News
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.EDN names winners of 19th Annual Innovation Awards 3/31/2009
EDN has bestowed its 19th Annual Innovation Awards, honoring a diverse group of electronics engineers and the ground-breaking products they have produced. The Altera Stratix IV 40-nm FPGA design team is named Innovator of the Year. Read on for a complete list of the winners.Companion processor supports video editing on the phone 2/19/2009
Semiconductor start-up Movidia has announced the MA1110 multimedia processor for mobile phones. The MA1110 operates as an attached processor to the baseband or to another applications processor in medium- to high-end phone designs to enable high-performance in-phone-video postproduction in real time on low power budgets.ISSCC papers look toward high-definition in your handset 1/2/2009
An early look at papers to be presented at the 2009 ISSCC this February suggest the imminent arrival of high-definition video in your hand. Underlying technology in broadband communications to support the demanding data stream are now in silicon, and a new generation of HD-targeted media SOCs is making its debut. Real HD in handsets—whatever the practicality of the medium in this format may turn out to be—cannot be far behind.In-Depth
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.Thin air: ATSC reception isn't always easy 5/14/2009
The looming transition from analog to digital television promises high-quality images and immersive audio, but reality can fall short of the hype, especially in environments with challenging topographies or climates.A universal algorithm for implementing an infrared decoder 5/6/2009
A microcontroller-based remote-control design provides the flexibility and ease of upgrade necessary to support a diversity of modern infrared protocols.Whatever happened to my dynamic range? 3/19/2009
If your testing results don't closely approximate the silicon vendor's specification claims, question your assumptions before concluding that your supplier is inflating the numbers.Driving the convergence between fixed and mobile communications into the mainstream 3/5/2009
Sustainable consumer demand for converged Wi-Fi-plus-cellular applications and services will depend on carrier-grade FMC services that deliver a good end-user experience. Before you can achieve these benefits, however, FMC products need to deliver the same quality as today's cellular-only services.Experts
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.OLEDs: better off once the delusion is dead 2/5/2009
The initial hype for OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes) is already deflating and will continue to do so.DesignIdeas
