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Element Separation in Safety Critical and Mixed Criticality Systems

Element Separation in Safety Critical and Mixed Criticality Systems

We are faced with increasing complexity and scale of software in safety critical systems. The trend towards workload consolidation platforms using multi-core processors brings...

6 years 10 months ago

Meeting FDA Regulations to Update Medical Devices for Safety and Security

Meeting FDA Regulations to Update Medical Devices for Safety and Security

Protecting patients and promoting public health is a key directive for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). This directive includes oversight on the safe and secure use of...

6 years 11 months ago

Your Next Favorite Acronym – TRM!

Your Next Favorite Acronym – TRM!

Even if you went on a really long vacation this summer, perhaps backpacking deep into California’s John Muir trail, you’ve probably heard at least something about all the work that...

6 years 11 months ago

Reliable, Safe and Secure? Ada and VxWorks Can Help!

Reliable, Safe and Secure? Ada and VxWorks Can Help!

Writing reliable, safe and secure software is tough. Doing it for for hard real-time systems with demanding certification requirements — such as DO-178B or DO-178C for avionics —...

6 years 11 months ago

The Critical Infrastructure Challenge: Developing and Supporting Software for the Long Term

The Critical Infrastructure Challenge: Developing and Supporting Software for the Long Term

Software content is increasing in every realm of technology, and has been the catalyst for the explosive growth of entirely new market sectors. The development and deployment of...

6 years 11 months ago

Generating Heat in Houston

Generating Heat in Houston

Last week I traveled to Houston to participate in the latest face-to-face meeting of the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF). OPAF is a relatively new organization, formed under...

New Performance Breakthrough for VxWorks-based HPEC Systems

New Performance Breakthrough for VxWorks-based HPEC Systems

For years, designers of High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) systems have sought to free up critical resources and establish optimal performance for Intelligence...

Powering factory efficiencies and cost-effectiveness with Workload Consolidation

Powering factory efficiencies and cost-effectiveness with Workload Consolidation

Global industries are going through a major transformation as a result of both digital transformation and the never ceasing need to become more cost efficient. New factories are...

Getting Creative with Telecom Network Virtualization

Getting Creative with Telecom Network Virtualization

One of the fantastic things about network virtualization is that it is enabling the telecommunications industry to be much more creative. By virtualizing the functions that make up...

VxWorks: Past and Future

VxWorks: Past and Future

The year is 2002. Brazil is winning the FIFA World Cup and the first cell phone to have a built-in camera is released in the US – yes, this story is THAT old. In the world of...