This article first appeared in Builder AU Magazine. Writing software designed to be embedded in an appliance, phone, or some other real-world device is a growth area, but has its own set of challenges ...

One of the biggest bottlenecks in the software development process for electronic products is that hardware is not available until late in the cycle. That means embedded software developers need to ...

Embedded software is becoming more critical in managing the power and performance of complex designs, but so far there is no consensus about the best way to approach it—and that’s creating problems.

In the world of embedded software development, defects can cripple projects, delay releases, and ultimately lead to failures that affect everything from consumer electronics to mission-critical ...

Instructions that permanently reside in a flash memory or ROM chip. Embedded software is immediately available to the CPU; however, for greater speed, the instructions may be transferred to memory ...

Analog and mixed-signal chipmakers are increasingly aiming to integrate analog signal chain with embedded processing platforms to build vertical solutions, and today’s announcement from Analog Devices ...

Embedded software, once a challenge to write, update, and optimize, is following the route of other types of software. It is abstracted, simpler to use, and much faster to write. But in some cases, it ...

A digital revolution is sweeping all areas of life, thereby making our activities more innovative and powerful. Embedded software plays a huge role in the rapid development of the internet of things ...

“Embedded payments are no longer additive,” said Ed Searcy, senior vice president for partner management at Elavon, the ...

Transmeta on Tuesday released a software development tool for its Crusoe processor and for developing embedded mobile devices that use Microsoft Windows CE .Net and Windows XP Embedded operating ...

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