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MathWorks Introduces HDL Coder and Verifier For MATLAB
MathWorks Inc. has announced HDL Coder for MATLAB, a tool that enables algorithm developers and system engineers to automatically generate synthesizable VHDL and Verilog code from models they have written in the company’s MATLAB language. Engineers can use the tool, which was previously available only in MathWorks Simulink, to implement FPGA programming or for ASIC prototyping and design. According [...]
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Analog advances defy logic
If you took notice of the pun in the title of this column, it was intended. I frequently see attempts to frame discussions of analog design from a digital perspective, a view in which Boolean logic reduces the world to ones and zeros. Such a discussion took place at the DesignCon 2012 on January 31, [...]
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Xilinx rolls out 7-Series FPGA design kits and DSP reference platform
Xilinx has announced availability of the first design kits and Targeted Design Platform (TDP) for the company’s latest 28nm Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGAs. The kits were developed through a close partnership between Xilinx and their Alliance Members – 4DSP Inc., Analog Devices Inc., Avnet Electronics Marketing, Northwest Logic, MathWorks, Texas Instruments, and Xylon. According to [...]
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CEVA adapts DSP core for DTV demodulator applications
CEVA is a developer of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) cores, which they license in the form of synthesizable (i.e. soft) Intellectual Property (IP) for integration in Systems on a Chip (SoCs). By partnering with providers of application-specific software IP, CEVA has been able to adapt the soft-modem architecture of the CEVA-XC323 core for use in a [...]
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TI DSP Evaluation Board for Scientific Research and Product Development
This evaluation board is an ideal tool for study and experimentation and for applications such as scientific research and product development.
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Xilinx Expands Targeted Design Platforms for Industrial Networking and Motor Control Applications
Xilinx has announced plans to add to their Targeted Design Platform for industrial applications by extending their offering from the low cost 45nm Spartan-6 FPGAs, to the new 28nm Artix-7 and Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP). Yvonne Lin, Industrial Marketing Manager at Xilinx, says that the company participates in the industrial market in both the [...]
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Xilinx ISE Design Suite 13.3 Full Custom Precision Floating-Point Support Extends Productivity for DSP Designers
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced the availability of ISE(r) Design Suite 13.3 featuring new capabilities for DSP designers to easily implement bit-accurate single, double and full custom precision floating-point math operations in their designs targeting wireless, medical, aerospace and defense, high-performance computing and video applications.
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Altera announces SoC FPGAs with dual-core ARM Cortex A9 and virtual prototyping support
Altera has announced development of a family of ARM-based SoC FPGAs, which will provide users with single-chip solutions that integrate a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with Altera’s low power Cyclone V and Arria V FPGA fabrics. Todd Koelling, Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Embedded Processors at Altera, says that the SoC FPGA processor system will [...]
Mike Demler, Editorial Director
Mike Demler, Editorial Director
GAO Embedded Inc.
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