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Employing an I/O Interlocutor
It used to be so simple. PLDs provided a medium by which you could create and modify logic without having to make any board changes.…
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Shortening the Rope
Once upon a time, a man was given a rope and was told that it would be useful for many things. That most anything could…
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Sticking to Plan
Floorplanning has become an important step in SoC design because it lets designers and managers get an early sense of what can be accomplished on…
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New Toys
When you are exposed to around 40 companies presenting their latest and greatest products or philosophy, it is sometimes a little difficult to keep the…
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New Kid in Class
There’s a new kid in class. We’ve all been through this scenario before. All the players are comfortable in their established roles. The leader tries…
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Trans-Acting Lessons
It is not a notable occurrence for me to find myself confused at any given moment on any given topic. However, finding that I’m not…
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Avoid FPGA Project Delays by Adopting Advanced Design Methodologies
Introduction Over two-fifths of FPGA design projects fall behind schedule. In order to reduce risk of delay of product delivery, changes need to be made…
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Not Bad Die
We always thought we knew how it would go down. Under cover of darkness, our black-clad insertion team would rappel down the walls of the…
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Shared Responsibility
Let’s face it: multi-threading has created some pains in the… well, as Forrest would say, butt-tox. You used to be able to write code assuming…
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Ten- Step Program
Power has become a key design consideration for SoCs in pretty much any application. We’ve looked at some ways of reducing power in past articles,…