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ASIC Implementation of Autocorrelation and CORDIC Algorithm for OFDM Based WLAN

This paper deals with design and implementation of Autocorrelator and CORDIC algorithm for OFDM based WLAN on ASIC. The architectures of both Autocorrelator and CORDIC are processed through ASIC Design flow to check for the timing of both setup as well as hold time for 130nm technology. Autocorrelator is designed...

Tags: Algorithm, WLAN, Autocorrelator, Matlab Simulation, ASICs, OFDM, Wireless LANs, LANs, Semiconductors, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility, Networking

White papers 2009-02-28

New microchip uses 30 times less power

Scientists at Rice University have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's best technology. The U.S.-Singapore team developing the technology, named PCMOS, revealed results at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference ISSCC, the world's premier forum for engineers working...

Tags: Rice University, Phone, Microchip, CMOS, Cell Phone, Logic, PCMOS, ASICs, Semiconductors, Memory, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-09

IBM System z10 Open Systems Adapter Ethernet Data Router

The IBM Open Systems Adapter OSA is a family of integrated hardware features that enables direct connection between IBM System z10e hosts and clients on Local Area Networks LANs. The OSA provides a virtual interface to the LAN that may be shared by hundreds of host operating systems. The newest...

Tags: Router, Adapter, IBM Corp., IBM Open Systems Adapter, Open Systems Adapter, Open Systems Adapter Generation, ASICs, Routers & Switches, Virtualization, Network Technology, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware

White papers 2009-01-22

HP System VLSI Lab Builds Infrastructure for Next-Generation Chip Design With HP Scalable NAS File Serving Software

The HP System VLSI Lab SVL is responsible for designing and testing the high-performance, high-end Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASIC chipsets that work in concert with Intel's Itanium processors to power HP Superdome servers. SVL wanted to build a computing and storage infrastructure capable of supporting the design of the next...

Tags: Software, NAS, Hewlett-Packard Co., VLSI, HP System VLSI Lab, Chipsets, ASICs, Utility Computing, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Semiconductors, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Components, Storage

Case studies 2008-12-01

Delivering Application-Layer Security at Data Center Performance Levels

The shift from network-layer attacks to dynamically changing application-layer threats has dramatically increased security performance needs. Addressing application-layer threats requires an architecture that can quickly evolve to guarantee performance yet maintain a high level of security. While closed, ASIC-based architectures have not been able to make an efficient shift to...

Tags: Data Center, Performance, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Performance Management, ASICs, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors

White papers 2008-11-01

MacBook Pro graphics chips failing prematurely

It appears that the current crop of MacBook Pros seem to be suffering from a premature failure of their Nvidia graphics processors. According to a piece on The Inquirer "All Nvidia G84 and G86s are bad" and MacBooks Pro's with either the Nvidia 8600GT GPUs are prone to failure: ...

Tags: graphics chip, nvidia corp., apple macbook, graphics, asic, apple macbook pro, chip, symptom, apple discussion forums, asics, semiconductors, hardware, jason d. o'grady

Blog posts 2008-08-08

IEEE Job Site Search 1.0 (Mac)

Search for jobs posted by more than 4,000 leading corporation and organizations in fields ranging from ASIC design to weapons system development to transportation. The IEEE Job Site is regularly updated with exclusive job postings from companies in a broad range of industries â€Â" Northrop Grumman, BP Solar, Freescale Semiconductor,...

Tags: Job, Apple Macintosh, IEEE, Travel Widgets, IEEE Job Site, ASICs, Recruitment & Selection, Transportation, Semiconductors, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2008-07-09

Supply-Chain Solution Cuts Costs 15 Percent, Boosts Customer Service for ASIC Maker

ASIC manufacturer Open-Silicon needed a better way to track yields. So, it turned to an integrated financial and supply-chain management solution from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Tensoft. The solution, including Microsoft Dynamics GP and Tensoft Fabless Semiconductor Management, reduces costs by up to 15 percent or more, gives customers visibility...

Tags: Supply Chain, Customer Service, Microsoft Corp., SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), ASICs, Enterprise Software, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware

Case studies 2008-05-19

Statistical Static Timing Analysis Technology

With CMOS technology scaling down to the nanometer realm, process variations have been increased. In particular, the increase of delay variations has seriously affected the design periods and timing yields. To estimate more accurately these delay variations, Statistical Static Timing Analysis SSTA, which considers delay variations statistically, has been proposed....

Tags: Fujitsu Ltd., Variation, Analysis, Statistical Static Timing Analysis, ASICs, Semiconductors, Hardware

White papers 2007-10-01

FocalPoint in Large-Scale Clos Switches: A New Silicon Generation Enables a New Datacenter Switching Paradigm

A transformation is occurring in the area of data center switching. Multi-layer switching solutions that currently dominate enterprise and service provider datacenter networks are complex designs with a number of separate ASICs, each carrying out a specialized segment of the overall switching function. These complex switch architectures may use separate...

Tags: Data Center, Fulcrum Microsystems, Data Centers, ASICs, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors

White papers 2007-10-01

FIR HDL Writer 0.9.0 (Windows)

FIR HDL Writer is an EDA tool which generates FIR filters in clear text Verilog which may be synthesized to FPGA's or ASIC's. Design options include multiple channels, coefficient sets, interpolation, decimation, and resource utilization specifications. The designs are fully synchronous and registered to provide maximum clock frequencies. Clock rates...

Tags: FPGA, Optunis, FIR HDL Writer, ASICs, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Semiconductors, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-05-31

FIR HDL Writer 0.9 (Mac)

FIR HDL Writer is an EDA tool which generates FIR filters in clear text Verilog which may be synthesized to FPGA's or ASIC's. Design options include multiple channels, coefficient sets, interpolation, decimation, and resource utilization specifications. The designs are fully synchronous and registered to provide maximum clock frequencies. Clock...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, FPGA, Optunis, FIR HDL Writer, ASICs, Semiconductors, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-05-30

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, Tv & Home Theater, Chipsets, Projectors, 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

Design Alternatives for a High-Performance Self-Securing Ethernet Network Interface

This paper presents and evaluates a strategy for integrating the Snort network intrusion detection system into a high-performance programmable Ethernet Network Interface Card NIC, considering the impact of several possible hardware and software design choices. While currently proposed ASIC, FPGA, and TCAM systems can match incoming string content in real-time,...

Tags: Snort, High-performance, Ethernet, Leadership, ASICs, Intrusion Detection, Networking, Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Security

White papers 2007-01-26

Challenges to Enterprise Systems Manufacturers: Delivering Flexibility, Managing Complexity, and Providing Optimal Service

In high tech, the term "Enterprise Systems" means large-scale servers, storage systems, networking equipment and accompanying software primarily targeted toward the Enterprise market. Enterprise Systems is a very intricate business, as the term suggests. One piece of equipment can have commodity hardware, custom ASICs, embedded software, and operating system and...

Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., Enterprise Systems, Tools & Techniques, ASICs, Management, Semiconductors, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-21

Anchiva Systems Stops Viral, Spyware Infections for University

Northwestern Polytechnic University NPU, located in Fremont, California, offers undergraduate and graduate-level education for adult students, from as many as 30 different countries worldwide, in the engineering, computer and business disciplines. It needed to provide a security defense system that would protect digital campus from the possibility of unprotected or...

Tags: Spyware Infection, Malware, Security Management, University Corp., Spyware, Anchiva Systems, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, ASICs, Viruses And Worms, Security Administration, Semiconductors, Hardware

Case studies 2006-11-10

Understanding QoS Processing in OmniSwitch 9000 and OmniSwitch 6850

The use of a converged network to support multiple applications including voice and video necessitates the need to define QoS treatment for different classes of traffic. The network infrastructure elements are the key components for enforcing the QoS traffic processing defined by the network infrastructure. This paper describes the key...

Tags: QoS, Network, OmniSwitch, Network Infrastructure Element, ASICs, Semiconductors, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-01

SA Report Series for FortiGate 1.1 b060212 (Windows)

SA Report Series software provides comprehensive security analysis report, with FortiGate protection; give you more secure information environment and easier management. Re-experience your ASIC device with our software now. This software come with the following features real-time console, comprehensive report, cross platform, support multiple DBMS, and internationalization.

Tags: Vincent Chen, SA Report Series Software, ASICs, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Semiconductors, Hardware, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-03-01

Behavioral Model of UHF RFID Tag for System and Application Level Simulation

This paper presents a model of an UHF RFID tag for system and application level simulation. The prime focus is on the radio frequency link. The model describes carrier frequency dependent behavior based on the envelope signal description with the value of the carrier frequency being time invariant parameter. The...

Tags: IEEE, Background Idea, ASICs, Semiconductors, Hardware

White papers 2005-10-23