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Lattice Semiconductor And Broadband Technology Form Business Development Partnership
— Broadband will Represent Lattice in the Nordic Market — HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 18, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that Broadband…
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Easily Support WDR CMOS Image Sensor Processing with Low-Cost FPGAs
High-definition (HD) wide dynamic range (WDR) CMOS image sensors are ideal for applications like video surveillance cameras. And for the underlying technology, FPGAs are optimal…
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MachXO PLDs in System Control Designs
Introduction Temperature measurement, current monitoring, power supply sequencing, fan control and fault logging are typical board control functions used in complex circuit designs. System designers are faced…
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Putting Low Power and Flexibility Where It Matters Most: Handheld Portable Applications
In the short span of three decades, electronics have not only proliferated in our world, but have also gotten smaller and more portable. The march of…
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Targeting and Retargeting Guide for Spartan-6 FPGAs
Due to differences in the base architecture of the Spartan-6 device from previous FPGA generations, selection of the right Spartan-6 device for a given design…
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Automotive Top Ten: Ten Points to Consider When Using Logic in Your Next Automotive Design
Actel is a leading supplier of FPGAs to the automotive industry. Actel parts are being used in the most demanding mission-critical systems, such as powertrain and safety subsystems, in…
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Innovating With a Full Spectrum of 40-nm FPGAs and ASICs With Transceivers
Increasing bandwidth requirements for broadband services are driving silicon vendors to use more and more high-speed serial transceivers. Therefore, next-generation applications feature a wide range…
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Understanding Metastability in FPGAs
Metastability is a phenomenon that can cause system failure in digital devices when a signal is transferred between circuitry in unrelated or asynchronous clock domains.…
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Understanding 40-nm FPGA Solutions for SATA/SAS
This white paper describes the SATA and SAS protocols, how the protocols are used, explains the value SATA and SAS in terms of usage in…
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Protecting the FPGA Design From Common Threats
The global estimated loss to counterfeiting is expected to exceed U.S.$1.5 trillion in 2009. Counterfeiting impacts all businesses in all markets, from Gucci handbags to…