Mastering Cyber Awareness: Training For The Digital Battlefield


In today’s digital battlefield, cyber awareness is crucial for warfighters. To effectively prepare them, it’s essential to create realistic and detailed models of mobile networks, encompassing both physical and virtual infrastructure. This is where network modeling software comes into play, offering a high-fidelity approach to enhance cyber situational awareness. A high-fidelity modeling an... » read more

PAM4: Pulse Amplitude Modulation Explained


Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) is already a widely adopted technology in high-speed digital communications. But to understand why it has become ubiquitous in serial data standards, you first must understand the market forces driving the data networking industry. In this article, I will explore PAM4 in-depth, from its benefits and potential tradeoffs to why it was an essential innovation that ... » read more

Energy Efficiency As A Native Network Attribute Through 6G


Energy efficiency offers positive societal benefits in both environmental and economic ways, such as lowering pollutants and utility bills. As such, the global community is looking toward technological advancements to help drive a more sustainable future. One such technology that offers opportunities in this space is 6G. Utilizing its unparalleled speed and connectivity, and powered by the tran... » read more

Why SoC Designers Need Purpose-Built Semiconductor IP Catalog Tools


Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) management, reuse, and change tracking are essential for efficiently creating chip designs based on proven building blocks, reducing your time-to-market, and maintaining good reputations throughout their lifetimes. Unfortunately, many SoC teams attempt to use existing tools like Git for these essential tasks, even though they are unsuitable and inconv... » read more

The Fundamentals Of Software Testing


Recently, I had a conversation with Paul Gerrard, the internationally renowned, award-winning software engineering consultant, author, and coach. We discussed the fact that testing is at the heart of software development. Obviously, as testers, we spend all day testing and thinking about testing. But developers test every line of code they write. Sometimes, users test. In fact, the all-perva... » read more

Embracing The Future: 5G NTN – Satellite Service For The Masses


In a world where communication is paramount, access to reliable networks is not just a luxury but a necessity. Traditionally, satellite communications have been reserved for specialized terminals with cumbersome antennas and costly subscription plans. However, with the advent of 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs), the landscape of satellite phone availability is undergoing a revolutionary tran... » read more

How 6G Research Will Revolutionize Mobile Experiences


By 2030, 6G is expected to be commercially available, revolutionizing connectivity with lightning-fast speeds, unprecedented bandwidths, and ultra-low latencies. It will transform various sectors, including telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and entertainment. In this article, get a glimpse of the 6G world coming to us over the next decade, and explore the 6G rese... » read more

Data Acquisition Software: The Brains Behind The Hardware


We have previously talked about how data acquisition systems streamline the testing of various test scenarios. However, the data acquisition (DAQ) hardware is just one-half of the equation. To make the hardware useful for various test scenarios, you need suitable data acquisition software and firmware that can take advantage of that powerful hardware and bridge the gap between your needs and... » read more

What’s Next For Power Electronics? Beyond Silicon


For more than half a century, silicon has been the bedrock of power electronics. Yet as silicon meets its physical limitations in higher-power, higher-temperature applications, the industry’s relentless pursuit of more efficient power systems has ushered in the wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors era. The global WBG semiconductors market reached $1.6 billion in 2022, with an estimated CAGR of ... » read more

Optimizing IP Management For Chiplet-Based Designs


Chiplets are making big waves in the semiconductor industry, with its global market size growing at 71.3% from 2023 to 2031. Through heterogeneous integration of multiple components of different nodes and technologies, design teams are reinvigorating Moore’s law and paving the way for designs featuring multi-billion transistors and hundreds of IP blocks. These chiplet-based designs are a... » read more

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