Software components are “binary units of independent production, acquisition, and deployment that interact to form a functioning system.”1 In basic terms, software components are pieces of software ...

In the 1960s, computer technology began outpacing the speed of software programming. Computers became faster and cheaper, but software development remained slow, difficult to maintain, and prone to ...

The last three articles have explored the five steps to designing an embedded software architecture. So far, we’ve separated our software architecture into hardware-dependent and independent ...

We use the software to design and analyze missioncritical components such as adapters that connect rocket launchers to their payloads. Comprehensively measuring complexity provides a quantity that can ...

Almost all software designs naturally incorporate some aspects of component separation. Whether intentionally designed or accidental, components will naturally encapsulate functionality and separate ...

Embedded software and its specification is a vital component in deploying SoCs with reduced time-to-market. A key contribution to this is the technology area of embedded software architecture. This ...

It’s no surprise that demand for more secure software is rising and these two approaches claim to outline the best way forward. As cybersecurity professionals, we need to know that the software ...