Embedded Computing Design

The COM-HPC specification consists of two basic components, the server and the client. Here, I’m going to focus on the client side by referencing a recent interview with Max Chi of Advantech.

The new PICMG COM-HPC specification includes both client and server implementations. Here, I look at the server side based on an interview with ADLINK Technology, Inc.

With technologies like Gen 5 PCI Express (32 Gtransfers/s) and 5G on the horizon, the time is right for a new COM spec, and COM-HPC is, in essence, an upgrade to—but not a replacement for—COM Express.

Jens Hagemeyer and Martin Kaiser, a pair of research associates at Bielefeld University in Germany, discuss platform management for COM-HPC.

Simply put, today’s IIoT devices gather enough data to power virtual manufacturing equipment known as “digital twins” that businesses can use to automatically plan or test new strategies.

Twilio, the publicly traded cloud communications platform, recently acquired electric imp, a long-time embedded software and services company. What gives? Is this the end of embedded as we know it?

COVID-19 starts just about every conversation, and that was the case in this week’s Embedded Executives, when I spoke to Jason Carlson, the CEO of congatec. But I really wanted to discuss COM-HPC.

In this edition of the Embedded Insiders, Brandon and Rich discuss the semantics of AI and intelligent technology and what qualifies as a smart system these days.

My definition of Industry 5.0 has to do with putting people and robots into the same environment, and having them work and operate together, safely and securely.

Standards abound in the world of the IoT. There are standards organizations, some ad-hoc, some with some real muscle behind them. That is certainly the case when it comes to security for the IoT.

Design engineers love development kits, for a bunch of reasons. One, they enjoy seeing how things work and the kits expose the technology.

All Gumstix Raspberry Pi CM4 embedded boards were designed and built in the drag and drop Geppetto design tool and their design templates can be quickly modified from any browser.

Cellular IoT is one way of connecting our devices. But is it the best way?

In practice, an unclonable identity solution is generated from within the PUF SRAM chip. Note this can be easily provisioned and implemented at low cost within the IoT device.

I spoke to Steve Hanna, a multi-hatted engineer. Steve is a Senior Principal at Infineon Technologies, Co-Chair of the Embedded Systems Work Group in the Trusted Computing Group.

Did you know there were standards established for wireless charging? In fact, they're up to Rev. 2.0 of the standard. This was news to me.

Advances in computer-aided healthcare are coming at us at record-breaking speed. While that in itself can be considered a success, it's the specific end applications that reap the benefits.

Cars and other vehicles are so much safer now than they were just a few years ago, and that trend will continue.

Yay! Another wireless standard. That?s just what we need, because the landscape isn?t already crowded enough. Do I sound cynical? Maybe. It depends on your perspective.

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