December 11, 2008 - Technology News
Algorithmic synthesis for video post-processor design
With growing consumer demand for faster, cheaper and more complex devices, designers face constant pressure to meet time-to-market ...
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December 10, 2008 - Technology News
Swiss researchers to describe energy-efficient devices at IEDM
Researchers from Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland are set to report on ...
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December 2, 2008 - Technology News
Image capture and processing challenges--and solutions--in portable designs
Here is the final segment of a four-part article series looking at the trends and design challenges of image acquisition and processing on ...
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November 21, 2008 - Technology News
2028: Cores' law, swarm computing, and people power
Here are four prominent accomplishments that enabled the significant advances embedded processing has brought to the world since 2008 ...
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November 11, 2008 - Industry News
Pioneers of MEMS mikes keep the faith
One of the perks of this job is that I get to meet some really interesting people. Last week was no exception, as I got to meet two engineers who ...
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November 7, 2008 - Technology News
Using comparators to detect accessories in portable audio applications
A common feature in most of the electronic devices we use - cell phones, PDAs, notebooks, handheld media players, game systems, etc. - is the ...
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October 24, 2008 - Technology News
Thin-film thermoelectric coolers get smaller and more powerful with technology advances
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, today announced the ...
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October 3, 2008 - Technology News
TI Driving Development, Ratification Of New IEEE 1149.7 Standard
As chips add new functionality and system designs evolve away from boards and toward multi-chip system-on-chip (SoC) architectures, developers ...
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September 24, 2008 - Technology News
Components: World's thinnest MEMS oscillator debuts
Touted as the world's thinnest MEMS oscillator at just 0.25 millimeters, a new device is being targeted at applications such as smart cards, ...
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September 23, 2008 - Technology News
Image capture and processing challenges--and solutions--in portable designs
Here is Part II of a four-part article series looking at the trends and design challenges of image acquisition and processing on cell phones ...
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September 8, 2008 - Technology News
Reinventing JTAG for SoC debugging
Want a headstart on implementing a new JTAG debug interface into your design? Here's the lowdown on the soon-to-be IEEE 1149.7 standard. ...
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August 27, 2008 - Technology News
Layout guidelines help manage video equalizer's return loss
A brief examination of the exercise performed to optimize the design of the Cypress Video Equalizer evaluation board demonstrates how the ...
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August 26, 2008 - Technology News
Easing the challenge of RF design: Wireless Links and Antennas
The very mention of RF design is usually enough to scare all but the most confident designer. However, wireless specialists such as the company ...
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August 5, 2008 - Technology News
ASICs: eASIC delivers 45nm Structured ASIC with zero mask charges
New Nextreme-2 family of Structured ASICs from eASIC aimed at reversing decline of worldwide ASIC design starts. The last few years have seen ...
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August 1, 2008 - Technology News
Practical considerations for capacitive touchscreen system design
Projected-capacitance touchscreens require careful consideration of mechanical design, substrate selection and user interface design; ...
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July 31, 2008 - Technology News
State of embedded
VITA, the governing body of the VMEbus standard, has just released an addendum to its annual State of the Industry. It's authored by Ray ...
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July 25, 2008 - Industry News
Shrink mobile devices with MEMS
Out-of-the-box thinking is clearly needed if mobile phone design is to enable the ubiquitous services that future subscribers are going to ...
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July 23, 2008 - Technology News
Differentiating Your LED Design
As the light emitting diode (LED) market continues to grow, pressure increases for lighting manufacturers to stay ahead of the curve, ...
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July 8, 2008 - Industry News
Consumer FCRAM delivers fast data transfer with low power
Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. (FMA) has introduced a 256-Mbit consumer FCRAM featuring low power and high throughput for digital ...
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June 27, 2008 - Technology News
How to select CPLDs for handheld applications
The rapid proliferation of handheld products, including mobile phones, personal media players, handheld video game players, and digital still ...
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June 25, 2008 - Technology News
Using auto-zero comparator techniques to improve PWM performance
Comparators are subject to input offset errors that can be either systematic or layout related. Two applications of comparators in a ...
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May 19, 2008 - Technology News
SKY Computers Launches LightningBolt, the Next Generation of Embedded Computers
SKY Computers Inc., a leading supplier of embedded high performance computer systems, today announced LightningBolt™, the next generation ...
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May 15, 2008 - Technology News
Characterizing Nanometer CMOS PLLs, Sigma-Delta ADCs & AGCs
A critical limitation in taping out high-performance mixed-signal ICs is the characterization of complex analog/RF blocks such as phase ...
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March 31, 2008 - Technology News
Nextreme Awarded Seminal Patent in Nanotechnology to Boost Efficiency of Thermoelectrics
Nextreme Thermal Solutions(TM), the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, announces ...
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February 5, 2007 - Technology News
National Semiconductor Introduces Industry’s First Constant Output Class D Audio Amplifier
National Semiconductor Corporation introduced the first product in a new line of Boomer® Class D audio amplifiers with integrated ...
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