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How GPIO Interrupts Work

How GPIO Interrupts Work

This article introduces the idea of concurrency and a mechanism that many computers provide for dealing with concurrency called interrupts.


Concurrency and Interrupts in Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems

Concurrency and Interrupts in Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems

This article introduces the idea of concurrency and a mechanism that many computers provide for dealing with concurrency called interrupts.


The Journey of RISC-V Implementation

The Journey of RISC-V Implementation

In this article, Western Digital's Ted Marena explores the reasons companies have and the process they go through when integrating the open process instruction set architecture RISC-V.


Synopsys and NSITEXE Partnership Finds Success with Accelerated Processor SoC Development

Synopsys and NSITEXE Partnership Finds Success with Accelerated Processor SoC Development

NSITEXE utilizes Synopsys’ development tools and IP to build a SoC (system-on-a-chip) for autonomous driving.


News Sep 09, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Meeting ASIL Compliance for ADAS with an Integrated SoC Power System Monitor

Meeting ASIL Compliance for ADAS with an Integrated SoC Power System Monitor

This article looks at the safety standard that governs ADAS features and the challenge in designing power monitoring systems to comply with this standard while introducing an automotive power monitor that has been certified to meet this standard.


Xilinx Claims Title of “World’s Largest FPGA” with New VU19P

Xilinx Claims Title of “World’s Largest FPGA” with New VU19P

Composed of 35 billion transistors, the VU19P is the newest member of the 16 nm Virtex UltraScale+ family.


News Aug 28, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Security Flaw Found in Xilinx Zinc UltraScale+ Encrypt Only Secure Boot

Security Flaw Found in Xilinx Zinc UltraScale+ Encrypt Only Secure Boot

Security flaws can leave products vulnerable and give engineers sleepless nights. Recently, a new security flaw was found in Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ SoC devices' encrypt only secure boot.


News Aug 23, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
The New Xilinx FPGA Accelerator Card Is Trying to Give Traditional Processors a Run for Their Money

The New Xilinx FPGA Accelerator Card Is Trying to Give Traditional Processors a Run for Their Money

The Alveo U50 adaptable accelerator fits into a PCIe slot, saves power, and improves throughput and latency.


News Aug 14, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Nissan Adopts Renesas SoC and MCU for Assisted Driving Platform

Nissan Adopts Renesas SoC and MCU for Assisted Driving Platform

Nissan has adopted Renesas's R-Car SOC and RH850 MCU for its ProPilot2 driver assistance system.


News Aug 08, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
What Does It Mean for an SoC to Be Secure? A Closer Look at the Wireless Gecko Series 2

What Does It Mean for an SoC to Be Secure? A Closer Look at the Wireless Gecko Series 2

What makes a secure SoC actually... secure? Check out this overview of hardware-based security features in a real-world example IC.


News Jul 24, 2019 by Mark Hughes
AI Hardware Roundup: Neuromorphic Chips and Neural Network SoCs

AI Hardware Roundup: Neuromorphic Chips and Neural Network SoCs

AI algorithms take a lot of resources to function. What hardware can handle running them on the edge?


News Jul 18, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Microchip Announces Smart Embedded Vision Initiative for Machine Vision System Design

Microchip Announces Smart Embedded Vision Initiative for Machine Vision System Design

Using Microsemi PolarFire FPGAs, the new program aims to enable compact, high-bandwidth, low-power system design.


News Jul 16, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Adding Custom Instructions to RISC-V to Boost Performance While Reducing Power and Code Density

Adding Custom Instructions to RISC-V to Boost Performance While Reducing Power and Code Density

The article discusses the benefits of a custom instruction for RISC-V and introduces the ACE framework.


The Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture: An Introduction

The Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture: An Introduction

This article will introduce the Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA), an open standard for SoC designs.


Audio SoCs Prove Vital for Always-on Voice Activation Platforms and Edge Device AI

Audio SoCs Prove Vital for Always-on Voice Activation Platforms and Edge Device AI

As voice-activated digital assistant devices continue to gain popularity, AI- and audio-focused SoCs evolve.


News Apr 29, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad
Decreasing the Length of Design Cycle in Co-Designed SoCs with Renode

Decreasing the Length of Design Cycle in Co-Designed SoCs with Renode

In this article, we explain how the use of open-source functional simulators like Antmicro’s Renode can be an integral part of hardware-software co-design efforts.


How to Choose Microcontroller Peripherals for Digital Signal Processing Applications

How to Choose Microcontroller Peripherals for Digital Signal Processing Applications

This article continues a discussion of microcontroller features and characteristics that are particularly important when you’re thinking in terms of DSP capabilities.


Running Hard Real-Time Applications and Linux on PolarFire SoC

Running Hard Real-Time Applications and Linux on PolarFire SoC

This article discusses the RISC-V-based SoC FPGA architecture for PolarFire SoC, which allows hard real-time applications and Linux applications to coexist.


What Is a Microcontroller? The Defining Characteristics and Architecture of a Common Component

What Is a Microcontroller? The Defining Characteristics and Architecture of a Common Component

In this article we’ll look at the defining characteristics of these extremely popular ICs, and then we’ll explore the internal architecture.


CKB-VM as a RISC-V Instruction Set: Inspiration, Design, and Benefits

CKB-VM as a RISC-V Instruction Set: Inspiration, Design, and Benefits

Learn about CKB-virtual machine (VM), which is a RISC-V instruction set that utilizes RISC-V's open-source instruction set architecture.