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Smart TV Chipset: 4 Key Takeaways from Interconnect IP

Smart TV Chipset: 4 Key Takeaways from Interconnect IP
by Majeed Ahmad on 01-26-2016 at 4:00 pm

The ultra high-definition (UHD) or 4K TV hardware is leading to insanely powerful chipsets in the age of Netflix, and that is taking the system-on-chip (SoC) design to a whole new level of complexity. Take the case of Samsung’s new chipset for SUHD TVs that boasts more than 100 IP interfaces.

Here, apart from the usual suspects… Read More


Are You Ready to Wear Your Own Device (WYOD) in 2016?

Are You Ready to Wear Your Own Device (WYOD) in 2016?
by Pranay Prakash on 01-26-2016 at 12:00 pm

For IT administrators it has never been so complex yet interesting. Until about 6-8 years ago, mobility in workforce meant supporting company equipment such as corporate designated laptops and Blackberry phones. And it worked – IT organizations and employees realized the power of mobility and how having corporate mobile… Read More


Demystifying Cisco’s Five Pillar Innovation Strategy

Demystifying Cisco’s Five Pillar Innovation Strategy
by Patrick Moorhead on 01-26-2016 at 7:00 am

Large companies that are the leaders in their industry generally have a hard time maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit that got them to their leading position in the first place. On one hand you have relatively “new” companies like Facebook who keep growing and on the other, you have companies like Yahoo who are struggling in … Read More


Why IoT Security is a Market for Lemons

Why IoT Security is a Market for Lemons
by John Moor on 01-25-2016 at 4:00 pm

Concerns around the security of connected devices are continuing to rise. This is illustrated by July’s issue of The Economist where there are two articles on this theme outlining the perils of connected devices in the home, and more generally amongst the Internet of Things.

In “Home, Hacked Home: The perils of connected… Read More


Steve Furber has found his million ARM cores

Steve Furber has found his million ARM cores
by Don Dingee on 01-25-2016 at 12:00 pm

Some people say that everything in our lives happens for a reason. As we wrote Part I of “Mobile Unleashed”, the origin story of ARM architecture and its main progenitors Steve Furber and Sophie Wilson, we found what seemed like an obvious technological breakthrough was far from an overnight success – and it led to fascinating twists… Read More


In Low Voltage Timing, the Center Cannot Hold

In Low Voltage Timing, the Center Cannot Hold
by Bernard Murphy on 01-25-2016 at 7:00 am

When I started discussing this topic with Isadore Katz, I was struggling to find a simple way to explain what he was telling me – that delay and variance calculations in STA tools are wrong at low voltage because the average (the center) of a timing distribution shifts from where you think it is going to be. He told me that I’m not alone… Read More


Your Car Will Never be Secure

Your Car Will Never be Secure
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-24-2016 at 4:00 pm

The automotive cybersecurity forum put on by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) yesterday in Washington, DC, surfaced a wide range of issues and conflicts at the heart of the connected car industry. One clear takeaway from the event was that cars will never be secure.
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Star Wars, the Force and the Power of Parallel Multicore Processing

Star Wars, the Force and the Power of Parallel Multicore Processing
by George Teixeira on 01-24-2016 at 12:00 pm

During the 80’s, the original Star Wars movies featured amazing future technology and were all about “the power of the Force.” The latest movie has now broken all box office records and got me thinking about how much IT and computing technology has progressed over the years but yet, there is still so much left untapped.

Yes, several… Read More


The Smartphone is Dead! Long Live the Smartphone!

The Smartphone is Dead! Long Live the Smartphone!
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-24-2016 at 10:00 am

According to a study released on the eve of CES by Accenture “heightened data security concerns, falling demand for smartphones and tablet PCs, and stagnant growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) market” are combining to stymie consumer electronics industry growth. While slow uptake of new products is normal, data security concerns… Read More


Honda Driver-aware Connected Car Insights from Patents

Honda Driver-aware Connected Car Insights from Patents
by Alex G. Lee on 01-24-2016 at 7:00 am

Honda patent applications US20130245886, US20140276112, US20140309881, US20140303899, US20140371984, US20150126818, US20160001781 and patent US8698639 describe systems implementing state monitoring of a driver for automatically adjusting the operation of a vehicle in response to the driver state (e.g., driver’s… Read More