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WiMAX System Design Using MathWorks Simulink and Altera's DSP Builder
January 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
FPGAs offer the highest performance platforms for Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Using Altera's new advanced DSP Builder tool, one can build highly optimized DSP designs within MathWorks...
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DSP-FPGA System Partitioning for MIMO-OFDMA Wireless Basestations
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
While suppliers of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chips and programmable logic may differ over which device type is pre-eminent for new wireless system designs, what is important is what...
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Design Security in Stratix III Devices
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
As FPGAs are increasingly used for critical system functions, protecting designs and Intellectual Property (IP) implemented inside FPGAs is becoming more important. Altera Stratix III devices are...
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Crest Factor Reduction for OFDM-Based Wireless Systems
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is regarded widely as the key underlying air interface technology for wireless systems such as WiMAX, 3GPP Long-Term Evolution (LTE), and 3GPP2...
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Reducing the Cost of Wireless Backhauling Through Circuit Emulation
January 29, 2008, 12:00am PST
Data rate requirements of backhaul connections for wireless Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) continue to increase, while the cost of available Gigabit Ethernet connections decreases. As a result,...
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Assessing FPGA DSP Benchmarks At 40 Nm
March 12, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper focuses on the commercial building sector in California. Additionally, state agencies and departments that own and operate facilities were given specific goals and assignments. Other...
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Guidance For Accurately Benchmarking FPGAs
December 5, 2007, 12:00am PST
Managing the effectiveness of its workforce is one of the most critical performance management objectives for an organization today - and we anticipate it will remain so in the future. Simply put,...
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Optical Transport Networks for 100G Implementation in FPGAs
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Based on announcements from vendors, enterprises and service providers, 100G system deployment is finally gaining real traction in the marketplace. The primary driver for this deployment is the...
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Quality of Service in Home Networking
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The home network is becoming a "Grand Central Station" for faster video, voice, and data traffic. Demand for a higher data rate is expected to increase as video changes from standard definition to...
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Achieving One TeraFLOPS With 28-nm FPGAs
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Due to recent technological developments, high-performance floating-point signal processing can, for the first time, be easily achieved using FPGAs. To date, virtually all FPGA-based signal...
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Fulfilling Technology Needs for 40G-100G Network-Centric Operations and Warfare
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The development and deployment of Network-Centric Operations and Warfare (NCOW) to integrate and connect the military's many separate networks relies on high-speed packet transport and optical...
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Board Design Guidelines for LVDS Systems
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
LVDS is a high-speed, low-voltage, low-power, and low-noise general-purpose I/O interface standard. The low-voltage swing and differential current mode outputs significantly reduce Electromagnetic...
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Implementing FIR Filters and FFTs With 28-nm Variable-Precision DSP Architecture
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Across a range of applications, the two most common functions implemented in FPGA-based high-performance signal processing are Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters and fast Fourier transforms...
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Guaranteeing Silicon Performance With FPGA Timing Models
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
How can a designer accurately predict the time delays of a fully customizable integrated circuit? The answer to this question is "Not very easily." There are many factors that limit and increase...
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Challenges in Manufacturing Reliable Lead-Free and RoHS-Compliant Components
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The push for lead-free or RoHS-compliant products is resulting in significant changes in packaging materials. Manufacturers of electronic equipment require materials that consistently withstand...
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Enhancing Robust SEU Mitigation With 28-nm FPGAs
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Systems designed with FPGAs benefit from significant improvements over ASICS, such as rapid-process technology scaling and design innovation, which permit the use of FPGAs in high-availability,...
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Medical Imaging Implementation Using FPGAs
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Earlier prediction and treatment are driving the fusion of modalities such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computerized Tomography (CT) and X-ray/CT equipment. The higher image resolutions...
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Introducing Innovations at 28 nm to Move Beyond Moore's Law
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In addition to processing techniques, FPGA innovations allow Altera to move beyond Moore's Law to meet higher bandwidth requirements while meeting cost and power budgets. Altera's Stratix V FPGAs...
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Addressing 100-GbE Line-Card Design Challenges on 28-nm FPGAs
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
As various standard bodies finalize their 100G standards for transport, Ethernet, and optical interfaces, FPGAs play a vital role for early adopters of technology who want to design 100G...
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Implementing a Multirate Uncompressed Video Interface for Broadcast Applications
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The emergence of the High-Definition (HD) 1080p video standard has presented some formidable design challenges for broadcast system engineers. While HD broadcasting now is established as the de...
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Increasing Design Functionality With Partial and Dynamic Reconfiguration in 28-nm FPGAs
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The density of FPGAs has grown with each process node shrink. Compared to previous generations of FPGAs, the extra density, coupled with features such as reconfiguration, enables designers to add...
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Innovating With a Full Spectrum of 40-nm FPGAs and ASICs With Transceivers
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Increasing bandwidth requirements for broadband services are driving silicon vendors to use more and more high-speed serial transceivers. Therefore, next-generation applications feature a wide...
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Integrating 100-GbE Switching Solutions on 28-nm FPGAs
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
With high-speed 100-GbE communication network standards converging, switching functions play a key role in the smooth functioning of the Internet. The aggregated network traffic doubles every six...
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Understanding 40-nm FPGA Solutions for SATA/SAS
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) are computer bus standards that have the primary function of transferring data (directly or otherwise) between the motherboard and mass storage...
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Accelerating DSP Designs With the Total 28-nm DSP Portfolio
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Implementing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) datapaths with different performance, precision, Intellectual Property (IP), and development flows is challenging and labor-intensive. As more and more...
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Building an IP Surveillance Camera System With a Low-Cost FPGA
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In the video surveillance marketplace, the need for higher quality video, higher resolution, and more flexibility and features is driving the change from analog to digital cameras. By definition,...
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Lowering the Total Cost of Ownership for Industrial Applications
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Approximately one-third of embedded designers surveyed on the adoption and use of FPGAs for embedded applications responded that they perceived FPGAs as too expensive to use in their designs....
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Boosting System Performance With External Memory Solutions
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Over 70% of designs on Altera FPGAs require some type of external memory in the design, but the needs vary depending on the individual application. This white paper addresses all aspects of...
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Enabling Low-Power EO/IR System Development With FPGAs and Image- and Sensor-Processing IP
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Before embarking on the development of a next-generation Electro-Optical and Infrared (EO/IR) system, it is important to not only understand the power and performance characteristics of the FPGA,...
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Enabling High-Precision DSP Applications With the FPGA Industry's First Variable-Precision Architecture
May 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The silicon Digital Signal Processing (DSP) architecture of the FPGA can make a big difference when implementing complex signal-processing algorithms. Altera's Stratix V FPGAs, with the...
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Extending Transceiver Leadership at 28 nm
May 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
High-speed serial protocols with increased data rates and expanded capabilities are addressing the demand for more network bandwidth. Efficiently supporting the subsequent increase in system...
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Enabling 100-Gbit OTN Muxponder Solutions on 28-nm FPGAs
April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The rapid growth in bandwidth required to support video and broadband wireless is straining communication networks. The current 10-Gbit OTN infrastructure is facing bandwidth exhaustion as the...
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Enabling Improved Image Format Conversion With FPGAs
April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Broadcast infrastructure systems - such as servers, switchers, head-end encoders, and specialty studio displays - support a multitude of input image formats, and commonly require images to be...
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Driving Flexibility Into Automotive Electronics Design
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
With the dramatic increase in development costs for state-of-the-art process technologies, such as next-generation automotive electronic systems, specialization of traditional microcontrollers no...
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Streaming Multichannel Uncompressed Video in the Broadcast Environment
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Designing video equipment for streaming multiple uncompressed video signals is a new challenge, especially with the demand for high-definition video streams. This white paper examines how a...
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Developing Functional Safety Systems With TÜV-Qualified FPGAs
March 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This white paper discusses how market trends, the need for increased productivity, and new legislation have accelerated the use of safety systems in industrial machinery. This TÜV-qualified FPGA...
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Using 10-Gbps Transceivers in 40G/100G Applications
February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This white paper identifies the key drivers behind the migration to 100G interfaces, and shows how to leverage the unique ability of FPGAs to implement this high-speed interface. The emerging...
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Supporting Digital Television Trends With Next-Generation FPGAs
February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The proliferation of so many different digital television models-better known as market fragmentation- and differing regional market requirements, combined with the desire to add new features and...
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Decrease Total System Costs with Industry's Lowest Cost, Lowest Power FPGAs
November 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Corporate objectives, such as increasing profits and sales revenue while utilizing R&D efficiently, are putting severe pressure on today's design engineering teams. The resulting system level...
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Taking Advantage of Advances in FPGA Floating-Point IP Cores
October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Recently available FPGA design tools and IP provide a substantial reduction in computational resources, as well as greatly easing the implementation effort in a floating-point datapath. Moreover,...
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Using SATA for SOC Solutions on 40-Nm Transceiver FPGAs
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
With applications needing to store more data for longer periods of time, SATA provides an efficient, cost-effective storage interface. In this webcast, the presenter showing how easy it is to take...
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Streamline Your Video Processing Apps With Design Example
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, the presenter shows that a low-cost touch screen-based development kit running two design examples based on these functions. These functions are ready to be dropped into the...
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Developing Software for Embedded Systems on FPGAs
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
FPGAs are becoming more common in embedded design. See how easy it is to develop embedded system software for FPGAs using the popular Nios II soft processor. In this webcast, the presenter will...
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5 Easy Steps to Building an Embedded Processor System Inside an FPGA
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
One may know about the cost and performance advantages of designing systems on a programmable chip. But did one know how easy it is to do? Learn how by watching this webcast. The presenter will...
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Support Multiple Industrial Ethernet Protocols With a Single FPGA
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
In the webcast, the presenter describes how one can make developing Industrial Ethernet designs easier with an FPGA. See this webcast integrating motor control and Industrial Ethernet into a...
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Video Demo: 3 Ways to Quickly Adapt to Changing Ethernet Protocols
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, the presenter describes about how the Industrial Networking Kit and flexible, low-power FPGAs can help one meet these challenges in embedded industrial applications. The presenter...
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5 Reasons to Use a Soft-Core MIPS Processor in Your Next Custom Design
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
There is a 100 percent MIPS-compatible soft processor available just for Altera FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs The MP32 is also the industry's first soft processor that runs the VxWorks operating...
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Sneak Peek: Industry's First 28-Gbps FPGA
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, the presenter discusses about seeking a device that is fast, reliable, and gives one high bandwidth, seek no further. This webcast will get an initial look at their...
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Jump-Start Software Development With the SoC FPGA Virtual Target
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
Want to get a head start on developing software for Altera SoC FPGA applications? Virtual prototyping tools are now available for SoC FPGA devices, enabling one to work more productively, improve...
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10-Gbps Ethernet Hardware Demonstration Reference Design
July 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This reference design demonstrates wire-speed operation of the Altera 10-Gbps Ethernet (10GbE) reference design component described in AN516: 10-Gbps Ethernet Reference Design using Stratix IV GX...
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Providing Battery-Free, FPGA-Based RAID Cache Solutions
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
RAID adapter cards are critical data-center subsystem components that ensure data storage and recovery during power outages. Current battery-backed designs create green issues around hazardous...
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FPGA Power Management and Modeling Techniques
November 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
As designs get larger and add more system functions implemented on FPGAs, and as the advanced silicon process technology moves into smaller geometries, power consumption is increasingly a concern...
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Floating-Point Compiler: Increasing Performance With Fewer Resources
November 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Showing new levels of high-performance, high-density, IEEE754-compliant floating-point applications in FPGAs is the focus of this white paper. A new tool is introduced that will allow 100 percent...
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Utilizing Leveling Techniques in DDR3 SDRAM Memory Interfaces
November 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The DDR3 SDRAM memory architectures support higher bandwidths with bus rates of 600 Mbps to 1.6 Gbps (300 to 800 MHz), 1.5V operation for lower power, and higher densities of 2 Gbits on a 90-nm...
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Performing Equivalent Timing Analysis Between Altera TimeQuest and Xilinx Trace
November 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Most hardware designers who are qualifying FPGA performance normally run software benchmark comparisons of FPGAs from different vendors to determine which vendor provides the largest margin for...
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Custom NPUs for Broadband Access Line Cards
December 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
Telecommunications (telecom) equipment makers are facing tough challenges in their Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) designs. These challenges translate into numerous specific...
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Basic Principles of Signal Integrity
December 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
Digital designs have not traditionally suffered by issues associated with transmission line effects. At lower frequencies the signals remain within data characterization and the system performs as...
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Electronic Warfare Design With PLDs and High-Speed Transceivers
December 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
Electronic warfare has become part of the strategic landscape for all warfighters on the ground, at sea, and in the air. Threats change quickly, so fast characterization of the electromagnetic...
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Developing MSAN Equipment Using Low-Cost FPGAs
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
This paper looks at the trends in the Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN) equipment market that are forcing developers to re-examine the architectures they have used in the past, as well as driving...
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The Quest for Digital Broadcast Quality: Addressing Quality Hot Spots
February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Digital signal processing within Digital Televisions (DTVs) has advanced significantly, resulting in improved picture and audio quality. Further improvements in DTV technology over the next...
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Enabling New Infotainment-Equipment Cost Structures With Open-System Architectures
February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The infotainment systems of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) recently have been subjected to increasing competition from the retrofitting solutions on the so-called aftermarket, for which...
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Using FPGA-Based Channel Bonding for HDTV Over DSL
February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
This white paper examines the market opportunities for channel bonding technology and the threat from fiber-based networks and protocol details of the channel bonding process, as well as...
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Reduce System Costs By Integrating PCI Interface Functions Into CPLDs
March 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Many of today's PCI bus interfaces are implemented using ASSPs. However, the most common functions of PCI target interfaces can be implemented at lower costs using CPLDs, resulting in cost savings...
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Reduce Manufacturing Costs by Integrating Flash Device Programming
March 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Standard flash memory devices are used in many applications to store configuration, program, or memory data. Before these flash devices can be used in a system, they must be programmed. Using...
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Low-Cost Integration of Serial EEPROMs and Flash Memory Devices
March 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
In many applications, non-volatile memory needs are addressed by general-purpose serial-interface Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EEPROMs) or flash memory devices,...
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Increase Performance in Video and Image Processing Applications With FPGA Integration
March 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The JPEG2000 standard was developed to address a wide range of video and imaging applications, including medical imaging, military and security systems, and digital cinema. To enable these...
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Increase Performance in Imaging Applications by Integrating DSP Functions With FPGAs
March 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Intevac is a leading developer of photonics products for commercial and military markets. This white paper describes the development of the embedded electronic systems for their NightVista...
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FPGA Run-Time Reconfiguration: Two Approaches
March 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Run-time reconfiguration for FPGA designs is an increasingly important requirement for many user markets, particularly military users who must adapt quickly to different threats and evolving...
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Supporting Unknown FREF Video Applications With PLLs
March 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Cyclone III Phase-Locked Loops (PLLs) are feature rich, supporting advanced capabilities such as clock switchover, dynamic phase shifting, and PLL reconfiguration. Previously, PLLs in Altera...
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Increasing Productivity With Quartus II Incremental Compilation
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Designers are creating FPGAs that continue to increase in logic density and performance, yet their time-to-market pressures are becoming even more demanding. Computing power is not increasing as...
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Altera at 40 nm: Jitter-, Signal Integrity-, Power-, and Process-Optimized Transceivers
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Technology advancement for the semiconductor industry is largely driven by Moore's Law in that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles roughly every two years, as well as...
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DPA Circuitry and rx_dpa_locked Signal Behavior in Stratix III Devices
June 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The receiver PLL provides eight clock phases to the DPA circuitry. The eight clock phases are separated by 45° and at a frequency equal to the serial data rate. After power up or reset, the DPA...
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Military Productivity Factors in Large FPGA Designs
July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Changes in technology and requirements are leading to FPGAs playing larger roles in defense electronics designs, and consequently are creating both opportunities and risks. The opportunities...
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Military Benefits of the Managed Risk Process at 40 nm
July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Every successive technology node in the silicon manufacturing process timeline presents new and significant technical challenges. Historically, these challenges have been addressed head-on with...
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DO-254 Support for FPGA Design Flows
July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
For most defense engineers, the first time they hear about the DO-254 Design Assurance Standard is in a request from their customer beginning with the words "Thou shalt comply with?" This leaves...
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40-nm FPGAs and the Defense Electronic Design Organization
July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
With Altera's introduction of 40-nm FPGAs, the design domains of military electronics that can be addressed with Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) are growing. This growth is a response to...
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Hardware/Software Co-Verification Using FPGA Platforms
August 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The problem of hardware and software co-design is as old as systems design and the integration of systems composed of multiple elements. Systems built using electrical and electronic subsystems,...
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Implementing a Flexible CPLD-Only Digital Dashboard for Automobiles
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
An automotive dashboard acts as a nerve center that consolidates all information pertaining to the safe driving and management of the vehicle, and displays it for the driver. In the present...
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Creating Low-Cost Intelligent Display Modules With an FPGA and Embedded Processor
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
LCDs are fast becoming a standard part of the automotive interior. As demand for LCD technology increases, so do methodologies for controlling and creating the displayed graphical content....
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Applying Graphics to FPGA-Based Solutions
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Like it or not, the Apple iPhone has changed the game. Every device imaginable is getting a revamp with colorful displays and easy-to-use interfaces. Companies are racing frantically to be first...
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