Contents
January 4, 2007
Cover Story
- Connecting systems to displays with DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort: What we got here is failure to communicate
Continuous technological evolution is the inevitable consequence of vendors' desires to sustain revenue and profit at healthy levels. When that product progression results in regressive experiences for end users, however, its sustainability is uncertain.
Design Features
- Timing is everything in SOC design
Despite good tools, successful timing closure is still a matter of methodology and attention. - User-friendly model simplifies Spice op-amp simulation
A new macromodel based on data-sheet parameters allows easy model creation for new amplifiers.
Pulse
- Point-and-see picture transfer requires no setup, employs IrDA
- Powering SOCs with integrated approaches
- High-speed modular logic analyzers capture as many as 512M samples
- Processor lowers cost of Gigabit Ethernet
- EPIC computer expands communications options
- ESL market adds an enterprise player
- Blaze DFM's dummy-fill-synthesis tool has smarts
- WiQuest adds video support to Wireless USB
Departments and Columns
- edn.comment
Foggy crystal ball yields 2007 tech wishes, including 802.11n, UWB, FTTH
- Prying Eyes
Under the hood of hybrid vehicles
- Signal Integrity
Two-way street: Transmission lines support traffic in two directions
- Scope
Scope: ISSCC, the consumer bandwagon, more
- Tales From The Cube
Testing our reliance on testing: Worst-case scenarios in mixed-signal design
