November 5th, 2009
Harald Schone attending the Non Volatile Memory Technology Symposium (NVMTS) in Portland Oregon. Harald also was the session chairman for the Ion Conducting and Flash Memory sessions. Amy Wilson of Section 5140 was part of the conference organizing staff handling the registration and event coordination activities. The conference had over 50 papers and posters on [...]
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November 3rd, 2009

Gary Burke and Doug Sheldon were recognized for their work at the 2009 NASA Space Act Board Awards. The awards are presented by Dr. Elachi for significant contributions to NASA and JPL missions. Gary and Doug’s award was for “Precise Delay Measurement Circuit for FPGAs”. The circuit provides high resolution for time delays in FPGAs [...]
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October 26th, 2009
Recent analysis by Google has shown DRAM errors to be orders of magnitude higher than reported by manufacturers. Based on analysis of server usage and failure rates, it was determined that ~8% of all DIMM are affected by errors each year. The reason for the memory failures is that OEMs, test houses and chip [...]
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October 13th, 2009
Counterfeit ICs continue to be a concern. A recent court case has begun involving allegedly intentionally mis-labeled ICs that may have been purchased by the US Navy. Kathy Whittington is 514’s main counterfeit contact. Please check with her for the lastest details on how JPL is addressing counterfeit ICs.
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