Microsemi takes flash FPGAs to 28nm
Microsemi has launched a family of non-volatile FPGAs that use a 28nm process to increase density over the previous SmartFusion devices.
Embedded
Penetration test tools extend reach into embedded devices
The Metasploit collection of tools used by penetration testers to find security flaws in software now has a bridge to deeply embedded hardware devices, developed by analytics company Rapid7.
Overcome IoT edge challenges with integrated flows
IoT edge designs are being undertaken by multi-disciplinary teams that must work within the tightest of budgets.
EU group claims it’s “time to reinvent computing”
A report put together by the European Union's Hipeac embedded architecture research network claims the challenges of highly interconnected embedded systems will call for what amounts to the reinvention of computing.
Benchmark effort to look at IoT security performance
EEMBC has launched a benchmarking effort to test the performance of security and crypto-functions on embedded devices.
Security group publishes first guidelines
The UK's IoT Security Foundation has published the first set of documents intended to provide best-practice guidelines for developers of embedded systems.
Multicore Association to update performance-estimation standard
The Multicore Association has started work on the second version of its SHIM performance-modeling standard for SoCs.
Multicore standard works on fast communications
Work by the Multicore Association to provide a standard way for applications running on different processors to communicate with each other is leading to active implementations.
ARM brings security to Cortex-M family
ARM has launched the first of a series of Cortex-M series microcontrollers based on the V8M architecture that incorporate the Trustzone security mechanism.
Portable stimulus gears up to accelerate verification
Ahead of a tutorial on the technique at DVCon Europe with other EDA experts, Breker's Adnan Hamid talks about the need for portable stimulus in verification.