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Jim Turley writes about semiconductors for embedded systems developers. The column was originally published in Embedded Systems Programming magazine.
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Toward a two-processor world
3 comments 06 October 2012
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Is the 32-bit world is coalescing around just two: ARM and x86? Read More
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So this is progress
2 comments 02 May 2012
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Embedded systems are evolving in exciting ways but our design methods are out of date. Read More
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Helping underprivileged code
08 July 2004
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Privilege protection does in hardware what most operating systems and kernels do in software -- it... Read More
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Summer blockbusters
03 June 2004
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Chips that CPU makers are offering this summer may be tiny but they're full of some amazing... Read More
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Taming the x86 beast
18 March 2004
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Athough the x86 architecture is a quarter century old, the introduction of protected mode changes... Read More
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Code compression under the microscope
18 February 2004
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ARM, MIPS, IBM, and ARC offer techniques to reduce memory footprint. Here's how code compression... Read More
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Silicon 101
27 January 2004
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How do you get from beach sand to microprocessors? Prof. Turley explains the process. In doing so,... Read More
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Code morphing with Crusoe
05 November 2003
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Transmeta's Crusoe is a processor of mystery. It economizes power, emulates x86 code, and hides its ... Read More
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Motoring with microprocessors
11 August 2003
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Thanks to the magic of microprocessors and embedded systems, our cars are becoming safer, more... Read More
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Instruction set translation
14 July 2003
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If instruction sets didn't matter, processors would be cheaper and designers would have more... Read More
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