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  • Going for Speed

    It may be surprising that such careful engineering attention is required to gain the desired performance from this lowest echelon of racing – cars powered…

  • Tooling up for 65nm

    Tooling up for 65nm

    Every time FPGAs hit a new process generation, there is a buzz. People want to hear about the underlying architecture, learn how fast the new…

  • Environmental Embeddedness

  • Logic Lockdown

    Logic Lockdown

    Engineers are trained problem solvers. While various fields of engineering require different types of technical training and expertise, the techniques of problem solving are universal…

  • Challenges of Benchmarking Real-World Embedded Processor Strengthens Computer Architecture Concepts

  • Logic Lockdown

    Reverse engineering is not a back-alley, cloak and dagger, business-in-the-shadows affair – quite the contrary, in fact. Companies specializing in reverse engineering operate openly and…

  • Security Blanket

    Security Blanket

    The year is 2010. Alone in the kitchen, 8 year-old Mikey pulls a cereal container down from the cupboard. He presses the “open” button. A…

  • Security Blanket

    Security is a growing concern in almost every type of system design today. Some applications have a more pressing need than others, of course. The…

  • Complex ASIC Timing Verification Converges with FPGA-Based Designs

    Complex ASIC Timing Verification Converges with FPGA-Based Designs

    Over the past few years, as FPGA devices have increased in density, speed, and started embedding dedicated memory, multiplier blocks, high performance intellectual property (IP),…

  • Catapult Levels Up

    Catapult Levels Up

    In my book, ESL is a serious contender for the title of “worst technical term of the decade.” As we’ve discussed before, the ESL label…