Reserving memory moment to moment, as needed, without having to reserve a fixed amount ahead of time. Modern operating systems perform dynamic memory allocation for their own use. They may also ...

Last summer, I wrote a column entitled “Poor reasons for rejecting C++” in which I sought to dispel some misconceptions about C++. 1 Among the many reader comments posted online were some valid ...

As someone who has spent over two decades in the embedded systems industry, I’ve seen the vast evolution of technology—from 8-bit microcontrollers to today’s sophisticated, multicore systems. Yet, one ...

I can do this statically using an '__align(8)' compiler specific directive, but that doesn't really work well for the dynamic objects I'm creating. The alignment is forced by the co-processor I'm ...

A technical paper titled “EDDY: A Multi-Core BDD Package with Dynamic Memory Management and Reduced Fragmentation” was published by researchers at University of Bremen. “In recent years, hardware ...