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Honey, We No Longer Need to Shrink Raquel Welch

December 8, 2009

So much confusion is caused by the word “law”. At its simplest a law is a man-made rule that humans have to obey or suffer sanctions. Laws, in this sense, may be arrived at democratically or laid down by a leader and accepted by his subjects. The confusion begins when a set of observations of the natural world, such as how solid bodies behave in motion or at rest, are described, and this description becomes labeled as a law. Star Trek’s Scotty says, “You cannae change the laws of physics,” which suggests that these laws are … Read More → "Honey, We No Longer Need to Shrink Raquel Welch"

Telling Time Over Ethernet

by Dick Selwood

December 8, 2009

Unless you’re in the business, you may not know there’s a serious challenge facing the cellular phone industry beyond who’s coming out with the next iPhone competitor. It’s precision time distribution. Yes, this little-known but critically-needed telecom utility has been holding back the wireless future.

The growing popularity of iPhones and other devices that support rich media and Internet browsing is adding tremendous data … Read More → "Telling Time Over Ethernet"

Wi-Fi-ify Your Embedded Systems

by Jim Turley

December 8, 2009

Did you hear the one about the Internet-enabled Coke machine?

Actually, that’s for real. Also the Internet-enabled lawn sprinkler, automobile, espresso maker, big-screen TV, and refrigerator. We think nothing of Internet-connected cell phones – in fact, we generally expect that feature – and Internet connections are de rigueur … Read More → "Wi-Fi-ify Your Embedded Systems"

Impulse C Announces Customizable FPGA-Based Financial Feed Handling Solutions

by Jim Turley

December 7, 2009

Kirkland, WA – 7 December 2009 – Impulse Accelerated Technologies today announced that it has delivered an FPGA-based financial feed and network packet parsing solution to Athena Capital Research LLC, a quantitative investment manager based in New York City.

Impulse offers customer-programmable feed handling solutions for use in automated trading, arbitrage and real-time analytics. “FPGAs are increasingly finding their way into financial feed management operations due to their inherently deterministic behavior and ability to support ultra-low latency and reduced … Read More → "Impulse C Announces Customizable FPGA-Based Financial Feed Handling Solutions"

Impulse C Announces Customizable FPGA-Based Financial Feed Handling Solutions

by Jim Turley

December 7, 2009

Pushing The Envelope in FPGA Design Using PlanAhead

by Kevin Morris

December 7, 2009

Want to have the best FPGA designs on the block? You have to push the technology to stay competitive. Join Amelia Dalton as she talks with Greg Daughtry of Xilinx in this Chalk Talk about pushing the envelope in FPGA design.

Speaker: Greg Daughtry, PlanAhead Product Marketing Manager, Xilinx

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CEVA Unveils Industry’s First C-Based Application Optimization Toolchain for Licensable DSPs

by Dick Selwood

December 7, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif. – December 07, 2009 – CEVA Inc, [(NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today introduced the industry’s first integrated optimizing toolchain that enables an end-to-end, fully C-based development flow for licensable DSP cores. Available as part of the CEVA-Toolbox^TM Software Development Environment, the Application Optimizer allows application developers to easily develop software for CEVA’s DSPs purely in C-Level, eliminating any hand-written assembly coding. This results in significantly better overall performance and a shorter design cycle for SoC designs.

Substantial Performance Advantages … Read More → "CEVA Unveils Industry’s First C-Based Application Optimization Toolchain for Licensable DSPs"

LPRS’ easy-Radio wireless modules bring robotic TV presenter to life

by Bryon Moyer

December 7, 2009

LPRS, Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio solutions, has been selected by robot designer Peter Reynolds to provide wireless communication to a robot that could interact with celebrities backstage at the 2009 Brit Awards, Europe’s premier music show. The show’s production company gave Peter a brief that offered open access to the entire back-stage area, allowing the robot to roam around at will, interviewing the stars featured in the show as they got ready to perform. The producer envisioned a humanoid robot that could approach artists backstage and engage them in conversation, recording … Read More → "LPRS’ easy-Radio wireless modules bring robotic TV presenter to life"

Synopsys chosen as primary EDA partner by Hisilicon

by Bryon Moyer

December 7, 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 7, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Hisilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., a worldwide provider of ASICs and solutions for communication network and digital media, and a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies, has established Synopsys as its primary EDA partner across its implementation and verification design flows. Hisilicon has signed an expanded business agreement to extend its use of Synopsys’ IC Compiler place-and-route technology and DesignWare(R) IP as well as other tools from the broad spectrum of Synopsys’ Galaxy(TM) Implementation and … Read More → "Synopsys chosen as primary EDA partner by Hisilicon"

National Instruments LabWindows(TM)/CVI 2009 Increases Developer Productivity and Application Reliability

by Bryon Moyer

December 7, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 7, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) today announced the release of LabWindows/CVI 2009, the latest version of the ANSI C development environment for building reliable test and measurement solutions. The software delivers support for new PC technologies including the C Interface to LabVIEW FPGA, which makes it possible for LabWindows/CVI host applications to communicate with field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based hardware, Microsoft Windows 7 and 64-bit operating systems for simplified development and deployment. Engineers and scientists can further increase … Read More → "National Instruments LabWindows(TM)/CVI 2009 Increases Developer Productivity and Application Reliability"