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Designing Down Power
Now that it is officially OK to use FPGAs in battery-powered devices, we’re seeing two groups of designers converging on the low-power FPGA design topic. …
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New Kid in Class
He doesn’t just slip quietly into the back of the classroom. He sits sideways in his desk, fidgets nervously, and makes the other kids ill-at-ease. …
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FPGAs Control Graphics and Video in Embedded Systems
As I sit at my desk, there are six LCD displays within one meter of my chair: cell phone, desk phone, thermometer, calculator, laptop and…
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MicroBlazing Away
“No, but this one is really important.” We editors are endlessly bombarded by battalions of bulldozing PR professionals trying to cleverly coax us into crafting…
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FPGA BASE Jump
Louis walked the last flight of stairs to the roof with his gear in tow. Sebastian followed him and helped check the rigging. Louis got…
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MIPS Mulls Microcontrollers
The processor IP market isn’t just about processors anymore. A number of companies make outstanding processor core IP, but getting design teams to engineer those…
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Duct Tape, FPGAs, and the Art of Making Great Multi-Purpose Tools
Most engineers will agree that duct tape is an excellent multi-purpose tool. This wonder product has been used for everything from giving tennis balls the…
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BOM Blast
The age of big, expensive, power-hungry FPGAs is now officially over. Of course, FPGA companies still make devices with three (and even four) digit price…
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GMACs GAP
Multiplication is our big problem. We need to multiply. We need to multiply integers. We need to multiply fixed-point numbers. We need to multiply floating…
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Teaching them to Fish
We’ll finally admit it. Designing with FPGAs is hard. We hear all the marketing pitches – you download the free software, plug in the development…