News
Hard-disk drive touts 2-Tbyte storage, speedier spins 9/3/2009
Last month, I believed that Western Digital was still the only vendor manufacturing 2-Tbyte, 3.5-in. hard-disk drives in high volumes. As it turns out, I wasn’t exactly right; Seagate recently began selling a 2-Tbyte member of its Barracuda LP family.Intel introduces speedy, inexpensive, 34-nm solid-state drives 8/20/2009
Although Intel and Micron’s IM Flash Technologies partnership last November announced mass production of 34-nm lithography-based, 32-Gbit MLC (multilevel-cell) NAND-flash memories, Intel fabricated its first generation of MLC-derived solid-state drives, along with their SLC (single-level-cell) siblings, on 50-nm ICs.DAC shapes sound for small speakers 7/23/2009
Wolfson Microelectronics’ new single-chip, monophonic WM9081 DAC and speaker amplifier deliver optimum sound-pressure levels and maximum intelligibility from low-cost speakers, such as those in portable navigation devices, mobile handsets, digital radios, and conference speakerphones. The IC has a high-efficiency, 2.Memcon panel explores readiness of DDR3 6/29/2009
Chips are shipping, but questions remain about the ramp of the new DRAM standard.Voices: Is multimedia abandoning DSPs? Analog Devices disagrees 5/28/2009
Denis Labrecque, marketing-programs manager at Analog Devices, sounds off on DSPs’ past, present, and future in audio, graphics, and imaging.In-Depth
Deep packet inspection optimizes mobile applications 10/8/2009
Mobile data provides a notable growth opportunity for cellular operators, but adoption will be slow unless networks can provide good service to all subscribers. Deep packet inspection enables operators to understand the applications their subscribers are using and to build appropriate networks.T-Mobile's G1: Google's Android OS emerges 9/17/2009
Discover some interesting facts about the two primary PCBs (printed-circuit boards) inside the premier Google Android offering.Hands-on project: Transporting high-def video broadcasts: Are wireless networks up to the task? 8/20/2009
High-resolution video-streaming support is supposedly a key justification for 802.11n versus its 802.11a and 802.11b/g predecessors. So why doesn't it deliver on its promises?Accelerating consumers' NAS adoptions: assessing your product options 6/25/2009
Network storage is a notably bright spot in the otherwise-blah consumer-electronics economy. Carefully select and cull hardware, software, and their jointly implemented features to ensure product success.Trolling for gold in the BlackBerry Bold 5/28/2009
Research In Motion's BlackBerry Bold gets a tech inspection courtesty of an EDN partnership with phoneWreck.Experts
Self-serving “synergy” 8/6/2009
Silicon Image is trying to have it both ways—painting a picture of HDMI as a cozy, cooperative industry standard, when in reality HDMI's predominantly a single-supplier proprietary approach.802.11n: Complicated and about to become even messier 5/28/2009
Approval work for this next-generation Wi-Fi standard may wrap up by year-end, but the situation is about to become even more muddled.Voices: Is multimedia abandoning DSPs? Analog Devices disagrees 5/28/2009
Denis Labrecque, marketing-programs manager at Analog Devices, sounds off on DSPs’ past, present, and future in audio, graphics, and imaging.Canceling Sirius: so frustrating, it made me furious 4/23/2009
Tough economic times understandably encourage subscription-service companies to do their utmost to hold onto customers. Sometimes, unfortunately, they achieve this goal by making the cancellation too difficult to accomplish.Power line: Does market success require resets? 4/9/2009
The three key technology suppliers for the 200-Mbps PHY (physical) rate are unwilling to bury the hatchet and come up with a standard approach.DesignIdeas
