tag: RTOS

Lego-Style Software For Automotive And Industrial Chiplet Systems?
By Andy Heinig - 10 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

Chiplets are a key topic in the semiconductor industry today, as they offer the potential to greatly increase the performance and flexibility of chips. The current focus is primarily on implementation, in particular on the architecture and the development of die-to-die interfaces that enable efficient communication between the individual chips. These technologies hold out the promise of meeting... » read more

Accelerating The Shift To Software-Defined Vehicles
By Marion Heiss - 03 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

The automotive E/E architecture is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the vision of a software-defined vehicle (SDV). This shift is leading to a change from traditional distributed and domain-based architectures to more centralized and mixed domain-zone architectures. Central Electronic Control Units (ECUs) are now powered by sophisticated system-on-chips (SoCs) that combine com... » read more

Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) RTOS On Xtensa Multicore
By Nayan Gaywala - 13 Feb, 2025 - Comments: 0

An increasing number of multi-threaded embedded applications want to leverage multicore designs. Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) RTOS provides automatic load balancing of multiple threads in a multicore environment. Also, numerous legacy multi-threaded embedded applications are deployed on a single-core RTOS that customers want to move to a multicore environment. For these reasons, application ... » read more

Embedded Software: Sometimes Easier, Often More Complex
By Ann Mutschler - 25 May, 2022 - Comments: 0

Embedded software, once a challenge to write, update, and optimize, is following the route of other types of software. It is abstracted, simpler to use, and much faster to write. But in some cases, it's also much harder to get right. From a conceptual level, the general definition of embedded software has not changed much. It's still low-level drivers and RTOSes that run close to the hardwar... » read more

Big Changes In Embedded Software
By Ann Mutschler - 28 Apr, 2022 - Comments: 0

Every good hardware or software design starts with a structured approach throughout the design cycle, but as chip architectures and applications begin focusing on specific domains and include some version of AI, that structure is becoming more difficult to define. Embedded software, which in the past was written for very narrow functions with a minimal footprint, is increasingly getting blended... » read more

Partitioning For Better Performance And Power
By Ann Mutschler - 28 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Partitioning is becoming more critical and much more complex as design teams balance different ways to optimize performance and power, shifting their focus from a single chip to a package or system involving multiple chips with very specific tasks. Approaches to design partitioning have changed over the years, most recently because processor clock speeds have hit a wall while the amount of d... » read more

Embedded Processor Requirements And OS Choice
By Roddy Urquhart - 29 Oct, 2020 - Comments: 0

For each embedded product, software developers need to consider whether they need an operating system; and if so, what type of an OS. Operating systems vary considerably, from real-time operating systems with a very small memory footprint to general-purpose OSes such as Linux with a rich set of features. Choosing a proper type of operating system for your product – and consequently w... » read more

What Happened To Execute-in-Place?
By Bryon Moyer - 25 Aug, 2020 - Comments: 0

Executing code directly from non-volatile memory, where it is stored, greatly simplifies compute architectures — especially for simple embedded devices like microcontrollers (MCUs). However, the divergence of memory and logic processes has made that nearly impossible today. The term “execute-in-place,” or ”XIP,” originated with the embedded NOR memory in MCUs that made XIP viable. ... » read more

Under The Hood Of NI Linux Real-Time
By NI - 09 Sep, 2019 - Comments: 0

The NI LabVIEW Real-Time Module supports the NI Linux Real-Time OS, available on select NI hardware. In this article, learn about specific new features and advanced topics to get the most out of NI Linux Real-Time for your application. To read more, click here. » read more

Week in Review: IoT, Security, Auto
By Jeff Dorsch - 19 Apr, 2019 - Comments: 0

Internet of Things Combining artificial intelligence with unmanned aerial vehicles could provide a quicker and safer alternative to inspecting roadways for cracks, potholes, and other damage, according to a paper posted on arvix.org. “[M]anual visual inspection [is] not only tedious, time-consuming, and costly, but also dangerous for the personnel. Furthermore, the detection results are alwa... » read more

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