ARM TechCon 2013

Microchip Technology has become the latest company to use easy access to middleware to encourage embedded-systems developers to move over to its platform.

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 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.

Express Logic has launched a graphical user interface (GUI) software stack for resource-light 32bit microcontrollers running the company's ThreadX RTOS.

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.

HP is throwing open its doors to other companies to bring in the necessary hardware and low-level software to build a new generation of servers, each specialized to a workload.

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.

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.