Dave Bursky, the Editor-at-Large for Electronic Design magazine, joined Electronic Design in 1973, and has worked in various editorial positions. Amassing more than 30 years of experience, he has been responsible for defining the direction and content of Electronic Design and has written on all aspects of digital semiconductor technology, from processes to architectural definition, and from testing to circuit applications. He travels extensively around the U.S. as well as to Asia and Europe to interview company executives and attend trade shows and symposiums.
Additionally, Dave is one of several Electronic Design editors awarded the Jesse H. Neal award for Editorial Excellence. In 1988 he was described by an article in the San Jose Mercury News newspaper as one of the 100 most influential people in Silicon Valley. He has also taught digital logic technology at the former RCA Institute in New York City, and has been a guest lecturer at the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, Calif. Plus, he has served on the program committees of numerous IEEE and commercial conferences, and has moderated and organized technical presentation sessions at IEEE and commercial conferences. Dave has also authored six books on topics ranging from personal computers to semiconductor memories.
Prior to joining Electronic Design in 1973, he worked as a civilian electronics engineer at Fort Monmouth, N.J. on tactical computer systems and secure communication systems. Dave holds both BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the City College of the City University of New York (1971 and 1973, respectively). Email address: dbursky@penton.com Web site: www.elecdesign.com
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April 13, 2006[New Products] Communications: PIN Diodes Now Available In Space-Saving SOD-323 Packages
Three high-performance PIN diodes housed in RoHS-compliant (Restrictions on Hazardous Substances) lead-free SOD-323 (small-outline diode) plastic packages consume less board space than prior versions housed in three-lead SOT-23 (small-outline transistor) and SOT-323 packages. The SOD-323 measures just 1.7 by 1.25 by 0.95 mm, versus the 3- by 2.5- by 1.1-mm and the 2- by 2.1- by 1.1-mm size of the SOT-23 and 323 packages, respectively. The HSMP-389Z is optimized for RF...
April 13, 2006[New Products] Communications: Collaborative Efforts Let Wi-Fi Chip Tag-Team With CDMA Or WCDMA
A collaboration between Atheros and Qualcomm will produce a low-power, high-performance chip set for cellular and wireless LAN-capable handsets and PDAs. Mobile devices based on the forthcoming chip sets will support CDMA and WCDMA technologies as well as 802.11g or 802.11a/g wireless LANs. Atheros will work to ensure the interoperability of its highly integrated single-chip Radio-on-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) with the MSM6550 CDMA2000 or MSM6280 WCDMA chip sets from...
April 13, 2006[New Products] Communications: 10-Gbit PHYs Integrate VCSEL Diode Drivers And Clock Synthesizers
The Puma AEL1006 can drive vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) diodes while providing 10-Gbit/s physical-layer (PHY) support. Implemented in a 130-nm CMOS process, it also simplifies next-generation serializer/deserializer (SERDES) systems. The chip's clock synthesizer allows Ethernet/XAUI clock rates to be generated from a low-cost 50-MHz clock input, further reducing the cost of optical modules employing the AEL1006. The Puma AEL1004 10-Gbit PHY offers ...
April 13, 2006[New Products] Communications: Enhanced Telephones Ease Conversations For Hearing Impaired
Able to improve voice quality for the hard-ofhearing, a signal-processing chip can be added to standard telephone handsets as well as wireless handsets. The Digital Clarity Power (DCP) signal processor runs various algorithms (multiband compression, acoustic echo cancellation, and noise reduction) to improve listening conditions. One algorithm eliminates constant noise such as air conditioning or static, creating a clear sound that is more conducive to conversation....
April 13, 2006[New Products] Communications: Wireless Chip Sets Comply With 802.11n And Deliver 300 Mbits/s
The Intensi-fi wireless local-area network (WLAN) chip sets comply with the IEEE 802.11n draft specification. Intensi-fi technology incorporates all mandatory elements of the draft specification and can be software-upgraded once the standard is finalized. The technology supports multiple simultaneous data (or "spatial") streams over multiple transmit and receive antennas to provide data rates of over 300 Mbits/s and more robust coverage than legacy 802.11 products, which...
April 13, 2006[Technology Report] Demanding Applications Push NAND Flash Densities
The wheels of innovation are spinning at a breakneck pace in the world of NAND flash memories. With storage capacities hitting 16 Gbits, these memories offer the densest storage of any solid-state memory technology. Look fast, though, because further advances in cell structures, circuit architecture, and process technology will soon leave that number in the dust, raising the bar for NAND flash storage capacity and performance. Today, NAND flash memories are in high demand for...
March 30, 2006[TechView: The Industry] Piezoelectric Motor Delivers Precise Positioning In Small Applications
Sometimes you need a really small motor, and stepper motors and voice coil motors just won't cut it. Try the Squiggle series of piezoelectric motors from New Scale Technologies. These devices can deliver 10-µm closed-loop repeatability. They're based on a linear actuator that generates ultrasonic vibrations at 115 kHz in a threaded nut. This nut vibrates in an orbit that resembles a person's hips in a hulahoop motion. The microscopic motion causes the mating...
March 30, 2006[TechView: Digital] Graphics Controller Takes Aim At Embedded Applications
The MB86276 graphics display controller targets 2D applications in the U.S. like mid-range car navigation systems and entertainment products—similar to products now being designed into high-end vehicles in Japan and Europe. Developed by Fujitsu Microelectronics, it's a streamlined version of the company's previous MC86296 3D device. Still, the MB86276 includes many of the MC86296's special features. These include dual display support, video capture, and...
March 16, 2006[TechView: Digital] Speedy Dual-Port Memories Deliver Data At Up To 36 Gbits/s
According to their developer, Cypress Semiconductor, the latest FullFlex dual-port memories offer 150% more throughput than their competitors. With a maximum 36-Gbit/s throughput, the company says these chips also are the first dual ports to use 90-nm process technology. As a result, the FullFlex chips deliver performance compatible with wireless systems, image processing, instrumentation, and storage-area network and widearea network applications. FullFlex devices will range in...
March 16, 2006[TechView: Digital] Network Processors Make Easy Work Of Multilayer Application Acceleration
Ten additional devices in the Octeon family of system-on-a-chip processors from Cavium Networks deliver highly integrated solutions for next-generation wired networks, wireless networks, and control and storage applications. All of the models in the CN31XX and 30XX families are based on a single or dual 64-bit MIPS64 CPU core. These processors integrate multilayer application acceleration, security processing hardware, and a wide range of networking I/O options. They also...
March 16, 2006[TechView: Digital] IP And PHY Chip Team Up For HDMI Solutions
Designers can use Silicon Image's latest intellectual property (IP) and a companion physical-layer (PHY) interface chip to implement high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) receiver and transmitter solutions. Fully compliant with the HDMI 1.1 specification, the transmit and receive blocks are available as soft register transfer level (RTL) cores that are foundry and process independent. The companion Sil 9002 transmit PHY chip fully complies with HDMI 1.1 and 1.2 standards...
March 16, 2006[TechView: Digital] Integrate DVD Functions And Reduce Costs
Two chips integrate most ATSC HDTV DVD recorder functions. This significantly reduces the bill-of-materials cost of implementing HD digital video recorders by $15 or more. The DoMiNo 8633 and 8683 from LSI Logic perform full high-definition (HD) decoding and display, HD timeshifting, and DVD recording (see the figure). The chips can decode MPEG-2 streams with MP@HL and MP@ML resolution. They also can perform complete ATSC format...
March 10, 2006
[Web Exclusive] Highlights From CES, Part 4: Chip Advances Deliver Stellar Performance at CES
Behind every digital flat panel video screen, inside every set-top box, and driving the content in every personal media player on display at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show are the underlying digital and mixed-signal ICs that turn the entertainment concepts into reality. At this year’s show many companies unveiled their latest silicon offerings that will let video panels display crisper...
March 2, 2006[TechView: Digital] System-On-A-Chip FPGAs Mix ASIC And Programmable Approaches
The LatticeSC family of system chips from Lattice Semiconductor melds some of the best features of ASIC technology and the flexibility of FPGA-based logic. This combination has yielded higher performance and more integration than previous FPGA solutions. These field-programmable system chips (FPSCs) include high-speed serializer-deserializer (SERDES) channels. In turn, these channels support data rates up to 3.4 Gbits/s. Also on the chips are high-speed parallel I/O...
March 2, 2006[TechView: Digital] Next-Generation Processor Delivers More On A Tight Power Budget
Users want more multimedia on their cell phones. That means more processing without increasing the power requirements. While that sounds like a tough task, Texas Instruments' next-generation OMAP3 processor fits the bill. This chip uses the ARM Cortex-A8 superscalar processor core along with an enhanced imaging video/audio accelerator (IVA 2+) subsystem. This subsystem handles streaming audio, video, video conferencing, and still-image capture and display. It...
February 16, 2006[TechView: Digital] Content Processor Takes On Multiple Algorithms
With its nine onboard engines, Tarari's T9000 content processor delivers multigigabit throughputs (Fig. 1). Each of these engines has been optimized to implement one of the more CPU-intensive algorithms found in the enterprise network. The T9000 handles any applications that need to scan, parse, or filter data. These include content-based routing and switching, application firewalls and security gateways, Web acceleration, content...
February 16, 2006[TechView: Digital] USB-Based Microcontroller Packs 32-Bit CPU For Top-Notch Throughput
The USS2828 system-on-a-chip (SoC) controller combines a USB 2.0 interface and a 32-bit embedded processor to triple the data-processing throughput of similar controllers based on 8-bit 8051 embedded processors. Developed by Agere Systems, it also boasts a similar price point compared to the 8-bit-based devices. The chip's high-speed USB 2.0 port supports 480- and 12-Mbit/s data-transfer rates. Additionally, its ARM7TDMS processor offers a 40-MIPS throughput that lets...
February 16, 2006[Technology Report] Spring "Board" To FPGA Design Success
Here's a tip for the next time you need to evaluate a new FPGA architecture or develop an application: Try an evaluation board or even a full-blown development kit. The basic resources these tools offer help chop away at product development time and cost. Prices for basic starter kits range from about $50 to well over $2500. So, they're a good starting point for designers who are familiarizing themselves with an FPGA complex programmable logic device (CPLD) architecture and its...
February 16, 2006[New Products] Communications: Security Processor Protects Small And Medium-Sized Organizations
Targeted at securing the enterprise, the SafeXcel-5140 security processor provides a single-chip solution that can be used in virtual-private-network (VPN) gateways, broadband access devices, and home-networking equipment. The chip combines an ARMv4-compliant 32-bit RISC processor and security acceleration engines along with the company's QuickSec Unified Security Software to provide a complete security solution for the small and medium-sized equipment market. The integrated security...
February 16, 2006[New Products] Communications: 10-Gbit Ethernet Adapters Pack TCP/IP Offload Support
Based on a state-machine architecture, the Xframe II 10-Gbit/s Ethernet adapter delivers full line-speed operation over its PCI-X 2.0 host-bus interface. Similarly, the Xframe E card does the same over a PCI Express host interface. Extensive protocol offloads and assists reduce host processor loading and optimize bus utilization. Additionally, the PCI-X card offers a deepsplitbus transaction capability to further improve utilization of the PCI-X bus while achieving half the latency of...
Dave Bursky, the Editor-at-Large for Electronic Design magazine, joined Electronic Design in 1973, and has worked in various editorial positions. Amassing more than 30 years of experience, he has been responsible for defining the direction and content of Electronic Design and has written on all aspects of digital semiconductor technology, from processes to architectural definition, and from testing to circuit applications. He travels extensively around the U.S. as well as to Asia and Europe to interview company executives and attend trade shows and symposiums.
Additionally, Dave is one of several Electronic Design editors awarded the Jesse H. Neal award for Editorial Excellence. In 1988 he was described by an article in the San Jose Mercury News newspaper as one of the 100 most influential people in Silicon Valley. He has also taught digital logic technology at the former RCA Institute in New York City, and has been a guest lecturer at the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, Calif. Plus, he has served on the program committees of numerous IEEE and commercial conferences, and has moderated and organized technical presentation sessions at IEEE and commercial conferences. Dave has also authored six books on topics ranging from personal computers to semiconductor memories.
Prior to joining Electronic Design in 1973, he worked as a civilian electronics engineer at Fort Monmouth, N.J. on tactical computer systems and secure communication systems. Dave holds both BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the City College of the City University of New York (1971 and 1973, respectively).
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