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Easily Create PCIe-Based Designs for FPGAs
When implementing high-bandwidth PCI Express® (PCIe®) designs on FPGAs, success is never guaranteed. You want to spend your time creating custom logic that differentiates your design…
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Better See-Thru Technology
[Editor’s note: this is the third in a series of articles derived from a session at this year’s ISSCC that focused on sensors and energy…
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Never Recharge Your Shoes Again
Don’t you hate it when you have to change the batteries in your shoes? What a nuisance: you’re all set to go jogging when the…
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The Only Chip
We all have the same vision — right? Look waaaaay out there in the future. Fuzz your eyes a bit. Oh, that hurts? Well, don’t…
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An Offer of Surrender
The West is not known for its capacity for nuance. Especially in the US, we excel at black-and-white thinking. You’re either with us or against…
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Overcome Copper Limits with Optical Interfaces
With today’s high-bandwidth, low-latency devices and associated applications—such as smart phones, tablets, HDTV, and 3DTV—computer and network system vendors endeavor to deliver systems that don’t…
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Transistors versus Heroin
The whole purpose of designing new computers, gadgets, and gizmos is to sell them. I think we can all agree on that. Unless you’re employed…
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Piles of Cash – and Other Stories
Succeeding as an FPGA startup is hard. And, by “hard” we mean completely impossible. The odds are terrible; the opposition is staggering. The requirements for…
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Upstairs Downstairs
Navigating Amsterdam’s picturesque waterways can be a chill way to see the town (weather permitting… sometimes the chill can be a bit too literal). Many…
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Smart Braces
[Editor’s note: this is the second in a series of articles derived from a session at this year’s ISSCC that focused on sensors and energy…