Billion-transistor full-custom designs
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2006-09-17 |
| Read about power integrity issues in today's advanced designs and the unique challenges of full-custom designs. |
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| Open source hardware
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2002-12-02 |
| This technical article discusses how open-source techniques in hardware design are still impossible to achieve with the current technology available to engineers. |
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| Single-mask simplicity needed for SoC
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2001-06-01 |
| The move to multimillion-gate chips made it necessary to adopt design-reuse strategies for new SoC devices. |
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Design power-aware FPGAs, Part 3
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2009-03-31 |
| Here are some techniques to eliminate or reduce the propagation of unnecessary glitches. |
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Take advantage of GPIB capabilities
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2008-11-18 |
| Learn about new extensions of the General Purpose Interface Bus and their inetgration into hardware framework. |
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Spot solder joint faults in operating FPGAs
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2009-04-16 |
| Read about a tool for direct, in-situ measurement of prognostic indicators of faults in operating solder joint networks. |
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| Logic suppliers seek ways to embed FPGAs
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2001-03-01 |
| Driven by the convergence of communications, computing and consumer applications, SoC design complexity increases the time required to bring competitive products to market, putting a premium on design speed and flexibility. |
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Addressing MCU GPIO scaling wall with FPGAs
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2009-09-14 |
| MCUs play a variety of different but equally important roles in almost every electronics application imaginable. Inexpensive, easy to use and well understood, MCUs are an integral part of a design engineer's toolkit. |
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Using reference designs in implementing low, high frequency ADCs
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2010-04-08 |
| Designers of digital systems are familiar with implementing the "leftovers" of their digital design by using FPGAs and CPLDs to glue together various processors, memories and standard function components on their PCB. |
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Fine tune point-of-load regulation in DTVs
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2008-10-28 |
| Read about Point-of-Load regulators and the unique requirements of bus termination voltages. |
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| Complex SoCs breed new design strategies
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2001-03-01 |
| Building effective system-on-chip (SoC) devices are nudging electronic engineers and designers today as they are asked to confront the diverse circuit types that can coexist on a single chip. |
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Lower the cost of intelligent power control through FPGAs
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2007-12-02 |
| Combining a programmable solution with an industry-standard processor core can save time, money, and real estate. |
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Lower the cost of intelligent power control with FPGAs
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2007-12-15 |
| Combining a programmable solution with an industry-standard processor core can save time, money, and real estate. |
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Transform silicon with dynamic reconfiguration
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2009-01-12 |
| Dynamic reconfiguration allows better resource utilisation by configuring new functions to meet the demands of a task. |
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Designing modern FPGAs' power supplies
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2010-01-13 |
| This article discusses in detail the considerations that you must consider when designing modern FPGAs' power supplies. |
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| Flow is shaky for programmable SoCs
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2001-03-01 |
| Programmable SoC designs are becoming the trend of the future thanks to the greater density of today's programmable devices and the availability of efficient microprocessors. Unfortunately the CAD flows for these devices are far from being robust. |
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Design software radio systems using FPGAs (2)
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2007-03-21 |
| This is the second part of a series that discusses the strengths of FPGAs and how they can be optimally used in software radio systems. |
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| Discovering the ideal multi-processing tile
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2011-09-06 |
| Read about a project launched to identify a promising multi-processor "tile" that could act as a building block for many-core designers. |
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| Synthesis route starts with instructions
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2001-05-01 |
| General-purpose instruction processors have dominated computing for a long time. However, the need to customize instruction processors for specific applications is now acute in embedded systems. |
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Video encoding for H.264 surveillance
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2009-03-05 |
| Know the architectural advantages of FPGAs for low-cost, yet high-performance video processing applications. |
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RapidIO and PCI Express: so similar, yet so different
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2003-04-16 |
| RapidIO and PCI Express: so similar, yet so different |
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| Techniques for using latches
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2011-08-15 |
| Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of latches over flip flops. |
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Moving to a discrete Serdes solution for 4G
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2010-02-16 |
| As network equipment manufacturers build up infrastructure for 4G, there will be an ever-increasing demand for high serial data rates between the radio equipment control and radio equipment in distributed base station architecture deployment. |
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| HW/SW co-dev't with focus on software
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2012-01-13 |
| Here's a discussion on the problems of hardware/software co-development from the point of view of the software designer. |
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| Sensor, processing at heart of DSLR
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2007-10-04 |
| DSLR cameras have improved drastically in performance over the past year alone, but Camera manufacturers are forced to trade resolution for the noise associated with shrinking pixel size. |
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Employ object-oriented MATLAB for DSP
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2009-02-20 |
| Know the object-oriented programming features of MATLAB and how they can be leveraged for DSP development. |
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| Sensor, processing at heart of DSLR
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2007-10-04 |
| DSLR cameras have improved drastically in performance over the past year alone, but Camera manufacturers are forced to trade resolution for the noise associated with shrinking pixel size. |
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| Go beyond LTE requirements, goals
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2008-12-26 |
| LTE presents a number of lofty goals, creating challenges for technology and service providers, and equipment manufacturers. |
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Design video colour converters with mixed-signal ASICs
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2008-09-24 |
| A via-configurable approach to mixed-signal ASIC design delivers the benefits of full-custom integration without the associated costs, time delays and risks. |
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| Implement safety features in industrial system designs
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2012-02-01 |
| Know how prequalified FPGAs save substantial time in achieving product certification as worldwide safety standard requirements become increasingly complex. |
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