| Multithreading comes undone
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2008-08-01 |
| EDA vendors have struggled to meet the challenge of multicore IC design by rolling out multithreading capabilities for their tools. Nonetheless, the question cannot be ignored: Is multithreading the best way to exploit multicore systems effectively? |
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| Achieving precision performance from digital pots
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2008-07-23 |
| The digital pots replace mechanical potentiometers and provide advantages such as remote operation and programmability, higher resolution, much smaller form factor, increased reliability, ability to store multiple wiper positions, and lower total system cost. |
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| IPL Alliance's 'interoperable' ref flow puts pressure on Cadence
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2008-06-18 |
| The analog EDA market is suddenly generating a buzz, as a number of forces unite to advance the technology and threaten Cadence's stranglehold. Ciranova, Magma, Synopsys and TSMC are among the members of the IPL alliance with tools to compete with Cadence. |
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| Unlock precision comparator design
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2008-06-16 |
| This article discusses several problems with applying typical comparators to precision voltage-level detection and concludes with a new precision comparator that overcomes these problems. |
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| UMC tips roadmap, veers away from 450mm
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2008-06-16 |
| Taiwan foundry United Microelectronics Corp. has outlined its process roadmap and disclosed several alliances with the EDA community at the Design Automation Conference (DAC |
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| The truth behind the 'Xbox 360 issue'
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2008-06-13 |
| When Microsoft announced a mammoth global recall of its Xbox 360 a year ago, the software giant never disclosed the exact source of the game console's heat problem that led to the fiasco, but recently it was revealed. |
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| Assessing the DFM impact
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2008-05-27 |
| The EDA industry, always looking for timely solutions to the existing problems of the electronics market, has taken the challenge of defining a new market segment. |
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| Much deserved accolade for ADI co-founder
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2008-05-01 |
| According to Raymond Stata of Analog Devices Inc., "Engineers must be able to think about products more deeply, and better understand both the marketplace and their customers." |
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| Intel earmarks $500M venture funds for China
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2008-04-10 |
| Intel's venture-capital arm is planning to invest a further $500 million over the next three to five years on companies in China focusing on wireless broadband, communications, media technology and clean technology. |
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| Raise UWB throughput for wireless HD video
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2008-04-01 |
| Here's a report on the promise and technical challenges facing UWB, and on the throughput and encryption considerations for HD video distribution. |
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| Hottest devices, technologies debut at 13th IIC-China
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2008-02-27 |
| Semiconductor manufacturers are expected to roll out the latest devices and solutions at the 13th IIC-China when the event kicks off Feb. 28 at the Chengdu New International Exhibition and Convention Center. |
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| Enhance the audio experience in flat-panel TVs
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2008-02-18 |
| Designers trying to achieve high-quality audio from flat-panel TVs are faced with several obstacles, but digital audio processors and amplifiers can be used to both compensate for problems and to improve the audio experience. |
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| Expanding the DFM market
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2008-01-02 |
| Apache's acquisition of Optimal is another clear signal that the EDA industry is adapting to provide designers with tools that allow them to work on the entire system, not just parts that have different physical characteristics. |
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| Carrying out a Galileo/GPS system design
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2007-12-17 |
| Developers need to become familiar with various key technologies that make implementing GPS in CE devices possible, most specifically, the Galileo satellite network being developed and implemented under the EU. |
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| Clock generators tout low jitter, low power
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2007-09-03 |
| 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. |
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