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*[http://www.embedded.com/design/programming-languages-and-tools/4396218/What-the-new-OpenMP-standard-brings-to-embedded-multicore-software-design?cid=Newsletter+-+Whats+New+on+Embedded.com Embedded OpenMP] | *[http://www.embedded.com/design/programming-languages-and-tools/4396218/What-the-new-OpenMP-standard-brings-to-embedded-multicore-software-design?cid=Newsletter+-+Whats+New+on+Embedded.com Embedded OpenMP] | ||
*[http://rtcmagazine.com/articles/view/100404 Who's afraid of ASMP] | *[http://rtcmagazine.com/articles/view/100404 Who's afraid of ASMP] | ||
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| + | *[http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~alum/patriot_bug.html Patriot Missile Software Problem] (Floating point precision) | ||
| + | **[http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/455.f96/disasters.html floating point failure explained] | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 Therac-25] radiation therapy machine failure ([[w:Race condition|Race condition]]) | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_(spacecraft) Ariane 5 failure] (Typecast failure 64 bit float to 16 bit signed integer) | ||
| + | **[http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/455.f96/disasters.html Ariane 5 failure explained] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:33, 8 February 2013
In electronics an embedded system are often defined as "A build-in computer or micro-controller dedicated at performing tasks for the unit they are built in to". For example "the embedded system" controlling the fuel injection on a car engine.
Systems
ASMP/SMP/RTOS
Embedded disasters
- Patriot Missile Software Problem (Floating point precision)
- Therac-25 radiation therapy machine failure (Race condition)
- Ariane 5 failure (Typecast failure 64 bit float to 16 bit signed integer)