Year: 2017

Altia Takes on Colorado College in Code Battle

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On Thursday, March 30, expert coders from Altia and X-IO Technologies competed in a Code Battle with members of the Colorado College Coding Club.

Almost 20 people competed in the coder-against-coder CodeFights tournament. The battle consisted of two “Codewriting” challenges. Contestants were presented with an algorithmic problem that they had to solve given a specified set of limitations – all in 15 minutes. Competitors could choose from a variety of coding languages as their “weapon” of choice – C#, C++, HTML, Java, Python, Ruby, Visual Basic and others. While developing their own solutions against a ticking clock, contestants were presented with real-time updates on their opponents. The pressure was intense!

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Doing Business in Colorado Springs

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Colorado Springs isn’t just a great place to live. With easy access to travel, a high concentration of companies in growing industries like health, IT and aerospace/defense plus very reasonable operational and living costs, “The Springs” is also a great place to work and do business.

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Altia Launches New HMI Product to Leverage Cutting-Edge Font Technologies from Monotype

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Altia Font Modules Offer Improved Flexibility with Monotype Font Technologies for Legible Fonts on Globalized GUIs

With the release of Altia Design 11.4, Altia announces a new series of products, Font Modules. Altia Font Modules provide a gateway into the wide array of Monotype fonts and embedded font rendering software. Altia Font Modules are plug-in combinations of Font Engines and Shaping Engines that let users choose the right combination of Monotype solutions to deliver beautiful, legible text for global languages at the smallest possible footprint. These products are key for controlling appearance, memory size and performance of text that will display on embedded targets. Companies using Monotype’s font engine and shaping engine technologies can now leverage Altia Font Modules to deliver pin-sharp text for their production embedded displays. Monotype is a leader in helping to empower expression and engagement through type, technology and expertise.

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Altia Announces New Code Generation Support for NXP i.MX 6 with BlackBerry’s QNX Realtime OS

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New Code Generation Target Running Altia and QNX Neutrino Selected for Automotive Instrument Cluster Production Program

Altia announces new DeepScreen code generation support for the NXP i.MX 6 family of processors utilizing OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 pipelines to maximize Graphical User Interface (GUI) performance. This new target, running on BlackBerry’s QNX Neutrino® Realtime OS, has been selected to power a 10” virtual instrument cluster program.

This code generation target was designed on the i.MX 6 DualPlus family of processors, which not only delivers dramatic graphics and memory performance enhancements, but are also pin-compatible with a broad range of i.MX 6 processors. The i.MX 6 DualPlus includes a dual-core ARM® Cortex®-A9 platform running 800 MHz with 1 MB of L2 cache, 512 MB of RAM – and, of course, the 2D and 3D pipelines already mentioned. This capability, along with other connectivity features, make i.MX6 an ideal multicore platform for leading-edge multimedia applications which require higher graphics performance.

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Race to the Clouds: Focus on Faraday

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A few days ago, we posted details about the upcoming “Race to the Clouds” which will take place on June 25, 2017 in Colorado Springs – Altia’s hometown. In the Pikes Peak Exhibition Class, the Tesla Model S P100D will take on a true up-and-comer in automotive, the Faraday Future FF91.

We just can’t wait to see what the Faraday Future FF91 will bring to the race. Since its unveiling at CES 2017, we’re intrigued and excited by the innovative feature stack in this car.

Take a look at this “Faraday Future First Look” for a tour of all this new EV has to offer. (Be sure to check out the HUD at 1:28! It’s gorgeous!)

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Altia Hometown to Welcome Tesla and Faraday in “Race to the Clouds”

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On Sunday, June 25th, 2017, Colorado Springs will host the 95th running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) — an annual invitational automobile and motorcycle race to the summit of Pikes Peak.

The PPIHC takes place on a 12.42 mile public toll-road which includes 156 turns and a total 4,720 ft. climb — beginning at Mile 7 marker on the Pikes Peak Highway (altitude: 9,390 ft.) and ending at the Pike’s Peak summit (altitude: 14,115 ft.). As racing altitude increases, the air thins. This impacts drivers and riders by slowing reflexes and depleting both mental and muscle strength. The thin air also robs internal combustion engines of up to 30% of the power they are capable of at the Start Line. Drivers need to be in peak condition to compete — and so do their cars.

Electric vehicles racing up the Peak will have a distinct advantage. Why?

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Altia HQ Hometown — Colorado Springs, Colorado — Ranked #2 Most Desirable Place to Live

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In a 2017 survey, U.S. News and World Report asked people throughout the US where they would want to live if given the choice. Out of the top 100 metro areas in the country, Altia’s hometown, Colorado Springs, ranked #2!

In a separate survey by U.S. News and World Report, which considered factors like job market, value, desirability, quality of life and net migration, Colorado Springs was ranked #11 best place to live.

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Globalized GUIs: Altia Offers Enhanced Font Flexibility with Altia Design 11.4

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New Font Modules offer capability to deploy fonts with optimal memory size and clarity on embedded devices.

Altia announces the release of Altia Design 11.4, the latest version of our powerful GUI editor. With this new release, Altia adds a new series of products, Font Modules, to our software offerings. With the globalization of GUIs, companies need a way to deliver beautiful fonts for all languages from Swedish to Swahili. Font Modules provide Altia customers with the broadest possible array of support for fonts in embedded interfaces, delivering globalized font support at a memory size and performance speed best suited to each company’s specific device.

Altia Font Modules offer these key benefits.

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Altia to Exhibit at Embedded World Trade Fair

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Altia will join hundreds of cutting-edge embedded technology companies and over 30,000 visitors from all over the world at Embedded World 2017 Exhibition coming to Exhibition Centre Nuremberg on March 14-16.

Altia’s industry-leading HMI development software will be showcased on an impressive range of low- to high-powered hardware at our booth in Hall 4, number 4-339. Stop by to see Altia HMI demos at work and connect with our HMI experts. If you would like to arrange a meeting at the show, send us your request at [email protected].

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