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0808esd.p03 7/17/08 11:25 AM Page 3 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCES AND EMBEDDED.COM columns programmer’s toolbox Reusing code and inverting matrices BY JACK W. CRENSHAW OO11 www.embedded.com AUGUST 2008 VOLUME 21, NUMBER 8 What is reusable code? Is it a template to base projects on or a single piece of code used in multiple programs? Microsoft seems confused. Cover Feature: BY PAUL FISCHER Virtualization for embedded X86 multiprocessor applications The addition of Intel’s VT hardware technology to its x86 CPUs makes possible the creation of a software-based embedded virtual machine manager. break points Creating software prototypes BY JACK G. GANSSLE OO45 Prototyping software is an essential step in creating quality embedded systems and a sane work environment. O O16 Wanted: industry standards for benchmarking embedded VMM hypervisors BY MARKUS LEVY departments #include State of embedded BY RICHARD NASS OO5 A recent report on the state of the embedded systems industry does not paint a rosy picture. parity bit advertising index marketplace OO9 OO43 OO47 27R R BY MATTHIAS KNOTH What the embedded systems industry needs is a standard way to compare hypervisors to see which one works best on a particular system. in person Achieving cache coherence in a MIPS32 multicore design Here’s an example of how the Open Core Protocol was used to reconﬁgure the basic MIPS32 architecture to support cache-coherent trafﬁc within an embedded multicore cluster. ESC Boston Hynes Convention Center October 27–30, 2008 www.embedded.com/esc/boston ESC India Hyderabad, September 25–26 Pune, September 29–30 Noida, October 7–8 Bangalore, October 14–17 www.embedded.com/esc/india O O30 Memory allocation in C on-line www.embedded.com EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN (ISSN 1558-2493 print; ISSN 1558-2507 PDF-electronic) is published monthly by TechInsights, 600 Harrison Street, 5th ﬂoor, San Francisco, CA 94107, (415) 9476000. Please direct advertising and editorial inquiries to this address. SUBSCRIPTION RATE for the United States is $55 for 12 issues. Canadian/Mexican orders must be accompanied by payment in U.S. funds with additional postage of $6 per year. All other foreign subscriptions must be prepaid in U.S. funds with additional postage of $15 per year for surface mail and $40 per year for airmail. POSTMASTER: Send all changes to EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN, P.O. Box 3404, Northbrook, IL 60065-9468. For customer service, telephone toll-free (877) 676-9745. Please allow four to six weeks for change of address to take effect. Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, CA and additional mailing ofﬁces. EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN is a registered trademark owned by the parent company, TechInsights. All material published in EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN is copyright © 2008 by TechInsights. All rights reserved. Reproduction of material appearing in EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN is forbidden without permission. 35R R BY LESLIE ALDRIDGE Dynamic memory allocation and the structures that implement it in C are so universal that they’re sometimes treated as a black box. In the real world of embedded systems, that may not be desirable or even possible. http://www.embedded.com http://www.embedded.com http://www.embedded.com/esc/boston http://www.embedded.com/esc/india http://www.embedded.com

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Embedded Systems Design - August 2008 Contents Number Include Parity Bit Programmer's Toolbox Cover Feature: Virtualization for Embedded X86 Multiprocessor Applications Wanted: Industry Standards for Benchmarking Embedded VMM Hypervisors Achieving Cache Coherence in a MIPS32 Multicore Design Memory Allocation in C Advertising Index Break Points Marketplace

Embedded Systems Design - August 2008

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