Software-defined silicon: Why can't hardware be more like software? by Richard Terrill
Why can't hardware be more like software? It can, even though next generation multicore designs mix programmable logic, CPU blocks, and dedicated logic. But it requires a new approach to architectural design--software-defined silicon.
Note: article title in print edition was "Multicore SoC Design: Why can't hardware be more like software?"
Analyzing circuit sensitivity for analog circuit design by Mark Fortunato
Delve deep into the mathematics of the Sallen-Key filter and its usefulness in analyzing the sensitivity of a circuit's critical characteristics to process variations using Monte Carlo analysis in determining how much a filter's transfer function will vary.
Using static analysis to evaluate software in medical devices by Raoul Jetley and Paul Anderson
Researchers at the FDA's Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories investigating new techniques for analyzing software in medical devices are using static analysis tools to uncover potential flaws in a device under review.
Programmer's Toolbox The matrix reprogrammed by Jack W. Crenshaw
Why do people continue to use Fortran? Because it can handle conformal arrays when no other high-order language can.
Break Points Two completely unique products by Jack Ganssle
Wouldn't it be nice to see the A/D's output all the time? A continuous graph might be even nicer. Or watch all of the stack pointers' high water marks? Here's a tool that does just that.
