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C is great, but…

C is great, but…

As I am still off on my vacation, we have another guest blogger. This time it is Meador Inge, a…

Droids dropping like bombs

Droids dropping like bombs

As I am off on a week’s vacation in the sun, I thought it would be interesting to ask a…

Parlez vous Fortran?

Parlez vous Fortran?

When I first started programming, the only language available to me was Fortran. I punched cards with my code and…

Palindromic numbers

Palindromic numbers

Even though I have not studied mathematics very deeply, I have always liked numbers. I like the way that they…

Multi-core, multi-OS confusion

Multi-core, multi-OS confusion

It is increasingly common for embedded designs to be implemented using multiple cores. At Mentor Graphics we are keen to…

Muffins in Colorado

Muffins in Colorado

People commonly quote from the song: “Things ain’t what they used to be”. And it is widely felt that the…

Where does Ford make its paint?

Where does Ford make its paint?

There is a good, albeit rather general, rule that applies to the management of a successful business: focus on what…

Time travel

Time travel

Time is a funny thing. Mostly it just happens – now follows then and in due course along comes whenever….

Introducing the iBrush

Introducing the iBrush

Today, for a change, instead of discussing some embedded software technology, I would like to put forward a concept for…