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A beginner-friendly, comprehensive guide to understanding CPU, GPU, and NPU: what they do, how they differ, their architecture, real-world use cases, pros and cons, and when to use each for your project. Perfect for engineers and developers.
Complete guide to DMA controllers in embedded systems: how Direct Memory Access works, when to use it, DMA modes and transfer types, practical configuration examples, and common pitfalls to avoid in production code.
Deep-dive into DMIPS vs MIPS: what Dhrystone measures, why MIPS alone is misleading, how to interpret DMIPS specifications in MCU datasheets, and what these metrics actually tell you about real-world performance.
A short practical guide to reduce embedded Linux boot time by removing unnecessary drivers/modules and freeing system resources correctly.
A short and practical guide to Linux process prioritization with nice, renice, ionice, chrt, and CPU affinity commands.
A practical engineer-friendly guide to CPU and MCU performance metrics in embedded systems. Learn what MHz, MIPS, DMIPS, CoreMark, CoreMark/MHz, and FLOPS really mean, when they help, when they mislead, and how to select the right processor for real workloads.
