Microdisplays: no longer a microcosm By Greg Vrana, Technical Editor
Microdisplays can solve many problems, but they come in so many technologies that you may get eye fatigue looking at all the choices.
Design Features
Video improvements obviate big bit streams By Brian Dipert, Technical Editor
As digital television continues its frustrating nonemergence, interest in interim technologies that make current video sources look their best is on the rise. These enhancements may obsolete HDTV before it gets off the ground.
Self-correcting codes conquer noise, part 2: Reed-Solomon codecs
Syed Shahzad Shah, Saqib Yaqub, and Faisal Suleman, Chameleon Logics
Now that you have brushed up on error-correcting codes in part 1: viterbi codecs (Feb 15, 2001), uncover the theory and hardware implementation of a Reed-Solomon codec.
How it works: time By Joshua Israelsohn, Technical Editor
No matter how you slice it, from millennia to microseconds, time marches on. But wait a minute: what time is it...REALLY?
