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Ignorance Is Bliss
“You must unlearn what you have learned.” – Yoda Learning something new is hard. But un-learning something is even harder. It’s tough to convince people…
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Automatic Car Driver Detection
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more specifically, Machine Learning (ML) seem finally to have hit the scene in a permanent way. Having grown up watching expert…
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Tools for Advanced Packages
We’ve blissfully led separate, siloed lives for years. IC designer? Someone’s having trouble routing from your pads? “Not my problem.” Package designer? Electricals on a…
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Intel Kills Off Embedded Boards
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” – traditional proverb Let the culling commence. There is apparently no “IoT” in…
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Patent Trolls Take a Hike
“Patents are like fertilizer. If you apply too many… you can leach the land, making growth more difficult.” – Alex Tabarrok If my tree accidentally…
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Business Model Bingo
In the old days, business models were pretty straightforward situations. If you were in retail or distribution – you bought stuff and sold it for…
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More Benchmarks from EEMBC
Everyone loves a hype cycle – at least until the disenchantment phase kicks in. Nothing spoils a party like someone demanding more than just words…
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MIPS Spins Its Wheels
Porsche is a driver’s car – a performance car… but it’s got no cup holders.” – Jason McCoy You want the 140-character version? MIPS has…
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EDA’s Second Chance
They say you don’t often get second chances. Certainly, there are few examples in the technology world where an entire industry blows a big market…
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Neural-Net In a Block
[Editor’s note: this piece has been updated at the end.] Cadence recently announced neural-network processor IP. It would be pretty simple to jump into the…