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Q&A: Intel VP Pat Gelsinger
Gelsinger, senior VP and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group at Intel, talks about Intel's relationship and involvement with Apple, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Xen, Windows Vista, and system builders, among other topics.
September 28, 2006
Migrating from 8-/16-bit to 32 bit: Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Kavitha Sundaram reviews the factors that need to be considered when transitioning from 8-/16-bit MCU to 32-bit MPUs, highlighting Linux OS portability and the hidden costs involved in such migrations.
September 22, 2006
Brush Up on Storage Networking Protocol Fundamentals: Part II
Part II of the series, featured on Network Systems DesignLine, spans mainframe storage networking: ESCON and FICON, a file server protocol review: CIFS, NFS, and DAFS, and backup protocols: NDMP and EXTENDED COPY.
September 22, 2006
ARM Joins Eclipse Foundation
ARM Holdings plc, a developer of processor designs and related intellectual property, has joined the Eclipse Foundation, an open-source software development group.
September 21, 2006
Exactly When Do You Need Real Time?
This article explores where and why real time is required, various definitions of real time, and the effect of the OS on a real-time design as well as examines design methods and programming-language features appropriate for real time.
September 19, 2006
Advances in Industrial Robot Intelligence
Intelligent robots can perform industrial control tasks today that were not possible just a few years ago, using vision and tactile sensing. Ongoing cost reductions have made it possible to deploy robots for many tasks.
September 18, 2006
Mathworks Moving Deeper into IC Design
The Mathworks is rolling out HDL Coder, a product that generates synthesizable RTL code from Simulink models and Stateflow diagrams.
September 18, 2006
Review: Security Cleanup For Ajax Apps
We look at four solutions -- Cenzic's Hailstorm, the SPI Dynamics suite, Finjan's Vital Security Appliance and Apache's XAP -- that can help developers mitigate the vulnerabilities posed by Ajax-based Web applications.
September 15, 2006
Multitasking Alternatives and the Perils of Preemption
Michael Barr explores the advantages and disadvantages of priority-based preemptive scheduling and alternative forms of multitasking.
September 14, 2006
An Integrated Modeling Approach to Solving System and Software engineering problems
UML and SysML specialists from Telelogic describe a common model for system and software development throughout the design process.
September 10, 2006
Programming Real-Time with Ada 2005
It's not just for defense contracts any more. Ada has developed into a useful programming language for plenty of different embedded projects. This expert shows how new Ada standards improve Ada's real-time capability to meet those tight deadlines.
September 7, 2006
The SPAMMED Architecture Framework
The SPAMMED Architecture Framework Arnon presents here helps you identify the steps and activities you need to design, model, and build successful architectures.
September 7, 2006
Interactive Storytelling
Does the future of computer games and simulation depend on interactive storytelling? Chris Crawford thinks so—and he's bet his Oregon farm on it.
September 6, 2006
Development and Optimization Techniques for Multicore Processors
In this article Max Domeika surveys various multi-core threading techniques such as OpenMP, and discusses some of the challenges when applying threading such as data races and cache conflicts.
September 6, 2006
Dual-Core CPU Buyer's Guide
With Intel and AMD embroiled in a performance and price war, choosing a desktop processor can be tough. We'll make the decision easier with a guide to chip choices and specs, along with pointers to some bargains among both dual- and single-cores.
September 5, 2006
Leveraging Multi-core Processors with Graphical System Design Tools
Randy Martin describes how high level system design methodologies in combination with an appropriate RTOS can be used to simplify development of multi-core-based embedded devices.
September 4, 2006
Multicore Solutions Proliferating
As process features shrink, it becomes a lot easier to integrate multiple cores and the associated resources, such as large caches, onto a single chip. That realization has sent all the major processor suppliers on a stampede to create CPU chips with two, four or more cores.
September 4, 2006


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