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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...
10 years 6 months ago
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...
10 years 6 months ago
The Trinity of Simulation: the Computer, the System, and the World

The Trinity of Simulation: the Computer, the System, and the World

Simics is a great product for simulating computer systems that contain processors and execute code. However, as we all know, just a computer is rarely the entirety of a real system...
10 years 8 months ago
Internet of Things Automatic Testing – Using Simulation

Internet of Things Automatic Testing – Using Simulation

Developing and testing Internet of Things applications and systems is a big challenge, since the systems are simply big – they contain a lot of units and they need a large space...
10 years 11 months ago
Simulink Processor-in-the-Loop with Simics-in-the-Loop

Simulink Processor-in-the-Loop with Simics-in-the-Loop

There are many ways to use simulation in model-based design (MBD) of control systems. In a typical MBD workflow, it is common to model a controller (essentially the electronic...
11 years ago
"Software and System Development Using Virtual Platforms" Has Published - Enjoy Chapter 1 Now!

"Software and System Development Using Virtual Platforms" Has Published - Enjoy Chapter 1 Now!

The book Software and System Development Using Virtual Platforms that I and Daniel Aarno have been working on for a year is now in print and ready for shipping. It’s available at...
11 years 1 month ago
Continuous Integration with Simics

Continuous Integration with Simics

Continuous integration is an important component of modern software engineering practice. As always, it might mean different things depending on who you ask, but typically a key...
11 years 1 month ago
Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful

Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful

I had to learn this the hard way. About a decade ago I was sitting among the five computers occupying most of the space in my small student dorm room. I was looking for a project...
11 years 2 months ago
Investigating Uncore Error Resilience using a Million Simics Runs: An Interview with Hyungmin Cho

Investigating Uncore Error Resilience using a Million Simics Runs: An Interview with Hyungmin Cho

One great thing about working with Simics is learning about new and incredible ways that the tool has been used. The interview in this blog post provides such an example – Hyungmin...
11 years 3 months ago
Open Virtualization on Simics, Making Complex Work Easier – an Interview with Michael Barabanov

Open Virtualization on Simics, Making Complex Work Easier – an Interview with Michael Barabanov

Having the right tools can make any job easier. In this interview, Michael Barabanov from our Wind River engineering team describes how by using Simics he approached some...
11 years 9 months ago

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