Blue Wave Systems Wins $700K Order to Continue Successful DSP System Supply to Oxford Instruments.CARROLLTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1999-- Building on two previous major orders, Blue Wave Systems, (Nasdaq/NMS:BWSI), has won an order for DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive subsystems worth over $700K from a leading supplier of medical Instruments: UK-based Oxford Instruments. Over the coming year Blue Wave will continue to supply the digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). board hardware elements for Oxford Instruments' highly successful electromyography electromyography Process of graphically recording the electrical activity of muscle, which normally generates an electric current only when contracting or when its nerve is stimulated. (EMG EMG abbr. electromyogram Electromyography (EMG) A diagnostic test that records the electrical activity of muscles. ) TECA TECA Technology for Agriculture (FAO initiative) TECA ThermoElectric Cooling America Corporation TECA Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association TECA Texas Education Consumers Association TECA Tower En-Route Control Area Synergy system for diagnosis of nerve and muscle disorders. "This order reflects our continued successful working relationship with Oxford Instruments," said Kevin Parslow, Vice President Worldwide sales of Blue Wave Systems. "The success of the TECA Synergy is positive testimony to the flexibility of the design using our DSP boards and Oxford Instruments' systems and software expertise." The TECA Synergy designed by Oxford Instruments makes hospital diagnosis easy, convenient and accurate. The Design was completed two years ago against a very tight timescale timescale Noun the period of time within which events occur or are due to occur timescale n → délais mpl timescale time (Brit) n and with very demanding requirements for an upgradeable and flexible system. Oxford Instruments decided to design Synergy based around PC technology providing a standard user-friendly environment. Blue Wave PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). DSP cards are employed to match processing performance to the different product configurations. The use of off the shelf boards minimized development risk, accelerated development and allowed Oxford Instruments' designers to concentrate on developing the overall system. Editors notes: Blue Wave Systems (Nasdaq/NMS:BWSI) is the world's leading supplier of DSP solutions and provides digital signal processing (DSP) boards and subsystems to more than one-half of the world's top 40 companies. Blue Wave Systems is principally involved in the development and sale of embedded DSP computers for a variety of industries, with a strategic focus on telecommunications, defense and instrumentation. The Company resulted from the merger of Mizar Inc. and Loughborough Sound Images Ltd. in April 1998. |
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