In the wake of increased global competitiveness and shorter time-to-market windows, there has been a renewed focus by design management on the underlying data management infrastructure of the design teams. An increasing number of systems-on-chip (SoCs) now have some type of analog, digital and/or RF modules, making it imperative… Read More



New Vision for Traffic Cameras in 2016
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a traffic camera video may be worth millions. TrafficLand is poised to transform forever the use of traffic camera video information with demonstrations at the CES show in Las Vegas. In the process, TrafficLand will be overcoming years of industry ambivalence toward the use of traffic… Read More
IoT in Action : Snowy Smart Cities
I have a gorgeous view outside my home. Everything is covered under more than 2 feet of snow. My flight for tomorrow is cancelled and schools are shut down until Tuesday. For my children, its probably a dream come true but for businesses, it doesn’t help when things come to a standstill. Also for many who need to be on the road, … Read More
The Fine Art of Engineering
There’s a small art gallery near the office. It features a new set of paintings by a local artist every two weeks. As I walk by I tend to check out what’s hanging in there. Sometimes I turn up my nose at what I see – a bit too wacky, a bit too abstract, a bit too paint by numbers. Sometimes I walk in to take a closer look but leave the shop empty-handed… Read More
The Gigabit WAN Connectivity Era
In this fast-changing and complex world, it is easy to lose track of progress and milestone achievements in wired and wireless broadband connectivity.… Read More
True Random Number Generation
Random numbers are central to modern security systems. The humble password, perhaps the least profound application, is encrypted and verified against using SHA or MD algorithms with a random number salt. You probably remember a college class on how to generate pseudo-random numbers algorithmically, some very sophisticated.… Read More
Does IoT need Sensor Fusion? Yes, but at low-power, low cost…and higher performance
We said this in the past, but let’s reiterate that IoT devices will be successful if they can meet low-cost and low-power requirements. Low-cost is the condition for IoT devices market penetration, I mean such a market adoption that we count several IoT systems (and dozens of devices) in every house. That’s the only way to reach the… Read More
Inception of "Intel Inside"
Let me start with a quote:
“Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.”– Nancy Pearcy
By the end of post, it will be quite evident that it was the competition that led to one of the classiest campaign “Intel Inside” for its processors. As I mentioned… Read More
Smart TV Chipset: 4 Key Takeaways from Interconnect IP
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?
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
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