For the first time, developers of FPGA systems using the popular Xilinx products can build and deploy their systems on a Linux platform, thanks to the Linux Professional Edition from MontaVista ...

To preserve the benefits of Linux as a development platform while addressing the need for customized versions of Linux, not to mention special-purpose non-Linux kernels, Red Hat Systems has taken a ...

Is it merely the approach of the Embedded Systems Conference that has led Altera and Actel to simultaneously release development systems for the embedded systems market? Or is it also a reflection of ...

As a supplier of embedded processor boards, developers are telling us in unambiguous terms that Linux' numerous advantages clearly outweigh its shortcomings. While Linux it is a moving target — with ...

Lineo has announced that the uClinux project team has successfully ported uClinux to the European Space Agency (ESA) open source SPARC core and has implemented a working uClinux/FPGA system on a ...

Developers looking to take advantage of the two 32-bit PowerPC 405 processor cores in a Xilinx Virtex-4 FX FPGA can check out the Timesys 2.6.23 Linux kernel. The distribution is optimized for the ...

Microchip Technology has launched what it says is the industry’s first RISC-V based system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate array (FPGA) development kit, available for under $500. The rising ...

Tachyum has successfully executed the Linux boot process on the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) prototype of its Prodigy Universal Processor. This announcement proves the stability of the Prodigy ...

In my writings about past embedded systems conferences, I've characterized the impact of Linux on the embedded market as a “disruptive technology” that was rewriting the rules of the game. Not any ...

“The Spartan-6 FPGA is designed for cost-sensitive applications, but with abundant logic resources and high-speed DSP, it is more than capable for many mil-aero and industrial control functions,” ...

This online engineering specialization will help you gain proficiency in creating prototypes or products for a variety of applications using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). You will cover a ...

Making a chip run faster is no longer guaranteed by shrinking features or moving to a different manufacturing process. It now requires a fundamental change in the architecture of the chip itself. The ...