Software

There are ways to protect data and digital identity, says Dean Zwarts, but they rely on the security of software and installed systems. Cybercriminals exploit the multiple vulnerabilities in the smart IoT devices in homes. Using smart devices, whether voice-controlled speakers, smart doorbells or light switches, hackers can access entire networks by just connecting to one system; sometimes without requiring ...

Lynx Software Technologies is claiming industry’s first unikernel to be Posix compatible and available for commercial mission-critical use. Called LynxElement, it will be offered as part of the for company’s Mosa.ic portfolio, and is said to have a small attack surface to improve security and certifyability in aircraft systems, autonomous vehicles and critical infrastructure. The initial focus is centred on ...

The European Space Agency has qualified the RTEMS open-source real-time operating system for safety-critical multi-processing in satellites. Railway, medical and automotive sectors could benefit. “ESA certified RTEMS in the symmetric multiprocessing configuration for Criticality Category C and D,” said German RTEMS support company Embedded Brains. “This means that safety-critical functions can now also be executed on modern multicore processors that ...

Microchip has a GUI development toolkit for 32bit SAMA5 and SAM9 series of Arm Cortex-A5 and ARM926EJ-S MPUs running Linux Called Ensemble Graphics Toolkit, it is a no-cost and royalty-fre open-source C++ suite based on the permissive Apache 2.0 open-source license. It works with the company’s chips, system-in-package and system-on-module products. “By taking advantage of underlying hardware acceleration, including graphics controllers ...

Canonical has released Ubuntu Core 16 for IoT, with regular and reliable security updates, and app stores for intelligent connected devices. Ubuntu Core is already in use in top-of-rack switches, industrial gateways, home gateways, radio access networks, digital signage, robots and drones. “Ubuntu Core secures the Internet of Things and provides an app store for every device,” said Mark Shuttleworth, ...

Fujitsu Labs has found a better way to parallel graphics processors (GPU) for deep learning applications. Using ‘AlexNet’, 64 GPUs in parallel achieve 27x the speed of a single GPU for, as far as Fujitsu can determine, the world’s fastest processing. A conventional method to accelerate deep learning is to use multiple computers equipped with GPUs, networked and arranged in ...

Express Logic has introduced a version of its X-Ware Secure Platform for ARM Cortex-M processors. The platform incorporates the firm’s ThreadX, NetX, USBX, FileX, GUIX, and TraceX for use with future ARMv8-M–based Cortex-M processors with TrustZone and with existing ARMv6-M– and ARMv7-M–based Cortex-M processors with MPU support. The tools can be used for software partitioning and ThreadX can be used ...

Audio Precision has introduced a plug-in for its APx500 audio test software to make measurements conforming to international standard IEC 60268-16 (2011). The APx Speech Transmission Index (STI) plug-in will be used in the development of public safety (police, fire, emergency) communications and public address systems, as well as flight recorder devices. Developed as a method for quantifying the intelligibility ...

Digia, the Helsinki-based software firm, has completed the acquisition of the Qt software technologies and Qt business from Nokia.

Thanks to Steve Bush, our Technology Eduitor, for flagging this amazing graphic. Ever wondered what a document of Linux distros would look like, in graphical form? Wind River has collaborated with developer of Qt for desktop and embedded development Digia to offer platform support for the Qt Commercial development framework on Wind River's VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS).