When designing IP for system-on-chip (SoC) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) implementations, IP designers strive for perfection. Optimal engineering often yields the smallest die ...

A web seminar from Mentor Graphics for embedded software engineers running from 3pm to 4pm on June 11th 2009. A compiler is a tool that converts a high level programming language, like C or C++, into ...

What is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), and what does “real-time” mean anyway? What are the various kinds of state machines, and how to code them efficiently in C? What is object-oriented ...

Ask most embedded developers why they're still writing firmware in C, and you'll hear the same answer: "C++ is too heavy for embedded." That concern has merit. It's also more than 20 years out of date ...

Why you want to use MISRA C. What support IAR Embedded Workbench and C-STAT has for MISRA C. Issues related to static analysis. In addition, there’s the CERT C/C++ Secure Coding Standard published by ...

IC Compiler II certification for v1.0 16FF+ accelerates customer adoption and deployment Mutual customers can benefit widely from fast design implementation that is transforming physical design ...