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近日，飞凌嵌入式为FET527N-C核心板适配了全新升级的Forlinx Desktop 22.04操作系统，为用户体验带来了诸多显著的提升——不仅能够享受到更加流畅、稳定的操作体验，还能充分利用Forlinx Desktop 22.04所提供的丰富功能与创新特性提升工作效率与应用兼容性。 OK527N-C开发板运行Forlinx Desktop 22.04 1、系统与硬件双重赋能 飞凌嵌入式FET527N-C核心板搭载全志T527N处理器，集成了8个ARM Cortex-A55高性能核，同时内置1个RISC-V核和1个DSP核，具有2TOPS的NPU算力，能够为复杂应用和AI需求提供充足的算力支持。 Forlinx Desktop 22.04操作系统则通过内核优化和资源管理策略，充分挖掘硬件潜能，与FET527N-C核心板紧密结合，在处理大数据、复杂算法等方面为用户带来更加流畅、高效的操作体验。 2、简单易用，高效开发 在Forlinx Desktop 22.04上，可以使用APT（Advanced Package Tool）作为其软件包管理工具，为用户提供了强大的包搜索、安装、升级和删除功能，让操作更简单，开发更高效。 3、国产方案，稳定供应 飞凌嵌入式FET527N-C核心板在关键元件上实现了高度国产化，从内存、存储到电源管理芯片等，均采用了国内领先的技术和产品，有效降低了供应链风险，提升了产品的安全性和可控性（其中，2GB+16GB版的元器件为100%全国产）。 FET527N-C核心板具有10~15年的生命周期，确保用户在长期的使用过程中能够获得稳定的硬件支持。 综合看来，FET527N-C核心板适配Forlinx Desktop 22.04，不仅为广大客户朋友提供了多一种选择，更为广大工程师用户带来更好的体验。

I am a routine-oriented creature. The first thing I do every morning after I've plonked my bottom down in the command chair and booted my three computers is to set things up the way I like them.   In the case of my main tower computer -- the one on which I do the bulk of my work -- I have three 28-inch monitors configured so as to present me with a single honking big desktop as shown below.   Three 28-inch monitors forming a single desktop   On the left-hand monitor I open an Excel spreadsheet in which I keep a record of all the columns I post (name, date, document ID number, author, etc.). Once I have this set up, I minimize it for later use and then bring my email system up on this screen.   The center display is where I perform my text and image editing activities. I typically have two Word documents open side-by side. "Behind" these will be a Paint.Net window, which will often be accompanied by a Visio window.   On the right-hand screen I open four Notepad text editor windows. The upper-left window is used to access my file of commonly-used HTML codes and shortcuts. The file in the lower-left window is where I keep track of which articles are to be posted in which carousels, which articles have yet to be Tweeted, and so forth. The bottom line is that these two Notepad windows always access the same files -- the other two Notepad windows are used on a temporary basis for specific activities.   Now, on the one hand, it doesn't take more than a couple of minutes to set all of this up before I move on to access my email and my day really starts to rock-and-roll. On the other hand, it's a pain in the rear end having to do this each and every day. What I would love would be to have a little script that I could invoke by double-clicking an icon on my desktop, and for this script to perform the following tasks: Launch an Excel window; make it fill the left-hand screen; use it to open my "articles" file. Launch a small Notepad window in the upper-left corner of the right-hand screen; use it to open my HTML codes file. Launch a larger Notepad window in the upper-middle of the right-hand screen. Launch another small Notepad window in the upper-right of the right-hand screen. Launch another larger Notepad window in the lower-left corner of the right-hand screen; use it to open my "articles to be tweeted" file.   Note that it's important that the four Notepad files be opened in the sequence I describe above. This is because I may have a bunch of other windows open -- perhaps showing additional graphic images or a calculator or other applications -- on this right-hand screen, so having the Notepad windows opened in a specific order allows me to easily select and access the window of interest when I move my mouse cursor over the Notepad icon in the Task Bar.   The problem is that I'm not an expert when it comes to the Windows 7 operating system -- I just use tools like Word and Excel a lot -- so I'm wondering if there is any way to create a script that can set my desktop up just the way I like it as described above. Do you have any ideas as to how I might achieve this?

There was a much hope for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system to boost PC sales, however it has thus far failed to materialise. According to the NPD Group, since the Oct. 26 launch of Windows 8, U.S. sales of consumer Windows PC and tablets—including the Microsoft Surface tab—have fallen 21 per cent versus the same period of last year. Sales of Windows notebooks declined 24 per cent year-over-year, while sales of desktops fell 19 per cent, according to NPD. The PC market is expected to contract this year for the first time since 2001 , as consumers increasingly opt for tablets and other less expensive, more convenient mobile computing devices. Many had hoped that the launch of Windows 8—described as the most dramatic refresh of the ubiquitous operating system in decades—would provide a boost to the PC market, as other Windows launches have done in the past. Others have already speculated that Windows 8 would not be enough to stem the tide of PC sales decline. Though the new operating system offers some compelling new features and usability, it adds significant cost. "After just four weeks on the market, it's still early to place blame on Windows 8 for the ongoing weakness in the PC market," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD, in a statement. "We still have the whole holiday selling season ahead of us, but clearly Windows 8 did not prove to be the impetus for a sales turnaround some had hoped for." Windows 8 tablet sales 'almost non-existent' According to NPD, since the launch date, Windows 8 has captured about 58 per cent of Windows computing device unit sales. In the like four-week period after the launch of Windows 7 in 2009, Windows 7 made up 83 per cent of Windows computing device sales, according to the firm. NPD said Windows 8 tablet sales have been "almost non-existent," representing less than 1 per cent of all Windows 8 device sales to date. According to Baker, a less than stellar back-to-school PC sales left a lot of inventory in the channel, which had a real impact on the initial sell-through rates for Windows 8 PCs. "The strong performance of Windows 8 notebooks with touchscreens—where Windows 8 truly shines—offers some reason for optimism," Baker said. "These products accounted for 6 per cent of Windows 8 notebook sales at an average price of $867, helping to re-establish a premium segment to the Windows consumer notebook market." According to NPD, average selling prices of Windows computing devices have jumped significantly this year, up to $477 from $433 last year. Windows 8 notebooks boast an ASP nearly $80 higher than comparable Windows notebooks last year, while Windows 8 desktop ASPs are up nearly 10 per cent, according to NPD. But while Microsoft and PC OEMs might take some solace from the increased ASPs, the cost of the systems is part of the problem. Those who want a Windows 8 PC may be willing to shell out a little more for it, but for those consumers trying to choose between a Windows 8 PC and a $200 Android tablet, it only makes the decision easier.

The much anticipated boost in PC sales courtesy of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system has thus far failed to materialise. According to the NPD Group, since the Oct. 26 launch of Windows 8, U.S. sales of consumer Windows PC and tablets—including the Microsoft Surface tab—have fallen 21 per cent versus the same period of last year. Sales of Windows notebooks declined 24 per cent year-over-year, while sales of desktops fell 19 per cent, according to NPD. The PC market is expected to contract this year for the first time since 2001 , as consumers increasingly opt for tablets and other less expensive, more convenient mobile computing devices. Many had hoped that the launch of Windows 8—described as the most dramatic refresh of the ubiquitous operating system in decades—would provide a boost to the PC market, as other Windows launches have done in the past. Others have already speculated that Windows 8 would not be enough to stem the tide of PC sales decline. Though the new operating system offers some compelling new features and usability, it adds significant cost. "After just four weeks on the market, it's still early to place blame on Windows 8 for the ongoing weakness in the PC market," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD, in a statement. "We still have the whole holiday selling season ahead of us, but clearly Windows 8 did not prove to be the impetus for a sales turnaround some had hoped for." Windows 8 tablet sales 'almost non-existent' According to NPD, since the launch date, Windows 8 has captured about 58 per cent of Windows computing device unit sales. In the like four-week period after the launch of Windows 7 in 2009, Windows 7 made up 83 per cent of Windows computing device sales, according to the firm. NPD said Windows 8 tablet sales have been "almost non-existent," representing less than 1 per cent of all Windows 8 device sales to date. According to Baker, a less than stellar back-to-school PC sales left a lot of inventory in the channel, which had a real impact on the initial sell-through rates for Windows 8 PCs. "The strong performance of Windows 8 notebooks with touchscreens—where Windows 8 truly shines—offers some reason for optimism," Baker said. "These products accounted for 6 per cent of Windows 8 notebook sales at an average price of $867, helping to re-establish a premium segment to the Windows consumer notebook market." According to NPD, average selling prices of Windows computing devices have jumped significantly this year, up to $477 from $433 last year. Windows 8 notebooks boast an ASP nearly $80 higher than comparable Windows notebooks last year, while Windows 8 desktop ASPs are up nearly 10 per cent, according to NPD. But while Microsoft and PC OEMs might take some solace from the increased ASPs, the cost of the systems is part of the problem. Those who want a Windows 8 PC may be willing to shell out a little more for it, but for those consumers trying to choose between a Windows 8 PC and a $200 Android tablet, it only makes the decision easier.  

One certainty about the domination of the computer industry by personal computer is that it was – and continues to be – a major market for embedded device hardware and software. In addition to the x86 that powers the operating system, the desktop PC is the home to at 8 to 12 or more MCUs embedded in the system that manage all the various user interface and communications operations. And as the world has gone mobile, portable and wireless, the same is true of the many smartphones, tablets, and ultrabooks that inhabit our lives. In such connected computing devices, for every 32bit ARM or Atom acting as the main CPU, there are at least a half a dozen or more embedded MCUs. And one of the fastest growth areas is anything to do with capacitive touch sensor-based gesture recognition, well illustrated by the hard-sell videos from companies such as Texas Instruments, Microchip, Freescale, Cypress and Atmel. But the opportunies this offers to developers comes at the cost of greater design and development complexity.   One measure of still increasing opportunities and challenges ahead are the number of research projects pushing gesture recognition to its limits.