Altera to go 64bit with ARM on FPGAs
Altera will add a quad-core 64bit ARM processor complex to the Stratix 10 family of high-end FPGAs that will be made on Intel’s 14nm finFET process.
Tech Design Forum Briefing
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Paul Dempsey
Paul Dempsey has been a technology journalist for 20 years. His work has also appeared in EETimes, Red Herring and specialist journals published by the Financial Times.
Luke Collins
Luke Collins is a freelance technology journalist with 22 years’ experience. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Times in the UK, and co-founded the IP9x series of conferences.
Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards has spent two decades covering electronics and EDA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Engineering Times UK and electronics editor of the IET's Engineering & Technology.
ARM launches communities and asks for IoT ideas
ARM has launched at TechCon its own crop of online forums intended to let engineers collaborate and share ideas and has asked for IoT ideas.
Qt stack aims to cut user interface design time
Digia has launched a graphical user interface development suite based on Qt that is aimed at embedded devices running Linux and Android.
Hybrid chip links ARM core with C-programmable deterministic peripherals
XMOS integrates xCORE configurable, deterministic multicore microcontroller technology with ultra-low-power ARM Cortex-M3 processor to create a low-power ‘programmable system on chip’.
DAC 2014 aims to build design bridge to automotive
DAC to link chip, software and system design to automotive OEMs with a new track covering 21 topics within four themes. Call for abstracts now open.
Latest Nucleus RTOS offers secure memory partitioning for mid-market design
Mentor’s new version of its RTOS targets once high-cost flexibility with secure and reliable in-operation upgrades and app swap-outs for medical, industrial and smart energy.
ARM v8-R launch focuses on safety applications
ARM has launched the -R version of its v8 architecture, targeting applications in automotive and industrial systems and possibly spawning a new generation of Linux-oriented microcontollers.
3D-IC focus for GSA’s Taipei Memory+ event next week
Packed one-day event has speakers from Cadence, TSMC, Samsung, Amkor, Advantest and more providing a senior level view of making 3D-IC a reality. Registration closes soon.
Memory gets smarter for network speedups
Memoir Systems has developed a set of memory controller IP cores that exploit common access patterns used by processors in network switches to improve performance and power consumption
Uptake of formal techniques in verification to be outlined in keynote
Formal techniques now underpin static verification approaches to checking clock domain crossings, constraints, reset and initialization states, and more