Archives: Articles
-
Network Hardware & Internet Communities
MontaVista and QNX Open Up Open-Source Open-source software development is all about community. “Crowd sourcing” of content and talent is all the rage these days,…
-
Programmers Appreciate a Good Stack
Stack size is a matter of personal preference. Most programmers like large, well-endowed stacks that stretch the memory fabric to nearly overflowing. Others like to…
-
Bringing it Together – Some of It Anyway
The EDA world is rife with point solutions. No sooner might you think it’s time to stitch together a unified flow when some new…
-
Altium Goes for the Masses
This week, Altium is introducing a new model for the purchase of electronic design tools, in an attempt to create a grass-roots revolution that will…
-
Selecting the Ideal FPGA Vendor for Military Programs
Evaluating Competing Criteria Developing a system design for government projects typically requires a defense contractor to evaluate and make system decisions based on documents such…
-
Implementing a Multirate Uncompressed Video Interface for Broadcast Applications
Introduction The emergence of the high-definition (HD) 1080p video standard has presented some formidable design challenges for broadcast system engineers. While HD broadcasting now is…
-
But What Does It Mean?
We’ve all been there before. We get handed a design that someone else did, most likely someone that’s no longer around, no longer accessible. Into…
-
Fitting the Tool to the Job
Names are strange, and programming language names can be even stranger. Given the thousands of languages that exist, it is inevitable that there are some…
-
Incremental Synthesis
Hardware designers are a proud and detail-oriented group that takes great personal pride in the product of its efforts. Many engineers are drawn to hardware…
-
Preaching to the Choir
The faithful are easy. An FPGA company rolls out a new line and the bragging begins: “More LUTs, increased Fmax, Shorter PnR runs, faster MGTs!” …