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EDN on IC Design: Little-known flash features protect data, IP

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EDN on IC Design: New tools for the new thinker
  June 25, 2009

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Little-known flash-memory features protect data and IP
Little-known flash-memory features protect data and IPFeatures from block locking to encrypted-password-access mechanisms can prevent unintentional disruption, malicious damage, or copying. Read more >>

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Cypress, SpectraLinear go almost head-to-head on clock ICsTime was when high-speed clock generation was about supplying clock signals to CPUs. But with the proliferation of graphics hardware, high-speed I/O, and RF in everything from handsets to server farms, the CPU has ceased to be the only important market for fast clock generators. Read more >>

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