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Achieving Low Power in 65-nm Cyclone III FPGAs: With the introduction of the 65-nm Cyclone III family, Altera continues to deliver greater capabilities to designers of cost-sensitive high-volume applications. The move to the 65-nm process node provides the benefits associated with smaller process geometries: lower cost, higher performance, and greater logic capacity. However, along with these benefits, the...; Tags: Altera Corp., Performance Management, Benefits, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-04-01
Using Cyclone III FPGas for Clearer LCD HDTV Implementation: Liquid Crystal Displays LCDs, originally designed for steady computer data text and graphics, now display fast-moving video content over much larger display panels. This capability requires special image processing algorithms that can be implemented with FPGAs. The Cyclone III family of FPGAs offers LCD designers the density and feature set...; Tags: Altera Corp., HDTV, LCD, Image Processing, FPGA, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components; White papers 2007-03-01
Using Cyclone III FPGAs for Emerging Wireless Applications: Emerging wireless applications such as remote radio heads, pico/femto base stations, WiMAX Customer Premises Equipment CPE, and Software Defined Radio SDR have stringent power consumption and low cost requirements. In addition to these challenges, given the high data rate requirements and ever-evolving standards, designers also need to ensure high performance...; Tags: Altera Corp., Wireless Application, WiMAX, Wireless, Wi-Fi; White papers 2007-03-01
Satisfying the Demand for Rapid Feature Enhancement in Consumer Display Products: Developers of consumer display products (i.e., High-Definition TeleVisions HDTVs, monitors, and projectors) face a daunting design challenge. The Application-Specific Standard Products ASSPs that have been used in these products historically are built with custom ASIC development cycles, typically three to five years. However, the consumer market demands new products and...; Tags: Developer, Altera Corp., Product, HDTV, ASICs, TVs, Chipsets, Tv & Home Theater, Semiconductors, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Components; White papers 2007-03-01
Video and Image Processing Design Using FPGAs: In this paper, the authors will look at the trends in video and image processing that are forcing developers to re-examine the architectures they have used in the past. This paper will discuss the tradeoffs of different architectures and conclude with details and benchmarks for Altera's new solutions in this...; Tags: Altera Corp., Video, Image Processing, FPGA, ASICs, Corporate Communications, Semiconductors, Hardware, Marketing; White papers 2007-03-01

FPGAs for High-Performance DSP Applications: This white paper compares the performance of DSP applications in Altera FPGAs with popular DSP processors as well as competitive FPGA offerings. With higher performance, you can easily time-division-multiplex your DSP design to increase the number of processing channels, reducing the overall cost of your system. The performance comparisons in...; Tags: Altera Corp., DSP, Performance, High-performance, FPGA, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2005-05-13
Accelerating WiMAX System Design With FPGAs: WiMAX, or the IEEE 802.16 standard for broadband wireless access, is increasingly gaining in popularity as a technology with significant market potential. This paper first provides an overview of the existing and developing 802.16 standards and their key differences/applications. The PHY and MAC layers of a typical WiMAX base station...; Tags: Altera Corp., FPGA, WiMAX, Wireless, Wi-Fi; White papers 2004-10-01
Addressing WiMAX System Design Challenges With FPGAs: WiMAX, or the IEEE 802.16 standard for broadband wireless access, is steadily gaining in popularity as a technology with significant market potential. This webcast describes how FPGAs can be used to address the implementation challenges involved in WiMAX system design, including the inherent performance, flexibility, cost, and time-to-market requirements.; Tags: Altera Corp., FPGA, WiMAX, Wireless, Wi-Fi; Webcasts
Addressing WiMAX Basestation Design Requirements With Altera's Wireless Ecosystem: Altera's wireless ecosystem offers system OEMs the choice to make or buy when addressing their WiMAX basestation design requirements. This choice provides significant competitive advantages by minimizing development time and resources, maximizing first-time success, and accelerating time-to-market. This webcast discusses the status of the WiMAX market and standards, how to...; Tags: Altera Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless; Webcasts
Circuit Maker Moves From Oracle and UNIX to Microsoft Windows Server - Based Solution: Altera Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of programmable logic chips that are used in a wide array of electronic products and components. When the San Jose, California - based company decided to upgrade its Siebel business applications enterprise system, it also reevaluated the underlying operating system and database used...; Tags: Altera Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows Server, Siebel Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Databases, UNIX, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware; Case studies

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Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Details, details, details... more on the Microsoft flaws from today: Thought I'd explore some of these bugs a bit more... first, Tipping Point releasedÂ one of the vulnerabilities that Larry reported earlier, listed as a stack overflow issue in Microsoft Office Jet Database Engine.Â The stack overflow isn't what's interesting, what's interesting is the attack vector itself.Â To be fair to...; Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Database Engine, iDefense, Flaw, Exploitation, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, CSS, Microsoft Office, Security, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficiencies: HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficienciesShould have bought AMD first.They could have obtained EDS at a later date, then filled it with cheap AMD products. AMD is a steal right now! EDS is currently filled with IBM products.RE: HP seals EDS deal; Services No....; Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., No. 2; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges: Today's Press of Atlantic City had a tiny sidebar on a troubling trend of bandwith caps and surcharges coming down the proverbial pipe from Comcast: Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband Reports, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Tcp/Ip, Business Services, Internet, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Data Portability: The Microsoft angle: MySpace unveiled on May 8 yet another industry initiative to allow users and developers to share their social-networking data -- a goal Microsoft also has in its sights. The first partners announcing their participation in MySpace's Data Portability initiative include Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket (also owned by News...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., MySpace, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-08
How much are your friends worth?: News Corp. revealed yesterday that its new media subsidiary Fox Interactive Media FIM has missed this year's revenue target of $1bn by 10 per cent. FIM's portfolio is dominated by MySpace which accounts for the majority of its revenue, bringing into question once again the ability to monetize the huge...; Tags: Advertisement, Google AdWords, News Corp., MySpace, Advertiser, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless: News Corp. confirmed what had been reported for weeks: Fox Interactive revenue isn't going to hit its targets. The problem: Social networking is still very hard to monetize. Does inventory matter when you can't sell it? Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s operating chief, delivered his state of MySpace...; Tags: Social Media, MySpace, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux: Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Microsoft going it alone? Not exactly: Microsoft going it alone? Not exactlyI'm with you....Facebook - why on earth would MS do it? It just doesn't make any sense - hell look for new business models, don't just play dumb catch up!More over here - http://diversity.net.nz/ms-considering-a-facebook-purchase/2008/05/08/It's called flounderingWhen they can't go forward, they can't go back, and...; Tags: Operational accounting, Microsoft Corp., revenue, VCSY, Vertical Computer Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-07

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