An easier start for UVM, take two
Training company Doulos is working on a second version of its Easier UVM guidelines intended to speed up the process of getting a UVM testbench underway for new users.
Author Archives: Chris Edwards
MCU makers use middleware to entice developers
Microchip Technology has become the latest company to use easy access to middleware to encourage embedded-systems developers to move over to its platform.
Cadence ties IR drop into static timing analysis
Cadence Design Systems uses parallelism in its Voltus tool to provide faster IR drop analysis and bridge static timing and IC-level power-integrity analysis.
Entrepreneurs get help for hardware
Highway1 has opened up Spring applications for its incubation service for hardware startups: trying to overcome the gap between prototype and product.
Synopsys aims at fast real-time apps with ARC HS family
Synopsys has launched the ARC HS family of configurable-processor cores, using superpipelining to target high-performance embedded applications.
Formal app looks for sneak paths in secure chips
Jasper Design Automation has developed a tool that analyzes RTL and gate-level HDL for hidden paths that may expose on-chip secure elements to hackers.
Oracle lays out its future for IoT
Oracle aims to reduce the incompatibilities between the two main embeddable versions of Java as the company tries to make the language the natural choice for IoT.
ARM reworks Mbed for the internet of things
ARM is making its Mbed online development platform the cornerstone of its push into the internet of things (IoT), with Java as its preferred language.
GUI engine comes to Cortex-M class micros
Express Logic has launched a graphical user interface (GUI) software stack for resource-light 32bit microcontrollers running the company's ThreadX RTOS.
Skills gap stalks internet of things
Software skills could hold back the development of the internet of things, ARM CEO Simon Segars claimed in his keynote speech at ARM TechCon 2013.