Embedded

AMD has stepped back into the market for embedded processors with a quad core design derived from its desktop APUs, which combine a general-purpose x86 subsystem with a GPU.

Dr Chenming Hu joins Mentor CEO Wally Rhines and Xilinx SVP Victor Peng to keynote free day-long User2User in San Jose on April 25th, capping a full technical program.

Scale-out computing has demands so different from conventional applications that it could reshape the way to design one class of multicore processors.

Two vendors have announced early adopter software implementations of the new video compression standard that promises an up to 50% bandwidth cut against H.264.

FinFETs, ever proliferating verification, 3DIC, security and more feature on our guide to some of the most intriguing panels at DAC 2013.

In the first of our weekly DAC 2013 previews, we discuss program highlights with general chair Yervant Zorian, including an expanded Designer Track, keynotes and golden jubilee celebrations.

With an April release date promised, we should soon have confirmation on the new processor and price tag for the stripped down embedded Linux development board.

Four of the European centers for electronics research and business development have set up a project to try to create a virtual “silicon cluster” that aims ultimately to build a worldwide development network for energy-efficient systems.

ARM CPU chief proposes 'unit of compute' as building block for energy-efficient computation systems

The Internet of Things will drive the next phase for MEMS, greatly helped by a change in the way that the mobile phone interacts with its environment, says Benedetto Vigna of STMicroelectronics.