Cover Feature: Put a configurable 32-bit processor in your FPGA by Navanee Sundaramoorthy Employing a configurable processor within your FPGA gives you lots of options that may not have been available with a fixed microprocessor, particularly the ability to adapt to a wide variety of application requirements.
Measure your RTOS's real-time performance by William Lamie and John Carbone To find the RTOS with the best real-time performance, you've got to do an apples-to-apples comparison.
Implement PCI Express 1.1 in your latest design by Rick Eads Don't be scared off by the latest changes to the specification. By following a few straightforward steps, you're sure to comply.
Programming Pointers Throw and catch by Dan Saks Exception handling in C++ provides the simplicity of error handling with longjmp, but without the leaks.
Analyst's Corner What's holding up patents for processor architectures? by David Dawsey The patent process, from application to issuance, seems to run on geological time. One horror story clocks in at seven years. What's up with that? And will it get better?
Break Points Good contracts make good programs by Jack G. Ganssle Is Design by Contract just a fancy name for the tried and tested assert( ) macro? No!
#include The need for more programmers by Richard Nass A crisis is looming if we can't squeeze more code from our existing developers.
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