Whether a device is a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, every piece of hardware Apple makes needs to go through several prototype and development stages. Here's what that looks like, and what Apple calls each ...

On numerous occasions we've extolled the virtues of Apple's Hardware Test disc as a first step in investigating potential hardware issues that result in problems with startup, repeated kernel panics, ...

Problems running Apple Hardware test Some users are reporting inexplicable issues with access to the Apple Hardware Test function offered on the Mac OS X Install disc included with Mac Pros. MacFixIt ...

Simulation-driven firmware development decouples code from hardware constraints, enabling earlier testing and faster delivery ...

How can you tell if your software is doing what it’s supposed to? Write some tests and run them every time you change anything. But what if you’re making hardware? [deqing] has your back with the ...

Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) simulation and testing is a cutting-edge methodology that integrates actual power system components with high-fidelity computational models. This approach creates a ...

For years, security researchers and penetration testers have used the open source Metasploit Framework to probe for vulnerabilities, run exploits, and simulate real-world attacks against software and ...

The popular Metasploit hacking kit has been upgraded to tackle today's Internet of Things (IoT) devices, granting researchers the opportunity to scour for bugs in modern vehicles. Rapid7 Research ...

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing is a technique used to develop and test complex real-time embedded systems. HIL simulation provides an effective testing platform by adding the complexity of the ...

My Mac Pro (Early 2008), or macpro3,1, has been having an issue where the screen will shut off and the fans will go into take-off mode. I think I have a bad RAM stick, and I want to run the hardware ...