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01 July 2006

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News & Analysis
Comms DSP engine packs four StarCores
Freescale Semiconductor recently launched a DSP engine designed for communications infrastructure equipment and IP multimedia subsystem gateways.

Startups push for WiMAX cellphone
Hoping to bring WiMAX to cellular handsets, Altair Semiconductor and Troicom are designing a combined media access controller and PHY chip that will work with third-party WiMAX RF chips.

Tool suite handles design complexity
Altera Corp. recently launched its Quartus 6.0 tool suite, which includes a timing analyzer that's said to pave the way for next-generation 65nm FPGAs.

Team effort for gateways
An "office-in-a-box" design that shipped recently for the small- and medium-business market leverages Freescale's PowerQuicc silicon, a GbE switch from Vitesse Semiconductor and software from Jungo Software Technologies.

DFM tool targets parametric yield
Startup Blaze DFM recently unveiled what it claims to be the first 'electrical' DFM solution, promising to improve leakage and timing by optimizing design data for the OPC process.

Clash in the PAN as formats multiply
Too many personal-area networks are trying to crowd into the digital home. At the recent Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Microsoft Corp. disclosed its efforts to help build at least two of them.


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Rival display interfaces face off in digital home
Separate groups of engineers are finishing work on two incompatible display interfaces—DisplayPort and the Unified Display Interface—vying to become the standard for a secure digital link in consumer systems and computers.

Here comes the sun
Sticker shock at the gas pumps combined with concerns over the diminishing supply of non-renewable energy sources like coal, oil and natural gas have added new urgency to the search for alternatives.

IDMs' shift to foundries undermines startups
As foundries get better and fabs get bigger, the landscape of the IC industry is changing, spurred in part by pressure from the financial community.

Large NFC trial under way in Seoul
Philips and SK Telecom have agreed to cooperate on a large-scale, six-month field trial of Near Field Communication solutions in Korea.

Net industry accelerates 10GbE implementation
The adoption of 10GbE is expected to gain momentum with the scheduled ratification of the 802.3an 10GBase-T standards by the IEEE this month.

ARM 32bitters give designers a choice
A pair of 32bit ARM-based embedded processors will let designers wrestle with a tough choice—take advantage of an off-the-shelf ARM9E-based solution from STMicroelectronics or design their own high-performance solution with the latest Cortex-R4 ARM core from ARM Ltd.

Asia IPTV rollouts a slow go
IPTV's progress in Asia has not been as rapid as its promoters had hoped for--with promises outpacing reality.

Cellphones get image makeover
For camera phones to catch up with digital still cameras, image sensor companies and camera phone designers must work their way down a long and formidable to-do list.

Improving CMOS sensor performance
CMOS image sensors combine a four-transistor pixel architecture, the use of a pinned photodiode and a shared pixel design to enhance image quality.

MIMO can help in video delivery
This article gives you key points to remember when designing video-over-wireless systems.

Plan early to reduce IC power usage
Ensure that all important power-related issues on global and system levels have been addressed earlier in the design cycle.

Challenging color bit knowledge for better images
Clive Maxfield questions the required number of color bits for making photo-realistic images and believes that the paper "Fundamental Requirements for Picture Presentation" should be read by creators of electronic imaging or display systems.

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Technical Features
New trends in WLAN front-end modules
FEMs will emerge as the dominant RF solution in WLAN applications, providing ease of design, resolving implementation issues and ensuring performance improvements. (PDF file)

CPU power control: Single-edge vs. dual-edge controller architectures
The novel dual-edge controller architecture will help analog controllers overcome the limitations of current architectures and incorporate the benefits of digital architectures without additional costs. (PDF file)

Mobile TV is coming to handsets
Various broadcast technologies are available, each with its own set of trade-offs. The choice ultimately depends on which technology best meets consumers' needs. (PDF file)

FlexRay apps get ready to hit the road
The approval of the V2.1 BMW will introduce FlexRay for active damping control as the successor to BMW's X5 model. The initial features implemented using FlexRay is the first step in an evolutionary path toward an autonomous or nearly autonomous vehicle. (PDF file)

Designing front-ends for high-performance ADCs
With ADCs pushing well into the giga range, complimentary amps that can interface to these converters will be in demand. (PDF file)

Evaluation kit boosts MCU-based system designs
This article describes a range of evaluation kits offering advanced features such as USB powering of the board, JTAG debugging and single-button flash download. (PDF file)

Testing solder joints for Pb-free connectors
Test reveals that solder joints constructed from lead-free solder show higher voiding content than those of eutectic tin-lead solder. (PDF file)

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Opinion
Time of reckoning for Korea's tech industry
Although South Korea has one of the most mature electronics design industries in Asia, its tech markets have been thirsting for a rebound.

Shrinking portable power management
Today's portable electronics encompasses advanced multimedia functions, such as MP3 players, multimegapixel cameras and video-on-demand functionality.


Interview
Qualcomm's chip chief looks to 4G
Qualcomm Inc.'s Sanjay Jha sat down with EE Times' Loring Wirbel to share QCT's plans for continued domination in 3G and emerging 4G wireless.

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NXP CTO reveals HPMS strategy

NXP Semiconductors CTO René Penning De Vries discusses with EE Times Asia how high performance mixed signal technology can shape the future.

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