The concept of the integrated development environment is gaining wide attention in the system-on-chip industry. When most people speak of an IDE, they are focused only on software, and indeed the ...

Virtual prototyping involves using various technologies—from computer-aided design software to simulation tools—to create highly detailed prototypes before making the physical versions. Car ...

More than one billion wireless devices are sold every year. This enormous volume, in combination with the hardware and software complexity of the devices, has given rise to an uncountable number of ...

An overview of the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and its importance in aerospace component design. A look at how FEA software enables aerospace engineers to simulate the results of ...

Chip design firm Arm Holdings Ltd. is bringing the latest generation of its central processing unit architecture to the automotive industry with the launch of its new, safety-enabled Arm Automotive ...

High-speed, pre-silicon system models help developers start software development earlier and ensure timely product release. As the software content in today's 2.5G and 3G phones rapidly increases, ...

Much has been written about the rise of field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) -based platforms over application-specific-integrated-circuit (ASIC) implementations. During the last few years, FPGAs have ...

The Nintendo Gigaleak interestingly revealed undisclosed information in bits and pieces gradually surfacing in the interwebs. This time around, the main focus of the revelations focused on early ...