Embedded Systems Design Europe - August/September 2008 - (Page 3)

THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR THE EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGNER www.embedded.com/europe AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2008 VOLUME 12, NUMBER 92 Cover feature: Interactive tool supports multiprocessor SoC design BY MIEKE VAN BAVEL & MICHEL TILMAN Researchers at IMEC have developed a set of CleanC guidelines and a code analysis and refactoring toolbox. News ● TI overhauls DSP lineup, adds 15 processors ● QNX publishes source code for ﬁle system News ● Congatec to take on proprietary market ● Swiss multicore project wins Microsoft grant ● OpenCores bundles development tool News ● ARM compiler boosts Freescale i.MX31 ● LabVIEW updated for multicore and wireless Feature «6 «8 «10 «12 Wanted: benchmarking for embedded VMM hypervisors BY MARKUS LEVY «22 20» What the embedded systems industry needs is a standard way to compare hypervisors to see which one works best on a particular system. Graphical design empowers spider robots BY POM YUAN LAM, MARCO SCHMID & ANDERS FREDERIKSEN Development of a six legged robotic spider to support life rescuing operations. Building a power supply for discontinuous transmission wireless networks BY JOSE IGNACIO GARATE, JOSE MIGUEL DE DIEGO, AND JAVIER MONSALVE KÄGI Feature «30 Here’s a design for an isolated, switched-mode power supply intended for wireless devices. «24 Achieving cache coherence in a MIPS32 multicore design BY MATTHIAS KNOTH RTOS selection & best practices BY NICK MCNAMARA What do you need to consider when selecting a real-time operating system, be it inhouse, open source or commercially acquired. New Products A round-up of the latest hardware and software. 34» 003_ESDE.indd 1 How the Open Core Protocol was used to reconﬁgure the basic MIPS32 architecture to support cache-coherent trafﬁc within an embedded multicore cluster. «38 «43 Advertising contacts 29/08/08 11:06:58 http://www.embedded.com/europe

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Embedded Systems Design Europe - August/September 2008 Contents TI Overhauls DSP Lineup, Adds 15 Processors QNX Publishes Source Code for File System Congatec to Take on Proprietary Market Swiss Multicore Project Wins Microsoft Grant OpenCores Bundles Development Tool ARM Compiler Boosts Freescale i.MX31 LabVIEW Updated for Multicore and Wireless Cover Feature: Interactive Tool Supports Multiprocessor SoC Design Wanted: Benchmaking for Embedded VMM Hypervisors Graphical Design Empowers Spider Robots Building a Power Supply for Discontinuous Transmission Wireless Networks RTOS Selection & Best Practices Achieving Cache Coherence in a MIPS32 Multicore Design New Products Advertising Contacts

Embedded Systems Design Europe - August/September 2008

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