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The Technologies
Here is a summary of the primary technologies that we write about (intended primarily to get the attention of search engines—there's no need to slog through all that follows):
Integrated Circuits
We have written about microprocessor
(central processing units, or CPU) chips, parallel multicore or manycore processors, digital signal processor (DSP) chips,
graphics processor unit (GPU) chips, System-on-Chip (SoC) devices, Network-on-Chip (NoC) technologies, embedded and reconfigurable processors, controllers, programmable
logic devices (including reconfigurable logic), gate arrays,
mixed-signal devices (analog and digital), application-specific integrated circuit
(ASIC) chips, application-specific standard product (ASSP) chips, hardware microarchitectures, and software instruction set architecture (ISA) technologies.
Networking
We have written about routers, switches, cell phones, global positioning system (GPS) devices, Internet protocols (TCP/IP, UDP), Ethernet, wireless (802.11 WiFi and WiMax, IR,
RF, Bluetooth), SONET/SDH, ultrawide band (UWB), and optical communication technologies.
Electronic-Design Automation (EDA) Tools
We have written about system
partitioning; executable specifications using transaction-level
modeling (TLM) in SystemC; logic design and simulation in a
hardware description language such as Verilog, SystemVerlog,
or VHDL; design capture; register-transfer-level (RTL) design;
physical design, synthesis, layout, and floor planning; verification;
and model libraries.
System Software
We have written about operating
systems, compilers, debuggers, initialization and test procedures, network
and peripheral interfaces, application binary interface (ABI) specifications, and hardware abstraction layer (HAL) specifications.
Application Software and Middleware
We have written about programming languages (C, C++, Java, and other object-oriented languages),
databases (SQL and others), financial and accounting systems, large-system modeling, and application programming interface (API) specifications.
Semiconductor Processing
We have written about the equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor products, including vacuum,
deposition, transport, power, test, and clean-room procedures and equipment.
Biomedical and Clinical Medical Systems
We have written about hardware
and software systems used in molecular-biology research and
clinical analysis, such as Nanosphere's Verigene Molecular Diagnostics System that processes and genotypes multiple genes in a DNA sample.
Security and Data-Collection Systems
We have written about secure-communication products, distributed control
systems (DCSs), building security and automation, and supervisory
control and data-acquisition (SCADA) systems, such as Saudi Consolidated Electric's SICON SCADA System that is used for controlling and monitoring airports and electric-power systems in Saudi Arabia.
Electric Power Generation and Transmission
We have written about power-generation load
balancing, production cost, capacity planning and management,
integrated system operator (ISO) protocols, and regional transmission
operator (RTO) protocols.
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