| LSI Logic's C-Cube bid part of home net push
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2001-06-01 |
| LSI Logic's move to acquire C-Cube Microsystems is part of a larger strategy to amass key IP components before tackling the market for home-gateway ICs. |
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| Creating a broadband digital home
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2001-03-01 |
| A broader perspective of home networking is quickly evolving, one that takes into account the full spectrum of bundled services that can be delivered over a broadband pipe. |
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| Packet switching right choice for wireless
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2001-02-01 |
| The Internet switching model can cost two orders of magnitude less than conventional circuit architectures, making the economics of an IP network very attractive. |
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| Selecting the right MAC for Zigbee
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2006-12-18 |
| Choosing the right 802.15.4 media access controller (MAC) can be extremely important for system performance, cost and reliability. |
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| FPGAs don remote reprogram habits
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2001-05-01 |
| FPGAs are often used in embedded devices because they can be reprogrammed and one way of getting the new program to the device is by sending it through the net. |
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Customizable MCUs take on FPGA tasks
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2007-11-01 |
| Using a customizable MCU with an MPCF allows designers to integrate their custom IP into a near off-the-shelf solution. It offers the cost, power consumption and performance benefits of a full-custom ASIC, with NREs and design cycle that are not much different from those of an off-the-shelf MCU + FPGA design |
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| Wireless Web appliances evolve anew
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2001-04-01 |
| This article describes the common wireless technologies for embedded platforms, such as Cellular Digital Packet Data and General Packet Radio Service, for web appliances. |
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| Leveraging PLDs for embedded system functionality
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1999-03-01 |
| You can directly apply the techniques and tools used in Internet Reconfigurable Logic (IRL)-based enterprise development to embedded systems and thus enhance their capabilities. |
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| Logic suppliers seek ways to embed FPGAs
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2001-03-01 |
| Driven by the convergence of communications, computing and consumer applications, SoC design complexity increases the time required to bring competitive products to market, putting a premium on design speed and flexibility |
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| Board tools unite for enhancements
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2001-06-01 |
| Leading EDA companies bare their design enhancements for existing PCB design products |
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| Reducing the cost of cellphone testing
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2006-09-16 |
| As phones increase in complexity, requiring more tests, manufacturers must find strategies that will keep rising test costs down. |
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| ASIC generation revamped for IP reuse
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2001-06-01 |
| For designers, the linchpin for complete IP reusability is the programmable VLIW processor core, along with programmable buses and interface ports |
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| Real system-level design challenge: Hardware-firmware integration
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2001-06-16 |
| For today's engineering co-design, the real system challenge is the hardware/firmware integration |
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| Programmable system chips move forward
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2001-05-01 |
| Using dedicated hardware to boost real-time performance of embedded systems is a common practice and, with the introduction of PSCs, software engineers will learn how to boost performance of timing-critical software functions. |
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| Fast cycle scheme breaks bottlenecks
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2001-04-15 |
| The need for higher levels of performance was hampered by significant gaps between the speed of CPUs and their closely linked memories. Higher speed performance can be achieved by treating the memory unit as a quasi-multibank configuration. |
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