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Element 13

September 23, 2010

Differences between UK English and American English are always interesting to me. Often they are also confusing. Sometimes a completely...

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What date is it?

September 16, 2010

“Captain’s log, stardate twenty-nine sixty-four point two.” You do not need to be a lifelong Star Trek fan to recognize...

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USB - real speed

September 13, 2010

I recently wrote about the USB standards and how, with each generation, increased speed has become available. This provoked some...

Verification Horizons

OVM Cookbook Available from OVMWorld.org

September 10, 2010

Companion OVM Cookbook Examples Kit also offered for download Several months ago, the OVM Cookbook and the Examples Kit were...

By Dennis Brophy

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The wrong word

September 09, 2010

I have written before about my irritation with damage to the English language. Before I rant some more, I want...

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UVM Register Package Candidate News

September 07, 2010

Mentor Announces Collaboration with Synopsys on Joint Register Package Candidate Mentor has recently teamed with Synopsys to collaborate on the...

By Dennis Brophy

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The one line RTOS

September 06, 2010

I like simple things. Excessive complexity tends to annoy me. When I first started working with computers, I thought that...

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Handedness

September 02, 2010

One of my daughters is left-handed. This may not sound particularly unusual, but actually there are many more male left-handers...

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C++ at fault

August 30, 2010

I like being right. Who does not? I am also interested in programming languages. Part of their appeal is that,...