| Fundamentals of core-based FPGA design (Part 1)
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2011-08-22 |
| The first instalment of this series provides an overview of FPGA processor core types—firm, hard and soft—and the pros and cons that need to be evaluated in the context of an embedded system's requirements. |
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| Moving active components inside the board
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2006-07-03 |
| Shrinking PCB real estate has spurred research into embedding electronic components within the board. Tom Adams describes the work of a consortium led by the Fraunhofer Institute. |
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Making virtual prototyping better than designing with hardware (Part 2)
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2010-06-28 |
| By using virtual prototypes through the entire development process, higher quality products can be created in less time. |
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| Hurdling the issues of IC reliability
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2010-03-25 |
| Advanced short-geometry CMOS processes are subject to ageing that causes major reliability issues, degrading the performance of ICs over time. This article describes the industrial challenges associated with accurate modelling of ageing problems, with a particular emphasis on NBTI. |
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| Post-silicon validation methodology for DSPs
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2008-11-11 |
| Read about post-silicon validation that is carried out on the first fabricated ICs with a true system built around it. |
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| Do we really need Agile hardware development?
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2011-10-27 |
| Here's an article that tackles whether the values and principles that guide agile software teams should similarly guide SoC teams. |
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| Verification IP reuse for complex networking ASICs
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2008-09-18 |
| Here is a verification environment that lays down the methodology blueprint for future ASIC verification projects and stretches the boundary of IP reuse. |
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| Virtual vehicle: Wiring harnesses
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2009-03-23 |
| Here's a methodology that contains the necessary steps to ensure the creation of robust wiring harnesses. |
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| Benefits of hardware abstraction layers
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2011-11-14 |
| Find out how hardware abstraction layers can be used to reduce much of the risk, cost, and time associated with developing, maintaining, and updating a test system. |
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| Technique probes deep-submicron test
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2000-12-01 |
| This technology news article describes the latest Agilent Technology technique for conducting deep-submicron test schemes. |
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| Maximise high-speed signal integrity, Part 2
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2009-03-30 |
| Read about the key principles that can guide the development of PCBs and backplanes. |
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| Performing high-level synthesis
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2010-03-11 |
| It is vitally important to verify the design before performing high-level synthesis, not after. It is not effective to synthesise a design that does not work. |
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| Verification challenges of embedded memory devices
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2006-08-14 |
| This article discusses the verification challenges faced by embedded memory designers as the technology moves towards integration. |
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| Managing power in programmable SoC
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2011-07-25 |
| Here are some low power concepts associated with shutting down power to blocks in a chip. |
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| Analog, mixed-signal design flow found wanting
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2001-06-16 |
| Different views cloud the current analog/mixed-signal design flow issue and should stop concentrating on the problem but find a lasting solution for the industry to further prosper. |
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| The basics of constructing FPGA
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2008-01-01 |
| A sound knowledge of the FPGA development process enables technical leads, supervisors, managers, or systems engineers interface with FPGA designers more efficiently. |
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| Syntax raises RTL abstraction level
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2001-05-16 |
| A University of Toronto professor has proposed a new RTL abstraction syntax that he claimed can be implemented by a modest extension to traditional imperative programming languages. |
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| Back to the basics: The art of algorithm implementation
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2005-10-11 |
| The article discusses how a common interface performing interactive algorithm design decreases inefficiencies and provides a single programming platform to design, prototype and deploy intelligent devices. |
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| Improving quality of aerospace design
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2009-07-02 |
| Know how to achieve design efficiency through the reuse of models across various phases of the design process. |
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| Emulation solves verification challenge
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2007-12-16 |
| Sun Microsystems shares experiences of latest generation hardware-based verification systems used to develop its recently launched Ultrasparc T2 processor. |
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| Validating netlist reduction, circuit extraction
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2010-01-15 |
| A review of the existing techniques as well as a merciless way to doubtlessly validate netlist reduction and circuit extraction are presented in this technical article. |
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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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| Verifying automatically generated flight code
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2011-11-23 |
| Know how to measure code efficiency and perform code verification activities using MATLAB and Simulink product family Release 2011b, featuring the Embedded Coder for flight code generation. |
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| Using LTE on FPGAs
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2009-02-19 |
| Read about LTE's features and know how FPGA may address the increased processing demands of this specification. |
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| Verification firm starts partners program
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2001-04-15 |
| Seeking deeper integrations with third-party EDA tools, Verisity Design Inc. announced its Verisity Interoperability Partners (VIP) program. This technical article discusses that program and its effect to the EDA industry. |
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| The benefits of virtualised systems development
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2010-02-19 |
| Virtualised systems development enables 'impossible' approaches to the development of electronic systems. The benefits extend across nearly every phase of product life cycle. |
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| Nonlinear VNA for high-power amp characterisation
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2010-12-13 |
| Read about a nonlinear vector network analyzer may be used to measure the nonlinear characteristics of a high-power amplifier. |
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| Understand verification coverage with formal analysis
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2011-05-02 |
| Know how formal coverage can be used to evaluate constraints and proofs. |
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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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| The need for software component testing
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2009-07-29 |
| This article addresses the need for the software component testing in embedded systems because software now makes up 90 per cent of the value of the embedded system devices. |
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