Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: LabView 8.5
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 08 August 2007
Graphical programming turns to multicore
design
The latest version of LabView extends the embedded platform to program multicore real-time processors.
Just released by National Instruments, LabView 8.5 extends the embedded platform to program multicore real-time processors LabView 8.5 combines the familiar graphical programming environment of LabView software with commercial multicore hardware to achieve significant performance gains
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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