The design of security for embedded systems is a critical and difficult task. Security requirements are often not fully identified at the beginning of the project. Once they have been identified they are not necessarily static and can change multiple times through the design cycle. One reason for changing security requirements is that the various […]
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Managing power consumption and dissipation in embedded systems for a greener world
Three of the keys to successfully managing power consumption and dissipation in embedded systems are using various active power management techniques, power-aware code, and software optimization, and making power management an integral part of the design flow process from the beginning. Active power management can include the use of power gating, clock gating, dynamic voltage […]
Xilinx snags LEAP Gold in Embedded Computing category
The winners of the 2020 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) were announced last week in a digital ceremony, with products across 12 categories, including embedded computing, power electronics, and test and measurement. Critical to LEAP’s success is the involvement of the engineering community. No one at WTWH Media selected the winners. Instead, our […]
Exploiting the full potential of GPUDirect Storage with PCIe fabrics
By Vincent Haché, Technical Staff, FW Engineering, Microchip Technology Big data analytics and AI model training present huge challenges for processing with GPUs. Their datasets can be hundreds of terabytes requiring millions of file access on an equal number of files. As the pace of this data onslaught continues, it has become obvious that conventional […]
How “green” is your Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems face a set of conflicting goals: being accurate (consuming large amounts of computational power and electrical power) and being accessible (being lower in cost, less computationally intensive, and less power-hungry). Unfortunately, many of today’s AI implementations are environmentally unsustainable. Improvements in AI energy efficiency will be driven by several factors, including […]
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Cognitive Computing
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the field in computer science where machines attempt to mimic human reasoning to recognize and analyze situations and make decisions. AI has been under development for decades, but only recently has computing power and memory become high enough in performance and low enough in cost to make AI a practical tool […]
How does the SPI protocol work?
In the previous tutorial, we discussed interfacing with the ADXL345 accelerometer sensor with Raspberry Pi using the I2C interface. UART, I2C, and SPI are the most common serial communication interfaces used in embedded systems. UART is used for point-to-point full-duplex asynchronous serial communication between two devices. I2C is used for synchronous serial communication among multiple […]
Advances in memory system architectures – Virtual Roundtable (part 2 of 2)
The second part of our Virtual Roundtable series on memories focuses on “advances in memory system architectures.” We are joined by Nando Basile (NB), Technology Marketing Manager for Memory with X-FAB, Bob Brennan (BB), Vice President of Emerging Memory at Micron. JS: What design challenges should system architects be aware of when employing persistent memory? […]
Emerging memory technologies – Virtual Roundtable (part 1 of 2)
Hosted by Jeff Shepard In this Virtual Roundtable session on emerging memory technologies, we are joined by Nando Basile (NB), Technology Marketing Manager for Memory with X-FAB; Bob Brennan (BB), Vice President of Emerging Memory at Micron; and Mark Reiten (MR), Vice President, Licensing Business Unit, Silicon Storage Technology (SST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microchip […]
Teardown — An oldie but still useful: The iPhone 6
Approaching the launch of the iPhone 12, we look at the internals of an old iPhone widely repurposed today as webcams, security cameras, and iPods. As we write this, the new lineup of iPhone releases expected this fall is said to include models able to work at 5G speeds as well as a new case […]