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Moore Passing Zone
There has always been a class of designers for whom the biggest is just not big enough. Despite over two decades of Moore’s-Law-driven progress in…
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Recognizable Gestures
Anyone who thinks humans primarily communicate verbally hasn’t spent much time misinterpreting emails or text messages. Much of our communication load may be carried over…
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Increased Productivity Using Team Design
Xilinx® FPGAs offer up to 2 million logic cells incapacity—and they continue to grow. Designs of thiscomplexity usually require a team of developers, and often,…
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Repeatable Results with Design Preservation
Increasingly, FPGA designs are no longer just the“glue logic” of the past; they are becoming morecomplex every year, often incorporating challengingIP such as PCI Express®…
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Bringing the Good News from Leuven
It is strange sitting indoors on a grey wet day in Belgium — and Belgium does pretty good grey and wet in October — listening…
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Stupid Customers!
Sometimes customers can be the stupidest people. Why do they have such a hard time using simple products? And why are they so allergic to…
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Agile Mixed Signal Addresses Analog Design Challenges
Many diverse electronic systems contain significant analog functionality. The system might need to interface directly to the real world through sensors to monitor and control the environment,…
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IP of Providence
The age of intelligent video is upon us. We’ve all played with the new Kinect devices from Microsoft. We’ve read about lane departure and collision…