Blog Topics

February 24, 2015

Visual tool probes processor, memory and network use on embedded devices

Express Logic has developed a tool to monitor the real-time resource requirements of multithreaded embedded systems that lets designers tune task priorities, stack usage and other factors for improved efficiency and memory usage.
Article  |  Tags: , ,   |  Organizations:
February 24, 2015

HCC adds web, mail, time services to ‘reliable’ network stack and extends flash support

HCC Embedded has extended the TCP/IP stack the company wrote using MISRA rules and formalized V-model processes to include web server, mail, time, and network management protocols.
February 16, 2015

CDNLive Silicon Valley: last chance for early bird discount

The $99 discount registration price for Cadence's main US user conference will no longer be available after Friday (February 20)
Article  |  Tags: ,   |  Organizations: ,
February 11, 2015

Accellera sets up group for one-stop verification stimulus

Accellera has set up a working group to develop a language-independent way of capturing and managing test stimuli that can be used across a wide range of verification environments.
Article  |  Tags: , ,   |  Organizations:
February 9, 2015

Mentor extends industrial embedded offering

New portfolio integrates and extends existing industrial embedded tools to meet the demands of Industry 4.0
February 3, 2015

Speeding up simulation using native System Verilog transactors

Partitioning a verification test bench using native System Verilog transactors can make it easier to move between simulation and emulation.
Article  |  Tags: , , , ,   |  Organizations:
February 3, 2015

ARM to upgrade smartphone processing with Cortex-A72 combination

ARM has launched a 64bit processor core aimed at high-end mobile phones, coupled to a new graphics processor and cache-coherent interconnect.
Article  |  Tags: , , ,   |  Organizations:
January 28, 2015

Cadence updates Sigrity tools and license options

Cadence Design Systems has added LPDDR4 support and a topology explorer to its Sigrity lineup for signal and power integrity analysis of PCB-based designs, as well as more flexible licensing options.
Article  |  Tags: , ,   |  Organizations:
January 27, 2015

ARM to provide safety docs for real-time processors

ARM has picked up TÜV Süd certification for a version of its C compiler and produced an ISO 26262 documentation pack for the Cortex-R5 processor
Article  |  Tags: , , , , ,   |  Organizations:
January 19, 2015

Ambiq uses subthreshold techniques to cut power on ARM MCUs

Research by the University of Michigan into subthreshold circuit design has led to spinoff company Ambiq Micro creating a family of microcontrollers that it claims provide an ARM Cortex-M4F with power consumption at levels normally associated with an M0+.