Category Archives: Embedded Systems

Multicore chips: Need for software re-engineering?

I was briefly at the Multicore Expo last week and there was some talk about programming effectively for multicore chipsets. However most of the vendors exhibiting seemed to shrug it off as a non-issue. Their explanation being that their OS or platform would handle the scheduling processes and utilization of cores from existing software as-is [...]

Software Engineering in Today’s Cars

One of my domain focus areas from an engineering services perspective is auto infotainment and telematics technologies. Recently, I came across an interesting article on IEEE Spectrum Online titled This Car Runs on Code. It gives a very good perspective on the amount of software and complexities associated with engineering today’s leading cars. It takes [...]

Link: Open source in consumer electronics: What, why and how

Came across this interesting article by Jason Kridner of Texas Instruments where he looks at the motives behind open source, explains where open source is (and isn’t) succeeding, and reveals Texas Instruments’ thinking on Linux and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Jump to the article: http://www.dspdesignline.com/211200823 Embedded systems & software engineering for CE specifically on [...]