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16 February 2007

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News & Analysis
Digital content issues still unresolved
The many players in today's CE industry share a vision of digital entertainment content flowing easily across all manner of networked products.

Home network remains unconquered
Last month's Consumer Electronics Show was brimming with home networking concepts and technologies but in many respects, the digital home is still untamed territory.

Long way to go for multicore
2006 may go down as the year the electronics industry woke up to the full breadth and significance of the trend to multicore processors.

Zetex revamps LNB design with new IF switch
Zetex Semiconductors' 4:2 IF switch features integrated gain and control functions that dramatically improve IF signal reliability, eliminate false switching and reduce circuit complexity.

Data center power still a major concern
The U.S. Congress passed legislation in late December that mandates the Environmental Protection Agency to work with computer makers to study if the government should adopt new incentives to handle rising power consumption in data centers.

DSP duo supports multiple HD audio
Freescale's newest pair of dual-core 90nm DSP supports multiple HD audio standards and is targeted for home entertainment, automotive and professional-audio applications.


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Embedded controllers 'first' to support IR, SPI
Winbond Electronics' embedded controllers integrate a module that supports both an FIR and CIR port, enables low-cost, remote-control capabilities and eliminates the need for external IR devices.

Startup demos interface for HDTV video
Amimon's wireless interface for HDTV video will give designers a lower-cost, more-reliable alternative for delivering HD video wirelessly within a room.

Open-source APIs up multimedia performance
Texas Instruments' API allows DSPs like GSTreamerto be leveraged from open-source multimedia frameworks and enables multimedia programmers to leverage the DSP codec from within a familiar environment.

Video output enhances mobile viewing
To enable ultraportable video technology, IC manufacturers are developing devices such as video encoders and integrated video filter/drivers to drive the 75-ohm cable directly.

Integrate 'hard' IP into an SoC
During the course of delivering such IP over the past several years, Impinj has witnessed a range of IP integration experiences—from the painless to the nearly disastrous. Most of the pitfalls can be avoided by following a few recommendations.

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Technical Features
Avert attacks in contactless MCUs
Contactless high-security chips are equipped with the newest countermeasures—and these countermeasures have to withstand the most extensive tests. (PDF file)

3D-graphics core targets mobile devices
ARM's Mail family minimizes memory bandwidth by using a tie-based rendering scheme, which breaks the screen into tiles and render a tile at a time to an on-chip memory. (PDF file)

Door zone applications open up for LIN
Door zone modules have become very recognizable solutions in the area of automotive comfort electronics. (PDF file)

Do DSP simulations in hardware
The System Generator for DSP Ethernet hardware co-simulation interfaces provide convenient, high-bandwidth solutions for simulating video and image processing applications on the Xilinx ML402 platform. (PDF file)

Current DRAMs step up computing apps
Today's DRAM modules boast faster data rate and much higher memory density than earlier versions. Their size amd power consumption have also been reduced to meet the requirements of modern computing apps. (PDF file)

How to test EMC in semiconductors
This article describes the test methods IEC61967 for EME test of ICs with frequency from 150kHz to 1GHz, and IEC62132 for EMS test of ICs with frequency from 150kHz to1GHz. (PDF file)

Choose an oscilloscope with the right bandwidth
This article will provide you some helpful hints on how to select an oscilloscope with the appropriate bandwidth for both your digital and analog applications. (PDF file)

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Opinion
A call for innovative tech and stronger toolset
New applications in the industrial automation sector and the convergence of applications and services offered on devices continue to push both embedded systems design activity in Asia and the challenges it poses to engineers.

Java is ripe for prime time
It appears that Java products for hard real-time and deeply-embedded systems have finally emerged, five to seven years after Java's initial foray into embedded space.


Interview
Finisar chair contemplates on fiber's future
Finisar chairman and CEO Jerry Rawls weighed in on single-mode fiber's rise in the data center and whether the shift from 10Gbit to 100Gbit Ethernet might be too much, too soon.
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