D&R Industry Articles (November 2006)

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System on Chip (SoC) for Short Range Wireless - CMOS versus SIGe

Wireless communication is becoming more and more commoditized. While newer technologies such as UWB and 802.11n are still in the early adopter phase, with time to market being the primary driver, the markets for Bluetooth and 802.11abg are maturing, meaning that cost reduction becomes the primary goal

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Media SoC design for reduced power consumption

Architectures that are ''power conscious'' use design techniques to reduce the overall gate count and power consumption while efficiently handling data transactions.

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Optimizing the Implementation of Dolby Digital Plus in SoC Designs

This white paper outlines the benefits of Dolby Digital Plus for select key consumer audio markets and details the processes behind the collaborative effort between MIPS Technologies and Dolby Laboratories.

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Diamond Standard Processor Core Family Architecture

This white paper explores the design of the Xtensa base instruction set architecture (ISA) and illustrates the impact of architecture on performance. It traces the evolution of modern instruction-set design and compares key features of Tensilica’s architecture with previous instruction set architectures. It provides a detailed rationale for the major architectural innovations in the Xtensa ISA.

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Future Trends in SoC Interconnect

Self-timed packet-switched networks are poised to take a major role in addressing the complex system design and timing closure problems of future complex Systems-on-Chip.