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• Foil threats -- Secure storage on SoCs (Aug. 31, 2006)
  BofA, Citigroup, Time Warner, Fidelity...There's plenty of evidence of data theft and tape loss. This article focuses on the security designs for 'data at rest' and the activities in the IEEE 1619 standards committee supporting storage security
  
  
• High Speed Serial Interconnects - What to Look for When Selecting an IP Vendor (Aug. 21, 2006)
  In this article, we will discuss how to select a third party IP vendor, how to verify third party IP, and how to integrate third party IP, with special focus on high speed serial links such as PCI Express.
  
  
• Multi-core: The Move from Proprietary Solutions to Open Standards (Aug. 17, 2006)
  To help the embedded industry accelerate the adoption of multi-core devices, several key ingredients must be developed, including open standards to enable vendors’ products to work together, and another is the availability of standard benchmarks.
  
  
• Characterizing licensable core performance; Find out why comparing processor cores is tricky and learn what to look for. (Aug. 16, 2006)
  Comparing licensable processor cores and quantifying their relative performance is challenging.
  
  
• Integrating a PCI Express Digital IP Core into a Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Aug. 14, 2006)
  This paper discusses the integration and system verification challenges encountered when integrating a PCI Express digital intellectual property (IP) core into a Gigabit Ethernet design
  
  
• FPGA Implementation of AES Encryption and Decryption (Aug. 07, 2006)
  This paper presents a high speed, fully pipelined FPGA implementation of AES Encryption and Decryption (acronym for Advance Encryption Standard, also known as Rijndael Algorithm) which has been selected as New Algorithm by the National Institutes of Stand
  
  
• The ''nuts and bolts'' of Integrating PCI Express into your design (Aug. 03, 2006)
  This paper summarizes the issues and decisions required when integrating a full PCI Express (PCIe) solution into a chip design (ASIC, Structured ASIC, or FPGA)
  
  
• Implementing Field-oriented Brushless Motor Control Using an ARM7 Processor (Jul. 31, 2006)
  The article will demonstrate how these control schemes can be implemented on ARM7 processor-based products with the appropriate peripherals needed for state-of-the-art PWM generation and signal conditioning, avoiding the necessary learning phases associat
  
  
• The Design Dilemma: Multiprocessing Using Multiprocessors and Multithreading (Jul. 27, 2006)
  Mutiprocessing and multithreading both assert this multiprocessing complexity to the embedded developer, all is not equal. This article inspects the cost and trade off between the two.
  
  
• High Definition, Low Bandwidth -- Implementing a high-definition H.264 codec solution with a single Xilinx FPGA (Jul. 24, 2006)
  Alpha Data, in conjunction with our partners 4i2i Communications, has implemented one of the world’s first high-definition H.264 codec solutions in a single FPGA platform on a single PCI board.
  
  
• How to use the Trace Port on PowerPC 405 cores (Jul. 21, 2006)
  In this tutorial, the author explains how to use the Trace Port on PowerPC 405 cores embedded in FPGAs for software-hardware debug.
  
  
• Using a multicore RTOS for DSP applications (Jul. 19, 2006)
  Multicore architectures present many programming challenges. Fortunately, an RTOS can enable you to develop code mostly as though you were targeting a single-core device.
  
  
• The Love/Hate Relationship with DDR SDRAM Controllers (Jul. 17, 2006)
  The modern DDR2 SDRAM offers security of supply, high storage capacity, low cost, and reasonable channel bandwidth but comes with an awkward interface and complicated controller issues.
  
  
• Design of Wireless Systems Utilizing Scratchpad Memories (Jul. 10, 2006)
  The paper describes the scratchpad system integration, implementation and verification methodology, and also depicts the system performance at the evaluation platform for wireless applications.
  
  
• Using ARM Processor-based Flash MCUs as a Platform for Custom Systems-on-Chip (Jul. 06, 2006)
  Using a Flash MCU based on the industrystandard ARM processor as a platform represents a practical approach to SoC development that addresses all these issues.
  
  
• SoC offers design alternative, and challenges, compared to SiP (Jul. 06, 2006)
  A system-on-chip is a highly integrated, single-chip design using third-party and internal intellectual property. The IP can be either a behavioral or physical description of standard components, and the SoC can contain analog, digital or mixed-signal cir
  
  
• A signal conditioner for high-speed serial links (Jul. 06, 2006)
  This article will discuss the different issues associated with legacy and next-generation backplanes. For instance, manufacturing variations and environmental conditions have a significant impact on the performance of high-speed backplane systems.
  
  
• Scale network processors to 40 Gbps and beyond (Jun. 28, 2006)
  This article explores why fulfilling the promise of the network processor has remained so difficult, and outlines how a pipelined architecture can achieve this elusive goal
  
  
• Design and FPGA Implementation of an Interpolative Neural Network for Digital Image Zooming (Jun. 26, 2006)
  In this paper, the VLSI implementation of a novel image interpolator for the real-time applications is presented. It is based on Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) that adjusts automatically the smoothing parameters of interpolative model for varied smoot
  
  
• 5c Over AV Link: A Comparison of Architectures (Jun. 22, 2006)
  In this paper, the basic structure of two M6 architectures, the Per-Channel M6 and Shared M6, are described, and the two architectures relative strengths and weaknesses are compared. In conclusion, the preferred IP architecture for specific applications i
  
  
• Picking the right 802.15.4/ZigBee wireless connection for your embedded design (Jun. 16, 2006)
  For the embedded developers looking to add connectivity to their designs, selecting the right solution is critical to success. But it is particularly important in the case of ZigBee or any other 802.15.4 wireless application, where integrating the various
  
  
• System-on-chip bulk CMOS can cause a paradigm shift (Jun. 12, 2006)
  As the total cost gap closes between wireless systems made of discrete components and wireless system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, the time has come to consider trading traditional pcb and discrete device solutions for fully-integrated silicon designs.
  
  
• Implementing PCI Express Designs using FPGAs (Jun. 07, 2006)
  Today's 90 nm FPGAs offer high performance and cost effective platforms to implement single-chip and two-chip PCI Express solutions, making them the ideal platforms for PCI Express.
  
  
• The Perils of RF IP (Jun. 01, 2006)
  Integrating RF IP is not as easy as digital IP. Noise, capacitive coupling and inductance; both self and mutual represent unique challenges to SOC integration.
  
  
• How to reduce simultaneous switching output noise with a stand-alone SerDes (May. 31, 2006)
  LVCMOS outputs from an FPGA are unsuited for driving over long interconnects or at high data rates.
  
  
• Cortex-R4 -- A comparison with the ARM9E processor family (May. 29, 2006)
  This white paper will examine the key differences between the ARM9E processor family and the Cortex-R4 processor.
  
  
• Favorable Economics Will Drive Rapid Adoption of Certified Wireless USB (May. 25, 2006)
  This paper, aimed at decision makers within product development companies with responsibility for specifying device connectivity, provides an up-to-date report on the status of Certified Wireless USB technology. It explores the favorable economic factors
  
  
• A High Level Power modeling IP Methodology for SoC Design Based on FPGA Approach (May. 25, 2006)
  We propose in this article a methodology based on measurements allowing to model the application power consumption on FPGA with architectural and algorithmic parameters.
  
  
• ARM Cortex-R4, A mid-range processor for deeply-embedded applications (May. 22, 2006)
  The ARM® Cortex™-R4 processor enables a wide range of deeply-embedded applications to be implemented with reduced system and development cost. Product applicability includes hard-disk drives, networking products, wireless and automotive applications.
  
  
• Inside CEVA's portable, programmable video solution (May. 19, 2006)
  The convergence of mobility, connectivity and multimedia has created a market of enormous diversity and opportunity. From the network operators and content providers to the handset manufacturers and silicon vendors, companies strive to accommodate the sub