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Five Faces Of Software

By Chris Rowen One of my highlights for DAC last week was the panel “It’s the Software, Stupid – Truth or Myth,” moderated by journalist Chris Edward. It confronted one of the most divisive issues in...

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The Many-Core Explosion

By Chris Rowen Using multiple processors on a chip has been around a long time, and people have talked about it for even longer. It is a routine part of every PC, server and most smartphones already....

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25 Years And Counting

By Chris Rowen This month, Microprocessor Report will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. This publication has chronicled a tremendous change in the electronics industry. Little did we know, 25 years...

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Deciphering Multi-Core

By Chris Rowen According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a meme is “an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.” By analogy to a gene, it serves as a unit for...

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Setting An Elegant Table

By Chris Rowen I write this blog every few weeks, and typically highlight some interesting technical mega-trend. This week I’m going in the opposite direction, digging down into one of the thorny...

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Imaging Becomes Visible

By Chris Rowen This week marks a milestone. I’ve been writing this blog for just about 20 months, a period that almost exactly spans the development of our new Imaging and Video Processor (IVP)...

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Really Good Things

By Chris Rowen I just got back a week ago from Mobile World Congress, the annual gathering of all things wireless in Barcelona. It was incredible, not just because of the parade of ever bigger,...

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The Italian Job

By Chris Rowen Last week was special. My family and I traveled to Rome and the Amalfi Coast for six days during the girls’ school spring break. The town of Positano is an improbable vision—a splash of...

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Tragedy And Transformation

I ran the Boston Marathon this month. I cannot offer fresh insights into the scenes of carnage, the tragic losses or the worldwide disgust with the perpetrators. My view of the bombing was from a...

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Hardware Can Never Be Correct

By Chris Rowen It seems outrageous to say that hardware designs can’t get it correct. After all, talented designers and verification teams around the world devote their time and reputations to getting...

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