DSP-FPGA.com E-Letter - August 2010
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  August 2010          E-letter
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Radiation-Hardened
Bringing the programmable imperative to spaceBringing the programmable imperative to space
By Chris Ciufo, Editor
Suddenly space is the place, where most people think of space ships, the Space Shuttle, and Star Trek. But the reality is that most of the world's efforts in space tech are invested in only one area: Satellite Communications (SATCOM). Interestingly, both Mentor Graphics and Xilinx recently introduced new FPGAs and EDA tools intended for radiation-hardened designs in SATCOM, yet they are taking wildly different approaches.
FPGAs
New 28nm FPGAs deliver greater performance and new challenges to mil system integratorsNew 28nm FPGAs deliver greater performance and new challenges to mil system integrators
By Rob Hoyecki, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Tighter timing constraints are among the challenges to anticipate as 28nm comes into the ready for prime time category.
Market research
Infineon bidding war?Infineon bidding war?
By Will Strauss, Contributing Editor
Will profiles the players in a possible Infineon bidding war.
Sister Publication: ISR operations
Rapid prototyping helps U.S. military achieve optimal DSP systems for ISR missionsRapid prototyping helps U.S. military achieve optimal DSP systems for ISR missions
By Dr. James A. DeBardelaben, IvySys Technologies, LLC
Confronted by rapidly evolving threats, the DoD can look to COTS-based rapid prototyping of cost-effective, high-performance Digital Signal Processing systems to meet stringent Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) constraints and mission objectives for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations.
A/D Converters
White Paper: Critical Techniques for High Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time SystemsWhite Paper: Critical Techniques for High Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems
By Rodger Hosking, Pentek
An A/D(analog-to-digital) converter, frequently abbreviated as ADC, accepts an analog voltage at the input and produces a digital representation of that voltage at the output that's called a "sample." The two primary characteristics of A/Ds are the rate of conversion or sampling rate, expressed in samples per second, and the accuracy of each digital sample expressed as the number of binary bits or decimal digits per sample.
Design and Verification
White Paper: Synthesizing Algorithms from MATLAB and Model-based DescriptionsWhite Paper: Synthesizing Algorithms from MATLAB and Model-based Descriptions
By Chris Eddington, Synopsys, Inc.
Algorithm design is one of the most significant factors in the increasing complexity of IC design and verification. Algorithm, signal processing, and system engineers have increasingly been using MATLAB and Simulink for very concise modeling and design of their algorithms. This paper introduces Synopsys' Synphony High Level Synthesis (HLS) product which allows designers to take algorithm concepts developed at this high level and automatically and reliably implement them directly into silicon.

Products
Innovative Integration
X3-SD16 - Good Vibrations! PCI Express XMC module with sixteen 144 KHz A/Ds and D/As and 1.8M Spartan3A DSP FPGA. Excellent for vibration measurements, sonar, arbitrary waveform generation, stimulus-response measurements
Annapolis Micro Systems
Dual Twelve Bit 2.3 or 1.5 GSps DAC I/O Card

Product Guide
New ProductsNew Products
The SDR-2010 from Spectrum Signal Processing (pictured here) allows data routing between XMC Solano links, external Solano links, and the external PCIe bus, and is among the new products that can be found at www.dsp-fgpa.com


E-cast Schedule:

Seven strategies to optimize quality with frictionless delivery

August 31st  2 pm EDT
Registration:OPEN
Presented by: IBM, Wind River
Speakers: Karla Ducharme (Market Manager, IBM Rational); Moshe Cohe (Sr. Director of Marketing, IBM Rational); Paul Henderson (VP of Product Marketing, Wind River Systems)
Moderated by: Curt Schwaderer-Technical Editor
For additional webcasts, check out the E-cast Archive.

FPGA Virtual Summit
Presented by: OpenSystems Media and Conference ConCepts

The FPGA Virtual Summit presented four webcasts in a single day. Attendees participated throughout the day viewing the topics most relevant to them, without any travel cost or time and with complete freedom to enter or leave at will. The four themed technical sessions covered key topics for today's FPGA design engineers, system architects, and engineering decision makers. Each of these four webcasts wrapped up with an "Ask the Experts" panel where attendees asked their questions and networked with vendors.

The fourth and final session of the day was the keynote Executive Round Table webcast, where Executives from the leading FPGA vendors discussed the "Future of FPGAs" in a Q&A session moderated by OpenSystems Media editorial directors Chris Ciufo and Don Dingee.

You have the option to view one or all four events from the FPGA Virtual Summit.


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