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01 November 2008

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Electronics follow curves
There are many applications in which it would be useful for electronics to conform to curvilinear surfaces or to deform with use, especially in sensing.

NEC pioneers change in Japan electronics
Hajime Sasaki promised to change NEC Electronics Corp. soon after becoming chairman of the company's board of directors. Nine years later, and almost half a century after joining the company in 1961, Sasaki has unveiled the latest tactic in his efforts to reorganize the electronics giant.

Big players move into MEMS mic space
Once the darlings of startups, the MEMS microphone has a new entrant: Analog Devices Inc. has announced a major thrust into the fledgling MEMS mic market.

Flexible screens crawl to market
The benefits of flexible displays have been told, but actual display devices are emerging slowly. Recent indications, however, are that flexible displays are beginning to appear in earnest.

Chips reembrace multicore architecture
In designing a wireless pole camera system for digital video surveillance, Boundless Security Systems has chosen to use composite over steel for its cabinet.


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Crime fighters get PL edge
This article examines the use of FPGAs and soft-core embedded processors in a wireless auto-tracking camera integrated into a police vehicle and a fingerprint ID system.

Composites beat steel as surveillance system case
In designing a wireless pole camera system for digital video surveillance, Boundless Security Systems has chosen to use composite over steel for its cabinet.

Wrong directions
Have you ever been misled by your own e-navigation device? Stuff happens, but Jack Ganssle says that users are also responsible for the odd data they get.

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Technical Features
Manage power supply systems
Power supply designers are using flexible supply monitoring, sequencing, and adjustment circuits to manage their systems. This article discusses why and how.  (PDF file)

Hurdling the stumbling blocks of femtocell design
Much has been made of the technical challenges to developing and deploying networks of femtocells. This article looks at the key practical challenges that have been overcome to make this possible.  (PDF file)

Employing Ethernet over PDH in hybrid nets
This article introduces the principle of the Ethernet over Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (EoPDH) system. It also outlines and analyzes the core technologies including LAPS, GFP etc.  (PDF file)

Carry out cache coherence in a MIPS32 multicore design
Here's an example of how the Open Core Protocol was used to reconfigure the basic MIPS32 architecture to support cache-coherent traffic within an embedded multicore cluster.  (PDF file)


Opinion
Innovation alive and well in IC world after 50 years
Despite the ongoing debates on the future of Moore's Law, the IC's celebration of its 50th year proves that the spirit of innovation is still alive in the industry.

Move up the design value chain
The traditional approach to electronics design involving engineers to work in isolation is no longer sustainable. To support innovation, the industry must have 'value-added' design strategies.


Interview
NXP seeks leadership in remaining units
NXP Semiconductors announced the restructuring of its manufacturing, R&D and support activities. In an interview, NXP's CEO, Frans van Houten, talked about the causes and consequences of the restructuring measures.

Vital Signs
Getting a grip on embedded
The results of Embedded Systems Design magazine's 2008 Embedded Market Study are now in. Here is the first installment of two-part report of the results.

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Interview

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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