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Proliferating Programmability in 2014
The ball has dropped, the bubbly sipped, and the resolutions resolved. 2013 has ended, and before us we have a new year, a new universe…
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Glass Interposers
There’s been lots of discussion of the silicon interposer as a way to ease us into the world of 3D-packaged ICs. The silicon interposer is…
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Wag the Cantilever
Everybody’s seen one of those hyper dogs. You know, the little yappy ones that greet you with an intense, boundless energy, spinning like a furry…
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The Year in EDA
2013 is coming to a close, and this is usually a time for reflecting on what’s happened in the past year and what’s going to…
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Europe Takes on the World
Two (relatively) recent announcements from Brussels have made it clear that the European Union is serious about pushing back into the electronics business. One, which…
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Rockin’ It Industrial Style
Are you into heavy metal? Do power generation, motor control, PLCs, robotics, and automation rock your socks off? Does spinning metallica make you want to…
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Imaging Without Lenses
A simple-sounding-yet-bizarre notion has been frequenting certain optical research spots. It’s the concept of a “lens-free” imaging system. I’ve found no mentions that bother to…
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Sensor Hub Partitioning
We recently took a look at Lattice’s approach to sensor hubs. We’ve seen many other ways of implementing sensor hubs in the past, but all…
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Andes Processor Keeps a Low Profile
You know that feeling when you discover a great little restaurant that nobody else knows about? Or listen to a terrific band that’s flying under…
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A Bonus Generation
The FPGA world has a unique obsession with semiconductor process nodes. Every two years or so we witness an epic battle between the two major…