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December 2004

Departments

Publisher's Notebook
Apologies and a Holiday Wish


The Inside Track


COTS Products


Editorial
Big Goings-On in Safety-Critical and Portable Software


Features

On the Softer Side
Heterogeneous Processing

FPGAs Infiltrate Heterogeneous Processing Architectures
Jeff Child

Signal processing systems depend on heterogeneous architectures to get the job done. FPGAs have begun to displace general-purpose processors and DSPs as the core compute technology in such systems.

FPGAs Muster for Airborne Image Processing Duty
Dr. Malachy Devlin, Chief Technology Officer, Nallatech

FPGAs now boast the processing muscle to make them the best alternative for real-time imaging processing. A turbulence monitoring design example illustrates the point.

Test and Screening
Testing Rugged, Portable Devices

Physical Issues Complicate Portable Device Designs
Jeff Child

While mobile hand-held military devices rely on consumer electronics inside, their external mechanical design and test processes involve rigors far beyond what’s acceptable in the consumer space.

HP’s Rugged Notebook: Now You Can Take it With You
Chris A. Ciufo

Move over Panasonic Toughbook, there’s a new contender on the block.

Technology Focus

Processor Spotlight: Intel Pentium M

Forget about hot and high current processors; the Pentium M offers muscular horsepower while coolly sipping amperage.

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