Recent Blogs

The Growing Importance of Asymmetric and Asynchronous Processing

May 24, 2012

Xilinx’s release of a special Kintex-7 Targeted Design Platform spotlights the importance of multiple processors engaged in different tasks.

CommAgility, HumanData Look to Cost-Optimized FPGA Technology

May 22, 2012

CommAgility and HumanData Ltd look for ways to optimize costs with midrange FPGAs.

Big TOEs Dominate the IP World

May 17, 2012

Intilop offers a 10-Gbit IP core for offloading TCP protocol processing.

Analog matters – more than you think

May 14, 2012

Analog Devices seminars on using ADI converters with Xilinx FPGAs represent a trend the FPGA (and semiconductor) industry sorely needs.

News Spotlight

QuickLogic enhances viewability of “Pop Video”

May 15, 2012

Eeeek! The PoP Video is something I didn't even know I wanted until those little rascals at QuickLogic made me aware of it – now I'm drooling with desire to lay my hands on one of these little beauties!

Tabula’s ABAX 3PLDs are in the news

May 9, 2012

You may recall that the folks at Tabula have developed an innovative FPGA architecture that they refer to as ABAX 3PLDs. The idea is that they use a small piece of silicon that they reconfigure eight times for each user clock beat.

Use a twist (and other popular wires) to reduce EMI/RFI

May 9, 2012

Alexander Graham Bell patented twisted-pair wires in 1881. Remarkably, we still use them because they work so well.