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VISC Processor Secrets Revealed
Still trying to juggle those flaming chainsaws? Splendid, because now we’re going to see how it’s done. Last week we introduced Soft Machines and its…
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Xilinx Divides the World
The problem… is you. I know, it seems a bit harsh, blaming FPGA designers for restricting the expansion of the FPGA market. After all, FPGA…
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IoT Ring Theory
In the fall of last year, I made a stab at proposing a structure for what I perceived as the Internet of Things (IoT). I…
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New Processor Promises It All
Excuse me while I juggle these flaming chainsaws. While riding a unicycle on a tightrope crossing over Niagara Falls. Blindfolded. Challenging enough for ya? That’s…
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Spaghetti versus ISO 26262
There are times when you shouldn’t really think too deeply about things. Last week I was driving along the motorway from London to Winchester. While…
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Finding the Right Prototype
So I hear you’re going to try to build an SoC. Good luck; you’ve got lots of work ahead. First you have to come up…
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A Sale of Thirty-Two Bitties
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… it…
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FPGAs Cool Off the Datacenter
The problem is programming. If it were just a straight-up race to see what kind of chip delivers the most processing for the least power,…
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Managing Encryption
We humans are funny creatures. When it comes to how we organize ourselves, we like for someone to be in charge. But we don’t want…
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Build Your Own RTOS in 30 Minutes
Pop quiz: When is an operating system not an operating system? Answer: When it’s your own code, acting as if it were an operating system.…