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Cubbit Crowdsources Cloud Storage
“We have about 100 million cells interconnected in our brains. They communicate with one another through electrical signals.” – Miguel Nicolelis It’s been said that…
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Smaller, Lower-Power Neural Nets
We’ve looked at a lot of different solutions for AI computing, each trying to be somewhat more efficient than some prior architecture. However, pretty much…
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Flipping the Script on 5G Networking
Let’s start out by simplifying the name. Since “Intel FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000 for Networking” is kinda’ a mouthful, they gave us the shortcut…
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Will the 5G IoT Race be Won Solely by Marketing?
Create the hype, but don’t ever believe it. – Simon Cowell Despite the tons of early hype, the worldwide 5G race has just begun. In…
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Renesas Bundles 64-Bit Chips with 10-Year Linux
“Linux is only free if your time has no value.” – Jamie Zawinski Chip giant Renesas has created a whole new line of high-end microprocessors…
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Bridging to 3 nm
We got away with lax discipline for a long time. Like an out-of-control classroom, we had kids at the front of the class paying attention,…
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Who Will Win AI at the Edge?
We’ve written a lot about AI in the cloud, and we’ve discussed data center solutions such as GPUs, high-end FPGAs, and dedicated AI chips such…
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Pimping My Variac Autotransformer (Actually, it’s a Philmore)
It seemed like such a good idea at the time. I’ve wanted an autotransformer for electronic troubleshooting work for a while. Autotransformers are variable transformers…
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ARM Floats Helium for Cortex-M
“I’m sorry, but neon just doesn’t look good on anybody!” — Tiffani Thiessen First there was Neon, now there’s Helium. ARM has pulled the wraps…
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In Memoriam: Dr. Bernard Peuto, Architect of Zilog’s Z8000 and Z8
“We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when…” – “We’ll Meet Again,” Vera Lynn My friend Bernard Peuto passed away this month. We first…