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Build data lanes into datacomms ASICs with Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) IP core
Build data lanes into datacomms ASICs with Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) IP core
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HDL Design House has released its JESD204B Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) IP core (HIP 600), which enables the transmission and…
FPGAs offer cost-effective, flexible solutions for remote radio heads
FPGAs offer cost-effective, flexible solutions for remote radio heads
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Sumit Shah of Xilinx explains why FPGAs provide cost-effective, flexible solutions for remote radio heads.
OLED light bulb aims at replacing incandescents
OLED light bulb aims at replacing incandescents
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Along with startup company EMDOLED, researchers of the Braunschweig Technical University (Braunschweig, Germany) have developed an OLED-based light bulb. The…
Innovation centre receives funding to boost sensor and imaging systems developments in Scotland
Innovation centre receives funding to boost sensor and imaging systems developments in Scotland
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The University of Glasgow has received funding to create a world-leading sensor and imaging systems centre which will benefit the…

Back to Basics: Thermal management for power supplies
Back to Basics: Thermal management for power supplies
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Arun Ananthampalayam of CUI examines the pathways for heat transfer and how power supply designs have evolved to enable effective heat dissipation and deliver greater performance.
Impulse radio ultra-wide band IC takes the lead on accurate geo-positioning
Impulse radio ultra-wide band IC takes the lead on accurate geo-positioning
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Fabless semiconductor company BeSpoon and CEA-Leti have just demonstrated an Impulse radio ultra-wide band (IR-UWB) integrated circuit able to measure distances within a few centimeters of accuracy.
Grasp the critical issues for a functioning JESD204B interface
Grasp the critical issues for a functioning JESD204B interface
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Anthony Desimone and Michael Giancioppo of Analog Devices, Inc. explain the interface from an ADC to FPGA for JESD204B, how to identify when it's working right, and how troubleshoot it…
Nordic Semiconductor releases world’s smallest Bluetooth low energy and ANT+ ICs
Nordic Semiconductor releases world’s smallest Bluetooth low energy and ANT+ ICs
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA has introduced two wafer-level chip-scale package (WLCSP) variants of its existing QFN-packaged nRF51822 and nRF51422 SoCs (System-on-Chips) that will now join the company's class-leading nRF51 Series.
Philips, STW introduce research program for better LED lighting
Philips, STW introduce research program for better LED lighting
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Philips and Dutch research organization STW have jointly launched a partnership aiming at developing innovative, efficient lighting. The research goals include identifying new applications. For the start, the Advanced Sustainable…
Increased functional safety is a ‘Must Have’ in networked embedded designs
Increased functional safety is a ‘Must Have’ in networked embedded designs
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Tim Morin of Microsemi Corporation examines how to increase functional safety in networked embedded designs.
World’s highest performance set-top box SoC supports high-end Android-based IPTV
World’s highest performance set-top box SoC supports high-end Android-based IPTV
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STMicroelectronics says that the company’s Orly system-on-chip (SoC) is now powering a new generation of advanced set-top boxes introduced by NTT Plala Inc., a leading Internet / IPTV service provider…
Europe aims to boost 4K Ultra HD TV with first HEVC broadcast
Europe aims to boost 4K Ultra HD TV with first HEVC broadcast
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Three key technology suppliers are aiming to kickstart the next generation of TV with the first live broadcast of 4K Ultra HD TV using the new HEVC compression standard…
OLED connection unit honoured for slim design
OLED connection unit honoured for slim design
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Every second year the research association Spatial Electronic Components (3-D MID) awards the MID Industry prize. This year, the winner was 3E Mechatronic GmbH and Osram for their jointly developed…
KTH The Royal Institute of Technology develops world’s first water-activated charging device for mobile phones
KTH The Royal Institute of Technology develops world’s first water-activated charging device for mobile phones
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The world’s first water-activated charging device developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm claims to be able to use ordinary water to extend KTH Royal Institute of Technology…
French company Archos enters the smartphone market with low-cost unlocked Android 3G+ line
French company Archos enters the smartphone market with low-cost unlocked Android 3G+ line
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A pioneer in Android devices, Archos has announced its first line of Google certified smartphones, featuring a super slim design, IPS screen with large viewing angles, a powerful Qualcomm CPU…
Archos enters the smartphone market with low-cost unlocked Android 3G+ line
Archos enters the smartphone market with low-cost unlocked Android 3G+ line
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A pioneer in Android devices, Archos has announced its first line of Google certified smartphones, featuring a super slim design, IPS screen with large viewing angles, a powerful Qualcomm CPU…
Will ASICs be replaced in comms gear?
Will ASICs be replaced in comms gear?
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Nick McKeown, an engineering professor at Stanford University, expects a new breed of merchant networking processors to replace ASICs in routers and switches over the next decade.
Micro fuel cell based water-activated charging device for mobile phones claims world first
Micro fuel cell based water-activated charging device for mobile phones claims world first
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The world’s first water-activated charging device developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm claims to be able to use ordinary water to extend KTH Royal Institute of Technology…
Cambrios partners with Novaled to Produce 100 sq cm OLED lighting tiles with transparent electrodes
Cambrios partners with Novaled to Produce 100 sq cm OLED lighting tiles with transparent electrodes
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Cambrios Technologies and Novaled have announced the successful creation of a metal grid free large area 100x100mm OLED lighting tile using Cambrios ClearOhm transparent electrodes based on the company's silver…
Active Balancing Solutions for Series-Connected Batteries
Active Balancing Solutions for Series-Connected Batteries
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Large, high voltage rechargeable battery systems are now common sources of power in applications ranging from electric vehicles to power grid load leveling systems. These large battery stacks are comprised…
LEDs will represent over 25% of the global lighting market by 2016, says NPD DisplaySearch
LEDs will represent over 25% of the global lighting market by 2016, says NPD DisplaySearch
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Demand for LED lighting is growing rapidly thanks to significant expansion in manufacturing capacity, falling prices, environmental concerns, and government incentives.
VP8 support comes to mobile video encoder IP
VP8 support comes to mobile video encoder IP
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Imagination Technologies has added support for the VP8 video codec in its 4K-ready PowerVR E4500MP multi-standard mobile video encoder IP.
API Technologies expands high performance power amplifier line to include GaN based power amplifier technology
API Technologies expands high performance power amplifier line to include GaN based power amplifier technology
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API Technologies Corp. has expanded the company’s power amplifier line of products to include the latest in GaN technology driven designs.
Cree SiC MOSFETs enable Delta Energy Systems to develop next-generation solar inverters
Cree SiC MOSFETs enable Delta Energy Systems to develop next-generation solar inverters
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Cree, Inc. and Delta Energy Systems are claiming a breakthrough in the photovoltaic inverter industry with the release of Delta’s new generation of solar inverters, which utilize SiC power MOSFETs…
Telematics enter off-road and truck markets
Telematics enter off-road and truck markets
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Telematics for cars is one of the most promising markets for M2M applications. Telematics solutions will find their customers not only in passenger cars but likewise in trucks and off-road…
New standard tracks soft IP usage through the semiconductor design
New standard tracks soft IP usage through the semiconductor design
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Accellera Systems Initiative has completed its IP Tagging 1.0 standard, designed to provide a mechanism to track critical soft IP data throughout the entire chip design and development process such…
The 400 Gbps Form-factor Pluggable (CDFP) industry consortium is born
The 400 Gbps Form-factor Pluggable (CDFP) industry consortium is born
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Five leading global companies intend to enter into a multi-source agreement (MSA) to create the 400 Gbps Form-factor Pluggable (CDFP) industry consortium to define a transceiver module/plug mechanical form factor…
Design and yield reliability could delay 20nm SRAM, says Gold Standard Simulations
Design and yield reliability could delay 20nm SRAM, says Gold Standard Simulations
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Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) revealed in a study that the interplay between the effects of statistical reliability and variability could adversely affect 20nm CMOS SRAM yield. The study also defined…


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