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Fundamental AI Concepts
We hear a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) these days. The mentions are typically delivered in acronym salads that include machine learning (ML), deep neural…
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When Companies Shoot Themselves in the Foot
“We’re sorry. You have reached a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service.” It’s summer, it’s hot outside, and I’m cranky.…
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High-Speed Communications: Not Just Binary Anymore
Flash memory technologists had a problem. Their customers needed more memory, and so they were trying to make the memory cells smaller so they could…
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What We Lose If We Lose Maker Faire
This week, we found out that Maker Media, the company responsible for Make: Magazine and Maker Faire, ceased operations and laid off all of its…
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Instrumenting the Internet of Really Big Things
“I like to rattle cages.” – Viv Albertine Noise, vibration, and harshness. In the automotive world, NVH is a bad thing. There are specialist NVH…
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Staying Too Long at the Faire
It’s a sad day. Maker Media, Inc. ceased operations this week and laid off all staff. The company published Make: magazine and operated and licensed…
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Blockchain in IoT Security?
Let’s chat about blockchain technology, shall we? If you know almost nothing about blockchains, then it’s probably easy to conflate it with so-called cryptocurrencies like…
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Security As a Business Enabler
“A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Hey, buddy, you…
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Maintaining the Cadence
Cadence has had a number of announcements over the last few months. I’ve been collecting them up so that we can review them here now.…
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Follow EE Journal’s Live Coverage of the Design Automation Conference
The 2019 Design Automation Conference (DAC) is in Las Vegas and our EE Journal team is on the scene to learn about recent developments and…