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• Actel RTAX, Axcelerator, IGLOO Feature Extended Core8051s Support

  Actel has extended the Core8051s support for their line of high-reliability Axcelerator, radiation-tolerant RTAX, and low-power IGLOO FPGAs. The extended Core8051s support enables designers developing high reliability, space-flight or portable embedded designs to take advantage of the ecosystem and code base that exists...

  FPGA Blog

• Static Timing Analyzer Goes Multicore And Distributed

  They said it couldn't be done, but Synopsys has imbued its PrimeTime 2009.12 static timing analyzer with the ability to run in multi-threaded and distributed multicore modes....

  Electronics Design Blg

• Converting between binary and decimal in assembly

  One of the interesting challenges in working in assembly, versus C, is converting between BCD and binary. We all know that processors work in binary and users work in C, right? The problem is, even thought some processors include BCD math capabilities, things like multiplication, division, and all the system timers, work...

  Notes From The Lab

• "ENERGY: DoE funds energy-efficient chip effort"

  Energy efficient multi-core microprocessors require on-chip voltage regulation according to researchers at IBM, Columbia University and Cornell. Look for on-chip voltage regulators in major microprocessors within three years. R.C.J.The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded Columbia University $2.8 million in Recovery...

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