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  • Moving Toward the Light

    Moving Toward the Light

    Copper is a problem. As individuals require increasing amounts of bandwidth, the challenges of the infamous “last mile” start to hit closer to home.  With…

  • Architectural Power Intent

    Architectural Power Intent

    Intent matters. Not as much as results, but it does matter. And it should drive results. These days, higher levels of design abstraction make it…

  • The World of Thin Films

    The World of Thin Films

    Most of us have grown up in a world where circuits are embedded in sand. But some of you more sensitive types may have been…

  • Xilinx DSP Targeted Design Platforms Deliver Performance, Price, Power, and Productivity

    Digital signal processing (DSP) design starts have surpassed every other segment of the processing arena. Consequently, the demand for differentiated value in every aspect of DSP design has…

  • Making Things

    Making Things

    Most of us got into engineering because we like making things.  There is a visceral satisfaction that comes from the process of creating a new…

  • Between a Rock and a Soft Place

    Between a Rock and a Soft Place

    Do you really want what’s good for you? As engineers, we’re trained to find the best solution to a set of problems. Granted, the definition…

  • Fish and Fowl

    Fish and Fowl

    Mechanics and electronics have historically lived far apart. To do the former, you go get a mechanical engineering degree, which has very little in common…

  • FPGA Plug-and-Play Design with the AXI-4 Common Interconnect

    This video offers details of Xilinx support for the AXI-4 Common Interconnect and highlights the benefits of increased designer productivity, greater IP availability, and extended…

  • Empowering the Virtual Cluster

    In this video, Nick Difiore explains how the capabilities of Xilinx FPGAs allow a switch from mechanical to electronic displays. 

  • Hierarchical Design Using Synopsys and Xilinx FPGAs

    Complex design issues can be addressed using block-based flows where working blocks can be preserved at the netlist level, and optionally at the placement or even the routing…