| MEMS makeover consumer electronics apps
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2008-06-02 |
| Motion sensing technologies for mobile and gaming devices come in a variety of flavors, ranging from IR sensors and inertial sensors to combo devices that integrate accelerometers and gyros. Thanks to the Nintendo Wii and Apple iPhone--and the limitless imagination of designers--motion sensing technologies are enabling a host of novel applications. |
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| Midsize motherboards branch out
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2008-06-02 |
| New product introductions of the past six months show how fragmented the market is for embedded motherboards and single-board computers, particularly when it comes to small formats. In the midsize realm, ranging from about 40-50-inch2, however, the activity centers primarily on 6.7-inch x 6.7-inch Mini-ITX and 5.75-inch x 8-inch EBX motherboards, though the boards themselves are diverse. |
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| Use system models for better verification
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2008-06-02 |
| This article describes the system-level to RTL design and verification flow of a commercial graphics processing chip. In this flow, system models were developed to validate the arithmetic computation of video instructions and were then used to verify the RTL implementation using sequential logic equivalence checking |
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| Will LSI venture into Ethernet?
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2008-05-30 |
| For a company now focused exclusively on storage and networking markets, LSI Corp. has a glaring lack of standard Ethernet products. |
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| Industry faces shortage of analog design experts
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2008-05-29 |
| The worsening shortage of analog engineers is forcing digital chip powerhouses like Freescale to redouble their efforts to recruit and groom analog engineers in the "black art" of mixed-signal processing. |
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| GDDR5 eyes next-gen graphics controllers
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2008-05-27 |
| Rivals Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp. are expected to ship high-speed for next-generation graphics controllers as early as June, delivering a whopping 4Gbit/s per pin, scaling to as much as 7Gbit/s per pin. |
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| Cypress, UICO bring user-interface solutions to medical market
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2008-05-21 |
| Cypress Semiconductor has entered a joint marketing agreement with UICO LLC to deliver innovative electronic user-interface solutions to the appliance, medical, and industrial markets |
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| What's the best flash memory flavor for your design
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2008-05-16 |
| The embedded systems industry has been waiting for "universal memory" to come along. This article discusses the various flavors of NAND and NOR flash memory that may be the suitable to your design needs |
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| Physical layer is key in LIN designs
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2008-05-16 |
| The Local Interconnection Network standard defines a low-cost, serial communication network for automotive distributed electronic systems. LIN is a complement to the other automotive multiplex networks, including CAN, but it targets applications that require networks that do not need excessive bandwidth, performance or extreme fault tolerance. |
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| eTool files patent suit against National Semi
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2008-05-15 |
| eTool Development and eTool Patent Holdings have filed a patent infringement suit against National Semiconductor in relation to the latter's WEBENCH online design tools |
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| Virtualization: Creating a new software development infrastructure
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2008-05-13 |
| Although developers readily look to software itself to drive innovation, few have considered their development infrastructure a possible vehicle for change. With the advent of virtualization in the development process, that's about to change. |
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| NFC readies to crack market
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2008-05-07 |
| Security and software complexity as well as vested interests surrounding NFC have kept the technology from making its way into commercial applications—until now. |
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| Work underway on mobile DRAM interface spec
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2008-05-02 |
| The Serial Port Memory Technology Working Group has been formed to devise an open standard for a next-generation DRAM interface technology in mobile products |
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| HDMI goes mobile
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2008-05-01 |
| How to connect to and display high-definition video from portable devices on a large-screen TV without losing image quality is key design challenge facing many OEMs. In response, MIPS Technologies unveiled what it claims is the industry's first 65nm IP offerings for HDMI |
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| Chip rush promise from IP-enabled CE?
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2008-05-01 |
| The market for semiconductors enabling Internet Protocol connectivity in CE devices will soon cross the billion-dollar threshold. |
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