QNX drives home (quietly) with embedded award

Every year, the organizers of the Embedded World conference hold the embedded AWARDs to recognize the most innovative software, hardware, and tools for embedded developers. And this year, they selected QNX Acoustics for Active Noise Control, the new QNX solution for eliminating engine "boom" noise in cars, as the winner in the software category.

This marks the third time that QNX Software Systems has taken home an embedded AWARD. The company also won in 2004 for power management technology and in 2006 for its multicore tools and OS — and in 2010, it nabbed a finalist spot for its persistent publish/subscribe messaging. That's a lot of plaques.

QNX Acoustics for ANC eliminates the need
for costly dedicated ANC hardware.

So why did QNX Acoustics for ANC get the blue ribbon treatment? I can't speak on behalf of the Embedded World judges, but check out this overview I wrote a few months ago. Or better yet, read this deeper dive from my colleague Tina Jeffrey.

Or skip the middle man entirely and check out the product page, which does a nice job of summarizing what QNX Acoustics for ANC is all about.

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Germany January 2014

Stuck in second gear Edition

With 818 plug-ins sold in January, the German EV market still hasn't grown the way it would be expected, just like a bicycle racer stuck in second gear.

The BMW i3 (229 units sold) failed yet again to remove Smart from #1, with the third spot going for the VW e-Up!, thus removing foreign brands from the podium.

Pl	German	Jan	2014	%	'13 Pl
1	Smart Fortwo ED e)	300	300	37	1
2	Bmw i3	229	229	28	5
3	Volkswagen e-Up! e)	75	75	9	9
4	Nissan Leaf	71	71	9	3
5	Renault Zoe	48	48	6	2
6	Tesla Model  S	30	30	5	8
7	Renault Twizy e)	25	25	3	4
8	Volvo V60 Plug-in e)	20	20	3	11
9	Opel Ampera	15	15	2	6
10	Ford Focus Electric e)	5	5	1	14
	TOTAL	818	818	100

e) estimate

Source: kba.de; goingelectric.de

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