| Fundamentals of Booting for Embedded Processors by Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) in EE Times Embedded |
September 20, 2009 -- One of the essential operations of any embedded processor is the booting process. However, despite the apparent simplicity of the boot process, the options associated with booting a processor can actually be quite complex, ... read more |
| Breaking Down the Sensor-Signal Path by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in EDN Magazine |
September 17, 2009 -- Sensors are increasingly finding use in embedded systems. Although industrial products have long used them for manufacturing-control systems, consumer devices are now starting to employ them, as well. Manufacturers are inte ... read more |
| Evaluating the Performance of MultiCore Processors - Part 2 by Intel Corp. in EE Times Embedded |
September 16, 2009 -- One common question when customers review data from microprocessor benchmarks such as those discussed in Part 1 is "How well will benchmark performance predict my particular application's performance if I employ your new pr ... read more |
| Seamless Integration of Multicore Embedded Systems by Ericsson in EE Times Embedded |
September 16, 2009 -- This article presents a seamless and continuous integration approach that allows to gradually introduce performance improvements while preserving an established functional baseline in an embedded system with demanding chara ... read more |
| Evaluating the Performance of MultiCore Processors - Part 1: Choosing and Using the Right Benchmarks by Intel Corp. in EE Times Embedded |
September 15, 2009 -- Determining the specific multicore processor that will suit your embedded application needs is a challenge. Relying upon the marketing collateral from a given company is not sufficient because in many cases, the results quo ... read more |
| Minimizing Latency In Diverse Embedded System Design Environments by PLX Technology, Inc. in EE Times Embedded |
September 14, 2009 -- With speeds of up to 5.0GTps for PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 2 and up to 8GTps with the forthcoming PCIe Gen 3, it's easy to see why this powerful interconnect standard is used across multiple high-performance embedded applicati ... read more |
| System Testing of Digital Camera Devices as Reverse Engineering by Electronic Engineering Times (EE Times) |
September 14, 2009 -- Modern digital cameras and cell phones containing digital cameras are merely complex microprocessor systems with ever-increasing amounts of functionality. This increased functionality is spread out between the software port ... read more |
| Why Programmability Is Now a Game Changer by Synfora, Inc. in Electronic Engineering Times (EE Times) |
September 10, 2009 -- The common wisdom these days says that the semiconductor industry is heading for the cliff. Some even say that we are like the cartoon character that went over the cliff and his legs are still moving, not realizing that the ... read more |
| MMICs Meet Bandwidth Demands at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies by Electronic Design Magazine |
September 10, 2009 -- Microwave component and module manufacture has been well understood and automated for many years. Myriad applications benefit from the capabilities driven by high volumes of microwave point-to-point links. But at frequencie ... read more |
| How FPGAs Can Address MCUs' General-Purpose I/O Scaling Wall by Actel Corp. in EE Times Programmable Logic Designline |
September 9, 2009 -- Microcontrollers, in many ways, are the indispensable engines of our world. With hundreds of billions of them in use, MCUs play a variety of different but equally important roles in almost every electronics application imagi ... read more |
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