| Editor's Note
Several articles on Embedded.com this week are of special interest. One is "Architecting hardware, software and communications for the electronic battlefield," by Deepak Shankar. While it is focused on military/aerospace systems, he makes a good case for how useful high level system simulation and modeling can be in complex systems design. I found the links to several online live web demos also highly instructive.
Another contribution I found useful, although tough going, was the four-part series "Using model-driven development for agile embedded apps," by Bruce Powel Douglass, a regular ESC speaker and Embedded.com contributor.
Proficiency in such tools will be a must in upcoming months and years, if a recent analysis of eight key embedded software market trends in 2011 by the VDC Research Group is any indication.
On a lighter note, if you were hoping your technical proficiency and expertise might make you more attractive to the opposite sex, you had better read Jack Ganssle's "Engineers as babe magnets," a humorous but insightful look at what motivates engineers and software developers in their chosen professions.
Finally, I look forward to your continued support for the Embedded.com site and ESD Magazine in 2011. To get an idea of some of the topics we will be looking for this coming year, download the 2011 Embedded Systems Design Magazine calendar. But don't confine yourself to those topics. If you have a good idea, just email or call me.
Embedded.com Editor Bernard Cole
bccole@acm.com, 928-525-9087
Design How Tos Architecte HW, SW & communications for the electronic battlefield Deepak Shankar of Mirabilis describes how to map standard contract requirements on an embedded mil/aero application using high-level system simulation, illustrating his article with a variety of on line live Web demos. Using model-driven development for agile embedded apps: Part 1 In a four part series of tutorials, Bruce Powel Douglass, author of "Real-Time Agility," presents a convincing argument as to why agile approaches are now necessary in embedded software development and the role of model-driven architectures and development can aid in this process. Using model-driven development for agile embedded apps: Part 2
Key concepts of MDA. Using model-driven development for agile embedded apps: Part 3 Action models & model translation Using model-driven development for agile embedded apps: Part 4 Enhancing agile design with modeling FMEA eases automotive ASIC design and deployment FMEA can be an overall development tool beyond its commonly accepted scope of reliability (design for production) and failure sensitivity (design for test). Allocating dynamic memory with confidence Storing, organizing, and sharing data makes up a large part of the memory requirements for an application. A device application can use an embedded database library to manage memory more effectively, by both imposing bounds on memory usage and analyzing worst-case behavior in a consistent way. Reliable circuit protection for USB 3.0 interfaces Understand the ESD demands posed by the latest USB standard Android is the best operating system choice for many medical apps Medical-device designers have lots of choices when it comes to operating systems (OSs). The one that's best for your application typically depends on your specific requirements. In many cases, a strong case can be made for using the Android OS. When perfect is good enough For mission-critical and safety-critical electronic systems at the 28nm node and below, the high reliability and high availability of systems designed using FPGAs is of great concern to a wide variety of target application areas.
Industry News & Analysis Via rolls dual-core microprocessor Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. has rolled out its latest product-a dual-core, x86-based microprocessor. Freescale aims quad-core at consumer apps Freescale Semiconductor announced its new i.MX6 series of chips, including what it says are the first quad-core processors for high-end consumer electronic devices. China link helps MIPS go mobile Delivering on its promise to enter the mobile market, MIPS will show off at CES two smartphones. One deploys a MIPS-Based CPU designed by a Beijing-based Ingenic Semiconductor, while the other is using a MIPS core from Actions Semiconductor for media processing. Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU gets GPU support Multicore graphics firm LucidLogix Technologies Ltd. has announced virtualization software written to help the Sandy Bridge processor from Intel work flexibly with external GPUs. Micron offers SSDs up to 512-Gbyte Memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. has announced several solid-state drives based on the company's 25-nm NAND flash memory technology and ranging in capacity from 64-Gbyte to 512-Gbyte. The drives will be available in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch form factors. Sony to invest $1B in sensors Sony Corp. plans to invest approximately 100 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in a newly acquired fab to increase the production capacity for CMOS image sensors.
1,000 processors on a Xilinx FPGA Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created a 1,000-core computer processor based on a Xilinx field programmable gate array.
Market News & Analysis Gartner: IC correction to linger into 2011 A semiconductor industry market correction that began in the third quarter is expected to carry over into the first two quarters of 2011, limiting growth for the year to a modest 4.6 percent after a whopping 31.5 percent in 2010, according to Gartner. Five trends for DRAMs What will happen in the DRAM market in 2011? Here are five trends collected from various reports from analyst C.J. Muse of Barclays Capital: Seven trends for NAND flash What will happen in the NAND flash market in 2011? Here are seven trends collected from various reports from analyst C.J. Muse of Barclays Capital: Nine predictions for CES 2011 Many at CES will show an iPad-alike, no one will have much to add to 3-D Web TVs, everyone will want to partner in home nets and the AMD/Intel war will take a new turn. Santa brought fewer gadgets in 2010 Holiday spending was down in consumer electronics, a maturing sector increasingly focused on profits, not growth, said one leading analyst November's 'actual' global chip sales slip below par The "actual" global market for chips in November, as estimated by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization, was $24.64 billion, up 13.9 percent from the same month a year before and up 1.0 percent from October 2010 sales of $24.40 billion. DRAM price collapse continues, says iSuppli The price of DRAMs and DRAM modules continued to decline in December and nothing is likely to prevent the slide continuing for at least another six months, according to market research firm iSuppli.
Product News Startup offers FAT32 for Android, Linux Tuxera Inc., a provider of computer files systems that are compatible with the Windows operating system, has announced a GPL-compliant FAT32 replacement package for Android- and Linux-based systems. Ashling releases full embedded Linux debugging for MIPS-based apps Ashling Microsystems has announced availability of a sophisticated Embedded Linux debugger for MIPS-based applications. PathFinder-XD Eclipse-based debugger allows users to switch seamlessly between kernel space debugging and process/user space debugging within a single debug environment. This integrated approach provides users with an powerful debug tool to resolve complex Linux-related issues and speeds up the debug process when compared to a more traditional approach. ARM Cortex-A8 open-source development board CraneBoard provides a cost-effective, alternative development option to Texas Instruments' AM35x Sitara ARM Cortex-A8 microprocessors (MPUs) evaluation module (EVM). Roboteq publishes free WiFi Robot Platform Design Roboteq, Inc. has published a WiFi Robot design platform featuring Roboteq's AX3500 DC Motor Controller and an Intel Atom Processor-based Mini-ITX mainboard. The robot is a battery-operated, 4 wheel-drive unit, built around 1.5 by 2 feet (46cm x 61cm) aluminum frame, with WiFi connectivity and video camera. Axiomtek's NA-320FL multi-Gigabit net appliance fanless, noiseless Axiomtek's NA-320FL is a fanless 1U compact network appliance platform with six Gigabit LANs. It supports Intel's low-power Atom processors D510 1.66GHz with Intel ICH8M PCH chipset. OIS intros open-standard integration platform for auto industry Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) has introduced the OIS Automotive Reference Platform with ORBexpress, designed to allow automotive engineers to integrate systems and devices with high-performance, secure and safety-critical middleware. IAR Systems extends support to STM32 F-2 Cortex-M3 based MCUs IAR Systems has released a version of the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM that supports the recently released STM32 F-2 series ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontrollers.
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