Category: Embedded

Embedded

  • Next-Generation Image Signal Processor

    Imagination Technologies has announced a new image signal processing architecture that they’re calling “Raptor.” The overarching concept is that the image signal processor (ISP) should…

  • Gesture Progress

    At the recent Interactive Technology Summit (erstwhile Touch Gesture Motion), gesture was featured more on the day I was checking out the TSensors summit. But…

  • CEVA Goes for Base Stations

    Mobile communications have been one of CEVA’s focus areas (others being audio and images). If you’re new to CEVA, they do DSP cores for SoCs,…

  • Programmable SoCs?

    The scene: a top-secret conference room in the West of England. Present: a group of high-powered technical guys. Topic: The next stage in project X…

  • What is a Maker?

    They call themselves “Makers.” As far as I can tell, up until a few years ago, the verb “to make” was an everyday garden-variety word…

  • Palladium Hybrid

    Cadence has announced its latest upgrade to their Palladium emulator family. It has many of the usual improvements you might expect – faster execution, higher…

  • Intel to Close Fab, Lay Off 700

    Intel is closing its Hudson, Mass. fab and will lay off all 700 employees, according to the Boston Globe. Intel first acquired the Hudson fab…

  • Stable Video, Easier Development

    There are times when a shaky video can be just the thing. Imagine: where would the Blair Witch Project have been without it? What would…

  • An Anti-Security Tool for Gray Hats

    We all know that if we want to be able to… well… transgress someone else’s private computer and internet stuffs, there’s a subterranean culture with…

  • A Software View of Hardware

    One of the defining characteristics of an embedded system is that you should have no expectations about what it’s made of or how it’s arranged.…