It's a brave new world for DSP instrumentation designers

James Henderson (Innovative Integration)

March 25, 2008

The wireless marketplace is like our expanding universe. Currently, a big bang of new RF technologies is underway, posing new challenges.

Snapdragons, sapphires, and starting (again) in the cell phone business

Will Strauss (Forward Concepts)

June 15, 2010

Will touches on a number of topics, including what it will take to make headway in the 4G handset market.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the cellular chip market - 2009

Semiconductor upturn now in sight

White Paper: Memory Design Considerations When Migrating to DDR3 Interfaces from DDR2

Virage Logic (Virage Logic)

November 1, 2007

The emerging DDR3 memory standard will extend the performance range of DDR memories considerably.

Satisfiability: A new generation of static analysis

Ben Chelf (Coverity)

October 13, 2007

New static analysis solutions allow developers to find bugs before software is run, improving code quality and dramatically accelerating the availability of new applications.... [read more]

The revival of 2eSST VME computing with embedded Intel CPUs

Alexander Buravlev, PhD (Fastwel Co. Ltd.)

October 13, 2007

Boards with 2eSST originally featured PowerPC processors; however, today a new breed of 2eSST board is emerging featuring Intel CPUs instead.

FPGAs: Up in space

Sharon Schnakenburg (Assistant Editor)

September 27, 2007

How well do FPGAs and “mission-critical” really blend together in space? Very well, according to representatives of th... [read more]

Implementation trade-offs of digital FIR filters

Ed Rocha (Quickfilter Technologies)

September 13, 2007

In the world of military and medical technology, many choices are available including MCUs, DSPs, FPGAs, and dedicated FIR ICs. Now FIR ICs are stepping into the forefront, t... [read more]

Using memory analysis to create leaner, faster, more reliable embedded systems

Bill Graham (QNX Software Systems)

August 10, 2007

Most developers find memory errors and leaks hard to detect and isolate. By the time a problem appears (often by crashing your program), the corruption has usually become wid... [read more]

FPGAs: Solving future proofing in military applications via technology insertion

Mark Littlefield (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing )

July 13, 2007

Using technology insertion techniques for COTS FPGA-based products offers a magnitude of benefits but requires up-front software and hardware strategies. Key variables in the... [read more]

Configurable PMCs put an FPGA to work

Jeff Biviano (VMETRO, Inc.)

July 13, 2007

Configurable PMCs implementing FPGAS are cutting significant time off the design process, but several architectural factors must be considered.

Accelerating DO-254 for ASIC/FPGA designs

Michael Lee (Mentor Graphics Corporation)

June 13, 2007

When a military avionics system includes ASICs or FPGAs, adherence to the DO-254 safety standard is required. Michael and Tom examine some of the standard's subsets, includin... [read more]