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  • Solar Cell Energy Harvesting System Manager

    Helsinki, Finland – 02 November 2011 – Micro Analog Systems Oy today announced the MAS6011 Solar Cell Energy Harvesting System Manager. MAS6011 monitors the supply…

  • Automotive Driver Assistance Systems: Using the Processing Power of FPGAs

    Automotive electronic content is continuing to grow at a robust pace, due in large part to consumer demand for safety, comfort, convenience, and entertainment. In…

  • Addressing the Graphics Revolution for Automotive Instrumentation Design Using FPGAs

    Since the early 1990s, developers of advanced DA systems have striven to provide a safer, more convenient driving experience. Over the past two decades, DA features such…

  • When I’m Sixty-Four

    When I’m Sixty-Four

    Will you still need me / Will you still feed me / When I’m 64? Ah, ARM has finally grown up. Time to join the…

  • Surgical Superpowers

    Surgical Superpowers

    While I’ve never done a survey of engineering superhero preferences, I’d have to guess (based on empirical evidence) that Batman is near the top of…

  • Where is EDA Going?

    Where is EDA Going?

    In 1999, DAC (the Design Automation Conference) was in New Orleans. The industry was at the height of its growth, and, when you got off…

  • Smart, Scalable Debugging with ZeBu

    Modern SOC realization requires a development effort beyond that of traditional hardware verification. Creating a complete application-ready SOC platform now includes pre-tapeout software validation and hardware/software…

  • Beyond the Hype: MIPS® – the Processor for MCUs

    A market leader in the Digital Home and Networking sectors, MIPS has adapted its industry-standard MIPS32® architecture to address the requirements of 32-bit microcontroller (MCU)…

  • Will Intel Make It In Mobile?

    Will Intel Make It In Mobile?

    If you ask the average person to name the world’s biggest computer chip company they’ll say Intel. In reality, Intel makes only about 2% of…

  • Achieving 1066-MHz DDR3 Performance With Advanced Silicon and Memory IP

    FPGA applications are demanding higher memory bandwidth and greater performance. To meet these requirements, we offer external memory solutions that are faster, better, and easier…