| Emerging DFM, verification technologies most exciting, CTOs say
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2005-06-14 |
| Emerging technologies for design for manufacturing (DFM) and verification are the most exciting developments in the design realm, concluded a panel of chief technology officers convened here Monday (June 13) at the Design Automation Conference (DAC |
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| Three tout more nimble physical design
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2005-06-07 |
| Three tool vendors are pitching breakthroughs in IC physical design in advance of next week's Design Automation Conference |
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| Tackling RF, mixed-signal integration
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2005-05-16 |
| As mixed-signal and analog RF circuits are slowly integrated in today's chip designs, designers have to face many challenges |
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| Digitization of analog, RF circuits
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2005-05-16 |
| The migration of analog functions to the digital domain reduces cost per channel as the move to 3G progresses. |
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| SigmaTel displays MP3 solution at China tradeshow
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2005-04-13 |
| SigmaTel Semiconductor has introduced its MP3 solution, STMP3510/3520/3550/3560, at the recent IIC in Shenzhen, China. |
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| Migration path laid to low-cost 32bit MCUs
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2005-04-01 |
| Moving from 8bit architectures to 32bits entails several hurdles to overcome—one of them is cost. |
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| IC floorplanning moves ahead with Patoma
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2005-03-16 |
| A new approach to IC floorplanning is said to reduce wire length while running orders of magnitude faster than previous solutions. |
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| FPGA accelerates real-time app performance
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2005-03-01 |
| Designers are eyeing new FPGAs with faster and better performance in DSPs and real-time applications. Rodger Hosking and Richard Kuenzler of Pentek say why. |
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| ADI revs signal converters
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2005-02-16 |
| After launching 17 high-speed converters in 2004, ADI is back with two ADCs targeted at wireless infrastructure and communications test. |
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| Users laud C design in DAC 'trip report
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2005-02-15 |
| Engineers are warming to C language design tools, according to reviews in the Design Automation Conference (DAC) "e;trip report"e; released Friday (Feb. 11) by industry gadfly John Cooley |
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| VDSL-2 chipsets bow for central office, CPE
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2005-01-17 |
| Ikanos Communications rolled out VDSL-2 chipsets for central-office and customer-premises modems. |
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| Philips Semi pushes ARM outside MCU envelope
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2005-01-17 |
| Two trends are converging on the 32bit MCU segment, accelerating CPU power growth, memory size and I/O sophistication. |
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| Understanding sensor data acquisition
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2005-01-03 |
| Sensors are in widespread use, either as part of a microcontroller or separately in an embedded system. However, one of the more efficient circuit implementations combines a high-performance analog-to-digital (A/D) converter with an integrated MCU. |
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| Digitalizing analog circuits cuts chip area, increases performance
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2004-12-01 |
| By replacing analog functions with digital equivalents, you can achieve more predictable performance, simplify testing and reduce chip area. |
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| Hearing, seeing the sound of change: From analog to digital audio amplifiers
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2004-12-01 |
| Digital amplifier systems keep audio signal in the digital domain virtually all the way to the speaker; analog-based systems convert the signal to analog early in the process. |
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