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The Fundamentals of a SHA-256 Master/Slave Authentication System

Leverage USB 3.0 for machine vision

Cloud radio access and small-cell networks based on RapidIO

ITC votes to ban importation of iPhones, iPads

Harness the power of a general-purpose interface USB 3.0 device controller

Teardown: 5th Gen Apple iPod Touch

Slideshow: How NASA uses LEDs

Deep packet inspection—Use cases, requirements and architectures—Part II

Radisys: Seven questions (and answers) on VoLTE, LTE-Advanced, telecom cloud deployment

Deep packet inspection--Use cases, requirements and architectures—Part I

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Technical Papers

It's Easy to Protect Your Embedded System from Theft

Efficient Audio-Video Synchronization Scheme for 3GPP/MP4 Movie Player

Frequency Synthesizer using Frequency Lock Technique

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Courses and Webinars

Are You Ready for the Next Android Version? Best Practices in Providing OTA Software Updates

Thunderbolt Technology and Solutions

5 Ways to Assure Signal Reliability and Equipment Protection of Network Devices

Design methodology and solutions for state-of-the-art ESD protection

EMC troubleshooting, measurements & common problems

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Teardowns

FitBit blends wireless, MCUs and MEMS with online interface

BenQ K60 e-reader: Trying to stand on the shoulders of giants

CMOS power amplifiers penetrating 3G handsets

Wide Bluetooth, Wi-Fi adoption seen in handsets

Yukyung marshals army of chip vendors for Viliv tablet

Inside the Samsung Galaxy Tab: Taking on the iPad

Inside Xbox 360's Kinect controller

N8: Solid start for Nokia’s Symbian^3 strategy

CE parts met cockpit avionics in vintage F-15 video camera

Omron home blood pressure monitor taps semiconductor scaling

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Reference Designs

Quantenna debuts 802.11n 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge ref design

Quantenna Communications Inc. has debuted a complete reference design based on its QHS600 IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) chipset.
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Lattice adds over 90 reference designs for PLDs

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has released more than 90 reference designs optimized for the MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs.
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Products

Op amps extend battery life with low power consumption

High-voltage regulator transistors improve power density

Bright LED matrix with on-board processor connects to the Raspberry Pi

TI push-button reset controllers target portable applications

ST EEPROMs guarantee 4 million erase/write cycles

TE tailors next-generation connectors for smaller, lighter and thinner computing devices

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Commentary

DAC Keynote from James Truchard

Brian Bailey

James Truchard says the future is all about platform based design and that if you are an RTL designer, you had better start becoming a software engineer…

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Tech distractions

Jack Ganssle

The Amish are said to want to manage, rather than reject, technology. That's not a bad idea to emulate.

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Five trends spotted at this year’s Computex

Junko Yoshida

Attendance of Computex ended this week was flat compared to a year ago. But this year’s Computex was more revealing than met the casual eye, with signs of the changing dynamics in the industry.

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News, Analysis, and Opinion

Small cells gaining traction in cellular nets

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