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Embedded Software

Google hangout on IoT

February 12, 2014

The Internet of Things is a big issue right now, which I wrote about a few months back. Tomorrow I...

Verification Horizons

DVCon 2014: Standards on Display

February 11, 2014

One of the nice things about DVCon is the update one can get from the developers of IEEE and Accellera...

By Dennis Brophy

Embedded Software

Embedded software engineering priorities

February 10, 2014

Apart from writing about embedded software matters, I also read widely and enjoy the perspectives offered by many of the...

Embedded Software

I am an ambassador

February 06, 2014

Many people, that I know, have careers, or did have and are now retired and look back on them. I...

Verification Horizons

Just because FPGAs are programmable doesn't mean verification is dead

February 04, 2014

Marketing teams at FPGA vendors have been busy as the silicon nanometer geometry race escalates. Altera is “delivering the unimaginable”...

By Danny Santoro

Embedded Software

Embedded systems in cars - challenges and solutions

February 03, 2014

Complexity never, in itself, impresses me. I am impressed people’s ability to understand complex ideas and create complex machines, but...

Embedded Software

A time for celebration?

January 30, 2014

I read some advice the other day, which suggested that you should always keep a bottle of Champagne in the...

Embedded Software

Low power multicore from a software designer’s perspective

January 27, 2014

After talking about low power CPU modes last week, I make no apology for returning to the topic. Reducing power...

Embedded Software

Learning to swim

January 23, 2014

Being “middle-aged” is not so bad – that is my conclusion. For a long time I resisted this description of...