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01 May 2006
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News & Analysis
The Vista-PE, touting all the features of the full-fledged Vista IDE at the module level, hopes to help people bring up and explore SystemC.
The collaboration has produced an IDE for the DaVinci technology featuring a debug that could handle multiple cores and maintain OS awareness.
TI's latest VoIP processor is designed for the multiple functions anticipated in next-generation residential gateways.
Today's instrumentation amplifiers face a daunting task: providing differential-drive output to the next stage in the signal chain, typically an ADC.
Included in Synopsys' yearend agenda is the addition of a dual-domain simulation product and a next-generation yield analysis tool to its DFM product family.
This silicon TV tuner, reportedly the industry's first, can reliably receive traditional over-air analog TV, over-air DTV and cable TV signals.
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This new type of tool set should help IC designers gain visibility into the signal values they really want to see.
While NOR-type flash will continue to be used in hundreds of systems to store boot-up code, market research firms report that it is NAND flash that is growing fast, in turn driving growth in the IC industry.
Analog Devices has teamed with robotics expert Fred Martin to create a single-board solution for autonomous robots.
The advantages of multicore architectures will be lost unless new approaches are developed for programming and debugging multicore systems.
IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center has crafted an experimental IC that uses a single-molecule nanotube as the common transistor channel for five CMOS-like inverters wired as a ring oscillator.
The VoIP products shown at the recent Voice Over Networks Conference owe their existence to the ingenuity of chip designers and algorithm developers.
AMD scored major successes in CPU design, sales and manufacturing in 2005, further bolstering its reputation as a credible alternative to archrival Intel.
Out to champion the rights of small firms and lone inventors is a new breed of innovator—patent licensing and enforcement companies that say a good set of patents in itself is a great product.
"One-Seg," a new terrestrial digital TV broadcasting service for mobile devices, debuted in Japan last month, marking the first practical merger of communications and broadcasting.
Expected to speed up the slow shift to 10GbE are NetXen's programmable dual-port 10Gbit server card and Broadcom's 20-port 10GbE chip for stackable switches.
On the group's drawing board is a draft spec that, by 2008, will pave the way for the development of chipsets supporting both Bluetooth and UWB for personal-area networks.
The Universal Access Gateway represents a way to enter UMTS cellular markets, and take part in advanced broadband data services based on Wi-Fi and WiMAX.
While IPTV has been considered the real deal, its fragmented design requirements and geographically divided market have left technology suppliers wishing for more "purchase orders."
High QoS and quick, cost-effective deployment of new services could very well serve as IPTV companies' ticket to success.
In a bid to overcome DSL set-top box design hurdles, component manufacturers are introducing fully designed and documented development boards, with interfaces and other design issues resolved.
A hybrid solution such as the NIS5102 device simplifies the circuit design and implementation of hot-swapping and turn-on sequencing in AMC applications.
When it comes to designing flexible circuits, there is no better teacher than your fabrication house, says Andy Buja. He shares a few more design tips.
Programming range and video-on-demand are two of the most important cable TV benefits that consumers expect from mobile TV. Without them, mobile TV will fail.
Technical Features
Near-field communication, a short-range wireless technology, creates new opportunities for mobile commerce, and could change consumer behavior and spending habits. (PDF file)
The use of parallel processes, both vector commands and co-processors, can lead to additional performance improvements for advanced controller applications. (PDF file)
A purpose-built security gateway that provides network-facing security, robust QoS and massive scalability in a UMS architecture will ensure a smooth migration from UMA to IMS. (PDF file)
System-in-Package isn't just about size. Boasting faster development and lower cost, SiP allows the combination of different wafer process chips in one solution, making it not only a package but also a true system. (PDF file)
This article describes a new PA design concept, in which the PA driver stage operates by itself for low- and medium-output power levels, and the higher-power final PA stage is used only for high-output power operation. (PDF file)
Designing a tuner that achieves A/74 performance is no mean feat. Let the MOPLL technology aid you in designing and improving time-to-market for high-performance products. (PDF file)
The E1 disturbance immunity development system offers engineers a new and effective measurement method that can help them locate the sensitive spot in a circuit. (PDF file)
New test methodologies focusing on identifying failure mechanisms provide a valuable feedback link to help you gauge success in product development. (PDF file)
Opinion
Will ghosts of the DRAM oversupply fiasco return to haunt the flash boom? Only time will tell. But for now, there is reason to believe that NAND flash will reign supreme.
Darwin's natural selection theory is well at work in the IP industry. New demands on the IP vendor are creating a more stringent selection process.
Interview
Along with its promise of storing mammoth amounts of data, conventional holography technology presents developers with one big problem—it requires two light beams that must be exposed from different directions.
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