IoT

Imec, TNO, and Cartamundi have developed a low-cost way of letting tags communicate with embedded devices wirelessly by using a capacitive touchscreen.

Arm has relented on its opposition to custom instructions with the decision to let customers add them to V8-M processors.

Mentor is active across the program at Arm TechCon with a range of conference and booth talks, demonstrations and presentations.

Siemens is combining recent acquisitions in novel ways, including one that will see a web-app development package interact more closely with Mentor's embedded offerings.

ES Design West aims to help integrate the supply chain but also has plenty of engineering content aimed at low power, security, embedded and more.

IoT ecosystems should shift from WiFi to cellular connectivity to make them easier to secure and manage.

Microsoft Azure aims to use royalty-free IP to build a more secure IoT and extend the reach of its cloud services.

Developing a security assurance standard for IP faces numerous problems but Accellera working-group members are trying to find an answer.

Analyst Rich Valera points to China as a major source of EDA tool growth despite short-term tensions with the US government.

A new paper describes a case study for a pressure-sensing IoT application based on the ARM DesignStart platform and Mentor IoT tool flow.