2003 Synopsys Users Group Conference (SNUG Boston 2003)
Asynchronous & Synchronous Reset Design Techniques – Part Deux by Clifford E. Cummings, Don Mills, and Steve Golson Abstract: This paper will investigate the pros and cons of synchronous and...
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The Human ECO Compiler by Steve Golson Abstract: Engineering Change Orders or ECOs are all too prevalent in ASIC design. Unfortunately there are few tools that directly support these “last minute”...
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Flow Engineering for Physical Implementation: Theory and Practice by Steve Golson and Pete Churchill Abstract: EDA tools are never used in isolation. Rather, multiple tools are combined into a sequence...
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Consistent Timing Constraints with PrimeTime by Steve Golson Abstract: Physical implementation tools are usually timing-driven. They require timing constraints for reliable, repeatable, and successful...
View ArticleCalifornia Extreme 2012
From Crazy Otto to Ms. Pac-Man by Steve Golson Here’s the description from the conference website: Ms. Pac-Man was released in early 1982, so she turns thirty this year. Steve Golson, one of the...
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History of Atari 7800 ProSystem Development at General Computer by Steve Golson Summary: A brief history of General Computer and its leading role in the development of the Atari 7800 ProSystem. Also a...
View ArticlePush Button: Examining the Culture, Platforms, and Design of the Arcade, MIT...
Push Button: From Crazy Otto to Ms. Pac-Man by Steve Golson This is (mostly) a repeat of my California Extreme talk from 2012, but in addition I discuss other GCC arcade projects such as Jr. Pac-Man,...
View Article2014 Synopsys Users Group Conference (SNUG Silicon Valley 2014)
Synchronization and Metastability by Steve Golson Abstract: The phenomenon of metastability is inherent in clocked digital logic. Many techniques have been presented for minimizing metastability, both...
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Crazy Otto: Then and Now by Brendon “Jr. Pac” Parker with Steve Golson A description of this talk from the California Extreme website: Fourteen year-old Brendon “Jr. Pac” will give details on what...
View ArticleReplayFX 2015
ACAM Presents Steve Golson: From Crazy Otto to Ms. Pac-Man Here’s the description from the ReplayFX website: Steve Golson, one of the original developers of Ms. Pac-Man at General Computer Corporation...
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2012
When a comet moves through the inner solar system, heat from the sun produces large numbers of small rocky particles that spread out into a meteoroid stream stretching along the comet’s entire orbit....
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2013
The tents in the foreground are lit by a rising moon, while the green dancing light of the aurora glows softly overhead. The aurora borealis or northen lights is caused by energetic charged particles...
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2014
What we call moonlight is really just sunlight reflected from the surface of the moon. It is white light; it has the same color balance as sunlight. Our eyes are poorly suited to detecting colors at...
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2015
Celebrating thirty years of solstice cards! A conjunction occurs when two or more celestial objects appear close together in the sky. Here three planets are visible: bright Venus, with faint Mars just...
View ArticleGame Developers Conference GDC 2016
Classic Game Postmortem: ‘Ms. Pac-Man’ by Steve Golson Here’s the description from the GDC website. It’s mostly accurate, but a bit more flowery than I might write: Steve Golson, the experienced...
View Article2016 Synopsys Users Group Conference (SNUG Silicon Valley 2016)
Language Wars in the 21st Century: Verilog versus VHDL – Revisited by Steve Golson and Leah Clark Abstract: Back in the late 20th century, the VHDL versus Verilog debate was compared to a religious war...
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ACAM Presents: Steve Golson, The 7800 ProSystem Here’s the description from the ReplayFX website: The Atari 7800 ProSystem console was not designed by Atari. The people of General Computer Corporation...
View ArticlePortland Retro Gaming Expo 2016
The Atari 7800 ProSystem with Steve Golson I got to talk again about the amazing 7800.
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2017
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon casts its shadow upon the earth. During totality the sun’s corona becomes visible as a white halo around the black disk of the moon. The human eye observes delicate...
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