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Creating the software that drives embedded system design 13/03/2012

The term 'embedded system' dates back to a time when most things had code buried deep inside. The user interface might be nothing more than a ...

Chipmakers move to 3d to create successor to multichip ... 24/05/2011

Moore's Law has been in danger for some years now, but claims of its demise remain exaggerated. Even with optical lithography, manufacturers reckon ...

Designing for extreme temperatures 26/04/2011

For decades, electronics design has relied on the temperatures inside a system never getting too far away from room temperature, even when those ...

Virtualisation in the embedded systems market 08/03/2011

Chris Edwards outlines the benefits of virtualisation in the embedded systems market.

How interrupt handling is being offloaded from ... 08/03/2011

Chris Edwards explains how interrupt handling is being offloaded from microcontrollers.

Why timing is everything when writing embedded software 22/02/2011

Real time scheduling is one of the trickiest areas for any embedded designer to tackle. Superficially, it is simple: make sure every task with a ...

Multicore processors: How can you programme them? 07/02/2011

Chipmakers want you to buy multicore processors that, on paper at least, deliver much greater performance than their single core predecessors. The ...

Multicore processors: Some of the technical issues 07/02/2011

When, in the mid 1960s, founder Gordon Moore noticed how quickly transistors were shrinking on silicon wafers, he concentrated purely on how much ...

Is there life after silicon? 25/01/2011

Silicon is running out of steam. Chris Edwards takes a look at what materials might be used in the future.

Shrinking feature sizes: Putting off the inevitable 25/01/2011

Chris Edwards explores the 'tricks' semiconductor device manufacturers are using to cope with shrinking feature sizes.

Embedded systems security: Connect to chaos 10/01/2011

Chris Edwards discusses why embedded systems security is growing in importance.

Beyond flash memory 10/01/2011

Chris Edwards takes a look at some of the technologies that may succeed flash memory.

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The term 'embedded system' dates back to a time when most things had code ...

Chipmakers move to 3d

Moore's Law has been in danger for some years now, but claims of its demise ...

Going to extremes

For decades, electronics design has relied on the temperatures inside a system ...