Blogs

May 20, 2013

Expanding VTACH

The last few weeks, I've been building vtach — a Verilog implementation of CARDIAC, the old paper-based demonstration computer from Bell Labs.

May 17, 2013

Aliasing Is Particularly Troublesome With Vector Elements

I would like to continue our discussion with a particularly nasty case in which the result is not well defined.

May 12, 2013

Troubleshooting Verilog

I want to squash a bug as a way to show how you "debug" Verilog hardware designs (or, at least, one way to do so)




Webinars & Events

Agile Development for Safety-Critical Systems: Evidence-Oriented Practices & Project Management Practices

Agile methods have become increasingly popular because they empower organizations to more quickly address emerging opportunities, to better ensure accurate fulfillment of functional requirements and to significantly enhance team productivity. Attend to learn how to employ agile methods for your organization's safety-critical systems! Event Dates: Tuesday, May 7 & Thursday, May 30 – 11AMPT / 2PM ET

Technical Debt: Asset or Liability

Join us to learn how properly managed technical debt can allow your organization to bridge the gap between technology and business. Event Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 – 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET

Wiring Closets and Server Rooms: Critical Part of your Business

Join this webcast to discover how you can configure, order and install distributed IT environments. Implementing these key recommendations will help to ensure 100% uptime for your business but also save you costs in the long run. Event Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013 – Time 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET

Performance Benchmark: Achieve Breakthrough Scalability for Ruby on Rails with Scale-out SQL

In this webinar, learn the results of a performance benchmark that compared the performance of Ruby on Rails using MySQL, and Clustrix, a scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud. Event Date: Thursday, April 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

3 Steps to Automate Your Way to Agile

Learn how to address the fundamental issues and recommendations you should consider as your company adopts an Agile methodology. Event Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM GMT

Three Reasons to Throw Away your Requirements Documents

In this webcast, Andy Gurd, Senior Go-To-Market Manager with IBM, explains how companies can move beyond documents and spreadsheets to gain the substantial business benefits associated with an integrated requirements management solution. Event Date: Thursday, March 14 2013 / 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Cloud Enabled ALM: Continuous Integration & Automated Testing

How can developers and testers use their preferred ALM tools and processes in place today and seamlessly integrate on-premise and cloud infrastructure to achieve sustained increases in speed, agility, and team productivity? Event Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 / 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET

Agile for Safety Critical Systems: Quality Assurance Practices

In this webcast, IBM Rational Chief Evangelist Bruce Powel Douglass explains how proven QA best practices can enable organizations to reap the vital benefits of agile development while still maintaining the rigorous standards essential for the successful delivery of safety-critical systems. By attending this webcast, you will learn: The special role of Test-Driven Development in safety-critical systems QA; How Continuous Execution and Continuous Integration help QA teams mitigate risk; Best practices for Work Product Review and Task Audits in safety-critical QA; Keys to effective Incremental Development in agile teams. Event Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013 / 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Agile Development for Safety-Critical Systems: Design Practices

In this webcast, IBM Rational Chief Evangelist Bruce Powel Douglass explains how proven design best practices can enable organizations to reap the vital benefits of agile development while still maintaining the rigorous standards essential for the successful delivery of safety-critical systems. Event Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013 / 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Introducing the Next Generation Tool for Managing Requirements in Complex Systems – IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation

If you're involved in managing requirements for complex and/or embedded systems, we invite you to join a special webcast about IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation (DOORS NG)--a new, powerful, unique solution for requirements management, collaboration, planning, reuse, and lifecycle traceability based on the Jazz Collaborative Lifecycle Management platform. Event Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 / Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

<> RSS

Agile Development for Safety-Critical Systems: Evidence-Oriented Practices & Project Management Practices

Agile methods have become increasingly popular because they empower organizations to more quickly address emerging opportunities, to better ensure accurate fulfillment of functional requirements and to significantly enhance team productivity. Attend to learn how to employ agile methods for your organization's safety-critical systems! Event Dates: Tuesday, May 7 & Thursday, May 30 – 11AMPT / 2PM ET - Design

Technical Debt: Asset or Liability

Join us to learn how properly managed technical debt can allow your organization to bridge the gap between technology and business. Event Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 – 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET - Design

Wiring Closets and Server Rooms: Critical Part of your Business

Join this webcast to discover how you can configure, order and install distributed IT environments. Implementing these key recommendations will help to ensure 100% uptime for your business but also save you costs in the long run. Event Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013 – Time 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET - Cloud

Performance Benchmark: Achieve Breakthrough Scalability for Ruby on Rails with Scale-out SQL

In this webinar, learn the results of a performance benchmark that compared the performance of Ruby on Rails using MySQL, and Clustrix, a scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud. Event Date: Thursday, April 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET - Database

3 Steps to Automate Your Way to Agile

Learn how to address the fundamental issues and recommendations you should consider as your company adopts an Agile methodology. Event Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM GMT - Design

Three Reasons to Throw Away your Requirements Documents

In this webcast, Andy Gurd, Senior Go-To-Market Manager with IBM, explains how companies can move beyond documents and spreadsheets to gain the substantial business benefits associated with an integrated requirements management solution. Event Date: Thursday, March 14 2013 / 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET - Tools

Cloud Enabled ALM: Continuous Integration & Automated Testing

How can developers and testers use their preferred ALM tools and processes in place today and seamlessly integrate on-premise and cloud infrastructure to achieve sustained increases in speed, agility, and team productivity? Event Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 / 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET - Cloud

Agile for Safety Critical Systems: Quality Assurance Practices

In this webcast, IBM Rational Chief Evangelist Bruce Powel Douglass explains how proven QA best practices can enable organizations to reap the vital benefits of agile development while still maintaining the rigorous standards essential for the successful delivery of safety-critical systems. By attending this webcast, you will learn: The special role of Test-Driven Development in safety-critical systems QA; How Continuous Execution and Continuous Integration help QA teams mitigate risk; Best practices for Work Product Review and Task Audits in safety-critical QA; Keys to effective Incremental Development in agile teams. Event Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013 / 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET - Design

Agile Development for Safety-Critical Systems: Design Practices

In this webcast, IBM Rational Chief Evangelist Bruce Powel Douglass explains how proven design best practices can enable organizations to reap the vital benefits of agile development while still maintaining the rigorous standards essential for the successful delivery of safety-critical systems. Event Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013 / 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET - Design

Introducing the Next Generation Tool for Managing Requirements in Complex Systems – IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation

If you're involved in managing requirements for complex and/or embedded systems, we invite you to join a special webcast about IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation (DOORS NG)--a new, powerful, unique solution for requirements management, collaboration, planning, reuse, and lifecycle traceability based on the Jazz Collaborative Lifecycle Management platform. Event Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 / Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET - Tools



Events of Interest

Video