As excitedly as we talk about it, you’d think the promise of fully autonomous vehicles is right around the bend, just another few miles and we’ll pull into our destination. In truth, we’re not there yet…

Today’s vehicles currently consume around 10 percent of the world’s semiconductors and over the next 10 years we expect compute performance in vehicles will increase by 100x, driven by the trend toward…

As embedded devices become more prevalent and assume more responsibility in our daily lives, there is a need for functional safety to make sure that we are not put in danger by any faults that may occur…

The trickle-down effect from increased government regulations and from car consumers’ embrace of automotive electronics is far-reaching. These consequences challenge engineering teams more and more. Think…

Arm announces safety package for its latest-generation C/C++ compilation toolchain Arm Compiler 6. The package consists of the safety-certified Arm Compiler toolchain, compiler qualification kit and long…

ArmTechCon 2016 is nearly upon us, and there’s so much high quality technical content in the conference programme and exhibition floor that the only difficulty you’ll have is choosing what to attend

Functional safety is about ensuring that products operate safely and do so even when they go wrong. My colleague hopkins shares some insight on why you can’t choose to ignore it.

Chinese Version中文版：展望计算机视觉的未来 The Internet of Things began to mature in 2016 and we started to see evidence of how technology can help us to engage more powerfully with our world. By allowing machines…

A panel representing automotive, semiconductor, software and systems experts met to share insights on the hardware-software challenges of ISO 26262 compliance.By John Blyler, Editorial Director, JB Sy…

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 beginning of a year brings with it the potential of many new things; resolutions, good habits and of course the new gadgets that promise to change our lives at CES. Amidst the glitz of promises of…

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…

This brief introduction on nfc technology will help designers select the best connectivity implementation amongst the plethora of today’s wireless standards.

A quick review of Ethernet switches and transceivers will highlight their importance in the automotive Ethernet and the OPEN Alliance. The connectivity that we’ve long enjoyed via the Internet at home…

In some ways a self driving car is the ultimate embedded system (my definition of an embedded system is one where the user doesn't have access to the OS) and they have been in the news recently because…

Chinese version 中文版：高级驾驶员辅助系统 (ADAS) 取得诸多进步——无人驾驶汽车离我们越来越近Automobile manufacturers are constantly making improvements to the design of cars, creating an experience that is safer and more comfortable…

Although the theme of EW was Internet of Things, there was so much to see at Embedded World (EW).  I was impressed with the breadth of embedded computing technologies.   If you are interested in my morning…

As electronics become ever more pervasive in the automotive, industrial automation and medical device sectors, fault-tolerant electronics sub-systems are becoming a standard requirement. Designing these…

Advanced Driver Assistant System (ADAS) is a key application leading towards autonomous drive in the not distant future.

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…

I’ve thought for a while that connecting the car of the future implies at least three different kinds of communication system with a vehicle: Mobile Internet, using 4G mobile communications (LTE, LTE…