EDN 04/27/2006 Table of Contents

Crossing borders: The 2006 EDN Digital Signal Processing Directory
By Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor
Are you trying to keep track of the constant changes in the world of digital-signal-processing offerings? Are your processing needs overlapping? The 2006 directory can help.

Double take: Reassessing x86 CPUs in embedded-system applications
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor
Dual-core processors and dual-processor setups are now on the options list for embedded-system developers. Should you incorporate them, instead of a traditional single-core, single-CPU configuration, in your next design? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
Keys to simulation acceleration and emulation success
By Jason Andrews, Cadence Design Systems
For better or for worse, the engineering community, the press, and the EDA vendors themselves have incorrectly classified the world of simulation acceleration and emulation into two camps: FPGAs and ASICs.
Pick the right inductor construction for a desktop-CPU voltage regulator
By John Gallagher, Pulse Inc.
Choosing the best inductor construction for desktop-CPU voltage regulators requires a good understanding of inductors and regulators.

EDN's 50th Anniversary
Milestones That Mattered: The planar IC—revolution underestimated
– By Maury Wright, Editor in Chief
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"Device-software optimization": Another meaningless term in a crowded jargon field?
– By Maury Wright, Editor in Chief
Signal Integrity
Terminator III
– By Howard Johnson, PhD
Reality Check
Itanium: "Itanic" or full steam ahead?
– By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor

Media Center: serving video to screens large and small
By Maury Wright, Editor in Chief
How ably can a PC serve as the center of the home-entertainment universe?

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