Part two explains the workings of the JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) boundary-scan technology. In software development, perhaps the most critical, yet least predictable stage in the process is debugging. Many ...

Back in the day, we'd write some code, compile, execute, see what happened and repeat. That was testing. (Sometimes that's still what testing looks like, for better or worse.) Today, we can do a lot ...

Testing is an integral and important part of any software development cycle, open or closed, and Linux kernel is no exception to that. Developer testing, integration testing, regression, and stress ...

Regular readers may have gathered that I’m old, even though Network World is still using a picture of me from 10 years ago when I started writing this column in 2000. Certainly the (mostly) 18 to 22 ...

When it comes to testing your websites there's no such thing as too many developer tools. For example, we routinely test sites in both Firebug and WebKit's developer tools. True, they're very similar, ...

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On-chip debug is rapidly becoming the method of choice for developing and integrating system-on-chip (SoC) application code. More recently it has become a popular resource to aid in presilicon ...

Debug consumes more time than any other aspect of the chip design and verification process, and it adds uncertainty and risk to semiconductor development because there are always lingering questions ...

Mozilla is testing a new feature in Firefox called Time Travel Debugging. The feature is aimed at developers and is currently only available in the latest version of Firefox Nightly for Mac. The new ...

Back in the day, we'd write some code, compile, execute, see what happened and repeat. That was testing. (Sometimes that's still what testing looks like, for better or worse.) Today, we can do a lot ...