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- A head-to-head comparison of the ARM Cortex-M4 and –M0 processor cores by Jack Ganssle
- Want to know more about the Micron Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC)? How about its terabit/sec data rate?
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- Where is the mainstream IC process technology today? 28nm? 40nm? 65nm?
- 3-processor SoC for digital still cameras incorporates an ARM 1136J-S RISC processor core plus separate image and video processors
- Want to see the future of low-power SoC design? Have a look into Gary Smith’s crystal ball.
- Download a free PDF of the Mixed-signal Methodology Guide, Chapter 1: Design Trends and Challenges
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- Generation-jumping 2.5D Xilinx Virtex-7 2000T FPGA delivers 1,954,560 logic cells using 6.8 BILLION transistors (PREVIEW!)
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Gary Smith proposes a 3-layer taxonomy for platform-based SoC design—Live from DAC 2012
EDA’s chief analyst Gary Smith is high on IP subsystems—big ones. Only Gary calls them platforms. Why is Smith so enthusiastic? Because, as he says, he was wrong last year in his estimates of how much it costs to develop … Continue reading
Posted in DAC, IP, SoC, SoC Realization, System Realization, Texas instruments
Tagged ARM, Armada, Design Compiler, Marvell, Nvidia, OMAP, Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Tegra
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Playing poker with applications processors: Can two ARM Cortex-A15 cores beat four ARM Cortex-A9 cores?
One maxim in the multicore biz is that more (processor cores) is better. Is that really true? All the time? “No” says Texas Instruments. In connection with this weeks (MWC) Mobile World Congress neing held in Barcelona, Texas instruments has … Continue reading
Friday Video: Dave Jones’ Amazon Kindle Fire teardown reveals several System Realization secrets
Everyone enjoys a good product teardown and no one does them better than Dave Jones, who publishes the EEVBlog. This week, Dave tore into the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet and reveals a few juicy tidbits from its system design. … Continue reading
Posted in System Realization
Tagged Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle Fire, ARM processor, DDR, Kindle Fire, LPDDR2, OMAP, Texas Instruments OMAP
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What’s unique about the new $199 Android-based Amazon Kindle Fire tablet?
Is it the toughened Gorilla-Glass screen? Nope. Is it the dual-core processor? Nope. Is it the “cloud-accelerated” Amazon Silk browser? Nope. Is it the 8-hour battery life? Certainly not. Is it the unified email inbox? Getting warmer. Is it the … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Ecosystem, EDA360, System Realization
Tagged Amazon, Kindle, Kindle Fire, OMAP, TI
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Friday video: OMAP 5 and the future of user interfaces. Are you ready for your closeup, Mr. Cruise?
Earlier this week, TI introduced its OMAP 5 quad-core platform for mobile multimedia devices. It has four on-chip ARM processor cores, two ARM Cortex-A15 application processors—capable of running at 2GHz each if needed—and two ARM Cortex-M4 cores to handle real-time … Continue reading
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