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Embedded Systems

Embedded systems are increasingly prevalent in nearly every aspect of human life. Innovations made possible by embedded systems are making our lives healthier, safer, cleaner, and more stimulating.
Electronic Design

Heterogeneous System Architecture Changes CPU/GPU Software

AMD’s Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) is a hardware framework that provides Heterogeneous Uniform Memory Access (HUMA) to CPUs and GPUs. The reason for putting it in the software category is ...
EDN

Embedded Systems Architecture, Device Drivers – Part 4: Board I/O Drivers

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...
Electronic Design

Unified CPU/GPU Memory Architecture Raises The Performance Bar

Also, HSA provides the same cache coherency and virtual memory mapping between all CPUs and GPUs (Fig. 2). This is significant because it means less translation between data shared between CPU and GPU ...
EDN

Memory models for embedded multicore SoCs, Part 1 – Memory architecture

Editor's Note: Multicore architectures find use across a diverse range of applications thanks to their performance and efficiency. By combining several general-purpose MCU cores — or MCU cores and ...
TechSpot

VIA announces Nano X2 E-Series CPU for embedded systems

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. VIA Technologies has unveiled its new family of low power dual-core VIA Nano X2 series processors at ...
UMass Lowell

Master of Science in Engineering - Computer Engineering

The Master’s in Computer Engineering will equip you with the skills to design, develop and optimize cutting-edge computing systems. Whether you're interested in hardware development, software systems ...