Jan 15, 2020 | Blog
We frequently discuss compiler qualification and its importance in making sure that your safety-critical components work properly and adhere to safety standards. But what actually is compiler qualification? How does it work? In essence, as far as most functional...
Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
It’s the end of another decade. One that saw supercomputer performance grow by a factor of 100, so Moore’s law is still going strong. Almost as old as Moore’s law, the C language and SuperTest are also alive and kicking. With the recent C18 and SuperTest Vermeer...
Nov 4, 2019 | Blog
Open-source software is everywhere – in the global IT infrastructure, in our PCs and in our cars. On the other hand, open-source hardware is far less visible. With the emergence of RISC-V that may be about to change. While we see great potential for open-source...
Oct 9, 2019 | Blog
The realisation that qualified compilers are a necessity in the development of safety-critical applications is finally hitting home in the automotive industry. Yet not every company has the capacity to qualify a compiler themselves for their specific configuration and...
Sep 18, 2019 | Blog
As programmers, we all make mistakes. Writing first-time-right C or C++ code is very unusual. One important function of a compiler is to spot these errors, issue diagnostics and prevent object code generation. If a compiler fails to detect source code errors they will...
Sep 4, 2019 | Blog
It may sound as too obvious, but there is a big difference between the source code and the compiler generated code for an application. For one, compiler generated code is more complicated, because it often includes duplicated, and specialized, source code. So, why is...
