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PCB design tips for EMI and thermal management in 800G systems
As the industry accelerates toward 800G Ethernet and optical interconnects, engineers face new challenges in managing electromagnetic interference (EMI) while ensuring signal integrity at unprecedented speeds. The transition to 112G pulse amplitude modulation 4-level (PAM4) SerDes introduces faster edge rates and dense spectral content, elevating the risk of radiated and conducted emissions. Simultaneously, compact module…
4 tips I use for the best Dolby Atmos surround sound
Summary When setting up a Dolby Atmos system, position your TV along the center of a wall, and don’t be afraid to mount one or more speakers if it helps with their placement. Spending more upfront may actually save you money in the long run, eliminating the need to upgrade or expand your home theater…
30 Seconds to Impress: 8 Expert Tips to Ensure Your Portfolio Gets Noticed
Let’s talk about something painful, yet incredibly important: Your portfolio. Yeah, that carefully curated collection of your best work. The one you’ve probably spent way too many late nights perfecting. But, here’s the kicker—most people won’t even look at it for longer than 30 seconds before deciding if you’re worth their time. Ouch, right? You…
Power Tips #142: A comparison study on a floating voltage tracking power supply for ATE
In order to test multiple ICs simultaneously with different test voltages and currents, semiconductor automatic test equipment (ATE) uses multiple source measurement units (SMUs). Each SMU requires its own independent floating voltage tracking power supply to ensure clean measurements. Figure 1 shows the basic structure of the SMU power supply. The voltage tracking power supplies…
Five Essential Tips For Tackling Dynasty Warriors: Origins’ Ultimate Difficulty
The Ultimate Warrior difficulty is the very core of Dynasty Warriors: Origins’s post game, and conquering it requires revamping the way you approach virtually every battle. No longer can you systematically take down every enemy base before you totally overwhelm the map’s boss with your massive army. Instead, you’ll need to overcome additional objectives that…
FBC: Firebreak: 8 Essential Beginner Tips
If you are just jumping into FBC: Firebreak, you will notice that things can get overwhelming pretty easily as the game leaves multiple questions for you to figure out on your own. In order to make your experience, especially the initial phase of it, more enjoyable, I have listed all the things that I wish…
FBC: Firebreak: 9 Beginner Tips to Survive Your First Shift
So you’ve volunteered to be a Firebreaker, and now you’re staring down a paranatural threat with only a glorified super soaker in your hands. It happens to the best of us. FBC: Firebreak is developer Remedy Entertainment’s first crack at a live-service multiplayer game. It’s a Left 4 Dead-like horde shooter set in the Oldest…
Power Tips # 141: Tips and tricks for achieving wide operating ranges with LLC resonant converters
Inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) resonant converters have a couple of appealing characteristics for applications requiring an isolated DC/DC converter such as minimal switching losses, no reverse recovery when operating below the resonant frequency and the ability to tolerate large leakage inductance within the transformer. The challenge A primary challenge when designing an LLC converter with a wide…
How To Make SSD Data Recovery Successful In 2025: Best Softwares, Tips and Mac Repair Help
Introduction Solid-state Drives (SSDs) are far quicker and more durable than traditional hard drives. However, they are still subject to the occasional failure, and when that happens, SSD data recovery becomes the only reliable rescue solution. This blog will guide you through the entire process, starting with what causes SSDs to fail and proceeding to…
Power Tips #140: Designing a data center power architecture with supply and processor rail-monitoring solutions
Machine intelligence enables a new era of productivity and is becoming an integral part of our lives and societies across many disciplines and functions. Machine intelligence relies on computing platforms that execute code, decipher data, and learn from trillions of data points in fractions of a second. The computing hardware for machine intelligence needs to…