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To do today: Boost my VNF’s performance and then leave work in time to beat the traffic

To do today: Boost my VNF’s performance and then leave work in time to beat the traffic

We published a couple of articles recently about the benefits of the Accelerated vSwitch (AVS) that’s integrated into Wind River Titanium Server NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) platform...

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Simics 5 Multicore Accelerator - Boosting Performance, Adding Parallelism

Simics 5 Multicore Accelerator - Boosting Performance, Adding Parallelism

One of the headline news of Simics 5 is Multicore Accelerator. With multicore accelerator, we can use a multicore host to simulate a tightly-coupled multicore target. Since the...

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Long Live the New LTS Kernel

Long Live the New LTS Kernel

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! No, it’s not Christmas, but the beginning of a new cycle in the Linux microcosm. A few days ago, the Linux 4.1 kernel has been...

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Simics 5 is Here - More Parallel than Ever

Simics 5 is Here - More Parallel than Ever

The next major release of Simics is here. Simics 5. Not Simics 5.0, but Simics 5. Counting decimals was getting a bit old, we computer science guys prefer our numbers as integers...

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Using VirtIO to Virtualize Storage

Embedded virtualization allows for consolidation of multiple different operating systems on a single box. Our video demonstration combines four different Wind River Linux operating...

10 years 11 months ago

Is IoT a Threat or an Opportunity for Service Providers?

Is IoT a Threat or an Opportunity for Service Providers?

As we talk with telecom service providers about their plans for deploying Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), another topic invariably comes up. Depending on who you listen to...

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AUVSI 2015: Why it was Such a Success

AUVSI 2015: Why it was Such a Success

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) 2015 was one of the most interesting trade shows I have visited in many years. My yardstick for great AUVSI shows is...

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Debunking a Myth Again: High Availability is Still Not Carrier Grade

Debunking a Myth Again: High Availability is Still Not Carrier Grade

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post about the differences between “High Availability” and “Carrier Grade reliability” as applied to telecom networks. A fascinating white...

Why DevOps is relevant when there is no Ops….Or what is Ops for embedded systems?

Why DevOps is relevant when there is no Ops….Or what is Ops for embedded systems?

“What does DevOps mean for embedded systems and should I care?” Well, you should – at least if you’re working according to any sort of agile principle. The merge of Development and...

The “Simics Agent” – Automating Tasks in the Target from the Outside (with Video)

The “Simics Agent” – Automating Tasks in the Target from the Outside (with Video)

Automating tasks on a target system is an important aspect of virtual platform usage. There are many ways to do automation with Simics, and more are being added. Quite recently, we...

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