Efficiently measure DDR3 signal integrity
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2011-07-26 |
| Learn how to reduce the signal integrity capture and measurement time by a factor of 10 as compared to the active probing methods. |
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| IP devt, FPGA prototyping with SystemC/TLM
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2009-03-18 |
| Here's a design flow that starts with highly abstracted models to cycle RTL models of IP. |
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| Trade-offs of lock-free programming for multi-core
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2011-09-01 |
| Know the caveats of doing resource sharing efficiently without locks in a multi-core environment. |
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| UMC, Photobit target handset, still-camera
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2001-03-01 |
| United Microelectronics Corp. said it has readied a special CMOS image sensor process for a twin assault on the digital still-camera and cellphone camera markets. |
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| Measure quality in semiconductor IP
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2009-01-13 |
| Here's an approach for communicating design intent and measuring IP quality that's rooted in how design is done. |
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| Cell balancing to maximize battery packs capacity
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2004-01-01 |
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| A history of developments in programmability
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2010-09-03 |
| DSPs are showing some strong trends. This article discusses the authors' thoughts on the trends in the coming years. |
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| Important principles for practical analogue BIST
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2011-08-01 |
| Understand the principles of analogue BIST remain, which are still a mystery to most engineers, especially analogue-circuit designers. |
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| Extending hybrid/EV battery packs' lifetime (Part 2)
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2012-01-04 |
| Here's a look at the control algorithm and the results of lab tests. |
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| Easing embedded processing development (Part 6)
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2011-09-20 |
| Here's the last instalment of this series that tackles embedded software design and the considerations to aid with embedded processor design. Part 6 looks into the security issues involved in embedded design. |
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| Achieve cache coherence in MIPS32 multi-core design
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2008-12-01 |
| Read about design methods for facilitating design reuse centred on an open standard. |
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| iPod Nano clone offers some extras
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2009-03-16 |
| Unravel the maze of confusing supply-chain players found in Esolo MP4, a second-gen iPod Nano clone. |
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| Simplify design with multi-core processors using hardware-based virtualisation
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2011-07-19 |
| Using hardware-implemented virtualisation, developers can offload queue and traffic management to boost application efficiency, maximise resource throughput, reduce latency, and increase system reliability. |
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| Automate formal verification for OCP
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2008-07-15 |
| This article discusses the automation of FV for bus protocols like Open Core Protocol (OCP). |
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| Shorten test time with package-based MBIST strategy
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2010-07-20 |
| Test time is a significant component of ASIC cost. It needs to be minimized and yet has to have maximum coverage to ensure zero-defect scenario for an automotive application. |
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| Is gesture recognition leading the way to 3D UIs?
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2012-02-09 |
| Know the issues surrounding gesture recognition in 3D interaction and the techniques to overcome them. |
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| A primer on power line communication
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2012-01-02 |
| In this overview of power line communication, we discuss its segments, applications, and challenges. |
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| Perform high-speed, low-cost prototyping of ASIC designs
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2009-10-30 |
| A "typical" ASIC design cycle is in the order of 9 to 18 months, while the window of opportunity for the introduction of a product using this device can be as little as two to four months. |
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| Configuring digital, analogue components into the PSoC 3 device
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2010-06-17 |
| Embedded designs should be more than a collection of microcontrollers and discrete components, pulled together by board design tools and software development environments. |
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| How formal MDV can take out IP integration uncertainty
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2012-01-25 |
| Find out how the formal metric-driven verification methodology and technologies can eliminate integration uncertainty through the automatic generation of Accellera-defined coverage metrics. |
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| Emulation or prototyping for silicon success?
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2001-04-15 |
| With the high-stakes financial and time-to-market risks involved in designing ICs, which verification method is necessary for first-pass silicon success? |
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| Uncovering the mysterious A5
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2011-05-02 |
| Here's a closer look at Apple's A5, the second-generation processor that powers the iPad 2. |
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| Reconsidering home network connections
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2009-08-18 |
| Bear in mind the possibilities of emerging home networking standards. It is to your advantage to be part of the home networking community. |
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| Simulate RFIC designs with substrate parasitics
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2008-09-29 |
| Prepare and correlate substrate parasitics for 65nm low-power RF CMOS applications. |
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| Smart partitioning in WiMAX radios shows design challenges (2)
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2006-10-20 |
| This second part in a series will show why a digital interface offers a ?smarter?system partitioning for some communications systems. |
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| Measuring multi-core performance, power efficiency
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2010-07-12 |
| Power management has often used the speed/power ratio metric (Mhz per Watt) as a measure of performance/power efficiency. |
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| Choose the right multi-processor development tools for power efficiency
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2008-10-08 |
| One of the reasons in using a multi-core device in an embedded application is power efficiency. |
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| Employ drowsy cores to reduce power in multi-core SoCs
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2011-07-11 |
| Learn about a cascading power management technique that steers tasks to a smaller number of cores during non-peak activity periods so that the idle cores can enter a minimal-power or "drowsy" state. |
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| DVD recorder systems present complex design challenges
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2004-07-16 |
| DVD recorder systems present complex design challenges |
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| UWB video streaming in laryngoscopes
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2008-10-01 |
| This article describes a WiMedia-compliant UWB media access controller realised with the AT91CAP9S metal mask customisable MCU from Atmel. Certain features make it suitable for handling high-quality video wireless transmission in a battery powered portable medical instrument. |
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