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Embedded Software

Vacation for the PC repair man

January 21, 2010

I have used PCs for many years. The first one, way back in 1986 was a “genuine” IBM PC XT...

Simulating the Real World

'Heat Trees' - taking a leaf out of natures book

January 19, 2010

Heatsinks aren’t a novel energy efficient type of washing bowl, they are parts that are placed on high powered IC...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

Agile revisited

January 18, 2010

I am always delighted when I get responses or feedback resulting from postings here. About a month ago, I wrote...

Verification Horizons

Accellera Adopts OVM

January 15, 2010

Users Can Start Migration to OVM Today Accellera’s Verification Intellectual Property (VIP) Technical Committee (TC) co-chair issued a public status...

By Dennis Brophy

Embedded Software

Time's arrow

January 14, 2010

I have always enjoyed science fiction on TV, movies and books. One facet of the genre that I find particularly...

Simulating the Real World

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever - Explained

January 12, 2010

The ability of FloTHERM to resolve a massive disparity in geometric length scale in a single model is for me...

By Robin Bornoff

Verification Horizons

SystemC (IEEE Std. 1666™) Comes to YouTube

January 11, 2010

OSCI Expands Use of Social Media to Promote SystemC It is a challenge for the global SystemC community to participate...

By Dennis Brophy

Embedded Software

Small or fast?

January 11, 2010

Life is often about compromise, but embedded developers really are not good at that. Code generation is a context in...

Simulating the Real World

FloTHERM and its new XML neutral file format

January 08, 2010

We have recently published a new xml schema and associated xml reader for FloTHERM that offers some exciting new possibilities....

By Robin Bornoff