Creating consistent and proper interfaces for reusable software modules is one of the most critical and overlooked aspects of embedded software design. Interfaces are usually developed on the fly with ...

The semiconductor industry continues to follow Moore's Law, doubling the complexity of ICs every 18 months, to the point where it will soon be able to manufacture chips with 100 million gates. Entire ...

The last three articles have explored the five steps to designing an embedded software architecture. So far, we’ve separated our software architecture into hardware-dependent and independent ...

Apple’s hardware design chief is now collaborating more closely with software and interface design staff, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Apple’s mobile software team now gets ...