Architecture & Design

Dr Walden Rhines, Mentor Graphics chairman and CEO, looks forward to the trends that will shape 2016 in the semiconductor industry.

Achieving IoT security means addressing every link in the chain, from the quality of your application code to embedding a root of trust in the hardware.

Part three of our series looks at the choices you face as you decide whether to build or buy a board.

Part two of our series on FPGA-based prototyping looks at two critical factors to address before a project begins: budgeting and high-level implementation.

The wearables market is booming. Successful development depends on assembling the right software and hardware tools. Here's a primer on what to look for.

System-level power is the next frontier for a power-intent standard – or rather a collection of them – being developed by a partnership between Accellera, Si2 and the IEEE.

A look at the USB Type-C connector and the enhanced data rates and charging facilities it will enable

Software for energy-harvesting designs needs to cope with sudden power failures. FRAM storage can reduce the power and performance penalties of full resets.

ARM has revealed a number of details of the microarchitecture that underpins its flagship Cortex-A72 as the processor moves towards its production release.

Dedicated processors using convolutional neural networking techniques bring advanced vision techniques such as object recognition to embedded systems.