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Articles for the Week of January 17, 2022

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Ruggedizing Buck Converters For Space And Other High Radiation Environments

In this article, we review the effect of radiation on passive and active electronic components and the technologies, processes and device techniques that make them radiation-tolerant or radiation-hard.

• Designing Cloud based Multimedia Solutions

Articles for the Week of January 10, 2022

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Reinventing Traceability: Adding domain intelligence with Arteris Harmony Trace

Harmony Trace is an enterprise level server-based application with a web-based UI that interfaces to your existing requirements, EDA tool, documentation, and support systems, creating a system-of-systems that allows complete visibility of requirements traceability through the entire SoC design flow and product life cycle.

• Solving Chip Security's Weakest Link

Articles for the Week of January 3, 2022

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Convey 4K & 8K over Gigabit Network, Cat5E cables and Wifi-6

Created and engineered by intoPIX, TicoXS FIP combines JPEG XS with an advanced Flawless Imaging Profile (FIP) to deliver more compression efficiency on any content guaranteeing the best AV over IP experience using ONE Gigabit Network infrastructure.

Articles for the Week of December 20, 2021

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Crux of Custom Power & Special Net Routing

Recent Integrated Circuits (ICs) are moving towards the goal of high performance and low power. At the same time, it makes the ICs very complex and has certain specific requirements for superior performance. One of the tasks is the custom routing of power and other nets that cannot be implemented with a few commands by the tool alone. You need human supervision at every step. Let’s dive deep into the details.

• System on Modules (SOM) and its end-to-end verification using Test Automation framework

Articles for the Week of November 22, 2021

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NVM on Advanced Nodes for Smartphone & HPC Platforms

In the applications of high-performance computing and high-end smartphones, chip designers are chasing high-profit margins, and customers are looking for products with the best performance and security. These demands create a powerful driving force, pushing foundries to keep up with Moore’s Law and IP vendors to keep providing high-performance IPs

Articles for the Week of November 15, 2021

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Low Power Design in SoC Using Arm IP

This paper discusses about the low power IP components from ARM can help one to realize the low power features in the SoC. It should be noted that this paper does not discuss about the low power concepts or design techniques. Rather, it focuses on the implementation approaches using ARM low power IP.

• Rapid Validation of Post-Silicon Devices Using Verification IP
• Three ways of looking at a sigma-delta ADC device

Articles for the Week of November 8, 2021

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Connecting the Digital World - The Path to 224 Gbps Serial Links

This paper review of the challenges faced with scaling rates to 200 Gbps and the different modulation schemes needed to accomplish the feat.

• The Internet of Cars Is Paved With Silicon

Articles for the Week of November 1, 2021

• Why Low Complexity Video Coding is Answer to UHD TV Success

Articles for the Week of October 25, 2021

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Software Architecture for DO-160 Qualification of STM32H7 based systems

Any hardware that is to be installed in an aerospace system must undergo the DO-160 qualification testing. The DO-160 qualification testing includes different environmental conditions and test procedures like temperature, humidity, vibration, waterproofness, fluid susceptibility, fungus resistance, shock and crash, RF emission, and so on.

• An Unexpected IoT Problem: Not Enough Randomness