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16 December 2008

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Analog hype overcrowds market
Industry pundits proclaimed 2008 the year of analog. But the odds for analog foundries' survival aren't looking good as analog foundry vendors face an IC market downturn, the breakout of a price war and mounting fears about intellectual property theft in China.

WiMAX demands conformance
WiMAX, has become the poster child of the mobile Internet world but WiMAX devices, terminals and base stations require rigorous testing and conformance to tight specification standards, more so than those required for Wi-Fi.

Father of mobile phone admonishes industry
Cellphone inventor Martin Cooper's identifies the five problems of the wireless industry and discusses suggested solutions.

Single-stream .11n chips enter Wi-Fi markets
Atheros Communications and other chipmakers drive .11n into mainstream markets with chips using a streamlined version of the spec.

How high can WiMAX power go?
A WiMAX network must have an optimized power profile—from the base station to the mobile device. High transmit power is important for long race, but how high can WiMAX go?


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Practical aspects of touchscreen systems
The need for innovative user interface solutions becomes more essential to device design. Projected-capacitance touchscreens can help designers face this challenge.

Pundits pose as news reporters
Bill Schweber shares that he refrains from tuning into the news, as reports on predictions of the market trends have turned him off.

New era in embedded designs dawns
This article discusses four principle licensing models used by FPGA vendors for soft microprocessors and MCUs.

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Technical Features
How to differentiate your HD multimedia design
Consumer-product developers have discovered that video pre- and post-processing algorithms performed before encoding and after decoding are needed to make HD offerings stand out.  (PDF file)

Pinout complex FPGAs step-by-step
I/OI pin assignment is a challenge when integrating large FPGA devices into PCBs. But with smart I/O planning and new tools, you can remove the pain from the pinout process.  (PDF file)


Opinion
Real economy to the rescue
The technology sector is relatively cash-rich to the pint that most contributors to the 'real economy' will survive through the scarcity of credit.

Clearing the RTOS confusion
Even experienced RTOS users have trouble distinguishing the proper uses of mutexes and semaphores. Here's a clarification to help avoid errors in embedded systems.


Interview
Altera sees growth in slowdown
John Daane, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Altera Corp., explains how market slowdowns can be growth opportunities, and describes the company's activities in Asia.

Teardown
DRAM adopts better features
Samsung Electronics' 56nm DRAM is something to watch out for. Changes to the basic transistor design for both the cell access transistor in the memory array and the peripheral support transistors used to design the control logic are in the works.

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