Ted Marena, Microsemi Corp.
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Future industrial requirements being met by redefined mid-range FPGAs
A sea change is underway in the industrial equipment and manufacturing sector. The renewed call for more jobs and several new mandates for minimum wage hikes are forcing vendors who build automation equipment to respond to a new reality and difficult technology hurdles. They must turn to suppliers that can help them create more [...]
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FPGAs and audio processors enable unique industrial applications
Since their inception, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) were often targeted at the largest market segment – the communications industry. Although the major FPGA developers are still focused on communication applications, they are increasingly more focused on the storage and server markets. But what about the broad industrial market? Often, the broad industrial market’s requirements [...]
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Microcontroller-based FPGAs hit the mark
FPGA vendors have been purposely pushing a growing divide in FPGA architectures. The main suppliers have gravitated to either SoC FPGAs with high-performance application processors or offer low-end FPGAs with no processor. Applications such as server farms and high-performance computing require ever-growing increases in performance. To address this, many SoC FPGAs are incorporating ARM A-class [...]
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Biggest security threats for embedded designers
Embedded system designers face a number of threats to the applications that they develop for the Internet of Things (IoT). One of the biggest threats comes from IoT devices that end-users can access, such as commercial networked HVAC systems, wireless base stations, power stations, network gateway systems, and avionics networking. Another example is the connected car, including the [...]
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Hardware security in the IoT
According to a McKinsey study, security and privacy are seen as the critical challenges to IoT growth in the future[1]. A key focus area is the security of IoT devices that are accessible by end users. These devices can be found in applications ranging from commercial networked HVAC systems and wireless base stations to industrial [...]
Ted Marena, Microsemi Corp.