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System architects get help from emulators: emulators, which designers once used only for debugging at the last stages of design implementation and for regression testing, are now becoming useful tools for system architects, as well.

Engineers involved in designing leading-edge ICs face a number of difficult challenges. They have to deal with complex physical phenomena on die...
EDN, 03/16/06 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Third-party IP: a shaky foundation for SoC design: commercial modules help designers meet schedules and cost objectives, but risks abound.(Cover Story)

Lawyers have labeled reusable design blocks, or cores, as IP (intellectual property), despite the fact that most electronics designers use IP to...
EDN Asia, 05/01/05 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
All design is analog--some more so than others: digital design is becoming analog, as submicron processes require engineers to deal with the parasitic effects that result from the analog behavior of all electrical circuits.(tech trends)

THE INVENTION OF THE TRANSISTOR made it possible for engineers to use digital logic. This approximation of nature uses binary logic to implement...
EDN, 03/31/05 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Design complexity requires system-level design: the ambiguity of product specifications written in a natural language often introduces design flaws that go undetected until later, making the solution more expensive.(design feature)

AT A GLANCE * Increasing design complexity requires better system-design tools. * Hardware designers need retraining to become...
EDN, 03/03/05 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Third-party IP: a shaky foundation for S0C design: commercial modules help designers meet schedules and cost objectives, but risks abound.(intellectual property)(Cover Story)

LAWYERS HAVE LABELED reusable design blocks, or cores, as IP (intellectual property), despite the fact that most electronics designers use IP to...
EDN, 02/03/05 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Hand in hand with manufacturing: high speed, low power, and diminishing feature sizes make it impossible for designers to maintain a wall between development and manufacturing.(design feature)

AT A GLANCE * Designers are struggling to keep pace with manufacturing capabilities. * PC boards must provide more functions in less...
EDN Asia, 01/01/05 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Platform aids in streaming-video processing.(Leading edge: what's hot in the design community)(Brief Article)

Celoxica developed Pixel-Streams as a response to the growing need for platform designs. The approach enables reuse of standardized IP...
EDN, 12/17/04 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Tool adds power-analysis feature.(leading edge)(Brief Article)

WITH QUARTUS II Version 4.2, Altera adds the PowerPlay technology suite to provide power analysis to designers using its devices. PowerPlay...
EDN, 12/09/04 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Circuit simulator adds hierarchical-design tools, supports variants.(leading edge)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)

ELECTRONICS WORKBENCH has introduced a new version of its Multisim circuit simulator. The new version offers improvements in both the...
EDN, 12/09/04 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication -
Designers get help with thermal analysis.(leading edge)(Brief Article)

Faced with the thermal challenges that advanced packaging presents, IC designers are turning to thermal analysis to improve component performance...
EDN, 12/09/04 by Moretti, Gabe · More from publication
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