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Flash News Flash
Could this be the iPod of FPGA families? Has Actel created the happy little “chip that could” to take on the SRAM-dominated titans of the…
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Accelerating Processor-based Systems
Designing an efficient processor-based system architecture with overall system performance optimized for a specific application is not trivial, requiring skills and technology similar to those…
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Leading Languages
I still check occasionally on gizmodo.com or engadget.com, but I’ve pretty much given up hope. It’s now 2005. Throughout my childhood, I was convinced that…
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Deliver Products On-Time with RTL Hardware Debug
Crunch time on projects always seems to come during lab debug. That’s when the FPGA, software and PCB all come together for the first time.…
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Debug Dilemma
What goes in software, and what goes in hardware? In most complex digital designs, the answer to this key question will determine success or failure…
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FPGAs Supplant Processors and ASICs In Advanced Imaging Applications
Proponents of the Field Programmable Gate Array have fought for years to overcome the “stepping stone” mentality with which the traditionalist engineering community has viewed…
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Fresh Findings
As programmable systems become increasingly complex, a rich ecosystem of technology is growing up to support the diversity of new designs that take advantage of…
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What’s Time to a Pig?
The efficiency expert stopped several mornings in a row on his commute into the city, pulling his car onto the shoulder of the road alongside…
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3rd Party ETA
Why would you spend tens of thousands of dollars on commercial electronic design automation (EDA) tools for your design team when they can get a…
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Mad MACs
Maybe you saw them in science fiction movies when you were a kid. Possibly your Hot Wheels toy car collection contained a few as well.…