For those new to fields like robotics or aerospace, it can seem at first glance that a problem like moving a robot arm or flying an RC airplane might be simple problems to solve. It turns out, however ...

In most embedded networking and communications designs, the primary operations the main processor must provide involve conversion and forwarding of serial traffic (streams, cells, or packets) from one ...

Communicationbetween processors and memories is often a major bottleneck, making the designof the memory controller a critical task in determining overall system-levelperformance. The memory ...

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If you’re an enthusiast trying to get the most performance out of your RAM kit, you might find yourself spending hours tuning for higher frequencies or tighter timings. What you may find, on some ...

DDR3 memory systems can provide a significant performance boost to a variety of data processing applications. However, compared to previous generations (DDR and DDR2), DDR3 memory devices have some ...