Overview
For many years, repeated introductions of integrated DC-DC power-supply controllers have given us ever-higher levels of performance. These ICs unburden the systems engineer by removing the task of power-supply design, but this simplification has led to a loss of knowledge. Switching converters should therefore serve as a reminder to be careful. The following discussion presents rules for avoiding surprises when designing board layouts for non-isolated DC-DC converters.
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When designing a system that includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an external voltage reference, the voltage-reference specifications are as important as the specifications of the DAC itself. This article...
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This IDC White Paper analyzes the latest technology and market developments in the x86 server space, which has been significantly impacted by the spread of virtualization solutions and the rise of energy issues. The paper puts AMD's latest 45nm quad-core AMD Opteron Processor, codenamed "Shanghai," in context in this environment and analyzes its opportunities in the European market.
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When deploying new software configuration management (SCM) tools, implementers sometimes focus on perfecting fine-grained activities, while unwittingly carrying forward poor, large-scale practices from their previous jobs or tools. The result is a well-executed blunder. This paper promotes some high-level best practices that reflect the authors' experiences in deploying SCM.
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