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  • Catapult Levels Up

    OK, maybe that last one wasn’t Dataquest’s fault. Despite the shortcomings of the category, however, many of the products and technologies that have been labeled…

  • Commercial Virtuality

    Usually these companies developed their own “home grown” solutions – creating one-shot systems that simulated their particular hardware platforms, then deploying them to eager software…

  • Should You Reuse RTL?

    Should You Reuse RTL?

    Introduction Ever since hardware description languages (HDLs) were first put into use to specify electronic designs, designers have recycled code. New insights into the use…

  • Domesticating DSP

    Domesticating DSP

    In the good old days, (those would be the EARLY 2000s) digital signal processing (DSP) was a well-behaved wild animal. It stayed outside in the…

  • Domesticating DSP

  • Going Beyond COTS Strengthens Mil/Aero PLD Applications

    Going Beyond COTS Strengthens Mil/Aero PLD Applications

    The commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics initiative of the mid-1990s occurred for two key reasons. First, acquiring customized components that could withstand harsh military environments came…

  • Time for a Change

    Time for a Change

    Everyone knows the ECO. It is a classic case of an acronym acting as a euphemism. Reducing a problematic situation to an established process represented…

  • Getting the Kit

    The kit was a pre-packaged pathway to success. With the kit, you could shave off months to years of ramp-up learning, multiple purchases to get…

  • Altera’s Quartus II 6.0

    Altera’s Quartus II 6.0

    The FPGA market is a multi-faceted battlefield. Particularly between the largest two suppliers, everything is a race. There is a race to reach a new…

  • Capitalizing on Connectivity

    With device connectivity becoming the rule rather than the exception (practically any electronic device more complex than a flashlight today has some connectivity path to…