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Virtualization has revolutionized IT by providing flexibility, convenience, and increased robustness of IT infrastructures. Virtualization has also helped software developers designing for standard ...

The first thing any embedded software developer does when they are told they get to work on a new project is ask for a development kit. A development kit allows the development team to get familiar ...

Firmware engineers are always blamed for late deliveries. It’s almost tradition. The hardware’s ready, management is anxious, and the software team is “still debugging.” But let’s be honest. Firmware ...

The basic ideas behind continuous testing and integration include: provide faster feedback to developers; build and test the system piece by piece to avoid big-bang integration and big failure; assess ...

Energy-driven computing is an emerging paradigm that aims to fuel the proliferation of tiny and low-cost IoT sensing and monitoring devices. Energy-driven computers are generally powered by energy ...

Cycle-Approximate Simulations Enable Real-Time Software Development and Architectural Analysis SANTA CLARA, CA-October 24, 2005-Virtio Corporation, creator of Virtual Platforms for embedded software ...

Some software goes right from simulating into actual embedded control without missing a beat. As we covered last month, embedded motion control is operation-specific code targeted to microprocessors, ...

The semiconductor industry has greatly simplified analysis by consolidating around a small number of models and abstractions, but that capability is breaking down both at the implementation level and ...

Pulsonix, the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company delivering technology-leading PCB design solutions, is proud to announce the launch of Pulsonix 14.0, its latest PCB design software platform.

Digital models are used in a variety of applications and development workflows. They can vary in degree in how they match a physical device. Models can be used as a digital twin (see figure) or in ...