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Keepin’ It Real
Comedian Steve Martin once did a funny bit back in the 1980s about certain phrases you’ll never hear anyone say, such as “hand me that…
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New FPGAs… From China?
Let me guess, you’ve never heard of Gowin Semiconductor? You have a lot of company. Gowin, based in Guangdong, China, has been operating quietly for…
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Atomic-Layer Dispute
Well, it looks like we just might have ourselves something of a tussle playing out deep in the corner of your friendly neighborhood silicon fab.…
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The Sneak Peak
It’s a common typing mistake. Someone offers you a “sneak peak” at a new attraction when they really meant to write “peek.” It’s the kind…
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Avoiding the Expert Trap
Don’t get me wrong – we NEED experts. When everybody on the team is at wit’s end, and the doohickey is still 90 degrees out…
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Asserting Machine Control in the IoT
While watching the unending array of Internet of Things (IoT) discussions, it occurred to me that something important was missing from the conversation. When we…
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Embedded Journalists in a War Zone
At last, I’ve been vindicated. A semi-official study has shown that car alarms are wholly worthless, and that they actually may be a social and…
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SoC Everywhere
Sometimes, while wrapped up in the day-to-day minutia of technology trends, we can lose sight of the big, slow movements. Underneath the fast-paced, frenetic world…
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Cloud EDA Round 2
Four years ago, EDA in the Cloud was cool. Since then, it seems to have, well, cooled off. Until recently: it’s once more showing signs…
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Who Watches the Watchers?
The German put out his hand. “Do you have ze papers?” Of course I had my papers. I’d been planning this for weeks. My papers…