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Busting the Myths around VxWorks #3: VxWorks and Memory Protection

A common misconception about VxWorks is that it doesn’t have memory protection. Other forms of this myth maybe that you can only program VxWorks with flat memory tasks and that it...

15 years 6 months ago

Simulation? Virtualization? What's in a name?

Check out this great panel round-table conversation about Virtualization & Simulation featuring a great set of panelists from Virtutech, Freescale, Cadence, GreenSocs, and our own...

15 years 6 months ago

There is Water Underground

Are dry ideas of Mars all wet? It's starting to look that way. As recently as even 2004, it was believed that possibly in the past, but certainly now, Mars was, or is, a bone-dry...

15 years 6 months ago

A Good Leader is a Good Architect

I've been whining (yeah, that's pretty much the word) a lot recently about the state of contributions to the CDT and about the struggles I face even internally to get more time to...

15 years 6 months ago

Device Convergence

Comcast is all set to launch their HomePoint service. The service converges VoIP handset and router functionality. The devices that come with the service are a base unit that...

15 years 6 months ago

Ada & C mixed language development

Last week, I downloaded AdaCore's GNAT Pro 6.2.2 and the latest GNATbench 2.3.1 release (which was announced yesterday ), as I wanted to port an Ada & C mixed-language application...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths around VxWorks #2: Support for Multicore

I’ve heard from our sales team that even our own customers are not aware of VxWorks' support for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP). SMP, for those not clear on the terminology is one...

15 years 6 months ago

Talk Between Devices

Ever wondered what it would be like without access to ever increasing means of connection? Thanks to social networking sites that I am now in touch with my friends who used to...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths around VxWorks: VxWorks isn’t dead!

I recently joined Wind River as product marketing manager for VxWorks and as an outsider and former competitor, I think there are many myths surrounding VxWorks that need to be...

15 years 6 months ago

Remember PluginFest?

It's been a while since it was held. The Eclipse PluginFest was a really cool event organized by Ian Skerrett and hosted by the folks at Symbian in London. It was part marketing...

15 years 6 months ago