Electronic Design: From Chips to Chassis
Featured Keynote AddressFeatured Keynote Address
An industry leader's insight from DesignCon 2007
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Willem P. "Wim" Roelandts
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board
Xilinx
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Executive Perspective
One-on-one interviews with industry leaders
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 Berit Svendsen
Vice President and Head, Nordic Fixed
Telenor
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Technology Briefing
White papers covering news, studies, and trends
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This issue's Technology Briefings feature DesignCon Paper Award recipients. Design Paper Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the educational goals of the DesignCon program. |
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Content by: Olivier Despaux, Xilinx
Most new digital systems require amounts of memory larger that can be embedded in
ASSP or FPGA devices.
This paper discusses two aspects of the design: memory interface architectural choices and implications; and several implementation aspects of the memory interface, aimed at increasing robustness and reducing power for the interface.
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Content by: Harry Foster, Mentor Graphics and Ping Yeung, Mentor Graphics
Although simulation-based coverage closure processes are generally well understood, the process for achieving formal property checking proof closure is not well understood. In certain cases, the engineer is stuck trying to answer the question: What do I do now about those properties not easily proven?
This paper introduces a process for achieving static formal verification closure.
Web ProForum
Tutorials featuring the latest technical and business issues
| IPTV is not like any ordinary television program broadcast through the Internet, but rather it is unique in itself. The delivery of IPTV is made via IP-based secure channels, which results in a sharp increase in content distribution control. | Definition and Overview |
Analyst Corner
Perspectives from leading information industry experts
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Over the years, the GSM industry has developed advanced methods for measuring and mitigating radio network-related voice quality impairments. However, the impact of background noise and nonlinear acoustic echo are not well understood.
In this article, the author will discuss the impact of background noise and nonlinear acoustic echo on call quality, along with the role of new voice enhancement devices (VEDs) in addressing these issues. The article covers the following topics:
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