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FPGA hits 1-GHz benchmark
FPGA hits 1-GHz benchmark
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Xilinx has increased the peak processing performance of the Zynq-7000 programmable SoC FPGA family to 1GHz and is providing smaller…
Khronos releases OpenGL ES 3.0 for mobile 3D graphics
Khronos releases OpenGL ES 3.0 for mobile 3D graphics
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Graphics standards group Khronos has launched its OpenGL ES 3.0 specification, bringing significant functionality and portability enhancements to the industry-leading,…
3D technology to improve cancer treatment
3D technology to improve cancer treatment
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Researchers at the University of Lincoln in the UK are to develop 3D imaging technology for cancer patients receiving proton…
Top 10 tips for selecting a cellular radio
Top 10 tips for selecting a cellular radio
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The primary goal of cellular radio systems — providing communication services to a large number of wireless data, video and…

Startup demos 60-GHz Wi-Fi
Startup demos 60-GHz Wi-Fi
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Nitero Inc. (Austin, Texas), a fabless chip company with Australian roots, has announced it has begun demonstrating 60-GHz, multi-gigabit Wi-Fi ICs for mobile devices to selected companies. The names of…
UK startup aims to revolutionise solar thermal power
UK startup aims to revolutionise solar thermal power
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A startup in the southwest of the UK is starting trials of a controller that could make heating of hot water via solar power more efficient and cost effective.
MIT researchers develop new programming language for multicore image processing
MIT researchers develop new programming language for multicore image processing
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Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new programming language for multicore image processing algorithms called Halide.
Power noise reduction by optimizing the dynamic power signature of digital ICs
Power noise reduction by optimizing the dynamic power signature of digital ICs
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Tobias Bjerregaard of Teklatech explains how to achieve power noise reduction by optimizing the dynamic power signature of digital ICs.
Time to streamline thermal management design and production
Time to streamline thermal management design and production
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Dennis Scott of Noren Products focuses on ways to streamline thermal management design and production.
Understanding the IP3 specification and linearity, part 1
Understanding the IP3 specification and linearity, part 1
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Kuo-Chang Chan of Maxim Integrated Products focuses on the IP3 specification and linearity issues.
Fraunhofer Institute develops smart wireless power outlets
Fraunhofer Institute develops smart wireless power outlets
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A new Internet-enabled power outlet was developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication Systems ESK in Munich will allow users to control household appliances via their smartphone, and…
2.4 GHz transceiver platform draws less than 10 mW
2.4 GHz transceiver platform draws less than 10 mW
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The IcyTRX developed by CSEM is a new transceiver platform that consumes less than 10 mW and is well suited to ultra-low power RF applications such as Bluetooth low energy,…
What is JESD204 and why should we pay attention to it?
What is JESD204 and why should we pay attention to it?
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Jonathan Harrisof ADI focuses on the JESD204 converter interface and explains the importance of the interface for future designs.
Ultra-low power 2.4GHz transceiver platform draws less than 10mW
Ultra-low power 2.4GHz transceiver platform draws less than 10mW
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The IcyTRX developed by CSEM is a new transceiver platform that consumes less than 10mW and is well suited to ultra-low power RF applications such as Bluetooth low energy, WirelessHART,…
Fraunhofer Institute for Communication Systems ESK develops smart wireless power outlets
Fraunhofer Institute for Communication Systems ESK develops smart wireless power outlets
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A new Internet-enabled power outlet was developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication Systems ESK in Munich will allow users to control household appliances via their smartphone, and…
Animated characters brought to life by 3-D printing
Animated characters brought to life by 3-D printing
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The virtual world is being brought to life by reverse engineering the rendering operation that draws on-screen characters in video games and other software animations. Harvard University researchers will describe…
Valeo makes your car engine hybrid
Valeo makes your car engine hybrid
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Hybrid cars are still too expensive, and not everyone can afford to buy one. But automotive supplier Valeo said it has recently launched an affordable hybrid concept for the mainstream.
Technical considerations and protection mechanism for ESD events in a mixed signal SoC – part 2
Technical considerations and protection mechanism for ESD events in a mixed signal SoC – part 2
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The SoCs used in various industrial and automotive applications like clusters, connected radio etc has lots of analog component along with the digital component. At system level, almost all applications…
Portable satellite base stations bolster disaster response
Portable satellite base stations bolster disaster response
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Terrestrial communication systems typically are knocked out by disasters, or overloaded following them. Here we review how satellite systems have overcome these problems for events such as 9/11 and last…
ADC Guide, Part 8: ADC reference basics pt. 2
ADC Guide, Part 8: ADC reference basics pt. 2
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Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are one of the most commonly used blocks in embedded systems. Applications of ADCs include current sensing, motor control, temperature sensing and a…
RUB researchers create early warning system for vehicle batteries
RUB researchers create early warning system for vehicle batteries
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Scientists from the Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum (RUB) working group for Energy Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics headed by Professor Dr. Constantinos Sourkounis and Philip Dost together with the Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH &…
Image sensors enable Curiosity to capture of HD images from Mars
Image sensors enable Curiosity to capture of HD images from Mars
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Image sensors from Truesense Imaging will be on board NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity when the vehicle lands on Mars this weekend. The sensors will capture high definition…
China looks at ‘throwaway’ modular datacenters
China looks at ‘throwaway’ modular datacenters
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Chinese researchers have developed a fault-tolerant architecture for datacenters for cloud computing that would use large 'throwaway' modules, each with thousands of servers.
Metro Ethernet Forum starts work on cloud and SDN specifications
Metro Ethernet Forum starts work on cloud and SDN specifications
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The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has started technical work on standards to support cloud computing and software-defined networking over carrier-grade Ethernet. First fruits from the work that started about three…
Physicists claim smallest semiconductor laser
Physicists claim smallest semiconductor laser
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Physicists at the University of Texas-Austin say they have developed the world's smallest semiconductor laser in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China.
FinFETs-on-SOI able to double battery life
FinFETs-on-SOI able to double battery life
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Fully depleted FinFET style transistors made on SOI wafers are likely to allow between half and one-third the leakage current of FinFETs made on bulk silicon according to TCAD simulations…
New reference design provides hardware blueprint for battery fuel-gauging in electric scooters
New reference design provides hardware blueprint for battery fuel-gauging in electric scooters
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ams has developed a reference design which shows how a simple current and voltage measurement circuit can produce state of charge (SOC) readings for electric scooter batteries.
US intelligence interested in Lime Micro flexible radio technology
US intelligence interested in Lime Micro flexible radio technology
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UK chip designer Lime Micro has signed a partnership with an independent, non-profit organisation that identifies innovative technology for the US Intelligence community.


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