NEC Succeeds in Development of Multiprocessor Dynamic-Control Technology.Tokyo, Japan, Oct 3, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation has succeeded in the development of multiprocessor Multiple processors. A multiprocessor machine uses two or more CPUs for routine processing. See multiprocessing. multiprocessor - parallel processing dynamic-control technology, which enables embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. devices, such as mobile phones, digital home electronics and automotive information devices, to coordinate with each other through open networks, such as the Internet. The newly developed technology simultaneously achieves dynamic allocation of the processing performance, required for device coordination, and protection of pre-installed, basic-function software. NEC's cutting edge multiprocessor dynamic-control technology, which can dynamically allocate some of a multiprocessor's processors to device coordination, is a platform technology that will achieve highly-scalable performance for device coordination and high security for embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. in the future. Once this technology is realized, users are expected to benefit from new services based on device coordination, such as an anti-crime service that is linked with a child's mobile phone and a town's monitoring cameras, an auto-payment service that coordinates with customers' information terminals and restaurants' point-of-sales devices, and a driver-assist service that coordinates with drive recorders and car navigation See GPS. systems. Based on NEC's proprietary multiprocessor technology for embedded systems, the new multiprocessor dynamic-control technology includes the following features: 1. The number of processors for device coordination can be changed freely in response to the required performance without fixed allocation of all processors to pre-installed software. This enables some processors to be dynamically switched for either coordination of other embedded devices or the execution of pre-installed software. 2. Pre-installed software can be protected from device driver bugs or attacks of malicious Involving malice; characterized by wicked or mischievous motives or intentions. An act done maliciously is one that is wrongful and performed willfully or intentionally, and without legal justification. DESERTION, MALICIOUS. software during device coordination operation on open networks as a hardware monitor blocks the malicious access issued to memory or I/Os for device coordination. 3. Due to the hardware monitor, the performance overhead of pre-installed software is reduced to almost nothing as compared with software-based conventional systems. In recent years, embedded devices, such as mobile phones, digital home electronics and automotive information devices, have had to enable increasingly flexible coordination with other embedded devices through open networks in order to provide more convenient services for users. This has lead to a greater need for embedded devices to satisfy highly scalable performance and high security requirements for device coordination. NEC's new multiprocessor dynamic-control technology allows processors contained in an embedded device to be freely allocated to both pre-installed software and device coordination, enabling secure information devices that allow flexible coordination with embedded devices. NEC has been promoting intensive research on multiprocessor technologies that help provide high performance and low-power dissipation Dissipation See also Debauchery. Breitmann, Hans lax indulger. [Am. Lit.: Hans Breitmann’s Ballads] Burley, John wasteful ne’er-do-well. [Br. Lit. to embedded systems, and expects its new multiprocessor dynamic-control technology will contribute to the enhanced coordination of embedded devices in a ubiquitous networked society. This research result was presented by NEC on October 1, 2007 at the international conference on hardware/software co-design and system synthesis, CODES+ISSS ISSS International Student and Scholar Services ISSS Information Society Standardization System ISSS International Society for the Systems Sciences ISSS International Society of Soil Science ISSS International Soil Science Society (Italy) , which was held in Salzburg, Austria from September 30 to October 3, 2007. NEC received the Best Paper Award at CODES+ISSS for the research result. About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 6701; NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NIPNY) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com Source: NEC Corporation Contact: Diane Foley (Japan) NEC Corporation d-foley@ax.jp.nec.com +81-3-3798-6511 Japan Corporate News Network. 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