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Finance 101: Lemonade Stand, Inc.
“Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase.” – Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures We live in…
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ARM Cortex-A76AE Reliably Stays in Lock Step
“A man with a watch always knows what time it is. A man with two is never certain.” – Segal’s Law Another day, another new…
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Altium Disrupts PCB Design
PCB design is more art than science. A painter beginning a painting has only a concept, and the painter’s work is to transform that concept…
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Inspecting Young Wafers
Wafers these days! They have no idea how good they got it! Wait… not quite sure that’s true, at least about how good they got…
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Lattice Raises the Bar on Low Power AI
We are all focusing a lot of attention on neural network inference these days. There is lengthy debate about the relative merits of GPUs, high-end…
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AWS wants to be Your AI and IoT Services Supplier
“Is this the party to whom I am speaking?” – Lily Tomlin Amazon has been developing and using AI and IoT technology internally for years:…
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AI Meets AC/DC
“For those about to rock, we salute you.” – Brian Johnson Let’s play a game! First, we’ll divide the players into two teams. The first…
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Must PUFs Degrade Over Time?
A few weeks ago, we talked about software security, and a question was raised about the reliability of physically unclonable functions, or PUFs. We noted…
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Wally Rhines Talks About the Future of PCB and System Design
“Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one.” – Doc Brown Wally Rhines is like the Energizer Bunny of the…
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The Microprocessor and the Newspaper Delivery Boy
“You’re never going to find… the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.” —Anthony Bourdain Why is there a McDonald’s on…