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Radios Reap Benefits of Ultra-Low Power and Digitalization

May 24, 2013

Wireless intellectual property from Imec, Renesas, and Silicon Labs is making headlines for advances in ultra-low-power and fully digitized radios. Continue reading

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Semiconductor Design Vs. the End-User Experience

May 15, 2013

Is it possible for semiconductor engineers to design directly for the end-user experience? Your feedback is needed. Continue reading

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Chinese Embedded-Design Contest Offers Insight

November 29, 2012

Reviewing the list of first-, second-, and third-place winners reveals the technology direction of China’s university/industrial embedded-development community. Continue reading

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Software Developers Benefit from Windows 8 Hygiene

October 19, 2012

A new level of hardware and software IP integration is needed for true power optimization. Continue reading

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Hot Chips in the Valley

August 28, 2012

This year’s Stanford event covers many-core to server-grade processors, integration issues, and everything in between. Continue reading

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Many Cores but Little Parallelism

July 27, 2012

Has the move to thin and light mobile devices sidetracked the much hyped rise of parallel coding programs for many-core chips? Continue reading

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Intelligent Embedded Systems elude Definition

June 22, 2012

Although a boon to semiconductor sensor, analog and RF-wireless IP providers, few practitioners seem able to clearly define intelligent embedded systems. Continue reading

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Intel Expands Semiconductor IP In Handset Bid

June 21, 2012

The processor giant seems serious about the handset market as shown by its BOIS collaboration with Phoenix and acquisition of Interdigital 3G patents. Continue reading

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Put a Smile in Your Semiconductor IP

May 25, 2012

Most humans can tell with the glance of an eye whether a smile is real or fake. Robots take a bit longer. Can IP designers shorten that gap? Continue reading

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Connections: Common Platform – CDNLive – Gamer Dev. Conferences

March 16, 2012

What really ties the whole electronic world together? The connections may be intuitive but still surprising. Continue reading

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