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Like Flash, But Different
As status symbols go, memory chips are about as low as you can get. Even in the nerdy world of embedded chips and software, memories…
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The Twitter of Things?
The internet has been a massive game-changer for humanity. It started as a way for people to get information, then a quicker way to communicate,…
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Building ‘Image Format Conversion’ Designs for Broadcast Systems
Image format conversion is commonly implemented within various broadcast infrastructure systems such as servers, switchers, head-end encoders, and specialty studio displays. At the basic level,…
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Kicking a Dead Horse
Imagine seeing the following copy in a modern ad: “The new BMW 5-series sedan outperforms the horse and buggy in every important way. Your family…
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Finding Waldo
Hey Mike… Come here a sec… We need your help. Sure. What is it? Need you to find someone. OK… who and where? Name’s Waldo.…
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Quantum of Solids
The speed of light is a bitch. In America we like to think there are no limits. That’s what allowed the pioneers to conquer the…
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Safe, Secure, and ARMed
It’s a tough world out there. Bad guys try to hack into our computers and embedded systems. Even without the hackers, systems sometimes just crash.…
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Retro Revolution
Retro is the new new. Here in the age of ubiquitous high technology, styles and tastes have turned to the past. Vintage clothing, automobiles from…
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Reducing Test Time and Cost for an Advanced Wireless Device
Designing wireless infrastructure chips at 65 nm and below introduced subtle failure mechanisms previously unobserved at larger process nodes. These new failure mechanisms, along with…
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Using Power and Integrity in the Same Sentence
Power is seductive. It has attracted the attention of universities, designers, tool vendors, journalists, and anyone who wants to be anyone in the silicon and…