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With the recent release of both LPDDR3 and DDR4 specifications by JEDEC, the move to the next generation of memory technologies is in full swing. First out of the gates was LPDDR3, which will replace ...

According to recent surveys, most programmers place debugging at the top of their list. So what has changed in the last twenty years? Virtutech ran a survey at Embedded Systems Conference West 2005 to ...

The increase in complexity of designs being prototyped on FPGAs has led to the increase in need for better debugging techniques. The design being prototyped on the FPGA may be used for performing ...

But even today, some designs don't require top-down methodology or bottom-up verification. Examples include simple analog designs or designs with no feedback between the analog and digital sections.