DVD:
breathtaking sight and sound, significant
challenges
Long-awaited
DVD technology stands poised and ready to
enter our living rooms and our PCs and
promises to converge the entertainment
and computer environments. Designers
simply have to figure out how to decode
the compressed video and audio, mix DVD
and graphics, handle security and
encryption, and do it all cheaply.
--Maury Wright, Technical
Editor
Rugged products,
tough applications
Some
designs really have it tough. For these
designs, you have to take special
measures. And you'll probably need to use
some special, rugged components.
Integers out of
sorts? Program an FPGA to put them in
order
Designing
integer-sort algorithms into FPGAs isn't
as difficult as you might think. The
payoff can be huge: short design time,
flexibility, and fast operation.
--Cory Peichel, Raytheon
E Systems
DSPs excel in
motor-control applications
By
using a DSP for electric motor control,
you can expect lower costs, better
reliability, and less energy consumption.
--Issa Panahi, Mohammed
Arefeen, and Zhenyu Yu, Texas Instruments
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