Successful low-power IC designs implement several power management schemes through a comprehensive design, implementation and verification tool chain that understands the power intent. These designs ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

I recently presented arguments for and against using dynamic memory allocation in C and C++ programs. 1 I do agree that truly safety-critical systems should avoid using dynamic allocation because the ...

Linux processes are made up of text, data, and BSS static segments; in addition, each process has its own stack (which is created with the fork system call). Heap space for Linux tasks are allocated ...

Embedded systems such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices and single-board computers possess limited memory and processing power, necessitating the effective management of these constraints. This ...

Poor memory-management practices have been the cause of over 70% of the vulnerabilities found in today’s software. This can lead to a host of problems from programs that fail or degrade to providing ...

MILPITAS, Calif., May 31, 2002 - Xicor, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: XICO) today announced a three member family of Real Time Clock (RTC) products that combine advanced real time clock/calendar, high density (32K ...

The persistent need for small-density memory in today’s market. Why embedded applications need small-density NOR flash memory. What are the best options for small-density NOR flash? Companies that ...

The Xen Project, an open source hypervisor hosted at the Linux Foundation, today announced the release of Xen 4.21, which ...

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today introduced the new SanDisk® iNAND™ Embedded Flash Drives (EFD) with support for the ...