| Creating an SOC Virtual Platform for Embedded Software Development by CircuitSutra Technologies Pvt, Ltd. in Electronic Design Magazine |
June 28, 2011 -- Today's system-on-chip (SOC) designs incorporate various input-output capabilities and are multi-core systems with fast communication protocols. SOCs often incorporate various processing elements for multimedia and networking ap ... read more |
| Reduce SOC Device/ Package Leakage/ Power with Improved Power-Management Protocols by Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. in EE Times Embedded |
June 27, 2011 -- To reduce the design and packaging cost, SOCs are usually developed satisfying a superset of demands of multiple customers. To target the customers who do not need the complete functionality, the usual solution is to offer them ... read more |
| Debug a Microcontroller-to-FPGA Interface from the FPGA Side by EE Times MCU Designline |
June 27, 2011 -- Microcontrollers and FPGAs often work together in embedded systems. As more functions move into the FPGA, however, debugging the interface between the two devices becomes more difficult. The traditional debugging approach comes ... read more |
| Application Driven Network on Chip Architecture Exploration & Refinement for a Complex SOC by Arteris SA in Design & Reuse |
June 20, 2011 -- This article presents an overview of the design process of an interconnection network, using the technology proposed by Arteris. Section 2 summarizes the various features a NoC is required to implement to be integrated in modern ... read more |
| Breaking the Language Barriers: Using Coverage Driven Verification to Improve the Quality of IP by Mentor Graphics Corp. in Design & Reuse |
June 20, 2011 -- Technology advances allows for the creation of larger and more complex designs. This poses new sets of challenges, including efforts to balance verification completeness with minimization of overall verification effort and cycle ... read more |
| Down and Dirty with HW/SW Codesign-Part 1: Reviewing the Fundamentals by EE Times Embedded |
June 18, 2011- Embedded computing systems must meet tight cost, power consumption, and performance constraints. If one design requirement dominated, life would be much easier for embedded system designers, i.e., they could use fairly standard a ... read more |
| Android, Linux and Real-Time Development for Embedded Systems by Mentor Graphics Corp. in Design & Reuse |
June 17, 2011 -- Android is an open source platform built by Google that includes an operating system, middleware and applications for the development of devices employing cellular communications. This article takes a look at the design of Andro ... read more |
| Comparing Hot Swap IC Solutions in Server Power Reporting-Part 2 by National Semiconductor Corp. in EE Times Power Management Designline |
June 16, 2011 -- Part 1 of this article looked at aspects of the voltage- and current-measurement challenges of measuring power in this application, along with error sources and tradeoffs. There are four major benefits gained by combining hot sw ... read more |
| Moore's Law; the Bifurcation of the Semiconductor Industry and 3-D integration by MonolithIC 3D, Inc. in Electronic Engineering Times (EE Times) |
June 16, 2011 -- With all the gloom and doom facing the semiconductor industry and especially with the "end of Moore's Law" coming up soon as many experts predict, let's look at several facts relating to the unbelievable ride the industry has ha ... read more |
| Basics of SOC I/O design-Part 2: Hot Swap & Other Implementation Issues by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in EE Times Embedded |
June 14, 2011 -- Having dealt in Part 1 with some of the basics of SoC I/O pin assignment, in this second part we will deal with a variety of implementation issues, including hot swap, threshold voltages, interrupts, pin assignments and Interfac ... read more |
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