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Posts tagged with 'FPGA'

Another vote for automotive Ethernet – now on FPGAs

Posted Jan 7, 2012, by John Day

Last month Broadcom said its BroadR-Reach automotive Ethernet portfolio can reduce connectivity costs by up to 80 percent and cabling weight by as much as 30 percent. NXP Semiconductors licensed BroadR-Reach and intends to create automotive-grade products for the Ethernet physical layer. NXP noted in its announcement that major car manufacturers are designing with Ethernet as a high-bandwidth, low-cost … Read More

Tags: NXP Semiconductors, IEEE 802.1 AVB, Xilinx, Broadcom, automotive Ethernet, EAVB, FPGA, BroadR-Reach, Digital Design Corp.

Coming Attractions: Military and Aerospace IESF (Part 1)

Posted Aug 15, 2011, by J VanDomelen

Mentor Graphics has just revealed the program for its upcoming Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum (IESF) 2011. If you’re not familiar with IESF, it’s one of the world’s leading events for design engineers, engineering management, and executives in the military and aerospace (mil/aero) industry. Even better, it’s free and in a great summer locale: the Marriott Long Beach hotel, in Long Beach, Calif. … Read More

Tags: ASIC, Long Beach, electrical, Milaero, Mentor, Aerospace, Marriot, Military, Embedded Systems, Design, Geek, Engineer, Electronic, Mil-Aero, FPGA, EWIS, DO-254, IESF, Hardware, Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum, Mentor.com, ARP 475A, Mentor Graphics

Radiation Mitigation

Posted Jan 14, 2011, by J VanDomelen

Roughly this time last year, NASA officials were instructed essentially to put the quest to launch more men in space on the back burner, and focus efforts on developing “game-changing” technologies. NASA is and has been partnering with industry firms to do just that. In recent months, in fact, the aerospace industry has revealed radiation-hardened (rad-hard) innovations. Throughout 2010, companies … Read More

Tags: Milaero, Mil-Aero, Military, ASIC, rad-hard, FPGA, Aerospace, Mentor Graphics, ModelSim, nasa, Mentor.com, Geek, precision rad-tolerant, Precision RTL Plus, Mentor