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Quit Bugging Me: Another Surprise NaN!

An Earlier QBM, "Surprise NAN" covered how floating point computations may become corrupted from unexpected sources. Today's Quit Bugging Me is about… another Surpise! NAN! An...

15 years 2 months ago

Hypervisors in Mobile

I received a bunch of emails today pointing to this blog from Jason Perlow . Jason has an interesting thought with regards to the Apple and HTC lawsuit that is brewing. Let me...

15 years 2 months ago

100 Trillion

"Billions and Billions" was a phrase, fantastic at the time, that made Carl Sagan famous. At the time he was talking about the stars in the Milky Way, how many there were. Next...

15 years 2 months ago

Neighbors

A few billion years ago this planet formed, orbiting an otherwise run-of-the-mill star. It was a wet world, covered with oceans, with a protective atmosphere. Water dominated the...

15 years 2 months ago

The Ultimate Head Start

I was very excited on hearing about Intel's acquisition of Virtutech and subsequent announcement that Simics was going to be part of our product line. Why? Because Simics gives you...

15 years 2 months ago

2010 Is The Year Of Embedded Virtualization

I believe that 2010 will be the year of embedded virtualization, all the signs point in the right direction. It always takes a while for new technology to grab the imagination of...

15 years 3 months ago

Quit Bugging Me: Revalidated

One day, I get this phone call. "We're working with the system, we see the calls that update the exception handlers early on – connecting the clock routines, etc. Then not very...

15 years 4 months ago

Systems Huge and Really Tiny

"Diverse" is certainly as word that applies to embedded systems. In fact, it's difficult to really define embedded systems because they can be a windshield wiper controller, a home...

15 years 4 months ago

It's All About the Evidence

An important distinction that gets drilled into people new to safety critical systems and certification of said systems is the difference between "certified" and "certification...

15 years 4 months ago

Do You Design Flight Software?

Normally I don't like this blog to sound like a marketing microphone, BUT… once in a while something comes along that's Worth It. I'll keep it short and sweet. Next month, Larry...

15 years 4 months ago