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Microwave Integrated Circuits Jun 12, 2015 This chapter from Microwave Circuit Design: A Practical Approach Using ADS discusses the classification of microwave integrated circuits and the use of microwave circuits in a communication system.

Understanding Hardware Transactional Memory in Intel's Haswell Architecture Nov 5, 2013 Haswell is the first mainstream architecture to include hardware support for transactional memory. David Chisnall describes how it works and what it means for developers.

Scheduling Challenges with ARM's big.LITTLE Architecture Oct 28, 2013 big.LITTLE is an ARM marketing term for a relatively simple concept. David Chisnall explains what big.LITTLE and similar strategies will mean for operating systems designers over the coming years.

The Dark Silicon Problem and What it Means for CPU Designers Oct 22, 2013 The so-called "dark silicon problem" is the subject of a lot of marketing and misinformation. David Chisnall looks at what it really means for CPU designers and how it's likely to affect future processors.

Basic Concepts for Semiconductor Power Delivery Feb 22, 2008 This chapter describes the basics of power delivery and the components of a power delivery network.

Introduction to Jitter, Noise, and Signal Integrity at High-Speed Dec 21, 2007 Get an introduciton to working mechanisms for communication link systems.