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Bumping Up Battery Life
In the world of mobile devices, power is king. Sure, cost is important as well. Engineering teams will drive themselves silly trying to shave pennies…
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Two Conversations at Once
Two can be a really useful number. In fact, if the goal is minimal plurality, then two is optimal. I mean, just think about it.…
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A New Angle on Old-School Writing
Left-handers have been handed a disadvantage when it comes to Western scripts. For right-handed people, you get to see not only what you’re writing, but…
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Achieving Lowest System Cost with Midrange 28 nm FPGAs
Increased capability does not have to increase your cost. Arria V FPGAs provide the highest bandwidth and the most hard IP at the lowest price.…
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And Tomorrow, the World
There is a new international standard, and the world of automotive electronics must now change irreversibly. ISO 26262 was published a couple of weeks ago,…
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Using External Memory Interfaces to Achieve Efficient High-Speed Memory Solutions
Because a fast and robust memory interface is crucial for many designers, Altera provides the fastest, most efficient, and lowest latency memory controllers, which allow…
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Lattice Leaps Ahead
One might think that a launch of a new 65nm FPGA family these days would be an anachronism. After all, haven’t we been flooded for…
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Necessary and Sufficient?
Chip testing is always a delicate balance between testing enough and not testing too much. In reality, you want to find the “necessary and sufficient”…
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Are You Covered?
LDRA issued a press release sometime back on their work with the Mathworks; I addressed the overall topic at the time, but there was something…