The BootROM is code permanently burned into the console’s chip (read-only memory). During power-on the BootROM verifies the ...

Like in nature, development tools for embedded systems form “ecosystems.” Some ecosystems are very self-contained, with little overlap on others, while other ecosystems are very open and broad with ...

Much of the development efforts around robots and other embedded systems are focused on hardware and software. However, firmware is often left behind, noted Ryan Eppley, CEO of Root Access Inc. That ...

Embedded designers and programmers tend to be a conservative lot who love to delve into the latest technology but adopt it after careful consideration. One of those technologies is vibe coding, which ...

CNXSoft: This is a guest port by Erik Wierich, Senior Engineer at RISCstar Solutions, demonstrating a practical security implementation for embedded devices using standard Linux tools like dm-verity ...

I'm Manoj Gowda—embedded software engineer by day, bug whisperer by night, making cars smarter one crash log at a time. I'm Manoj Gowda—embedded software engineer by day, bug whisperer by night, ...

I'm Manoj Gowda—embedded software engineer by day, bug whisperer by night, making cars smarter one crash log at a time. I'm Manoj Gowda—embedded software engineer by day, bug whisperer by night, ...

Edge Computing and Embedded Systems constitute a critical research field at the intersection of hardware design, network architecture, and intelligent software systems. Edge computing refers to the ...

Embedded systems power everything from smart agriculture sensors to life-saving medical implants. As their numbers swell into the tens of billions, the engineering community faces a pivotal challenge: ...

GRUB2 is the default bootloader for many Linux-based systems U-boot and Barebox bootloaders are typically used in embedded systems Microsoft discovered 11 security flaws in the GRUB2 bootloader ...

Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team has leveraged its AI-driven Security Copilot tool to identify 20 critical vulnerabilities in widely used open-source bootloaders — GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox.

Researchers in Microsoft’s threat intelligence team say they are using AI technologies to uncover security vulnerabilities in popular open-source bootloaders, including GRUB2, U-boot, and Barebox.