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1. Improving
yield in RTL-to-GDSII flows
It has been said that yield should be the "fourth design
parameter" after area, timing and power. True, improving yield has
in the past been left mostly to the fab and has had little direct
impact on IC designers. More...
- By Joe Xi, Cadence Design Systems Inc.
2. Denser,
Faster Chips Deliver Knockout DSP Performance
Audio DSPs range from low-cost consumer solutions to 24-bit,
high-precision chips that target professional audio systems. Video
solutions start with low-resolution quarter-CIF content processing
and span up to HD widescreen. High performance is in the eyes of
the application, and every category offers "best-in-class" DSPs.
More...
- By Dave Bursky, Electronic Design
3. FPGAs Enabling Consumer
Electronics – A Growing Trend
Historically for high-volume, price-sensitive applications,
FPGAs were not the lowest-cost solution. However, as custom logic
and FPGAs started to get pad-limited vs. core-limited, this started
to change. More...
- By Suhel Dhanani, Xilinx
4. How to
protect IP in offshoring craze
Clearly, the transfer of professional work overseas has increased
enormously during the past five years. While the pros and cons of
this strategy can be debated extensively, offshore outsourcing remains
a fact of life, and in the global economy it is hard to avoid. More...
- By Sam Heidari, Doradus Technologies Inc.
5. SoC Designers:
Learn the What, Why, and How of Transactions
System-on-a-chip (SoC) platforms are heterogeneous entities.
They typically contain at least one processing element, such as
a microprocessor or DSP, along with peripherals, random logic, embedded
memory, communication infrastructure, and external interface components
like sensors and actuators. These diverse design platforms are moving
the design focus and tradeoff analysis toward communication aspects.
More...
- By Bassam Tabbara, Novas Software, Inc
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Technology Showcase
FPGAs with more DSP resources
and embedded-processing capabilities have made the global
image-processing market more competitive. Designers can offload
software-implemented algorithms, such as DCT, static Huffman,
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), color-space conversion,
and gamma correction, to FPGA hardware. This approach improves
system performance. Read
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- By Rahul V Shah
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eInfochips
Partner Showcase
The client video and audio market is
constantly evolving as end customers continue to demand the
latest technology at a great price. When selecting the correct
SoC, a system designer needs to take into consideration the
needs of the market. Choosing an SoC with the correct peripheral
mix can help reduce the size, power consumption, and ultimately
the price for the end customer.
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- By Thomas Brooks and Huy Pham
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