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The Future is Clear (ish)
The two big FPGA companies want to be sure that you know they’re ahead. They always have. It isn’t because you really needed to know,…
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Thanks Four the Memories
This is a tale of two memories, and it is brought to you by the number 4. These two memories don’t necessarily know each other,…
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A-RM-D
They say there’s a fine line between insanity and genius. And to be honest, I’m not sure which side I’m on. Which side AMD is…
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The Path to Acceleration
Every hardware designer knows that a von Neumann machine (a traditional processor) is a model of computational inefficiency. The primary design goal of the architecture…
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Going With the (Fluid) Flow
Quiz time. There’s a “high-tech” technology that has a very unusual asymmetry about it. In one application area, it ships enormous volumes to consumers and…
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10 Ways to Effectively Debug your FPGA Design
Today’s FPGAs implement the equivalent of millions of ASIC gates and continue to grow in size and complexity. With the increasing amount of time designers…
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Windows: 8 Users: 0
The worldwide rollout of Windows 8 has just happened, and I can’t stop thinking of an impolite word that begins with cluster—. Like a lot…
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Tektronix Shakes Up Prototyping
FPGAs are clearly the go-to technology for prototyping large ASIC/SoC designs. Whether you’re custom-designing your own prototype, using an off-the-shelf prototyping board, or plunking down…
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Dogboning the Dogbones
A dozen or so years ago, chipmakers ran into an issue. Features on chips were getting too small to print, and fundamental changes in how…
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It Doesn’t Matter How Big Your Pen Is
Touch-screen interfaces are all the rage these days. In fact, they’re starting to look like a requirement. Certainly for consumer items like smartphones and tablets,…