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Strategic Considerations for Emerging SoC FPGAs (REVISED)
Semiconductor devices that integrate FPGA fabric, hardened CPU subsystems, and other hardened IP—SoC FPGAs—have reached a tipping point that will lead to their broad proliferation…
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Bringing Light to the Shadows
There’s a reason the bad guys are called “shadowy figures.” They like to hide in the near-darkness – to avoid detection. In the course of…
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Sound Systems
Humans have always communicated by sound. It’s so basic that we take it for granted, whether in our telephones or our stereo systems. By contrast,…
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Getting More Grounded
When doing a digital design, the power network is the last thing you want to worry about. It can’t be that difficult, right? You got…
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Tabula’s Tools in the Cloud
It would be easy to write off Tabula’s announcement that their Stylus FPGA design tool suite will be exclusively available via a cloud-based service as…
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Aloha Time
Hawaii is a different beast. It may be part of the US, but things operate with mindset unfamiliar to the typical go-go American, as you’ll…
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An Android With Real Power
“Danger, danger, Will Robinson!” Cue the synthesized theme music and wave your arms. It’s another episode of Android Development Hour! This week we follow the…
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Out, Damned Spot!
Lurking unseen in CMOS designs, unintended devices may be drawing current. As multiple power domains become common, it’s more likely that unintentional forward-biased diodes are…
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Touch Redux
It’s weird when engineers get all touchy-feely. Yet that’s what’s happening, especially in cell phone design, tablets, and today’s coolest user interfaces. Touch-sensitive screens are…
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Stirring Up Trouble
Ask someone who sells PCB software for Cadence or Mentor Graphics how often they end up competing with Altium for design seats, and you’re likely…