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Lidar Goes Aesthetic
Lidar is getting a lead role as part of a cast of many sensor technologies needed to keep automated cars and trucks from trying to…
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Everything I Know Is Wrong
“Stupidity is a talent for misconception.” – Edgar Allen Poe It is customary at this post-festive time of year for bored journalists faced with a…
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HBM vs. HMC
A couple of months back, Open Silicon announced an HBM2 IP subsystem. Those of us who don’t deal on a daily basis with – what…
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MSIG and SEMI Come Together
It’s a traditional Silicon Valley rite of passage. Sometimes welcomed, sometimes dreaded, it’s the quaintly named “exit.” As in, here’s how the investors can pull…
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Best of 2016
It’s been a fantastic year here at EE Journal. Our team has enjoyed bringing you the latest news, analysis, and insight into the fast-changing world…
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Open Hardware, Open Process
Sports is all about competition. But some sports promote a particular form of camaraderie that keeps the competition going, but without the aggression. Skateboarding is…
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Security and Safety
Security and Safety: they would seem to be separate system considerations. Security is the flavor of the year, with everyone belatedly signing on to its…
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Calling All Universal Translators
“You’d be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.” – Karl Kraus “Siri, launch my compiler.” “Alexa, run…
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Lattice iCE40 UltraPlus
Lattice Semiconductor revels in being the holder of the “World’s Smallest FPGAs” title. While Xilinx and Intel/Altera boast about gazillions of LUTs, scores of DSP…
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Tool Documentation for Safe Automobiles
Depending on which article or social media post you read, people are either excited about self-driving vehicles or they’re petrified. (Truck and taxi drivers are…