Baseband communications dataplane processing is one of the most demanding environments around. Tensilica’s ConnX Baseband Engine is designed to address this challenge (see the figure). Tensilica calls its architecture a dataplane processing unit (DPU), in contrast with CPUs and DSPs. The processor cores are based on Tensilica’s Extens...
What do ac-dc power supplies, lighting ballasts, and driver ICs have in common? They all represent immediate growth opportunities for new designs based on current regulation, specifically for various [...]
New York City Garbage by Justin Gignac -- Thank You for Littering.™... Limited edition garbage. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more art[...]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently discovered that someone at the agency recorded over the master copy of the video of Neil Armstrong's famous Apollo 11 walk on the moon. One s[...]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently discovered that someone at the agency recorded over the master copy of the video of Neil Armstrong's famous Apollo 11 walk on the moon. One s[...]
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This morning's planetary-gear motorcycle wheel post has induced an epicyclic fury in my heart that is terrible to behold. Here's a couple of gems from the inevitable YouTube frenzy. The first, abo[...]
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Intel adds to the recent string of good news, improving its Q3 revenue and gross margin expectations. The new guidance calls for $9 billion in revenue, a $1 billion improvement over Q2, and Q3 gross m[...]
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The semiconductor industry continues to move away from worst-case scenarios for 2009, with Gartner reporting that worldwide semiconductor revenue is on track to total $212 billion, a decrease of just [...]