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Articles by Tom Cantrell

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Tom Cantrell has been working on chip, board, and systems design and marketing for several years.

#1 January/February 1988, p. 11, INK Spot RISC vs Reality -- An Exercise in Acronyms
#8 April/May 1989, p. 52, HD647180X -- A New 8-Bit Microcontroller Embedded Controllers Get Respect
#9 June/July 1989, p. 50, Silicon Update The Waferscale Integration PAC1000 -- Microcontroller, RISC, or PLD?
#10 August/September 1989, p. 57, Silicon Update Beyond ASICs
#11 October/November 1989, p. 40, The BCCH16 Part 1 -- A 16-/32-bit Multitasking Single-Board Computer
#11 October/November 1989, p. 68, Silicon Update Intel's Dark Horse -- The 80960
#12 December 1989/January 1990, p. 69, Silicon Update MAXIMum Chips -- Maximum Real-World Problem Solvers
#13 February/March 1990, p. 68, Silicon Update Earthshaking Chips -- A Report from the Second Microprocessor Forum
#14 April/May 1990, p. 78, Silicon Update Whither Zilog? -- A Roller Coaster on the Back of the Z80
#15 June/July 1990, p. 68, Silicon Update Chips for Artificial Intelligence -- I've Seen the Future -- and It Is Fuzzy
#16 August/September 1990, p. 74, Silicon Update Old 8051s Never Die -- They Just Get Smarter -- New Power for a Controller Mainstay
#17 October/November 1990, p. 89, Silicon Update VHDL -- The End Of Hardware?
#18 December 1990/January 1991, p. 79, Silicon Update Goodbye CRT, Hello LCD
#19 February/March 1991, p. 93, Silicon Update Hot Chips in the Summertime -- A Report From "Hot Chips II"
#20 April/May 1991, p. 57, Silicon Update Pixie Power -- A Switch + LCD Combo for Intelligent I/O
#21 June/July 1991, p. 90, Silicon Update The MC68HC16 -- Stretching 8 Bits to the Limit
#22 August/September 1991, p. 88, Silicon Update Kynar to the Rescue -- The Ultimate Sensor?
#23 October/November 1991, p. 86, Silicon Update Nuts about RISC -- Go on a Low-Fat Acorn Diet
#24 December 1991/January 1992, p. 83, Silicon Update Summer Harvest -- A Cornucopia of Chips
#25 February/March 1992, p. 100, Silicon Update Cheap Chips -- Lean and Mean PIC Machines
#26 April/May 1992, p. 84, Silicon Update Twenty Years of Micros -- Now What?
#27 June/July 1992, p. 84, Silicon Update Multimedia Madness -- Couch Potato Computing
#28 August/September 1992, p. 86, Silicon Update The Ultimate Desk ACESSory?
#29 October/November 1992, p. 80, Silicon Update I'm 18.432 -- and I Like It
#30 December 1992/January 1993, p. 44, LCD Lineup Getting Graphic with the LM213B
#30 December 1992/January 1993, p. 90, Silicon Update Hot Chips IV -- Silicon Sizzlers
#31 February 1993, p. 62, Silicon Update Smart LEDs -- The Hard Way, the Soft Way, and the Right Way
#32 March 1993, p. 68, Silicon Update 68K The Easy Way -- Motorola Hits the Mark with the 68306
#33 April 1993, p. 62, Silicon Update RISC Faces Reality -- And Reality Blinks
#34 May 1993, p. 60, Silicon Update Audio Rx -- Skippy CDs? Tangled Tapes? Call an MD ...
#35 June 1993, p. 64, Silicon Update The Ultimate RAM? The Quest for Core Continues
#36 July 1993, p. 62, Silicon Update Talking Chips
#37 August 1993, p. 62, Silicon Update In Bed With PCs
#38 September 1993, p. 64, Silicon Update Penny-pinching OTPs
#39 October 1993, p. 66, Silicon Update Swiss Army Chip
#40 November 1993, p. 62, Silicon Update The Swiss Army Sends in the Special Forces
#41 December 1993, p. 64, Silicon Update It's Showtime
#42 January 1994, p. 60, Silicon Update PID-Pong Challenge
#43 February 1994, p. 64, Silicon Update Op-amp Terminators
#44 March 1994, p. 60, Silicon Update Update Your Design On the Fly
#45 April 1994, p. 62, Silicon Update When the SHARC Bites
#46 May 1994, p. 68, Silicon Update Honey, I Shrunk the PC
#47 June 1994, p. 68, Silicon Update Fear & Loathing in L.A.
#48 July 1994, p. 68, Silicon Update IrDA -- the IR Babel Buster
#49 August 1994, p. 68, Silicon Update In the Realm of Sensors
#50 September 1994, p. 68, Silicon Update PID-Pong: Point, Set, Match: Using a Hitachi H8 for Real-time Control
#51 October 1994, p. 70, Silicon Update Flash of Inspiration
#52 November 1994, p. 68, Silicon Update Hot Chips VI: Image Compression, 3D, and RISC
#53 December 1994, p. 72, Silicon Update Do You Know the Way to San Jose?: Precise Navigation Technology
#54 January 1995, p. 100, Silicon Update UFO Alert!
#55 February 1995, p. 68, Silicon Update I Sync, Therefore I DRAM
#56 March 1995, p. 72, Silicon Update Plan '251 from Outer Space: Intel's 8xC251SB
#57 April 1995, p. 98, Silicon Update A Saab Story: A Tale of Speed and Acceleration
#58 May 1995, p. 66, Silicon Update EPAC Epoch
#59 June 1995, p. 64, Silicon Update Chip on Patrol
#60 July 1995, p. 86, Silicon Update MIPS for the Masses
#61 August 1995, p. 70, Silicon Update PLDCONfusion
#62 September 1995, p. 84, Silicon Update IC de Light
#63 October 1995, p. 90, Silicon Update I Want My DTV: Philips Chips Bring Digital TV One Step Closer
#64 November 1995, p. 70, Silicon Update ADSP4ME: Audio Processor Chips for the Masses
#65 December 1995, p. 92, Silicon Update PC Times in Silicon Valley
#66 January 1996, p. 76, Silicon Update The Little '486 That Could
#67 February 1996, p. 86, Silicon Update Fuzzy Buster
#68 March 1996, p. 78, Silicon Update Pick a Peck of PLDs
#69 April 1996, p. 90, Silicon Update Fuzzy PID-Pong
#70 May 1996, p. 68, Silicon Update Fuzzy PID-Pong: The Final Chapter
#71 June 1996, p. 98, Silicon Update The Little LAN That Could
#72 July 1996, p. 74, Silicon Update Flight of the Phoenix
#73 August 1996, p. 54, Silicon Update Spring Fling
#74 September 1996, p. 84, Silicon Update Oh Say Can USB?
#75 October 1996, p. 58, Silicon Update Stop Me Before I Crash Again
#76 November 1996, p. 74, Silicon Update Flash Fight Flares
#77 December 1996, p. 86, Silicon Update Motorola Lights ColdFire
#78 January 1997, p. 74, Silicon Update Haute Chips
#79 February 1997, p. 86, Silicon Update Radar Love
#80 March 1997, p. 78, Silicon Update MUSIC to Soothe the Savage Bits
#81 April 1997, p. 76, Silicon Update Not Your AVRage MCU
#82 May 1997, p. 78, Silicon Update Modem Deja Vu
#83 June 1997, p. 78, Silicon Update High-Velocity DSP
#84 July 1997, p. 80, Silicon Update Cruise the Funchips
#85 August 1997, p. 82, Silicon Update Serial Flash Busts Bit Barrier
#86 September 1997, p. 78, Silicon Update Radio Chip
#87 October 1997, p. 78, Silicon Update A(r)Ray of Analog Hope
#88 November 1997, p. 78, Silicon Update USB Micro
#89 December 1997, p. 80, Silicon Update Hot Chips IX
#90 January 1998, p. 78, Silicon Update M-Core on the March
#91 February 1998, p. 82, Silicon Update Double-Duty DSP
#92 March 1998, p. 80, PDF Silicon Update ShBoom Box
#93 April 1998, p. 82, Silicon Update VolksArray
#94 May 1998, p. 78, Silicon Update FPGA Tool Time
#95 June 1998, p. 80, Silicon Update Fabulous '51s
#96 July 1998, p. 80, Silicon Update The Micro Price is Right
#97 August 1998, p. 82, HTML, HTML Silicon Update Power Trip
#98 September 1998, p. 78, HTML Silicon Update Sensory Overload
#98 September 1998, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online Yet Another Benchmark?
#99 October 1998, p. 80, HTML, HTML Silicon Update MegaMicro Card
#99 October 1998, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online Microchip On The March
#100 November 1998, p. 78, PDF HTML, HTML Silicon Update Socket Rocket
#100 November 1998, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online Standard Chips Can't Be Counted Out
#101 December 1998, p. 80, PDF, PDF HTML, HTML Silicon Update Hot Chips X Files
#101 December 1998, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online The End of Architecture?
#102 January 1999, p. 80, PDF HTML Silicon Update Wires, Wires Everywhere, The RF Solution
#102 January 1999, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online It's Showtime
#103 February 1999, p. 78, PDF HTML Silicon Update Car 1451, Where are You? A Look at the IEEE 1451 Standard
#103 February 1999, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online Zilog Lives!?
#104 March 1999, p. 76, PDF HTML Silicon Update Flash Forward: The 68HC908GP20
#104 March 1999, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online Yet Another Architecture?
#105 April 1999, p. 78, PDF HTML Silicon Update Maximicro
#105 April 1999, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online HIPe or Hope?
#106 May 1999, p. 76, PDF HTML Silicon Update Betting on Webware
#106 May 1999, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online Flexible Flash '51
#107 June 1999, p. 78, HTML Silicon Update XLR8R -- Working with Accelerometers
#107 June 1999, CC Online, HTML Silicon Update Online The Modem Squad
#108 July 1999, p. 78, Silicon Update Eye Candy -- Camera Chips
#108 July 1999, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Something Happened on the Way to the Forum
#109 August 1999, p. 76, Silicon Update DSP Doings
#109 August 1999, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Expo Musings
#110 September 1999, p. 84, Silicon Update PIC Up the Pace
#110 September 1999, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Wire Wars
#111 October 1999, p. 78, Silicon Update 'Net-in-a-Chip
#111 October 1999, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online 16-Bits or Bust
#112 November 1999, p. 78, Silicon Update LPC -- The Little Processor that Could
#112 November 1999, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Embedded I-Way Explosion
#113 December 1999, p. 78, Silicon Update Test Driving a Merced with Pins
#113 December 1999, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online The Captain is Back
#114 January 2000, p. 78, Silicon Update Atmel Gets Tiny
#114 January 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Atmel Gets Huge
#115 February 2000, p. 76, Silicon Update EZ-Mail Engine
#115 February 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Twenty Years Ago, Today
#116 March 2000, p. 76, Silicon Update SoC it to Me
#116 March 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Analog PLD Anyone?
#117 April 2000, p. 76, Silicon Update A Winter Timer Tale
#117 April 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online The Retreat of Silicon
#118 May 2000, p. 78, Silicon Update On the Road Again, Part 1: Going Places with Silicon
#118 May 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online It's Two, Two, Two Memories in One
#119 June 2000, p. 76, PDF HTML Silicon Update On the Road Again, Part 2: Taking Silicon for a Test Drive
#119 June 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online News Flash! Motorola Reorganizes!
#120 July 2000, p. 76, Silicon Update Swiss Army Chip, Programmable System Devices
#120 July 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online I'm a Traveling Man
#121 August 2000, p. 78, Silicon Update We Ride the Waves
#121 August 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Excalibur Marks the Spot
#122 September 2000, p. 84, HTML Silicon Update Dial M-Core for Micros?
#122 September 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Cygnal Processor
#123 October 2000, p. 76, Silicon Update Who's Nexus?
#123 October 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Anygate in a Storm
#124 November 2000, p. 74, Silicon Update eZ Does It
#124 November 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Internet, or Else!
#125 December 2000, p. 78, Silicon Update Hot Chips 12
#125 December 2000, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Ramblin' Man
#126 January 2001, p. 78, PDF HTML Silicon Update Sweet Sixteen
#126 January 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Being Merry with USB
#127 February 2001, p. 80, Silicon Update '51 Soldiers On
#127 February 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Soft Cell
#128 March 2001, p. 84, Silicon Update SoC Hop
#128 March 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Analog Bit Bomb
#129 April 2001, p. 76, Silicon Update Motor City MCU
#129 April 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online DesignCon Fusion
#130 May 2001, p. 76, Silicon Update The Company Formerly Known as Scenix
#130 May 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Robotica
#131 June 2001, p. 76, Silicon Update Power Tripped
#131 June 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Escape to SF
#132 July 2001, p. 74, PDF HTML, HTML Silicon Update Liquid Crystal Delight
#132 July 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online You Say Tomato
#133 August 2001, p. 74, HTML Silicon Update Listening Chips
#133 August 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Core War
#134 September 2001, p. 74, Silicon Update Bluetruth, Houston, We Have a Problem ...
#134 September 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online XLR8R Part Deux
#135 October 2001, p. 74, Silicon Update High Five, An up and Coming Micro Supplier
#135 October 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online I-Way the Hard Way
#136 November 2001, p. 74, Silicon Update The Last Micro?
#136 November 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Core War
#137 December 2001, p. 78, Silicon Update Ready, Steady, Go
#137 December 2001, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online A Play on Data
#138 January 2002, p. 76, Silicon Update Disko Boogie
#138 January 2002, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online USB -- It's not Just a Bus, It'a an Adventure
#139 February 2002, p. 78, HTML Silicon Update eZ Embedded Web
#139 February 2002, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online Dazed and Confused
#140 March 2002, p. 76, Silicon Update SoC Hop, The Sequel
#140 March 2002, CC Online, PDF HTML Silicon Update Online The Dust Flies
#141 April 2002, p. 76, Silicon Update Home Is Where the Plug Is
#142 May 2002, p. 76, HTML Silicon Update I-Way the Hard(ware) Way
#143 June 2002, p. 76, Silicon Update FPGA Power Play
#144 July 2002, p. 78, Silicon Update Eight Isn't Enough
#145 August 2002, p. 80, Silicon Update FPGA News Flash
#146 September 2002, p. 76, Silicon Update Fast Times at the Forum
#147 October 2002, p. 76, HTML Silicon Update Watch Me Pull A Rabbit Out of My Hat
#148 November 2002, p. 76, Silicon Update Sensors and Sensibility
#149 December 2002, p. 76, Silicon Update Hot Chips, Cold Sweat
#150 January 2003, p. 78, HTML Silicon Update Going Mobile
#151 February 2003, p. 78, HTML Silicon Update Working the 'Net
#152 March 2003, p. 78, Silicon Update Not Fading Away
#153 April 2003, p. 78, HTML Silicon Update E-Chips
#154 May 2003, p. 80, Silicon Update Digilog Deja Vu
#155 June 2003, p. 78, HTML Silicon Update Good Vibrations
#156 July 2003, p. 78, Silicon Update What's the Buzz?
#157 August 2003, p. 78, Silicon Update Switch Hitter
#158 September 2003, p. 78, Silicon Update ESCape to SF
#159 October 2003, p. 76, Silicon Update In ARM's Way
#160 November 2003, p. 76, Silicon Update Go Sell the Spartans
#161 December 2003, p. 76, Silicon Update Spin Control
#162 January 2004, p. 78, Silicon Update Hot Chips 15
#163 February 2004, p. 76, Silicon Update '51 Flavors
#164 March 2004, p. 78, Memory Memoir
#165 April 2004, p. 76, Powered Points
#166 May 2004, p. 78, The Heat Is On
#167 June 2004, p. 78, Radio Riot
#168 July 2004, p. 78, Motoring Part 1: Motor Basics
#169 August 2004, p. 78, Motoring Part 2: Motor Control Chips and Software
#170 September 2004, p. 78, A Simple Plan
#171 October 2004, p. 70, Try Hard with a Vengeance
#172 November 2004, p. 78, Easy to Be Soft
#173 December 2004, p. 78, Position Statement
#174 January 2005, p. 78, Hot Enough for You? Hot Chips 16 Roundup
#175 February 2005, p. 80, More Bits, Less Bucks
#176 March 2005, p. 78, '51 Favorites
#177 April 2005, p. 78, USB Easy Riders
#178 May 2005, p. 80, More Flash, Less Cash
#179 June 2005, p. 76, Best In Show
#180 July 2005, p. 79, World Beyond Ware
#181 August 2005, p. 78, I Left My Chip in San Francisco
#182 September 2005, p. 80, Batteries Not Included
#183 October 2005, p. 68, Direction Finder
#184 November 2005, p. 78, Wi-PHY Chip
#185 December 2005, p. 78, Get the LEDs Out
#186 January 2006, p. 70, Hot Enough for You?
#187 February 2006, p. 40, Something Old, Something New
#188 March 2006, p. 56, FIR Factor
#189 April 2006, p. 75, Rock 'Em and SoC 'Em
#190 May 2006, p. 81, Flash FPGA The Sequel
#191 June 2006, p. 78, Three-Axis Foursome
#192 July 2006, p. 78, Device Surfer
#193 August 2006, p. 80, Turning the Core-ner
#194 September 2006, p. 78, ARMed and Dangerous
#195 October 2006, p. 80, ARM Twister
#196 November 2006, p. 78, Memory Lane Change
#197 December 2006, p. 80, Ferro-51
#198 January 2007, p. 78, Hot Chips 18
#199 February 2007, p. 80, Traveling Man
#200 March 2007, p. 80, Code Like the Wind World Tour
#201 April 2007, p. 78, USB: (Wire)Less is More
#202 May 2007, p. 78, Be All You Can Bee
#203 June 2007, p. 80, Rock 'Em, Clock 'Em
#204 July 2007, p. 68, Pyxos Power
#205 August 2007, p. 80, Silicon Secrets
#206 September 2007, p. 80, Game On
#207 October 2007, p. 80, I Sense, Therefore I Am
#208 November 2007, p. 80, Thanks for the MEMS
#209 December 2007, p. 78, Harvest Time
#210 January 2008, p. 78, The Quad Squad
#211 February 2008, p. 78, Got Chips?
#212 March 2008, p. 80, More Bits, Less Filling
#213 April 2008, p. 80, More Than a Core
#214 May 2008, p. 76, Designer's Best Friend
#215 June 2008, p. 78, Touch Me
#216 July 2008, p. 80, MIPS For The Masses
#217 August 2008, p. 78, Icy Hot The Soft-Core Concept, FPGAs, And You
#218 September 2008, p. 76, Embedder Than Ever ESC Delivers the Goods
#219 October 2008, p. 78, Hot Enough for You? Seeing Red (Infrared, That Is)
#220 November 2008, p. 80, It's the Sensors, Stupid
#221 December 2008, p. 24, Tool Time
#222 January 2009, p. 64, Hot Chips 20
#223 February 2009, p. 50, Here Come the Wadgets
#224 March 2009, p. 64, A Really Simple Plan The "8-Bits" Saga Continues
#225 April 2009, p. 66, ZSTAR Trek A Healthy Mix of MCUs, Sensors, and Wireless Technology
#226 May 2009, p. 65, Whistle While You Work A Look at a Modern DSP
#227 June 2009, p. 68, Easy (E)mbed An Alternative Approach to Embedded Programming
#228 July 2009, p. 62, LiOn King A Look at "Battery-in-a-Chip" Technology
#229 August 2009, p. 68, Thin Is In High-Profile Energy in a Low-Profile Package
#230 September 2009, p. 50, Neural Networker A SNAP-Shot from Synapse Wireless
#231 October 2009, p. 66, Thumbs Up The ARM Saga Continues
#232 November 2009, p. 60, Power Pitcher Wireless Power on a Microelectronic Scale
#233 December 2009, p. 70, IP Unplugged
#234 January 2010, p. 22, SoC with a Capital "P" A Look at the PSoC 3 and PSoC 5
#235 February 2010, p. 30, A Winning Hand Betting on the ARM Cortex-M3
#236 March 2010, p. 68, Tales from the Crypto A Look at Embedded Design Security
#237 April 2010, p. 68, Wizard Lizard Start Working with a Multidimensional SBC
#238 May 2010, p. 66, IC Therefore IR
#239 June 2010, p. 69, Pitch the Switch?
#240 July 2010, p. 66, Wall Whisperer A Fresh Take on Powerline Communication
#241 August 2010, p. 66, MIPS and More

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