About the Author

Michael Fingeroff has worked as a technical marketing engineer for the Catapult C product line at Mentor Graphics since 2002. His areas of interest include DSP and high-performance video hardware. Prior to working for Mentor Graphics, he worked as a hardware design engineer developing real-time broadband video systems. Mike Fingeroff received both his bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering from Temple University in 1990 and 1995 respectively.