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Cheap Chip-Keeping
System Management has historically been a topic of concern for high-end systems. For designers of low-cost, single-board applications, “system management” often consisted of a couple…
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Imagine Cup 2007
Last year, we looked at the amazing embedded design achievements of student teams in Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Student Challenge. On impossibly short schedules, and with…
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FPOAs Meet the Challenges of H.264 Encoding of High Definition Video
Introduction Insatiable demand for high definition video and rapidly proliferating video production and distribution methods are driving the need for advanced video encoding and compression…
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I/O-topia
Last week we examined the legacy of the LUT – the basic building block that defines the very fabric of FPGAs. Surprisingly, however, the primary…
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Where am I?
A “computer” used to be a system in and of itself. It was a device whose primary purpose was computing. We are all familiar with…
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FP?A
In olden times, when digital dinosaurs roamed the vast plains of our circuit boards – when 22V10’s walked the earth in vast herds, programmable logic…
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NOS FPGA
Collectors and restorers of vintage automobiles place a high value on factory-original parts. Most cherished are parts that are still in perfect condition and still…
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Software Defined Silicon
Move over SoCs, ASICs, ASSPs and FPGAs, there is a new acronym on the block: SDS. If the inventors deliver on the claims, then Software…
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Creating Cool
The new iPhone is out. Don’t panic, but you need to make some changes. First, when you go home today, do something for the other…
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Duct Tape, WD-40, FPGAs
The race car flies into the pits just below the maximum speed – its automatic governor making sure that the team isn’t assessed a penalty. …