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  • Core Sample

    Core Sample

    The preparation starts weeks in advance. Whole grains are stone-ground – the resulting flour combined with honey extracted from backyard beehives over a period of…

  • Redefining Structured ASIC

    Redefining Structured ASIC

    In most markets, there exist a set of de-facto rules. Sport-utility vehicles have bad fuel economy. Economy cars have limited cargo space. FPGAs use too…

  • Selecting the FPGA that Meets Your Signal Integrity Requirements

    Selecting the FPGA that Meets Your Signal Integrity Requirements

    In light of its critical nature, signal integrity needs to be a key criterion during the planning and design phases of high-speed systems. Ignoring signal…

  • Pedal to the Metals

    Pedal to the Metals

    You’re cruising home from work one day, and your cell phone rings. You answer (hands free of course…). It’s your boss. New plan. He’s saying…

  • World’s Best FPGA Article

    World’s Best FPGA Article

    Portland, OR – May 10, 2005 – FPGA Journal announced today the immediate availability of the world’s best FPGA-related article. Developed with FPGA Journal’s newest…

  • The Programmable Base Station

    The Programmable Base Station

    Today there are 1.6 billion wireless subscribers in the world with the number anticipated to grow to 2.6 billion in the next 5 years. These…

  • Mayday Mayhem

    Mayday Mayhem

    If March winds bring April showers, then April showers must somehow give rise to new announcements in programmable logic and structured ASIC. From tools to…

  • Power

    Power

    For years it was like a slogan. “FPGAs are nice, but they’re power hogs.” For the customers that kept the lights on, however, buying thousands…

  • Square Root of Two to the Fortieth

    Square Root of Two to the Fortieth

    The athlete leans for the tape, pouring his last ounce of energy into the final instant. The crowd is on its feet. A flurry of…

  • E. Thomas Hart

    E. Thomas Hart

    Tom Hart took physics in school and was a Bombardier-Navigator in the U.S. Navy. He knows that with proper focus you can take advantage of…