A lot of us think we’re faster FPGA designers than we really are.
We grab a few chunks of previous designs, munge them around a little bit, and bang out a couple extra modules for good measure. In what seems like no time at all, we mentally declare victory because we can upload our design to our development board and it kinda-sorta already does what we want.
We’re mostly partly almost done.
Read More → "Best of Both Worlds"
DALLAS, April 6 /PRNewswire/ — Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced a 16-bit, 800-MSPS interpolating digital-to-analog converter (DAC), which provides 75 dBc third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) at 200 MHz. Offered in a 7-mm x 7-mm QFN package, the DAC3283 is also the smallest DAC in its class, saving valuable board space in wireless communications, software defined radio (SDR), test and measurement, and power amplifier linearization applications. Incorporating a single byte wide differential interface, the DAC3283 reduces data input pins by 50 percent, allowing designers to choose a lower-cost FPGA or ASIC to precede the DAC. For more information and to order samples, … Read More → "TI delivers highest linearity, smallest dual, 16-bit, 800-MSPS interpolating DAC"
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 6 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) , the world’s leading provider of programmable solutions, is applauded for its role in developing QPACE; a bespoke supercomputer developed to unlock the mysteries of Quantum Chromodynamics. The predominant simulation process used to model Quantum Chromodynamics is known as Lattice QCD and is only possible using high-powered, highly parallel supercomputers. Xilinx® Virtex®-5 LX110T FPGAs were selected to provide core networking technology in QPACE, a two-year project that required leading-edge … Read More → "Xilinx Helps University of Regensburg Launch the World’s Most Power-Efficient Supercomputer"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) invites you to an on-demand educational webinar highlighting IGLOO® low power FPGAs for handheld portable applications on FPGA and Programmable Logic Journal.
Actel has been designed into a wide array of handheld devices, including smartphones, eBooks, cameras, medical devices, industrial scanners, military radios and more.
With the industry’s lowest power and widest range of small packages, it’s no surprise that IGLOO FPGAs can be found … Read More → "Webcast Alert: Actel Presents the Handheld Portable Chalk Talk"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) invites you to an on-demand educational webinar highlighting IGLOO® low power FPGAs for handheld portable applications on FPGA and Programmable Logic Journal.
Actel has been designed into a wide array of handheld devices, including smartphones, eBooks, cameras, medical devices, industrial scanners, military radios and more.
With the industry’s lowest power and widest range of small packages, it’s no surprise that IGLOO FPGAs can be found … Read More → "Webcast Alert: Actel Presents the Handheld Portable Chalk Talk"
DALLAS (April 6, 2009) — Developers of embedded industrial, medical and consumer designs demand flexible architectures to support multiple industry-specific peripherals and interfaces. To address the evolving needs of these market spaces, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced four new Sitara™ ARM9 microprocessors (MPUs) and corresponding evaluation modules (EVMs) packed with a plethora of integrated connectivity options.
Unlike other ARM9 offerings, TI’s AM1808, Read More → "Scalable Sitara™ ARM9 MPUs from Texas Instruments deliver mix of integrated connectivity options for industrial and highly-connected designs"
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium – April, 2010 – CISSOID, the leader in high temperature semiconductor solutions, released their new EREBUS™ technology, which implements Buck (Step-Down) DC-DC Converters operating reliably and with high efficiency from -55°C to +225°C.
EREBUS can step input voltages from 12 to 50V down to an output voltage adjustable from 10% to 90% of the input.
Based on CISSOID’s two-chip set MAGMA-HYPERION and power transistors, the EREBUS™ technology … Read More → "CISSOID Introduces EREBUS™, A High Temperature DC-DC Converter Platform for Oil & Gas, Industrial and Aeronautics applications"
Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 6 April 2010 – SiTel Semiconductor today announced that a solution combining its SC14452 Green VoIP processor and Rhea VoIP software suite has been formally validated with BroadSoft’s latest BroadWorks release (Release 16). This validation by BroadSoft proves that systems based on the SC14452 processor and the Rhea suite work properly with the BroadWorks SIP interface. As a result, developers of such systems can be confident their products will operate seamlessly with the vast majority of VoIP servers.
Together, SiTel’s SC14452 second-generation Green VoIP processor and Rhea VoIP software platform form a complete hardware / software … Read More → "SiTel’s VoIP solutions verified interoperable with BroadSoft’s BroadWorks"
LPRS, Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio solutions, now offers one of the widest ranges of wireless key-fobs available to manufacturers of security and control systems. In addition to the well-established and very popular AMTX2B-4-ER model, an additional range of very cost effective multi-function wireless key-fobs have now been introduced. They are available in a number of different designs, providing a range of control options and case designs to complement end system aesthetics.
The new range of wireless key-fobs is made up of 6 different models all operating at 433,92MHz and housed in ABS … Read More → "LPRS add 6 New Models to Wireless Key-Fob Range"
I have a friend who claims that he once worked for four different companies in a year, while not changing desks once. This was in the early days of the EDA industry, during the round of acquisitions that moved the tools for IC design from the hands of proprietary workstation manufacturers to specialist software companies exploiting the relative openness of first Sun workstations and later PCs.
The changes in the embedded tools industry have not been so rapid: someone who worked for i-Logix will have … Read More → "Rebuilding the Embedded Tools Landscape"
