| Will DisplayPort get a second chance?
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2009-02-26 |
| With the of widespread emergence and popularity HDMI, why is there more than 180 computer and consumer electronics companies—and counting—actively supporting DisplayPort, another audio/video interface standard? |
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| Backplane 101: RapidIO, PCIe, Ethernet
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2009-02-09 |
| RapidIO, PCIe, and Ethernet each offer unique benefits. The article explains how each technology works, and examines its strengths and weaknesses. It also discusses why RapidIO is often the best choice for embedded systems |
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| Bridging options enable configurable computing
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2009-01-29 |
| In many embedded systems, FPGAs have augmented or displaced dedicated microprocessors and DSPs, so endpoint bridging solutions for PCIe must enable FPGAs to fulfill their new role |
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| Programmable broadband heightens PC TV hype
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2009-01-21 |
| After searching many years for the yet-to-blossom mobile TV handset market, vendors are increasingly shifting their focus to the PC-TV market. |
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| PLX to acquire Oxford Semiconductor
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2008-12-22 |
| PLX Technology Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Oxford Semiconductor Inc., a privately held fabless provider of silicon and software. |
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| Single-stream .11n chips enter Wi-Fi markets
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2008-12-16 |
| Atheros Communications and other chipmakers drive .11n into mainstream markets with chips using a streamlined version of the spec. |
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| Private IC firms quietly lay off staff
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2008-12-08 |
| Privately held companies, unbound by regulations requiring them to report layoffs, have not gone unscathed as they too, have shed staff—albeit more quietly. |
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| Basic and advanced oscilloscope triggering
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2008-12-03 |
| This article starts by discussing the typical architecture of a trigger circuit within an oscilloscope. Basic trigger modes will be presented and finally, some of the advanced triggering capabilities available on the market will be discussed. |
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| Interface market continues to evolve
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2008-12-01 |
| The global market for interface products may exceed $10 billion by 2013, up from its current value at $6.2 billion, according to Databeans. |
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| USB interface grabs a higher version
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2008-11-19 |
| The commonly used USB interface has now been upgraded to ver 3.0 at a developers' conference where some companies announced product plans for the new specifications with data rates that could hit 400MBps. |
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| Alereon buys Stonestreet One's wireless USB tech
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2008-11-05 |
| Alereon Inc. has acquired certain Wireless USB assets and the associated development team of Stonestreet One. |
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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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| Sarnoff Europe is newest member of TSMC DCA
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2008-09-29 |
| Sarnoff Europe has joined the TSMC Design Center Alliance. |
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| Analysis: Communications processors to hit dead end?
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2008-09-19 |
| The era of the communications processor is winding down as designers increasingly turn to multicore processors to perform these functions. |
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| Debate on flash memory's future heats up
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2008-09-08 |
| Storage gurus from IBM and EMC spent much of the Labor Day weekend debating the future of flash memory drives in servers and storage systems. |
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| UWB connections extend to handsets
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2008-09-01 |
| UWB technology uniquely offers a handset the potential to wirelessly connect peripheral devices previously reserved for wired connections. In particular, high-bandwidth connections to peripherals such as external HDD and displays require UWB's high performance level to function effectively. |
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| Group boosts viability of PCIe standard
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2008-08-20 |
| The HyperTransport Consortium speeds up to boost both its chip-to-chip interconnect as well as a board-to-board version that has yet to gain market traction. This is in relation to PCI-SIG's next big leap in defining the PCIe 3.0 standard |
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| FPGAs are all set for next process nodes
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2008-08-01 |
| Altera Corp. today is expected to become the first FPGA vendor to launch a family of 40nm FPGAs. In addition, Altera will announce the 40nm HardCopy IV structured ASICs, as well as corresponding software tools for both device types. The families promise to enable a new class of single-chip, multicore and related complex devices. |
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| Kontron releases updated UGM spec
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2008-07-28 |
| Kontron has revised the Universal Graphics Module (UGM) standard for long-term available and custom scalable high-end PEG graphics. |
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| Samsung, Sun tie up to enable flash drive stability
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2008-07-22 |
| Samsung Electronics has worked with server maker Sun Microsystems to develop a new 8Gbit single-level-cell design for computer servers that it claims increases the number of read/write cycles for NAND flash memory chips five-fold. |
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| Enable DSP co-processing in FPGAs
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2008-07-02 |
| Today's ever increasing demand for high-speed communication and superfast computing in support of triple-play apps is creating new challenges for those who need to draw together a multitude of standards, components and networking equipment. |
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| Low power design for analog/mixed-signal IP
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2008-06-24 |
| Power reduction and management techniques using multiple clock and power domains, dynamic voltage and frequency scaling and power gating are effective for digital circuits but for analog design, lowering power consumption must be considered early in the design phase. |
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| Virtualization spec brings PCIe to wider systems
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2008-06-13 |
| The PCI-SIG recently released a set of standards that extends PCIe for a wide range of computer and communication systems. The I/O Virtualization specifications open the door to new ways to roll out shared networking capabilities for servers, and communications gear |
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| Firms partner on network attached storage solutions
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2008-06-06 |
| Applied Micro Circuits Corp. and Silicon Image Inc. has announced a working alliance to provide Network Attached Storage reference designs based on AMCC Power Architecture-based processors and Silicon Image's Serial ATA controllers and port multipliers. |
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| Farewell, general-purpose PCIe
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2008-06-02 |
| The Swiss Army knife, one-size-fits-all approach to PCIe switch design is over. The transition to PCIe Gen2 coincides with a coalescing of market forces to render general-purpose PCIe switches obsolete |
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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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| 10Gbit FCoE drives data center convergence
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2008-04-17 |
| The release of the first products for Fibre Channel over 10GbE fuels a broad industry drive to run networking, storage and clustering traffic over a single, mainstream pipe in tomorrow's data centers. |
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| Virtualization: The Swiss Army knife of networking?
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2008-04-16 |
| Startup Neterion Inc. has rolled out a chip that lets systems split one 10GbE link into as many as 16 virtual connections. |
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| CMOS harmonic oscillator eliminates quartz crystals
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2008-04-08 |
| Mobius Microsystems Inc. has unveiled its CMOS Harmonic Oscillator (CHO) technology that eliminates the need for quartz crystals in many applications. By integrating an oscillator onto an ordinary CMOS chip, the company claims to have removed the last moving part from electronics circuitry. |
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| FPGA boosts parallel computing research
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2008-03-18 |
| The work is nearly done on an FPGA-based computer to help researchers find a parallel programming model for the next-generation multicore processors. |
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