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XMOS xCore-200 Wants to Replace Peripherals
Oftentimes, the decision comes down to “FPGA or ASIC.” But what if the decision was “FPGA or microprocessor?” That’s essentially the value proposition from XMOS,…
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Intel Plus Altera
There has been rampant speculation this week on rumors that Intel is in negotiations to buy Altera – in a deal that should be worth…
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It’s EUV Season Again
I know, I know, you’re all at the edge of your seats, wondering if it’s ok to start designing assuming EUV lithography. Actually… I suppose…
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TI MCU Goes 32-Bit
Spring is sprung. The grass is riz. I wonder where the chips they is. – Justifiably Anonymous Springtime means growth. Growth means change. Change means…
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HLS is the New Black
It’s been more than twenty years since I started working on high-level synthesis (HLS). You might say I’ve studied the topic a lot. For most…
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A Low-Power Gyro – For Real
We (or, at least, most of us) don’t have fancy navigational gadgets in our cars. (Your phone doesn’t count.) We expect the planes we fly…
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Programming Dark Matter
One of the many charms of the x86 processor architecture is its fantastically complex memory-management unit. First-time programmers fall to their knees, quailing in fear,…
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Software Defines Everything
The world of system design used to be a simple place. Hardware engineers designed hardware, and software engineers wrote software. The hardware folks sat in…
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Midrange Embedded Memory for Analog
Memory comes in many flavors. That’s because it’s used for so many different things, and requirements vary widely. We’re used to DRAMs, which we need…
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Safety ‘n’ Security
The scene: A hotel breakfast room. There are several groups, mostly of men wearing the same logo-marked polo shirt, or matching ties, speaking English and…