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Freescale Announces Finalists In Its First Green FTF Design Challenge For India
Top ten receive advanced Freescale tools to develop
sustainable designs and compete for cash prizes totalling $61,000.
Freescale Semiconductor announced the ten finalists invited
to compete in the company's first green engineering design contest. The
Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Design Challenge India finalists will strive
to develop the next generation of sustainable embedded systems based on
Freescale's energy efficient technologies and easy to design with development
tools.
Freescale selected ten finalists from a field of more than
450 participants made up of embedded systems developers and engineering
students representing India. Each submission was judged on creativity, design
efficiency, technical complexity, the number of Freescale devices used, and the
overall application innovation to improve the environment.
Each of the ten finalists will receive a $1,000 (USD) award,
a professional CodeWarrior® development platform and a video camera to capture
their design building experience. Freescale invites these finalists to develop
prototypes of their designs to be submitted on October 3, 2008 to an expert
panel for final judging. On October 20, 2008 five of the 10 finalists will be
selected and invited to FTF India, November 13-14. Those registered in the FTF
Design Challenge India and FTF India will be invited to vote on a first-, second-
and third-place winner which will be announced at FTF India.
Other International FTF Design Challenges have opened over
the past several months. Freescale will award more finalists' prizes and a
first-place winner in each regional design challenge. In addition to the five
first-place winners receiving $10,000, they will be invited to move on to the
Grand FTF Design Challenge where they can vie for an additional $50,000 in
prizes and a ticket to the FTF 2009 of his or her choice.
Announced in October 2007, Freescale's FTF Design Challenge invites
embedded designers worldwide to “go green”, rewarding the most inventive design
teams with cash prizes and high-profile recognition. The challenge includes
free technical training and a professional CodeWarrior development platform
that supports a range of Freescale's technologies.
to compete in the company's first green engineering design contest. The
Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Design Challenge India finalists will strive
to develop the next generation of sustainable embedded systems based on
Freescale's energy efficient technologies and easy to design with development
tools.
Freescale selected ten finalists from a field of more than
450 participants made up of embedded systems developers and engineering
students representing India. Each submission was judged on creativity, design
efficiency, technical complexity, the number of Freescale devices used, and the
overall application innovation to improve the environment.
Each of the ten finalists will receive a $1,000 (USD) award,
a professional CodeWarrior® development platform and a video camera to capture
their design building experience. Freescale invites these finalists to develop
prototypes of their designs to be submitted on October 3, 2008 to an expert
panel for final judging. On October 20, 2008 five of the 10 finalists will be
selected and invited to FTF India, November 13-14. Those registered in the FTF
Design Challenge India and FTF India will be invited to vote on a first-, second-
and third-place winner which will be announced at FTF India.
Other International FTF Design Challenges have opened over
the past several months. Freescale will award more finalists' prizes and a
first-place winner in each regional design challenge. In addition to the five
first-place winners receiving $10,000, they will be invited to move on to the
Grand FTF Design Challenge where they can vie for an additional $50,000 in
prizes and a ticket to the FTF 2009 of his or her choice.
Announced in October 2007, Freescale's FTF Design Challenge invites
embedded designers worldwide to “go green”, rewarding the most inventive design
teams with cash prizes and high-profile recognition. The challenge includes
free technical training and a professional CodeWarrior development platform
that supports a range of Freescale's technologies.
