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Mixing it Right for Mixed Signal
Clearly there is a real and growing demand for mixed-signal devices. Technology advances are ensuring high-performance analog-rich designs can be fabricated more cost effectively. The…
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At the Dawn of the Universe
We take a lot for granted in this world. When we got here, stuff was more or less just working. We’ve managed to bend a…
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Facts & Figures
It’s a slow news day here at Embedded Technology Journal, so we’re taking this summertime opportunity to review a bit of our world by numbers.…
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Throwing Down the Gauntlet
Aldec is offering a full-blown, mixed-language HDL simulator for $1995. It might seem strange to have a feature article about a price reduction. After all,…
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That’s with a “B”
From the day we are old enough to articulate polysyllabisms, we are fascinated with big numbers. The concept of “big,” of course, being relative. Some…
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So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship and innovation are all about zigging while everyone else zags. You’ve got your engineering skills down, but what about that dreaded word, marketing? In…
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That’s with a “B”
From the day we are old enough to articulate polysyllabisms, we are fascinated with big numbers. The concept of “big,” of course, being relative. Some…
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Taming Variability
Back in the dark ages, when I first moved into the semiconductor realm, I used to compare the process geometries with the thickness of a…
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A Measure of Respect
Ours is a networked world. Anything that’s anything is connected to the Internet. No matter how unrelated, things somehow manage to get from here to…
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Modular Linux
A lot of press releases that drop into my email in-box are often, to be totally objective, pretty run of the mill. Naturally, I know…