance, is harnessing a specialized infrared MEMS picoprojector that brings SLI to medical diagnostics; the device can noninvasively monitor the rise and fall of the chest of a respiratory patient, for example, during medical testing.
Nvidia Corp. markets 3D Vision Pro and Quadro professional graphics solutions for immersive, realistic 3-D environments. Source: Nvidia.
Mobile 3-D to drive user acceptance
Mobile 3-D to drive user acceptance
Retailers have plenty of 3-D TVS in stock this holiday season, but the products' acceptance has been hampered by limited content and by the need for LCD-shutter glasses that dim displays as they switch the view between eyes. User uptake has only been strong in the home theater market, for which DisplaySearch forecasts that 3.2 million 3-D TVs will be shipped in 2010.
That same forecast, however, predicts that 3-D TVs will grow to over 90 million units in 2014—accounting for 41 percent of all flat-panel sets sold that year, up from just 2 percent today—as autostereoscopic displays that do not require the glasses enter the market. Toshiba, for one, is already selling glasses-free 3-D televisions in Japan.
Many of the users who buy glasses-free 3-D TVs in 2014 will have already gained experience with autostereoscopic displays by using the ones built into their mobile devices, such as Fuji's 3-D still camera. In-Stat predicts that more than 60 million autostereoscopic 3-D displays for mobile devices will ship in 2014.
Retailers have plenty of 3-D TVS in stock this holiday season, but the products' acceptance has been hampered by limited content and by the need for LCD-shutter glasses that dim displays as they switch the view between eyes. User uptake has only been strong in the home theater market, for which DisplaySearch forecasts that 3.2 million 3-D TVs will be shipped in 2010.
That same forecast, however, predicts that 3-D TVs will grow to over 90 million units in 2014—accounting for 41 percent of all flat-panel sets sold that year, up from just 2 percent today—as autostereoscopic displays that do not require the glasses enter the market. Toshiba, for one, is already selling glasses-free 3-D televisions in Japan.
Many of the users who buy glasses-free 3-D TVs in 2014 will have already gained experience with autostereoscopic displays by using the ones built into their mobile devices, such as Fuji's 3-D still camera. In-Stat predicts that more than 60 million autostereoscopic 3-D displays for mobile devices will ship in 2014.
Mobile devices like the Fuji 3-D still camera have autostereoscopic displays built-in, a trend that will grow to over 60 million units by 2014, according to In-Stat.
Augmented reality: Geotagging the real world
Augmented reality: Geotagging the real world
Augmented reality, or the overlay of information on live images via a device display, has already been proved in military applications such as heads-up windscreen displays in fighter aircraft. Now consumer AR is coming to GPS-enabled camera phones.
In 2011, Apple, Google and a dozen startups plan to offer apps and systems that will relay commercial information—such as what's on sale at the various stores in the mall you're visiting—AR-style. Even Intel Capital is looking to cash in on the craze by investing in Layar (Amsterdam, Netherlands), an AR platform company that offers online tools for the development community.
But social networking may be the killer AR app. Sekai Camera, for instance, lets users leave their own AR posts at points of interest. A visitor to an ice cream shop, for instance, could aim a phone's camera at the front of the shop and type a message recommending the soft-serve pistachio. Other Sekai Camera users would see the pistachio fan's posting when they aimed a camera phone at the shop.
Augmented reality, or the overlay of information on live images via a device display, has already been proved in military applications such as heads-up windscreen displays in fighter aircraft. Now consumer AR is coming to GPS-enabled camera phones.
In 2011, Apple, Google and a dozen startups plan to offer apps and systems that will relay commercial information—such as what's on sale at the various stores in the mall you're visiting—AR-style. Even Intel Capital is looking to cash in on the craze by investing in Layar (Amsterdam, Netherlands), an AR platform company that offers online tools for the development community.
But social networking may be the killer AR app. Sekai Camera, for instance, lets users leave their own AR posts at points of interest. A visitor to an ice cream shop, for instance, could aim a phone's camera at the front of the shop and type a message recommending the soft-serve pistachio. Other Sekai Camera users would see the pistachio fan's posting when they aimed a camera phone at the shop.
Viewing Tokyo's skyline with Sekai Camera reveals hundreds of user-supplied geo-tags highlighting points of interest in the style of social-media.
Energy storage media sought
Energy storage media sought
Many exotic technologies loom as long-term prospects for efficient energy storage, but
to date none poses a commercially feasible alternative to lithium-ion batteries, and recent refinements to lithium-ion technology will keep it in the lead for the short haul.
A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Li-ion batteries based on nanoscale materials that were conceived at MIT, was recently selected to develop battery packs for a 2012-model-year electric passenger car from Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., the largest automaker in China. A123 has also signed a deal to sell 44 megawatts' worth of its batteries to AES Energy Storage, in a step toward putting solar and wind farms on the grid.
While lithium-ion today is the poster child for energy storage, the technology has inherent limits in energy density and readily available raw materials. Those restrictions, in turn, could limit the production of electric vehicles if a commercially feasible alternative to lithium-ion batteries is not found soon.
Many exotic technologies loom as long-term prospects for efficient energy storage, but
to date none poses a commercially feasible alternative to lithium-ion batteries, and recent refinements to lithium-ion technology will keep it in the lead for the short haul.
A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Li-ion batteries based on nanoscale materials that were conceived at MIT, was recently selected to develop battery packs for a 2012-model-year electric passenger car from Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., the largest automaker in China. A123 has also signed a deal to sell 44 megawatts' worth of its batteries to AES Energy Storage, in a step toward putting solar and wind farms on the grid.
While lithium-ion today is the poster child for energy storage, the technology has inherent limits in energy density and readily available raw materials. Those restrictions, in turn, could limit the production of electric vehicles if a commercially feasible alternative to lithium-ion batteries is not found soon.
A123 Systems Nanosphosphate Lithium Ion batteries offer one of the most commercially feasible power sources for hydrid vehicles.
Personal power management puts you in charge
Personal power management puts you in charge
"The goal of giving every household and business access to timely, useful and actionable information on their energy use" was the focus of a recent open letter to President Obama from GE, Google, Intel, Honeywell, Whirlpool and 42 other companies. "By giving people the ability to monitor and manage their energy consumption, for instance, via their computers, phones or other devices . . . we can harness the power of millions of people to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—and save consumers billions of dollars," the companies told the President.
Google already has a free downloadable app, the PowerMeter, that can monitor overall energy consumption in a home with an installed breaker-box add-on, such as Energy Inc.'s TED (The Energy Detective). Intel is taking the approach one step further by "personalizing" energy management as it once helped personalize computing; the company has crafted a prototype personal-energy monitor that plugs into the wall (instead of the breaker box) and uses artificial intelligence to deduce which appliances in a household are on and how much power they are using.
In 2011, a whole ecosystem of personal power management devices will be announced by Intel, its partners and competitors.
"The goal of giving every household and business access to timely, useful and actionable information on their energy use" was the focus of a recent open letter to President Obama from GE, Google, Intel, Honeywell, Whirlpool and 42 other companies. "By giving people the ability to monitor and manage their energy consumption, for instance, via their computers, phones or other devices . . . we can harness the power of millions of people to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—and save consumers billions of dollars," the companies told the President.
Google already has a free downloadable app, the PowerMeter, that can monitor overall energy consumption in a home with an installed breaker-box add-on, such as Energy Inc.'s TED (The Energy Detective). Intel is taking the approach one step further by "personalizing" energy management as it once helped personalize computing; the company has crafted a prototype personal-energy monitor that plugs into the wall (instead of the breaker box) and uses artificial intelligence to deduce which appliances in a household are on and how much power they are using.
In 2011, a whole ecosystem of personal power management devices will be announced by Intel, its partners and competitors.
Google PowerMeter and The Energy Detective are all you need to monitor energy usage with your computer or mobile device.
Automotive radar coming to cheaper cars
Automotive radar coming to cheaper cars
Radar Technology has registered on automakers' own radar for more than a decade, though the car manufacturers have proceeded with their typical caution in adopting what has been a costly technology with safety im
plications. But as silicon sensor costs come down and as the technology gains traction in luxury models, radar systems will begin to trickle down over the next few years to midpriced autos. Lower silicon and system prices will also encourage more governments to mandate automotive radar.
Going into 2011, automotive radar already offers collision avoidance and mitigation in the forward-facing direction, as well as blind-spot monitoring and parking support via rear-facing radar. Beyond 2011, the technology will eventually enable driverless freeway motoring, with smart algorithms using forward- and rear-facing radar, as well as lane detection systems, to control drive-by-wire steering, acceleration and braking systems.
Radar Technology has registered on automakers' own radar for more than a decade, though the car manufacturers have proceeded with their typical caution in adopting what has been a costly technology with safety im
plications. But as silicon sensor costs come down and as the technology gains traction in luxury models, radar systems will begin to trickle down over the next few years to midpriced autos. Lower silicon and system prices will also encourage more governments to mandate automotive radar.Going into 2011, automotive radar already offers collision avoidance and mitigation in the forward-facing direction, as well as blind-spot monitoring and parking support via rear-facing radar. Beyond 2011, the technology will eventually enable driverless freeway motoring, with smart algorithms using forward- and rear-facing radar, as well as lane detection systems, to control drive-by-wire steering, acceleration and braking systems.
Wireless connects for health care
Wireless connects for health care
Home health care is pegging its success on wireless technologies, which in 2011 and beyond will be crucial to delivering health maintenance and management remotely. Companies such as General Electric, Intel and Qualcomm are refocusing their telehealth and independent-living app development efforts on wireless connectivity.
In a Qualcomm-developed illustration of the power behind wireless medical gateways as a critical part of the remote medical care solution, the data from body sensors communicates with a handheld wireless device via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or ultralow-power BAN radios. Another company engaged in this market is MedApps, whose HealthPAL mobile health monitoring device automatically and wirelessly transmits biometric readings to a server, making patient data available for remote monitoring and review. LynuxWorks, meanwhile, has teamed with Portwell Inc. to deliver a proof-of-concept wireless sensor platform, based on Intel chips, that can monitor more than 25 Bluetooth wireless biometric sensors and graphically portray the patient sensor data for visual monitoring in the familiar Windows environment.
Home health care is pegging its success on wireless technologies, which in 2011 and beyond will be crucial to delivering health maintenance and management remotely. Companies such as General Electric, Intel and Qualcomm are refocusing their telehealth and independent-living app development efforts on wireless connectivity.
In a Qualcomm-developed illustration of the power behind wireless medical gateways as a critical part of the remote medical care solution, the data from body sensors communicates with a handheld wireless device via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or ultralow-power BAN radios. Another company engaged in this market is MedApps, whose HealthPAL mobile health monitoring device automatically and wirelessly transmits biometric readings to a server, making patient data available for remote monitoring and review. LynuxWorks, meanwhile, has teamed with Portwell Inc. to deliver a proof-of-concept wireless sensor platform, based on Intel chips, that can monitor more than 25 Bluetooth wireless biometric sensors and graphically portray the patient sensor data for visual monitoring in the familiar Windows environment.
HealthPAL connects to medical devices via Bluetooth, takes readings then receives and transmits the information in the backgroundo HealthCOM, a MedApps' web-based portal for professional healthcare providers.
Gesture recognition for hands-free convenience
Gesture recognition for hands-free convenience
Gesture recognition has been a research curiosity for years, with a lot of admirable work languishing in the lab despite the seemingly obvious appeal of hands-free operation. Now PrimeSense Ltd.'s design win in Project Natal, which resulted in the Kinect hands-free controller for the Xbox 360, may have yielded the killer app the field needed. The accelerometer- and gyroscope-based Wii baton piqued the public's interest in more innovative user interfaces.
But moving the recognition hardware into the console, leaving the user's hands free, is (pardon the pun) a game changer. The perceived success of hands-free interfaces like Kinect will motivate companies like Canesta (recently acquired by Microsoft), Hillcrest Labs and Movea to begin offering hands-free interfaces for such other platforms as TVs and notebook computers. In fact, the next best step might be the development of a standard lexicon of "gestures for control."
Gesture recognition has been a research curiosity for years, with a lot of admirable work languishing in the lab despite the seemingly obvious appeal of hands-free operation. Now PrimeSense Ltd.'s design win in Project Natal, which resulted in the Kinect hands-free controller for the Xbox 360, may have yielded the killer app the field needed. The accelerometer- and gyroscope-based Wii baton piqued the public's interest in more innovative user interfaces.
But moving the recognition hardware into the console, leaving the user's hands free, is (pardon the pun) a game changer. The perceived success of hands-free interfaces like Kinect will motivate companies like Canesta (recently acquired by Microsoft), Hillcrest Labs and Movea to begin offering hands-free interfaces for such other platforms as TVs and notebook computers. In fact, the next best step might be the development of a standard lexicon of "gestures for control."
Microsoft's Xbox Kinect controller puts the smarts in its camera and gessture recognition algorithms instead of in a complex handheld controller, leaving the user's hands free.
Touchscreen tabs advance 'consume only' model
Electronic devices designed exclusively to consume, rather than both consume and create, began with Apple's iPod music player, which only Microsoft's Zune has effectively challenged. Following the debut of Apple iPad, however, every major electronics producer is taking on Apple. Makers of laptops, netbooks, smartphones and, yes, even music players will all be marketing competing touchscreen tablets in 2011. Almost all will try to emulate the trend-setting iPad while adding some differentiator; Dell's Streak, for example, also lets you make phone calls.
Only a few vendors will try to build an ecosystem that goes head-to-head with Apple's. One is Samsung, whose Galaxy Tab matches the iPad's features, right down to a companion phone with a similar name (as the iPhone is to the iPad, the Galaxy S is to the Galaxy Tab).
Others will aim for underserved markets. Hewlett-Packard's business-oriented Slate, for example, features a stylus input, suiting it for corporate clientele, such as the insurance companies that have put Slates in the hands of their adjusters in the field. Research in Motion's PlayBook, meanwhile, banks on the BlackBerry phone's reputation for superior security compared with the iPhone. Tethering the iPad-like PlayBook to a BlackBerry phone lets RIM users keep pace with iPad owners without sacrificing
security.
Electronic devices designed exclusively to consume, rather than both consume and create, began with Apple's iPod music player, which only Microsoft's Zune has effectively challenged. Following the debut of Apple iPad, however, every major electronics producer is taking on Apple. Makers of laptops, netbooks, smartphones and, yes, even music players will all be marketing competing touchscreen tablets in 2011. Almost all will try to emulate the trend-setting iPad while adding some differentiator; Dell's Streak, for example, also lets you make phone calls.
Only a few vendors will try to build an ecosystem that goes head-to-head with Apple's. One is Samsung, whose Galaxy Tab matches the iPad's features, right down to a companion phone with a similar name (as the iPhone is to the iPad, the Galaxy S is to the Galaxy Tab).
Others will aim for underserved markets. Hewlett-Packard's business-oriented Slate, for example, features a stylus input, suiting it for corporate clientele, such as the insurance companies that have put Slates in the hands of their adjusters in the field. Research in Motion's PlayBook, meanwhile, banks on the BlackBerry phone's reputation for superior security compared with the iPhone. Tethering the iPad-like PlayBook to a BlackBerry phone lets RIM users keep pace with iPad owners without sacrificing
security.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Deadline for ET Exhibitor Applications is June 30, 2012
Deadline for ET Exhibitor Applications is June 30, 2012
| Title: | Embedded Technology Conference & Exhibition |
| Date: | November 14 - 16, 2012 |
| Venue: | PACIFICO YOKOHAMA |
| Event Organizer: | Japan Embedded Systems Technology Association (JASA) |
| Event Manager: | ICS Convention Design, Inc. |
| Sponsors: | Tokyo Metropolitan Government City of Yokohama Indian Embassy U.S. Embassy British Embassy |
Embedded Technology 2011 is the world's largest trade show and conference for embedded system designers and managers.
ET2011 introduces advanced technologies and solutions for emerging embedded applications, including digital consumer electronics, automotive, wireless/ubiquitous computing and factory automation.
The venue at PACIFICO YOKOHAMA features a modern facility with a 200,000+ square-foot exhibition hall and an annex integrated with he Conference Center and the Grand Inter-Continental Hotel. Both attendees and exhibitors will benefit from the lower costs of Yokohama, and the area's convenient accessibility from Tokyo.
ET2011 introduces advanced technologies and solutions for emerging embedded applications, including digital consumer electronics, automotive, wireless/ubiquitous computing and factory automation.
The venue at PACIFICO YOKOHAMA features a modern facility with a 200,000+ square-foot exhibition hall and an annex integrated with he Conference Center and the Grand Inter-Continental Hotel. Both attendees and exhibitors will benefit from the lower costs of Yokohama, and the area's convenient accessibility from Tokyo.
Whether your company is a stand-alone exhibitor, co-exhibitor, part of a trade association group, or national pavilion, the Embedded Technology (ET) Conference and Exhibition provides excellent value-added benefits to exhibitors:
| Exhibit Size | Cost (tax included) |
| 1 to 3 booth(s) | 451,500 Yen per booth |
| 4 booths or more | 430,500 Yen per booth |
The 1-booth size is 3 meters by 3 meters (approximately 10ft .x 10ft.). Exhibit/display rental items and turnkey booths are also available (see Support Programs and Booth Rental documents under "Exhibitors").
FBI's Most Wanted: The IT Guy
FBI's Most Wanted: The IT Guy
The FBI is seeking IT solutions from the public in regards to a social media application that will enable the bureau to zoom in on threats. The bureau states that it is seeking something that is "secure, lightweight and uses mashup technology." But you don’t have to take my word for it, for they are making no attempts at keeping this information classified.
So, are you a member of the IT industry with the problem-solving abilities that can assist a government agency monitor social media for threats? Can you develop a tool that meets the needs stated in this 12 page document and have your proposals ready before the end of this month? Then the FBI is looking for you! Please have your cost estimates included in with your proposals and submit your applications here.
In an RFI (News - Alert) that is filled with six pages of content, the FBI outlines their objectives, the criteria for the monitoring tool, and their reasons for why it is necessary. Here is an example of the details regarding Twitter (News - Alert) that is listed under the subcategory of “Twitter and other Social Networking Monitoring”:
Ability to instantly search and monitor key words and strings in all “publicly available” tweets across the Twitter Site and all “publicly available” social networking sites/forums (i.e. Facebook, MySpace (News - Alert), etc.).
It is interesting that “publicly available” is in quotations. Perhaps the FBI is sending a message that all data that is entered into social media sites has already been made public; therefore, filtering its content is not necessarily invading people’s privacy.
However, that reasoning is unlikely to appease privacy advocates who are undoubtedly exasperated after the censorship efforts of Homeland Security. Instead of focusing on the public’s objections, the fact that the RFI is thoroughly detailed and available to the public should be raising eyebrows as well.
Isn’t it strange that the FBI, an agency that has always maintained an image of being “top secret” is outlining to the public their strategies as far as tackling this project?
Sean Gourley, who heads Quid, offers NPR (News - Alert) an explanation. Smart people, like those in the IT world, don’t typically seek employment with the government.
"What that means is the top solutions to these kinds of problems don't actually lie within the government anymore; they actually start to lie in the startup companies," Gourley says. "So increasingly the government starts to turn to these groups to say, 'Can you help us solve these types of problems?' "
And since the RFI points out that, "Social media is rivaling 911 services in crisis response and reporting," perhaps this is indicative of how much government agencies are due for an upgrade.
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MIT Genius Stuffs 100 Processors Into Single Chip
MIT Genius Stuffs 100 Processors Into Single Chip
February 3rd, 2012 | by Anil |
Forget dual-core and quad-core processors: A semiconductor company promises to pack 100 cores into a processor that can be used in applications that require hefty computing punch, like video conferencing, wireless base stations and networking. By comparison, Intel’s latest chips are expected to have just eight cores.With a revolutionary new chip architecture and programming tool set, Anant Agarwal ofTilera embedded the processing power of hundreds of cores on a single chip. Tilera’stechnology addresses the three biggest challenges in today’s semiconductor market, offering a processor that is high-performance, power-efficient, and easy to program.
“This is a general-purpose chip that can run off-the-shelf programs almost unmodified,” says Anant Agarwal, chief technical officer of Tilera, the company that is making the 100-core chip. “And we can do that while offering at least four times the compute performance of an Intel Nehalem-Ex, while burning a third of the power as a Nehalem.”
Agarwal directs the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s vaunted Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or CSAIL. The lab is housed in the university’s Stata Center, a Dr. Seussian hodgepodge of forms and angles that nicely reflects the unhindered-by-reality visionary research that goes on inside.
Tilera’s revolutionary architecture provides superior performance because it eliminates the on-chip bus interconnect, a centralized intersection that information must flow through between processor cores or between cores and the memory and I/O. As manufacturers have added more cores to chips, the bus (or ring) has created an information traffic jam because all data from these additional cores must travel through a single one-dimensional path.
Tilera’s architecture eliminates the dependence on a bus, and instead puts a non-blocking, cut-through switch on each processor core, which connects it to a two dimensional on-chip mesh network called iMesh™ (Intelligent Mesh). This combination of the switch and a processor is called a ’tile’. The iMesh provides each tile with more than a terabit/sec of interconnect bandwidth, creating a more efficient distributed architecture and eliminating on-chip data congestion. Multiple parallel meshes are used in order to separate different transaction types and provide more deterministic interconnect throughput.
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