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Tools help you lose the hardware blues; EDA software seems to be the only silicon assistance that some programmable-logic companies want to talk about nowadays. What other tools are available to simplify your task of--as these suppliers seem to have forgotten--designing hardware?

Authors :
Dipert, Brian
Source :
EDN. April 18, 2002, Vol. 47 Issue 9, p36, 7 p.
Publication Year :
2002

Abstract

IN THE EARLY DAYS of semiconductors, digital-system design was almost completely a hardware-intensive-tools task. User-customizable-logic chips (with the exception of software-configurable microprocessors) just didn't exist. Instead, you dealt with collections [...]

Subjects

Subjects :
Central processing units -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Circuit design -- Product information -- Equipment and supplies
Computer software industry -- Product information -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies
Microprocessors -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Operating systems -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information -- Product development
Computer-aided design -- Product information -- Equipment and supplies
System design -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Applications software -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Instrument industry -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Embedded systems -- Design and construction -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Electronic design automation -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
CAE software -- Equipment and supplies -- Product development -- Product information
Debugging software -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information -- Product development
Semiconductor industry -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Custom integrated circuits -- Product information -- Product development -- Design and construction -- Equipment and supplies
Integrated circuits -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information -- Design and construction -- Product development
Testing equipment -- Equipment and supplies -- Product development -- Product information
Semiconductor chips -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information -- Design and construction -- Product development
Network diagnostic/test equipment -- Design and construction -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information -- Product development
Systems analysis -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information
Application-specific integrated circuits -- Product information -- Product development -- Design and construction -- Equipment and supplies
Business
Electronics and electrical industries
Semiconductor industry
Standard IC
64-bit operating system
32-bit operating system
Embedded system
CAE software
Custom IC
Application-specific integrated circuit
Debugging/testing software
System design
Network diagnostic/test equipment
Microprocessor
Integrated circuit design
Electronic test device
Microprocessor upgrade
Circuit designer
System on a chip
Electronic design automation
Operating system
Design and construction
Product information
Equipment and supplies
Product development

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00127515
Volume :
47
Issue :
9
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
EDN
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.85481650