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As engineers, we view transaction protocols as simply a language to be able to communicate information from one block of system-on-chip (SoC) IP to another block. However, if you look at transaction protocols from an economics framework you...

I am thoroughly enjoying 2013. That’s because there seems to be a lot more reason for optimism this year than last year.  But before we let go of 2012, it’s important to reflect on the past year and see what it can teach us so we can m...

Recently, Sonics board member Jim Hogan uploaded some content onto deepchip.com (http://www.deepchip.com/items/0511-06.html) that purports to provide unbiased guidance regarding metrics for evaluating network-on-chip technology and intercon...

When we hear the term “multiprocessing,” we often associate it with “symmetric multiprocessing (SMP).” This is because of SMP’s initial prevalence in the high-performance computing world, and now in x86/x64 servers and PCs. Howeve...

My purpose in this article is to explain Gartner Research’s Hype Cycle and relate it to the Technology Adoption Lifecycle popularized by Geoffrey Moore’s book, “Crossing the Chasm...

The OMAP4470 TRM (also known as the OMAP4470 Multimedia Device Silicon Revision 1.0 Version E Technical Reference Manual) is available here by direct link:...