category: Editor’s Note

category: IoT, Security & Automotive

Changes Ahead In Low-Power Design
By Ed Sperling - 25 Mar, 2011 - Comments: 0

One of the interesting things about low-power designs in ICs is just how effectively power-saving techniques are being designed into chips these days. At most of the larger chipmakers, and even at an increasing number of midsize fabless companies, the concepts for implementing low-power techniques are well understood, well tested and thoroughly familiar. Two years ago, when the mainstream of... » read more

Power Is Now No. 1 Concern
By Ed Sperling - 04 Feb, 2011 - Comments: 0

One of the messages that came through loud and clear during DesignCon this week was the concern about power. In every design at advanced nodes, and even in some at older nodes, power has emerged as the top concern. Current leakage is now considered a fact of life at 28nm. It can be managed, but never completely eliminated. And it occurs in both dynamic and standby power, in all modes, and ... » read more

Hot Potatoes
By Ed Sperling - 28 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

Matching hardware to software, and software to hardware, is an interesting discussion. It’s also one that usually happens at a very high-level of abstraction, which renders many of the conclusions less than helpful. The software stack is not a single thing. It’s a group of things, all incredibly complex in their own right and increasingly in need of some very detailed integration. The fa... » read more

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