Brian Fuller

IoT is neither hype nor hope, but moving to a world of billions of interconnected, secure, easy-to-use devices with a profitable business model is not simple. That was the consensus of a panel at Bluetooth…

Within a days, if all goes well and the weather holds, ARM software engineer mattdupuy will stand atop one of the world’s tallest peaks, kitted out with ARM-powered wearables and mobile devices and sporting…

If you haven’t been in the embedded space long, it’s difficult to appreciate the sector’s technological evolution in recent years. Back in the day, 4-, 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) ruled the roost…

You know it’s going to be big, but just what is the future of automotive design? And how fast might that future approach?Already we’re talking about and creating regulatory frameworks around things…

The proliferation of electronics within vehicle design is making cars “sexy again,” but more importantly automotive electronics is making the overall digital experience sexier.That was the word from two…

Sensor hubs have gained traction among design teams in recent years, as the marriage blossoms between evolving (and power-sensitive) hardware and smart software algorithms.

A London-based startup raises the concept of wearables design to a new level. BLOCKS, the brainchild of Ali Tahmasebzadeh and Serge Vasylechko, launched its Kickstarter program for a design considered…

The winners of the ARM® Smart Product Design Competition each produced real world problem-solving products in just three months, all without prior experience with ARM tools.The top five finishers were…

Meet William Weatherholtz and team, who just won the inveneo solar-powered Micro-Data Center Design Challenge for their Micro Weather station design.

For Internet of Things (IoT) designs, the consumer segment is a sexy siren call, but enterprise applications are where the money is, according to a top analyst from IDC. Vernon Turner, senior vice president…

In electronics design the ecosystem is driving hard toward delivering devices, software and tools to enable IoT to take off. For retailers it could be huge...or not. They’re trying to figure it out as…

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The launch of Cadence's new Innovus Implementation System heralds “a new era” in physical implementation technology, breaking longstanding electronic system-design bottlenecks…

As use of advanced node technologies (FinFET specifically) ramp, more designers are confronting challenges in technology, productivity, and time to market. To get a sense for what engineers need to know…

SAN FRANCISCO--Design Automation Conference 2014, more than ever, was about SoC design challenges and solutions, IoT, automotive, embedded market opportunities and how they electronics ecosystem is joining…

SAN FRANCISCO--We've written a lot about the really fun, really clever ARM Step Challenge at DAC 2014. From the initial The ARM Step Challenge at DAC: Throwing Down the Gauntlet post to The Aftermath…

I didn't get a chance to participate in the ARM Community Step Challenge at Mobile World Congress, alas. ( ARM Step Challenge: “Who is the ‘hardest working’ at MWC?”) But I…