Category Archives: SRAM

What is analog’s role in low-power design? Interview with TI’s VP of Analog Technology Development, Dr. Venu Menon

Posted on April 1, 2012 by sleibson321

Last month, Dr. Venu Menon, VP of Analog Technology Development at Texas Instruments, gave a keynote speech at the ISQED conference in Silicon Valley titled “Applications Drive Analog Technology Development and Innovation.” During his keynote, Dr. Menon noted that analog … Continue reading →

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Think Globally, Act in Parallel. What can you do with one million ARM cores acting in parallel and how do you get there?

Posted on July 16, 2011 by sleibson321

Professor Steve Furber’s SpiNNaker project is in the news again. I wrote about Furber’s massively parallel brain-emulation project back on March 30 after listening to his keynote at this year’s DATE (Design Automation and Test Europe) conference in Grenoble, France. … Continue reading →

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Need to cut IP power? (Who doesn’t?) “Press here” says Calypto

Posted on June 12, 2011 by sleibson321

All SoCs are built with IP blocks. Some of those are legacy IP blocks. Some are purchased from other vendors. Some are developed in-house. All of them draw power—static and dynamic power. At nanometer lithographies, the way to cut static … Continue reading →

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