A clock distribution IC does not independently generate a clock signal; as such, phase noise cannot be measured unless an input is applied. The term most commonly used to quantify the quality of a ...

As data streaming continues to balloon out of control, managing the processing of that data is becoming more important and more difficult. Data buffering is gaining ground as a way to speed up the ...

Part 2 shows how to tune internal and external memory, as well as how to manage external bus access, DMA transfers, and interrupts. Let us now elaborate on some memory and DMA discussions from earlier ...

Digital content primarily is delivered to a conversion device in two ways. One way is in real time, as uncompressed audio and video using SDI and AES. But as facilities and media transport evolves to ...

First disclosed in January 2018, the Meltdown and Spectre attacks have opened the floodgates, leading to extensive research into the speculative execution hardware found in modern processors, and a ...

A buffer overflow or overrun is a memory safety issue where a program does not properly check the boundaries of an allocated fixed-length memory buffer and writes more data than it can hold. This ...