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Microsoft versus Linux in Automotive Industry

Thanks to everyone for the feedback on my last blog “ Linux and Automotive: Reaching a Tipping Point.” I’m really interested in this topic and all of the response I got inspired me...

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Rad Chips

In a recent EEtimes Article (requires login) NASA has begun looking for a suitable processor for continued manned space exploration. Current space robots ( MRO, etc) run BAEsystem...

18 years 8 months ago

Mapping Out The Future with TARDIS

I’ve just read a interesting article – ‘Mapping Out The Future With TARDIS‘ in the journal Jane’s International Defence Review (Volume 39, November 2006, page 29 Upgrade Update)...

18 years 8 months ago

Quality vs. Customer Support

"What is the single most important thing your manufacturer can do to make you completely happy with their service?"(IMV ServiceTrak Survey 2005) This was the question that caught...

18 years 8 months ago

One Thousand Days

This afternoon, Spirit Rover will start it’s 999th Sol (Martian Day) on Mars. Tomorrow will be Sol 1K. Next month, on the 14th/15th of November, Opportunity’s calendar will hit the...

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Embedded = IT + 15 years?

The cryptic title refers to an observation that many people haveabout the Embedded Industry; that it is trailing the IT industry by anumber of years and that most trends in the IT...

18 years 8 months ago

Linux? Real time? I don't think so...

Phil Hochmuth asks the question "What do real-time additions to the Linux kernel mean for the real-time OS market?" We are going to have to set him straight on one point real quick...

18 years 8 months ago

Linux and Automotive: Reaching a Tipping Point

Linux has always been suspect when it comes to automotive applications. The general belief was that safety-critical automotive applications required a deterministic, real-time...

18 years 8 months ago

Is multi-core ready for safety-critical?

I recently attended the Military & Aerospace Electronics conferencein the UK, at which a number of technical presentations were given onnew technologies relevant to this sector...

18 years 8 months ago

What's Cooking at Eclipse?

SD Times did a great overview of Eclipse releases expected in the near future. The news story mentions Wind River’s Martin Oberhuber, who co-leads the Eclipse Target Management...

18 years 8 months ago