| EDA big three: Talent is the best asset
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2009-08-06 |
| EDA's industry "big three" held a panel session at Design Automation Conference (DAC) on the future of EDA and agreed that this is not "your father’s recession |
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| DAC panel revisits DFM debate
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2009-07-31 |
| Panelist revived the debate on design for manufacturing, with one executing calling it a 'band-aid with diminishing returns.' |
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| Power to take center stage at DAC
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2009-07-28 |
| Power, arguably today's No. 1 headache for designers, will be the theme of workshops, tutorials, meetings, presentations and technical tracks at the 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC |
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| Chartered expands 65nm foundry portfolio
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2009-07-14 |
| Expanding its foundry portfolio, Sinsgapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd has rolled out separate low-power and RF processes, based on its 65nm technology. |
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| SMIC, Dolphin develop audio converters for PMPs
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2009-04-21 |
| China foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and virtual components for high resolution audio applications provider Dolphin Integration have partnered to deliver D/A audio converters that feature ultralow power consumption. |
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| Performing DAC operations with CPLDs
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2009-03-06 |
| This article shows how a CPLD can replace a DAC, allowing it to drive an audio speaker or control things like LED intensity, motor speed, and servo position |
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| Frequency domain tutorial: Understanding spectral components (Part II)
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2009-02-04 |
| The second part of a two-part series, this articles focuses on describing a quadrature signal, having a real and an imaginary part, that is a function time. |
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| SoCs drive down femtocell costs
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2008-12-04 |
| With the boom of mobile broadband data services, operators are looking to find new ways and cost models to facilitate the delivery of wireless service capacity to subscribers. |
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| Nüvi 205 expands horizon for GPS navigation system
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2008-12-01 |
| No longer at prices that force PNDs into locked glass cabinets, the $199 PND is driving the growing commodity status of standalone GPS systems. |
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| Opinion: Cadence loses 'glory' in expanded markets
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2008-10-20 |
| The road to hell may have good intentions. Cadence will find out how close it has led to corporate dysfunction. |
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| Design for precision with DCPs
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2008-10-16 |
| Digitally controlled potentiometers have become very popular in a wide variety of applications including control, parameter adjustment and signal processing. |
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| Chipmakers pack multimedia functions in processors
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2008-10-01 |
| Semiconductor vendors tailoring video chips for the consumer market have taken integration to the next level. As price pressure from consumers persists in the flat-panel, DTV, DVD player, notebook and mobile phone sectors, chip companies are taking a cue from OEMs to provide devices that pack more video functions to minimize costs. |
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| Analysis: Magma struggles to difficult times
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2008-09-15 |
| The stock price of Magma continues to slide near an all-time low after last month's surprise, when the company cut revenue guidance for the current fiscal year by about 30 percent. |
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| Pioneer's Blu-ray players spin with Wolfson audio DAC
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2008-09-09 |
| Pioneer Electronics has tapped Wolfson Microelectronics' WM8740 audio DAC for use in its latest line of Blu-ray players |
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| How far can EDA sustain losses?
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2008-09-03 |
| Four of the major EDA companies have shown the financial records for their respective quarter sales. Only Synopsys had a positive statistics, while Cadence, Magma and Mentor all reported losses. |
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