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15 Billion Nodes, and 8 Bits
If you want to see the embedded industry out in force, forget San Jose and Boston – book a ticket to Nuremberg for the first…
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Superlative Soup
Many of us who wound up in engineering-related careers were fascinated with technology as kids. Whether we were reading about cars, airplanes, computers, or hi-fi…
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Showing Your True Corners
A lot has been written about the increasing difficulty of optimizing a design as process dimensions have become increasingly minute. Not only is it harder…
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Playing “What If…” With Multicore Processors
Multicore processors are upon us, but how much do they really help? If your boss were to ask you right now, “how much faster will…
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How Physical Synthesis Enables FPGA Design Productivity
As FPGAs increase in density, system designers are using these increased densities to the maximum by creating larger and more complex designs. These large designs…
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GateRocket Blasts Off
The system is both elegant and enigmatic. When visitors see the RocketDrive sitting on your lab bench (particularly if it is plugged into the handsome…
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Emulate This!
When each chip you design is going to cost you millions in mask charges and other associated fees, and when any mistake in such a…
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Scopes
If you are really up-to-date on what is happening in the world of oscilloscopes, then I am afraid that this Embedded Technology Journal Update is…
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A Synthesis & Partitioning Strategy for Effective Multi-FPGA Prototyping
Introduction Prototyping an ASIC, ASSP, or SoC onto a single FPGA is not without its challenges. You have to deal with differences in ASIC and…
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FPGAs and the IC Bubble
Exponentials are exciting! Anything in the real world that follows an exponential curve is a recipe for increased adrenalin production. If we’re bopping along in…