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Analyzing Manycore Scaling with Simics

In my previous blog post on multicore scaling investigations with Simics , I tested a simple parallel program on a variety of machines. The scaling obtained was not particularly...

12 years 3 months ago

Testing Manycore Scaling with Simics

A few years ago, I did a Simics demo where I tested the scalability of a multithreaded program as the target hardware went from two to four to eight cores. Unfortunately, I could...

12 years 3 months ago

The Role of Tools in Improving Embedded Software Security / Part 2: Security Improvement and the Software Development Lifecycle

In many of my previous posts , I’ve discussed Wind River's 5+1 step improvement framework for embedded device security. By design, it’s meant to complement the software development...

12 years 4 months ago

The Role of Tools in Improving Embedded Software Security / Part 1: Automation is the Key

Security Vulnerabilities are Expensive Shipping security vulnerabilities in a finished product and having them discovered or worse, exploited, is a very expensive proposition for...

12 years 5 months ago

Inside a Synthetic Simulation Platform

Recently, we introduced a synthetic simulation-only Simics target machine called QSP (Quick-Start Platform) and it's included in the latest version of Wind River Simics. The idea...

12 years 5 months ago

You Will be Simulated - A Bit Quicker

We just released a new Simics feature, the QSP (Quick-Start Platform). This is a synthetic simulation-only Simics target machine that is included with the Simics base product. QSP...

12 years 5 months ago

Resistance is futile. You will be simulated!

Within our blog series, we frequently refer to functional simulation as a requisite to do things that aren't possible in the real world when working on a physical board and a cross...

12 years 5 months ago

Teaching Networking using Simics

Wind River Education Services provides user training for a variety of topics, including Wind River operating systems and tools, as well as more general topics like networking...

12 years 6 months ago

Got DPDK? We Can Help You!

If you’ve purchased a communications processor from Intel in the last year, there is a strong likelihood you are familiar with the Intel® Data Plane Development Kit. Intel DPDK, as...

12 years 7 months ago

Forcing Rare Bugs to Appear - an Interview with Tingting Yu

One use of Simics that has always been fascinating is to use the power you have over the target to somehow force error conditions in software. The hardware state control inherent...

12 years 7 months ago