Understanding how hardware and firmware/software work together to perform desired functions or tasks is an important enabler to unlocking the value of intellectual properties in the systems (including ...

Every developer and team I’ve ever met has wanted to deliver quality firmware to their customers. No one starts out saying, “I want to deliver a buggy, unusable product to my customer.” Yet, how often ...

Because of the high cost of chip fabrication, it is beneficial to find and fix bugs and design flaws during the design phase. But schedule constraints limit the amount of testing that can be performed ...

As the founder and CEO of an automated software testing company, I’ve been following the trends in this space closely, and it's exciting to see that the automation testing market is estimated to more ...

Intel announced plans today to open-source a new firmware security testing tool named HBFA --or the Host-based Firmware Analyzer. The new project, a security testing tool for UEFI-based firmware, will ...

Let's not beat around the bush. Most embedded engineers believe they can't test their firmware until the hardware shows up. The board is on backorder, the bring-up team is still fighting the power ...

Software-defined radios, instrumentation and test are ramping up alongside a flood of new technologies related to assisted and autonomous vehicles, 5G, and military/aerospace electronics, breathing ...

Given the short timing of this project we're just going to dive right in and get to work on this one. Just a month ago OCZ Technology released their new flagship consumer SSD, the Vertex 4. In our ...

Samsung is finalizing its Galaxy Z TriFold debut, with unlocked US firmware testing now underway. The tri-folding device features a 10-inch main screen and is rumored to launch soon. This complex ...

Sony has kicked off beta testing of a new PS4 firmware. PS4 owners who previously signed up to be notified of future firmware beta tests, have received a new message highlighting an upcoming firmware ...

In addition to beta testing pre-release operating systems, developers will soon be able to test AirPods Pro firmware to implement new features in their apps. The Apple Developer Program lets ...