One way to ensure SOC design success is to start out in the right direction. That's the purpose of this White Paper-to help you start out in the right direction. These ten SOC design tips come straight from the hard-won experience we have gotten from working with our customers on many types of SOC design projects for wireless, multimedia, communications, networking, computing, and storage applications.
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