A note from the Editor in Chief: Scientific American is celebrating its 166th year. Given its history as the longest continuously published magazine in the U.S., it's probably no surprise that it has ...

Modern CPUs can run in two modes: kernel mode and user mode. When a CPU runs in kernel mode, an extended set of instructions is allowed, as is free access to anywhere in memory and device registers.

In part one of this series, we looked at the PLC’s internal architecture, briefly discussed Ladder Logic programming, Human-Machine Interfaces, advantages of the PLC’s ability to react consistently ...

The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) is designed to efficiently support a wide assortment of data-parallel and task-parallel programming models. A single HSA system can support multiple ...

Jim Hirsch is the associate superintendent for academic and technology services at the Plano (Texas) Independent School District. For years businesses have been using Enterprise Resource Planning ...