News Archive: December 2007
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ARM chip designer honored
Steve Furber, one of the designers of the BBC Microcomputer and the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor has been awarded a CBE.
A glimpse into the future of technology
This glimpse into the future of technology is more about the vision than the detailed engineering. But as the final scene states: "the future is in our hands."
Visible light from planet observed orbiting distant star
Scientists have for the first time detected visible light from a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun.
Sound focusing technologies make recent headlines
Sound focusing technologies in the news recently include an ultrasound technique that beams audio over a distance of many meters, and a "personal sound system" prototype using an array of tiny loudspeakers.
Solving HDTV's unhappy returns
Fueled by rapidly declining average selling prices, an exploding supply of content and a vigorous consumer appetite, growth in high-definition television sales continues to accelerate this holiday season.
Shift in the integration equation
Does chip-scale packaging (CSP) take us "back to the future", preferring ICs with fewer functions per die?
Explosives-on-a-chip smarten munitions
Georgia Institute of Technology wants to use microelectromechanical systems with the Naval Surface Warfare Center to make "smart" munitions and explosives using MEMS fuzes.
Scientists unwrap key to efficient wrapping paper use
A recent report found that poor techniques used for wrapping Christmas presents means the U.K. wastes over a tonne of wrapping paper every year.
Bible is written on an area the size of a pin head
Researchers at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology have succeeded in putting a full version of the Hebrew Bible on an area smaller than the size of a pinhead.
Irradiated carbon makes for better electronics, say scientists
Scientists have implemented molecular electronics doping using UV light and electron beams to make devices from single layers of organic (carbon-based) molecules.
Digital age in its infancy, says World Electronics Forum
Delegates to the World Electronics Forum (WEF) discussed issues like green electronics, recycling, free trade, standards, telecommunications, and energy consumption.
EEs explain rogue waves
Rogue ocean waves as high as 10-story buildings have now been explained by University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) EEs, who engineered rogue light waves in optical fibers.
KNOW THE ISSUES: Applying FPGAs in system-critical automotive electronics
Programmable technology is expanding in under hood power-train and safety systems applications.
Xilinx XtremeDSP solution used in Dolby's LED-backlit LCD display technology
Xilinx FPGA-enabled Dolby HDR technology offers real-world perception of depth, detail, and color.
Combination of Precision Synthesis and SmartGuide technology claimed to dramatically reduce design time
Dillon Engineering finds design cycle savings of 70% in recent tests of Precision Synthesis from Mentor combined with Xilinx SmartGuide technology.
Mouser Electronics stocks Cypress Semiconductor CY3209-ExpressEVK Evaluation Kit
CY3209-ExpressEVK Evaluation Kit, Capacitive Touch Interfaces, Programmable CY3209 kit offers numerous design examples with four separate programmable SoC (PSoC) mixed-signal arrays.
Design, Mouser Electronics, Cypress Semiconductor, PSoC CapSense
Xilinx-powered reconfigurable computing platform sets new performance record
SGI Altix System with 35 RC100 RASC blades (70 Xilinx FPGAs) executes bioinformatics application by more than 900 times compared to a traditional cluster.
Virtually every ASIC ends up an FPGA
The question is no longer whether to implement an IC design as an ASIC, or as an FPGA; to meet the demands of today's markets, most design teams must do both.
Convert an FPGA to a gate array at project start
Selecting a gate array early in the design cycle can bring with it many advantages.
Vector Informatik adopts Altera Cyclone III FPGAs for network interface product line
Automotive-certified intellectual property for Altera Cyclone III FPGAs enables Vector Informatik to achieve seamless communication with standard network protocols.
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