Richard F. Zarr

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Digital Convergences Will Drive Analog Semiconductor Technology

By Richard F. Zarr, December 13, 2010

National Semi's Rick Zarr contributes a sidebar to the 2011 analog forecast in which he considers a host of factors related to high bandwidth drivers for communications ICs.
Then, Now, And Beyond—System Design In The 21st Century

By Richard F. Zarr, October 02, 2008

I remember the day it arrived. All of our design engineers gathered around the lab bench waiting for our technician to unpack the box. As it was slowly lifted from the protective cardboard packing and set on the bench, we all looked on in a
Protect Code Distribution For Flash-Based Microcontrollers

By Richard F. Zarr, March 03, 2003

Full article begins on Page 2 Because it's fairly ubiquitous and accessible, the Internet is a great way to provide code up-dates to customers. But it's an open medium, so it's subject to attacks or theft. By encrypting machine code and...