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Implementing an effective Web Crawler
A typical web crawler starts by parsing a specified web page: noting any hypertext links on that page that point to other web pages. The Crawler then parses those pages for new links, and so on, recursively. This is the basic concept behind implementing web crawler, but implementing this concept is not merely a bunch of programming. Read more...

- By Shalin Shah

Partner Showcase Creating multi-standard, multi-resolution video engines using configurable processors The explosive growth of handheld devices such as portable media players (PMPs) has drastically changed the requirements placed on the end-silicon providers. Consumers expect their devices to play media from different sources, coded using different standards, and downloaded using a variety of different wireless standards. A new, more flexible design approach must be taken. Read More... - By Sumit Gupta, Product Marketing Manager, Tensilica Inc.

1. Using model-based design for video processing
According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, single-vehicle road departures result in many serious accidents each year. To reduce the likelihood of a vehicle's straying out of lane, automotive engineers have developed lane tracking and departure warning systems that use a small camera to transmit video information. Read More...

- By Houman Zarrinkoub

2. SystemVerilog Reference Verification Methodology: VMM Adoption
The larger and more complex that system-on-chip (SoC) designs grow, the more verification dominates the development process. In fact, effective design reuse puts even more pressure on the verification team to reduce their part of the schedule. The best solution to this dilemma is the adoption and deployment of a reuse-oriented, coverage-driven methodology. Read More...
- By Thomas Anderson, Janick Bergeron, Eduard Cerny, Alan Hunter and Andrew Nightingale

3. Exactly When Do You Need Real Time?
Do most embedded projects still need an real time operating system (RTOS)? It's a good question, given the speed of today's high performance processors and the availability of patches for real-time Linux, Windows, and other general purpose operating systems (GPOSs). The answer lies in the very nature of embedded devices. Read More...
- By Paul N. Leroux and Jeff Schaffer

4. ESD protection for HDMI 1.3 interfaces
The HDMI 1.3 specification supports the demand of future HD display devices for higher resolution and higher frame rates with a color depth up to 48-bit by doubling bandwidth from 165 MHz (4.95 Gbps) to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) of the previous HDMI 1.2 specification. Read More...
- By Dr. Tamim P. Sidiki, Dr. Horst Roehm, Andreas Zimmermann, Axel Held

5. Complex DSP system modelling made easy
Digital signal processing (DSP) systems of low to moderate complexity are typically modeled using Simulink. In some cases, these Simulink models are augmented with block-based C-modeling technology. However, for the design of more complex DSP systems, the polymodeling technology explained in this article is needed to manage modeling costs and maintain project schedules. Read More...
- By Dr. Johannes Stahl

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