Category Archives: Embedded Software

Ultimate Guide: Microcontroller vs Microprocessor

30/04/2021, hardwarebee

Microcontroller vs microprocessor selection can be a tricky process during a digital design, and engineers still struggle to find the right compromise between power consumption, computational capabilities, embedded features and price. The first big decision a designer should make during the project is to whether implement a microcontroller vs microprocessor

What is Embedded Software?

26/04/2021, hardwarebee

What is embedded software? embedded software refers to a piece of software embedded in a non-PC device. The software is written to control the specific functions of the device that it runs on and it is therefore designed to work within the constraints of the device. The following diagram can

FPGA vs. Microcontroller, what to choose?

18/01/2021, hardwarebee

This article provides a comparison between FPGA vs. Microcontroller. We did the comparison between FPGA vs. Microcontroller by looking into their differences and similarities in terms of architecture, cost, performance, application, programmability technology, power consumption, processing capability and usability in the real-time world.
 
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MCU Capex to Account for 14% of Total IC Capex in 2020

10/12/2020, hardwarebee

IC Insights is updating its comprehensive forecasts and analyses of the IC industry for its 24th edition of The McClean Report, which will be released in January 2021.  Included in the report is a historical review of capital spending and forecast spending rates for leading IC product categories.
 
Following spending

Microprocessor (MPU) Sales By Application 2020

11/09/2020, hardwarebee

Total microprocessor (MPU) sales are forecast to grow 1.4% in 2020 to nearly $79.3 billion, following a 2.4% decline in 2019, which was the first revenue drop in the worldwide MPU market in 10 years, according to data released in IC Insights’ Mid-Year Update to the 2020 McClean Report.   The mid-year forecast

How to Select an Embedded CPU?

16/04/2020, hardwarebee

When it comes to the selection of a CPU for any given embedded system, you need to be very clear about three questions: who should select the CPU, when it should be selected, and how you will select the right one for your system in particular? Let’s explore each of

Application processor: Market Overview and Forecast

01/04/2020, hardwarebee

MARKET DYNAMICS:
 

2019 APU[1] market closed with total revenue of $31B.
Seasonally weak Q1-20 expected to remain above $7B even as COVID-19 stresses the supply chain.
Cost & ASP[2] declines at ~20% per year through 2021; slowing to ~10% per year for 2022+.
Embedding processor cores specifically for AI[3] acceleration will

Embedded Software Company Overview

30/03/2020, hardwarebee

Embedded software is basically a computer software that does not go in a computer- it is instead used for the purpose of programming in a device or product that is not a PC. Its function is to give the designer control over the operations and functionality of that particular piece

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS support for iWave’s i.MX8QM SMARC SOM and SBC Products

15/02/2020, hardwarebee

The Debian based open-source Linux distribution Ubuntu finds its wide use across Desktop, Servers, Containers and now in IoT and cloud applications. Being very secure and its OpenStack support, it is further getting adapted widely in high end embedded computing applications as well.
 
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iWave Systems Introduces a SOM based on ZU19EG / ZU17EG / ZU11EG Xilinx ZynQ UltraScale+ MPSOC

19/12/2019, hardwarebee

iWave Systems introduces a powerful SOM (System on Module) with six heterogeneous ARM processor cores (four 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 and two 32-bit ARM Cortex-R5 Cores), an ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU, and a big chunk of the latest-generation UltraScale+ programmable logic cells scaling all the way to 1 million. Designed a