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December 4, 2008
[Web Exclusive] 2008 BEST Electronic Design Winners
Need a rundown of the best technology of 2008? See company listings and the products that have been deemed the technologies-of-the-year by Electronic Design.
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Staff
December 4, 2008
[POV: Point Of View] Use DisplayPort In Your Next TV Application
DisplayPort, a new interface standard from the Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA), simplifies display design and its associated connections. It also supports higher resolutions with robust electrical characteristics. Although the immediate application of the DisplayPort interface is in notebooks and display monitors, it is designed to be robust for many embedded and internal applications, such as digital TVs.
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Bertan Tezcan
December 2, 2008
[Designed In] Bosch To Use Infineon RASIC For Automotive Radar
The new (third-generation Long Range Radar) automotive radar sensor system from Robert Bosch GmbH will use a chip from Infineon Technologies’ (Radar System IC) product family. Bosch developed the LRR3 for adaptive cruise control at ranges up to 250 m. It is also used for predictive radar-based safety functions such as protective brake assist systems, collision warning features, and automatic emergency braking.
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ED News Staff
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] CES Keynotes Sport A New Look
I’m a big fan of keynote addresses at any tradeshow I go to. But my favorite ones by far are those of the International CES. This show invariably draws the top executives from consumer electronics and other companies around the globe. For example, Bill Gates of Microsoft provided the preshow keynote speech at CES for many years. The keynotes give engineers the lay of the land for consumer electronics for the rest of the year and then some, which can...
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Joseph Desposito
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] CES Awards And CE Spotlights Salute Excellence And Inspiration
There are always tons of technology and products packed into CES, but perhaps the only way to be sure you catch the best products and designs is by scoping out the awards ceremonies and the CE Spotlights. This year, CES will open the floor to four awards programs: the International CES Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Awards, the CNET Best of CES Awards, the esteemed Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, and the Global Media Awards™. ...
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John Arkontaky
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] Improve Your Knowledge And Know-How At The CES Sessions
The axiom “knowledge is power” certainly applies to the 2009 International CES. Boasting the consumer technology industry’s largest educational forum, this year’s program delivers more than 200 conference sessions with over 500 expert speakers, covering the hottest topics and trends shaping today’s design decisions. (This just in: the Industry Insider series will be returning. Check the CES site at CESweb.org for late-breaking news on who will be featured.) ...
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Roger Engelke
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] When It Comes To Design, Get In The Zone—TechZone, That Is
All eyes are on Vegas when the International CES comes to town, and the 2009 show will be no different, with plenty of celebrities and all the hottest gadgets. But you’re a designer! You need the latest info to create the next wave of groundbreaking innovations—maybe in time for the 2010 event. Located throughout the entire show floor, this year’s CES TechZones will spotlight market-specific...
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Richard Gawel
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] Robots Crowd The Aisles In Las Vegas
Just about everyone has heard about Spirit and Opportunity, the robots that keep on trucking across the surface of Mars. And of course, there was last summer’s hit movie WALL-E, about a lovable little waste-collecting robot. Well, you don’t have to go to Mars or the multiplex to meet a real robot. Just keep your eyes open in the aisles of the Robotics TechZone, sponsored by Robotics Trends, at the Sands. Robots may not be everywhere, but...
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William Wong
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] USB Thinks Inside The Box
USB is the de facto peripheral interconnect outside the box. Inside, though, it’s been a different story. This year, USB has been internalized with a range of products and platforms becoming more popular. My two choices for “best” reflects this change, with Stackable- USB and the MicroBlade standards. StackableUSB (www.stackableusb.org) has its own organization behind it, and the MicroBlade...
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William Wong
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] Multicore Mania Sweeps Through Computer Design
Today’s computers are going multicore where performance matters. Whether it’s for a desktop or server, more cores are showing up in the compute engine and graphics rendering, providing users with everything from more lifelike video to solutions for computationally complex problems. This year, three products stood out. Intel’s six-core Xeon pushes the envelope for the typical operating platforms such as Linux and Windows. The Tesla C1060 opens...
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William Wong
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] Top FPGAs Excel While Best Chips Simplify Design
For design flexibility, FPGAs are unsurpassed. But they have typically suffered performance or power penalties to achieve that distinction. Now, those penalties exist no more. This year’s best FPGAs can take a leading role in highvolume and high-performance designs. The structures that typical FPGAs use to provide their configurability add overhead to their internal design. To achieve functional density and performance levels comparable to those...
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Richard Quinnell
December 1, 2008[Hall Of Fame] Robotics Move From Industry To Space To Elder Care
Retirement isn’t coming easy to 83-year-old Joseph Engelberger, widely known as the Father of Robotics. “There’s a lot that can still be done,” he says wistfully, despite already accomplishing so much in the robotic field. In fact, Engelberger and George Devol produced Unimate, the first industrial robot. While studying for his MS degree at Columbia University, Engelberger worked for Manning Maxwell & Moore as a physicist designing control systems for...
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Doris Kilbane
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] Networking Invigorates The Home Multimedia Blitz
The continually morphing home-entertainment arena has turned to local-area networks (LANs) to tie things together. This year we chose three products, two fixed and one portable, as the first or best in their categories. One of the offerings supports the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), and you can count on DLNA becoming more of a force within this realm. These days, you can select from a range of NAS devices that are DLNA media servers. For example,...
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William Wong
December 1, 2008[Hall Of Fame] RAM Innovator Took A New Career—And Education—By The Horns
His pioneering work in digital computer technology gave the world reliable random-access magnetic-core memory that revolutionized computer speed and power. Nevertheless, Jay Forrester says his work today is “much more important.” “In 1956, I thought the pioneering days of computer innovation were pretty much over,” Forrester said. “The biggest multiple in improvements in computer speed, reliability, and logical design were from 1946 to ’56. Rapid...
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Doris Kilbane
December 1, 2008[Design FAQs] FPGA Improves Basestation Design
What are some of the challenges facing basestation designers today? The five biggest are the numerous wireless standards that must be accommodated, increased and complex frequency assignments, increased operating efficiency, capital expenditures (CAPEX), and scalability. Why must designers deal with so many standards? Most new basestations benefit from being able to handle...
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Louis E. Frenzel
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] Automotive Imaging ICs Keep An "Eye" On The Road
In the quest to make driving more enjoyable and safer, designers are relying on the most advanced video sensors and processors for greater driver assistance and comfort (see “Semi ICs Drive Auto Safety And Control Innovation,” Electronic Design, Oct. 9, 2008, p. 28). Intelligent video systems have proven essential, spurring on the need for the design and manufacture of cost-effective vision-system ICs. As part of this trend, STMicroelectronics’ and...
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Roger Allan
December 1, 2008[Hall Of Fame] In AI, Robotics, And Any Field, Stand Alone To Stand Apart
If you want to make a difference, don’t follow the crowd, Marvin Minsky advises today’s students. Don’t go into the most popular field. “That could be a disaster. When I started to work on artificial neural networks, only four other researchers were involved with this field. But today, there are many thousands of them. Interesting discoveries come only every few years—so each researcher has less than one chance in 1000 of making significant contributions,” Minsky...
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Doris Kilbane
December 1, 2008[Technology Report] Military Systems Bolstered By Building-Block Breakthroughs
Technological advances lead to tactical advantages. That’s why investments in electronic technology for military applications traditionally run high. Yet those investments can often yield useful breakthroughs as well as dramatic improvements in existing technologies. Military systems such as electronic warfare (EW), signal intelligence (SIGINT), and radar systems receive the most funding. Still, electronic building blocks such as amplifiers, display...
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Jack Browne
November 25, 2008
[TechView: Embedded] Parts Add Up To Home Theater PC
Home theater PCs aren’t new. But getting one that works, especially with HDTVs and HDMI, is now a lot easier with AMD’s Maui AMD Live! This platform is designed for Microsoft Vista Media Center and AMD Athlon processors.
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William Wong
November 25, 2008
[Mark David's Blog] Electronica 2008 Thrives Despite Economic Upheaval
With the infamous naked (painted) booth babes of 2006 Electronica replaced by a foosball table, Electronica 2008 seemed to have had a little less flash (or was that flesh?) and sizzle than some previous shows. Maybe this was a concession to the tough global economic times. But despite the steady stream of news about global recession, the mood at Electronica was one of “business as usual” with a look to the future. The show was a big success.
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Mark David
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