Which interface will get traction? By Maury Wright, Editor at Large
Fibre Channel rules in the SAN world, and InfiniBand is progressing in computer clusters, but a faster flavor of the venerable Ethernet looms as a potential jack-of-all-trades.
Design Features
CAT5 tracks: Audio goes the distance, reliably and on time By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor
Do you want to route high-bit-rate digital audio over long expanses with minimal latency and "five-nines" reliability? Find out whether a conventional Ethernet scheme will meet your needs or whether you need an audio-optimized variant.
FROM EDN EUROPE: The two-horse race of logic analysis By Graham Prophet, Editor
Getting engineers to reach more readily for the logic analyser has been an objective for instrumentation vendors for many years. Now, the measurement tool is finding new applications, including dissecting the logic waveforms that drive digital modulation radios.
FROM EDN EUROPE: FPGA-based configurable computing delivers on its promises By Malachy Devlin, Nallatech
In real-world applications, FPGAs are starting to demonstrate immense tangible advantages over traditional high-performance computing solutions - advantages that include increases in processing performance and system flexibility, together with reduced size, weight and power consumption.
Structured ASICs deserve serious attention at 90 nm By Michael Santarini, Senior Editor
The cost of 90-nm—not to mention 65-nm—silicon is
outrageous. Users should take a long, hard look at structured ASICs when
considering which fabric to use for their next logic design.
