Pre-Integrated Platforms and the Looming Software-Development Crisis
Unless the industry changes, it soon won't have enough developers to write all the code that today's complex devices require, says Karl Gustav Niska, Enea's VP of product marketing. - Jul 03, 2006

Focus on the Big Picture
To realize and accelerate the full benefits of device software optimization, focus on productivity and innovation at the application level, writes the vice president of worldwide marketing at Encirq Corp. - Jun 07, 2006

Write Once, Benefit Many
If you're not reusing your embedded software, you may not be getting the most from your DSO strategy, says the co-founder and technical director of Proven Software Solutions. - May 01, 2006

Linux-Based Phones: New Kids on the Block
The open source OS is the key to how next-generation phones will be developed to compete and win, according to the executive VP of corporate strategy at Jaluna. - Apr 03, 2006

The DSO Challenge: Standardization vs. Choice
Only by thinking at the enterprise level can we achieve the full promise of device software optimization. - Mar 01, 2006

Device Software Optimization Demands a Universal Operating System
The benefits will include superior integration, security and reliability—plus on-time, under-budget delivery, says the CEO of Green Hills Software. - Feb 01, 2006

Taking Design to the System Level
After several false starts, ESL design infrastructure and standards are starting to make a difference, say these two marketing and engineering managers at microprocessor supplier ARM. - Jan 05, 2006

Better, Newer, Now
Developers must not only improve software quality, but also add product innovations. Doing so requires a new view of software development—and new tools, says the CTO and co-founder of Klocwork Inc. - Dec 01, 2005

Multithreading: Powering the Next Wave of Embedded Systems
Traditional approaches can't meet the need for higher performance and functionality, lower costs and power consumption, says the CTO of MIPS Technologies. - Nov 01, 2005

Thinking Outside the (Auto) Box
Car designers must pay more attention to interfaces, writes Joe Barkai, product life-cycle strategies program director at Manufacturing Insights. - Oct 03, 2005