It seems as if I have been wanting, and waiting for good solutions to home media for many years now and the suppliers are still failing to deliver. Some progress has been made…
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Content in the home
Brian Bailey
It seems as if I have been wanting, and waiting for good solutions to home media for many years now and the suppliers are still failing to deliver. Some progress has been made…
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It seems as if I have been wanting, and waiting for good solutions to home media for many years now and the suppliers are still failing to deliver. Some progress has been made…
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Lead-acid could challenge lithium-ion in hybrids
Charles Murray
With disenchantment in lithium-ion technology on the rise, lead-acid batteries may be poised to play a bigger role in green vehicles.
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Bert22306
Only reinforces my belief that battery-powered electric vehicles aren't going anywhere in the ...
With disenchantment in lithium-ion technology on the rise, lead-acid batteries may be poised to play a bigger role in green vehicles.
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Bert22306
Only reinforces my belief that battery-powered electric vehicles aren't going anywhere in the ...
Where's your inefficiency?
Bill Schweber
How do you actually determine the sources of power use and loss in your design?
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How do you actually determine the sources of power use and loss in your design?
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Max is on the bacon train … and it’s not slowing down
Clive Maxfield
A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I would care to host and moderate a "Shop Talk" session at Design West 2013, but there was one small problem...
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Max the Magnificent
## What happened to Sylvie anyway? She's working for Atmel in Marketing/PR and doing a brilliant ...
A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I would care to host and moderate a "Shop Talk" session at Design West 2013, but there was one small problem...
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Max the Magnificent
## What happened to Sylvie anyway? She's working for Atmel in Marketing/PR and doing a brilliant ...
Supply chain management lessons from the Civil War
Brian Fuller
Most companies start small and grow, and at some point their supply chain lengthens and gets complex. This often happens overnight.
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Robotics Developer
A good article that just whetted my appetite for the rest of the story. Hard to pass up a good ...
Most companies start small and grow, and at some point their supply chain lengthens and gets complex. This often happens overnight.
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Robotics Developer
A good article that just whetted my appetite for the rest of the story. Hard to pass up a good ...
EDA/IP weekly roundup – April 17th 2013
Brian Bailey
Accellera, Altera, ARM, Atrenta, Flexras, Forte, Gold Standard, Hardent, Jasper, Semico, Space Codesign, Symtavision, Synopsys and TSMC made the lineup today. See here for their news…
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Accellera, Altera, ARM, Atrenta, Flexras, Forte, Gold Standard, Hardent, Jasper, Semico, Space Codesign, Symtavision, Synopsys and TSMC made the lineup today. See here for their news…
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Chips vulnerabilities just waiting to be exploited
Tam Harbert
When hackers got into a mil-grade FPGA, alarm bells went off. The vendor says what they found was a key security feature, but concern remains.
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When hackers got into a mil-grade FPGA, alarm bells went off. The vendor says what they found was a key security feature, but concern remains.
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DAC – here we come – time to SKY
Brian Bailey
There are several changes being made to the DAC program this year and I spoke with Yervant Zorian about them. Today we learn about the SKY talks…
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There are several changes being made to the DAC program this year and I spoke with Yervant Zorian about them. Today we learn about the SKY talks…
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I just survived a Hawaiian shirt catastrophe
Clive Maxfield
Sometime in the wee hours of this morning, whilst I was happily snoozing away, the most humongous sound rattled our house.
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Max the Magnificent
It cheers me up in the morning to select the "shirt of the day"... I ordered some from Amazon to ...
Sometime in the wee hours of this morning, whilst I was happily snoozing away, the most humongous sound rattled our house.
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Max the Magnificent
It cheers me up in the morning to select the "shirt of the day"... I ordered some from Amazon to ...
JEDEC forum puts the focus on mobile memory
Kristin Lewotsky
Learn more about mobile memory testing, universal flash storage, and what's ahead in LPDDR4.
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Shamree
I attended a LPDDR3 workshop last fall through JEDEC and the information was invaluable- I highly ...
Learn more about mobile memory testing, universal flash storage, and what's ahead in LPDDR4.
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Shamree
I attended a LPDDR3 workshop last fall through JEDEC and the information was invaluable- I highly ...
North Korea poses little threat to world's memory supply
Rick Merritt
Before you react to reports that Samsung and SK Hynix memory fabs are in jeopardy, pause for a little common sense and take a look at the messenger.
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bogdanbmcc
Counting on rationality of a communist dictatorial regimes may not be so sound ...these regimes are ...
Before you react to reports that Samsung and SK Hynix memory fabs are in jeopardy, pause for a little common sense and take a look at the messenger.
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bogdanbmcc
Counting on rationality of a communist dictatorial regimes may not be so sound ...these regimes are ...
Riddle me this…
Clive Maxfield
A strange experience in the kitchen leaves me pondering the hidden mysteries that surround us…
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Max the Magnificent
ROFLOL
A strange experience in the kitchen leaves me pondering the hidden mysteries that surround us…
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Max the Magnificent
ROFLOL
Getting over my new integration fears
Bill Schweber
For someone who "grew up" on integration via increased hardware functionality, it takes some time to get used to integration done by applications software tying ICs together.
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For someone who "grew up" on integration via increased hardware functionality, it takes some time to get used to integration done by applications software tying ICs together.
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Netbooks headed for extinction
Dylan McGrath
Thanks to the rising popularity of tablets, shipments of low cost PC netbooks projected to slip to virtually zero next year.
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blommep
A netbook is a heavily crippled small form factor laptop that's not allowed to have more than ...
Thanks to the rising popularity of tablets, shipments of low cost PC netbooks projected to slip to virtually zero next year.
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blommep
A netbook is a heavily crippled small form factor laptop that's not allowed to have more than ...
Apple in Brazil: Déjà vu all over again
Susan Fourtane
A decade ago, a Brazilian telecommunications service firm applied to register the trademark "iPhone." Things didn't get messy for years.
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Greg.Dee
Your EBN article sounds like a child wrote it .."fishy cases".. are you serious? US gov and Co.s ...
A decade ago, a Brazilian telecommunications service firm applied to register the trademark "iPhone." Things didn't get messy for years.
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Greg.Dee
Your EBN article sounds like a child wrote it .."fishy cases".. are you serious? US gov and Co.s ...
Could Intel’s new CEO be blast from past?
Rick Merritt
The world’s biggest chip maker is due for a new chief executive in less than 30 days and a returning veteran could fill the chair nicely.
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eetimesloyal
Totally agree with basics 101. A lot of middle and upper management creates and maintains toxic ...
The world’s biggest chip maker is due for a new chief executive in less than 30 days and a returning veteran could fill the chair nicely.
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eetimesloyal
Totally agree with basics 101. A lot of middle and upper management creates and maintains toxic ...
Yoshida in China: What Imagination must do next
Junko Yoshida
The integration of any two companies is a painful process. I got further explanation about the exodus of former MIPS people -- sales and FAEs -- in Korea, Taiwan, Japan and China.
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rick.merritt
In a talk today a Qualcomm sr. engineer said the Q uses LLVM as part of its hetero SoC programming ...
The integration of any two companies is a painful process. I got further explanation about the exodus of former MIPS people -- sales and FAEs -- in Korea, Taiwan, Japan and China.
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rick.merritt
In a talk today a Qualcomm sr. engineer said the Q uses LLVM as part of its hetero SoC programming ...
The Internet of Things: Boon or Bane of Society?
Clive Maxfield
On Tuesday April 23 at Design West 2013, I will be hosting and moderating a "Shop Talk" session on the Internet of Things (IoT) from 7:00 to 8:00am.
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DCole
I think that Duane is spot-on about our biggest risk coming from Little Brother (corporations - ...
On Tuesday April 23 at Design West 2013, I will be hosting and moderating a "Shop Talk" session on the Internet of Things (IoT) from 7:00 to 8:00am.
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DCole
I think that Duane is spot-on about our biggest risk coming from Little Brother (corporations - ...
Maximizing floating-point processing in 20nm FPGAs
Clive Maxfield
One talk I really want to attend at Design West is on floating-point processing in FPGAs…
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One talk I really want to attend at Design West is on floating-point processing in FPGAs…
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There's a Dru just for you!
Clive Maxfield
I'm always amazed by the ways in which folks can take something relatively boring and "jazz it up".
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I'm always amazed by the ways in which folks can take something relatively boring and "jazz it up".
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Your FREE Design West Expo Pass is waiting for you!
Clive Maxfield
Even if you cannot persuade your company to shell out for an All Access Pass, you can still signup for a Free Expo Only Pass that is worth its weight in gold!
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Even if you cannot persuade your company to shell out for an All Access Pass, you can still signup for a Free Expo Only Pass that is worth its weight in gold!
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In-house layout goes the way of home-grown EDA
Jack Harding
Jack Harding, CEO of eSilicon, argues that the end to in-house IC layout may be in sight. The knowledge and manpower required to address the complexity of the task makes it an appropriate case for separation from logical design. , due to the complexity, learning curve, peak-load labor requirements and alternative use of manpower required for it.
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Robotics Developer
Having spent many years in ASIC support for customers doing high speed digital design I can say for ...
Jack Harding, CEO of eSilicon, argues that the end to in-house IC layout may be in sight. The knowledge and manpower required to address the complexity of the task makes it an appropriate case for separation from logical design. , due to the complexity, learning curve, peak-load labor requirements and alternative use of manpower required for it.
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Robotics Developer
Having spent many years in ASIC support for customers doing high speed digital design I can say for ...
What were they thinking: stimulus coverage
Brian Bailey
Constrained random stimulus generation is wasteful and misguided and when coupled with poorly devised coverage metrics gives a false sense of security. This patent makes the situation worse…
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BrianBailey
Most of the time you will set constraints to ensure that only valid inputs are chosen by constrained ...
Constrained random stimulus generation is wasteful and misguided and when coupled with poorly devised coverage metrics gives a false sense of security. This patent makes the situation worse…
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BrianBailey
Most of the time you will set constraints to ensure that only valid inputs are chosen by constrained ...
London Calling: Incoming CEO says Neul won't be like Icera
Peter Clarke
Stan Boland, serial entrepreneur and CEO, shared some of his thinking about the job he has taken on leading TV "white-space" spectrum pioneer Neul.
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jackOfManyTrades
Doubles all round? Trebles, surely. :-)
Stan Boland, serial entrepreneur and CEO, shared some of his thinking about the job he has taken on leading TV "white-space" spectrum pioneer Neul.
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jackOfManyTrades
Doubles all round? Trebles, surely. :-)
Video: Victorian Steampunk Radiation Suitcase
Clive Maxfield
This little beauty is equipped with the most sophisticated radiation protection known to Victorian science...
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Max the Magnificent
On top of the tin foil cap!
This little beauty is equipped with the most sophisticated radiation protection known to Victorian science...
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Max the Magnificent
On top of the tin foil cap!
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