Multicore Mix

  • 2G, 3G and 4G LTE base stations use lead-acid batteries as the backup source to provide uninterrupted service. While there are several battery types (Li-Ion, NiMH, and NiCd) to choose from, lead-acid battery is still popular due to its rugged design,...
  • Wireless small cell market activity is accelerating lately and last week’s Small Cell World Summit in London, with its 50% increase in attendance, certainly reflected some of the industry excitement. Small cell enterprise solutions and associated...
  • If you are a follower of the wireless technology, you have probably heard about the Small Cells World Summit being held next week in London. In preparation, I thought I would do a ‘Four’ for Friday instead of the usual five! Here are some...
  • Happy Geek Pride Day from the Processors team! We wanted to celebrate this fun holiday with a unique post on Multicore Mix. We asked some of our team members to answer the question, “ At what moment in your life did you realize you were a ‘geek’...
  • With so many end products today relying on multicore DSPs for optimized solutions, I find it very encouraging to see that our multicore customers are leveraging the power of OpenMP as part of TI’s KeyStone software/tool suite. While some multicore...
  • A big thank you to everyone who participated in our contest last week! We loved hearing about how our blog posts have inspired you. Congratulations to ­­David Hoelscher for submitting the winning response: “I found the three-part series...
  • It’s hard to believe it’s already been two years since we started “Multicore Mix!” Time flies when you’re having fun, though, right? We’ve heard from so many experts, from TIers to partners to customers, who have shared...
  • Have you been thinking about ordering a TI Keystone-based EVM and exploring the highest performance DSP core on the market? Now through May 31 (offer recently extended), you can save 25 percent on TI’s TMS320C6657LS EVM , an easy-to-use, cost-efficient...
  • Last week, market leader Hewlett Packard announced a huge change in the server landscape with its recent Moonshot announcement. HP responded to the new challenges being driven by the diverse requirements of mobility, cloud, social and Big Data by enabling...
  • Given the exploding demand for wireless internet access, there simply is not enough ‘clear’ spectrum which can provide the capacity required in time to meet this demand. The lack of sufficient wireless data capacity is predicted to be a constraint...