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01 September 2007
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News & Analysis
Multicore processors are driving a shift to a new parallel architecture for mainstream computers but a parallel programming model to serve those machines will not emerge for five to 10 years, according to Microsoft Corp.
Thanks mainly advances in media research, drive makers can put off until 2015 a difficult and expensive transition to a new recording technology from perpendicular recording.
Researchers have invented an inexpensive, minimally invasive surgical technique that makes use of irreversible electroporation to kill cancer cells with short electrical pulses.
Scott Grant of Accenture says that the platform trend will be the primary growth engine for IC players going forward—if engineers aren't already in this game or preparing to join it, they'll likely be left out.
Many standards are being used to bring DTV content to the consumer. Even now, new standards such as DVB-S2, DVB-T2 and AVSB have been or are being defined to increase bandwidth or provide better mobile capabilities.
The DTV market is growing fast, and system developers continue the search for more cost-effective ways to implement DTV receivers without sacrificing picture quality.
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Industry market analysts forecasted that more than 250 million people will be viewing TV content on mobile devices by 2010.
As the deployment of PCIe-native systems becomes more ubiquitous, many of the commonly used endpoint solutions are being redesigned for PCIe connectivity.
The use of structured ASIC for custom IC design is an increasingly attractive option. This article provides useful tips for structured ASIC designs.
Algorithms for the color-blind are possible with FPGAs, which have massive parallelism and processing power.
The upturn in the STB market is set to continue, stimulated by the rapid transition from analog to digital broadcasting that enables both enhanced video and audio experience, and an increased choice of channels.
Service providers are turning to GPON systems over EPON to transport 2.5Gbps converged data and voice services in the last mile and enable triple-play applications.
Experts believe that DSCs will do for motor control and other control-loop applications what DSPs have done for communications and multimedia applications.
Micrel's SY88973BL low-power limiting post amplifier is designed for use in fiber-optic receivers that follow a variety of optical networking standards.
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced lower price points for the industry's first low-cost FPGAs to offer high-speed embedded Serdes I/O.
MIT spin-off Kenet Inc. has revealed that instead of using power-hungry amps between stages, the technique passes charge packets such as CCDs.
Texas Instruments has introduced a family of highly-programmable, one to four phase-locked loop clock generator devices that deliver very low jitter at 60ps typical for consumer applications.
By slimming down its MEMS accelerometer and adding smart-recognition functions, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. hopes to win design slots in a range of consumer gear.
Ceva Inc. has introduced the Ceva-TeakLite-III family of DSP cores, targeting 2.5G and 2G cellular basebands, high-definition audio, VoIP and portable audio players.
Technical Features
Interference is inevitable as incumbent systems share the 3-5GHz band with WiMedia UWB, but there are a variety of techniques that allow performance to be optimized to high levels of coexistence. (PDF file)
By combining a transaction-based design with sophisticated error-correction and wear-leveling techniques, a flash file system can address the complex requirements of today's embedded car infotainment devices. (PDF file)
The future home and workplace will revolve around connected experiences, driving the emergence of new categories of devices that not only consume services but also interact with them. (PDF file)
The core signal processing of high-performance systems has increasingly moved to FPGAs, as they deliver the highest performance programmable DSP available from any semiconductor device. (PDF file)
There are a number of factors that engineers should consider when picking a controller for their Zigbee network coordinator. (PDF file)
Designers of battery-powered handheld products have a number of options to ensure that battery life is optimized for their particular configuration. (PDF file)
A good protection device needs to clamp well for both positive and negative ESD pulses to guarantee the highest reliability of products in real-world conditions. (PDF file)
PoE combines power and data transfer in a single conventional network cable, eliminating the need for local power at the device level and creating a simple, cost-effective solution for installing the network and power supply. (PDF file)
Safety-critical products can now be manufacturing-tested using ICT or MDA with full accuracy at high speed, directly followed by a functional test—all of which can be done on one test system. (PDF file)
On a high-density FPGA-based board where multiple FPGAs are interconnected with hundreds of signals, checking and validating the interconnections between the FPGAs becomes a very challenging task. (PDF file)
With industry experts now predicting data rates as high as 20Gbps within 10 years, some fundamental practices must change. (PDF file)
Opinion
Industry observers see Web 2.0 creating a new ecosystem that will further enhance a participative design infrastructure and provide a catalyst for new, innovative design architectures.
The Bluetooth specification is probably the most successful short-range wireless technology in use today, as ULP Bluetooth connectivity has opened up.
Interview
Infineon board member Hermann Eul speaks with EE Times on the impact of integrating application expertise on the IDM value chain, Infineon's R&D plans, 4G development and how software expertise is being adopted by chip vendors.
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