Semiconductor Engineering

Automate Memory Test Through A Shared Bus Interface

The use of memory-heavy IP in SoCs for automotive, artificial intelligence (AI), and processor applications is steadily increasing. However, these memory-heavy IP often have only a single access point ...
EDN

Embedded Systems Architecture, Device Drivers – Part 2: Memory device drivers

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...
EDN

Embedded Operating Systems – Part 5: Linux memory management and kernel memory

Linux processes are made up of text, data, and BSS static segments; in addition, each process has its own stack (which is created with the fork system call). Heap space for Linux tasks are allocated ...
Electronic Design

Minimize Write Amplification to Maximize Storage-System Lifetime

How to maximize storage life by decreasing write amplification factor (WAF). How the address-mapping choice can make a big difference to the WAF. How the appropriate flash-management firmware can ...