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Freescale Goes Multi-Core
The math is simple. When the amount of power required to double the speed of one processor far exceeds the amount of power required for…
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Space FPGAs Get a Boost
Actel has announced a significant round of enhancements to their space-bound FPGA families, including a new, power-efficient line called RTAX-SL. Before we jump into those…
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Launching Linux
What happens when you put a few million lines of open source software into orbit? At this point, maybe nobody knows. We’ll all get to…
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Altium’s Alternative
The sculptor Auguste Rodin was asked how he created his amazing statues. He replied, “I choose a block of marble and chip off whatever I…
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Parallel Processing Considered Not Harmful
Parallel processing has long been held to be the way to achieve high processing throughput at a reasonable cost. Yet there are still few generally…
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First, Make a Roux
If you own a Cajun cookbook, you may have noticed that virtually every recipe begins with this step. If you can’t make a Roux, you…
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Enigmatic EDA
The world of embedded electronics exists on the bounty of Moore’s Law. Every two years, our canvas doubles in size, and the creations we can…
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FPGAs at DAC
This week, at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Diego, FPGA tool specialists Synplicity announced the acquisition of the Swedish company Hardi Electronics –…
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FPGA Packaging and Signal Integrity
High-speed system interconnects have a large impact on integrated circuit (IC) package design. High-speed connectivity requires fabrication of packages that are able to support very…
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Lattice Leaps Forward
Don’t be fooled by quarterly results. Lattice Semiconductor has been on a new-product rampage for the past two years. Beginning with their alliance with foundry…