Executive discusses support for embedded developers, general-purpose versus application-specific products, trends in embedded-processor integration, and software.
Engineers rarely receive the same fame as those that toil in some higher profile professions. But I don't know of a job that demands a better combination of technical savvy, theoretical knowledge, and creative thought process.
Our online career-oriented survey revealed engineers' strong feelings on outsourcing, education, and the profession most would still choose if they had it to do all over again.
Analysis: Intel's strategy for handheld communications-plus-computing takes aim at ARM and aspires to deliver a true Internet experience to pocketable devices.
Support for both blue-laser DVD formats got the headlines following Tuesday's IDF keynote by Paul Otellini, but the broader story involves platform support for the decoding—and eventually, encoding—of high-definition video.
With a spate of recent bad news and a big press event slated for Monday, AMD needs to hit one out of the park. The company's very survival may be in question, so a single or a double just won't do.
Voices: Architect discusses what the intelligent grid entails, what benefits it promises businesses and consumers, and how digital-signal processing plays a role in delivering power.