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Welcome to the changing face of digital signal processing

Patrick Mannion

The world of DSP has undergone a massive shift, from the use of well-defined, math-oriented architectures to a more holistic approach that looks at the problem and selects any combination of available architectures, DSP, RISC or FPGA, to solve it. We've changed our approach too, to help you navigate these new waters more effectively.

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I'm starting to feel sorry for and worry about Apple--not because of their iPhone RF problem

Bill Schweber

Now that Apple is a wireless connectivity company, they're getting "friends" they don't need

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Bureaucrats ,Government Agencies.. This is not an Apple only problem. Every other handset ...

Sometimes you miss the obvious when you think too much

Bill Schweber

My solar-powered light had me fooled. . . or was it that I fooled myself?

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I find that liberal use of Occam's Razor is the best medicine for any debugging ...

Why legislative mandates of engineering goals are a bad--and even dangerous--idea

Bill Schweber

I am frustrated by these progress-by-fiat actions, and what they imply about engineering effort

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"What is my wisdom if I'm commanded by fools?"

“Time out” for a teaching moment on mobile-device antenna issues, especially as wireless moves to 4G smartphones

Paul Tornatta, CTO, SkyCross

Let's step back to take a broader view of the iPhone and related situation

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Do we have to make the reliability versus repair tradeoff?

Bill Schweber

Today's products are much more complicated and reliable than their predecessors, in many cases, but when it comes to fixing them, well. . . .that's another story

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Personally, I loathe this "throw-away" attitude that pervades marketing-driven manufacturing. And ...

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