On the Pocketnow Power User so far this season we’ve talked mainly about hardware. What is the hardware abstraction layer, and why should you care? The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) bridges the gap ...

Nvidia recently published a high-level abstraction layer for the Vulkan API. Dubbed VkHLF (Vulkan High-Level Framework), this new framework aims to simplify the task of creating content for game ...

The transformational impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise technology is unquestionable, but players and spectators alike are waiting to see who will harness its potential. “AI is a massive ...

An abstraction layer (or abstraction level, or a layer of abstraction) is a way of hiding the implementation details of a particular set of functionality. Software models that use layers of ...

Electronic products that use a microcontroller have become so complex today that they commonly use a real-time operating system (RTOS). An RTOS can manage low-level resources and time, improving the ...

Many companies today are adopting the term ‘Software-Defined Data Center.’ Some refer to it as extending the notions of abstraction, pooling and automation to all data center resources – such as the ...

In my last column I asked the question, "Where Did Low Code/No Code Go?" suggesting that platforms enabling business people to move icons around a screen to create applications may have a very short ...

Abstraction is necessary for productivity. Simplicity eases adoption. Technology moves fast because it continually makes the hard things simple so people can move on to new challenges. Technology is ...

All things considered, it’s pretty easy to get one LED is a strip to light up sequentially, and have it bounce back and forth. Turning that simple animation into a real Larson scanner, with smooth ...