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  • Sensor Arrays

    Sensor Arrays

    OK, so you’ve got this hole. A really deep hole. I mean, reaaaaally deep: some miles, perhaps. And you’d really like to know what’s down…

  • iWatch, Therefore I Am

    iWatch, Therefore I Am

    Well, holy cow: when Apple does a wearable, they REALLY do a wearable. Plenty of kudos, plenty of TBDs and a few issues in the…

  • AMD Fails to Impress

    AMD Fails to Impress

    I really wanted to like this chip. But then I talked to the manufacturer. Let me explain. Your humble servants here at Electronic Engineering Journal…

  • Max 10 Kills the CPLD

    Max 10 Kills the CPLD

    The venerable CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device), forefather of today’s flourishing FPGA and programmable logic industry, died peacefully in its sleep last night of natural…

  • Expanding EDA

    Expanding EDA

    Welcome to autumn. It’s usually a busy season – although the activity typically starts more with the onset of September and the resumption of school…

  • The Four Horsemen

    The Four Horsemen

    When I looked at the forecasts from London-based analysis company Future Horizons this time last year (Malcolmy: Entrails, Crystal Balls and Spreadsheets), I saw that…

  • Prpl With Envy

    Prpl With Envy

    If a microprocessor is nothing but a machine that executes software, then it’s probably important to make sure that all of the machines are compatible…

  • Makers Conquer the World

    Makers Conquer the World

    We walk past a small booth at the 2014 World Maker Faire, and a young boy, perhaps eight or nine years old, jumps out to…

  • Tiny Diamonds

    Tiny Diamonds

    The world has seen a ton of MEMS devices built in the last few years. Of course, MEMS technology has been around for decades, but…

  • Differentiation versus Diversity

    Differentiation versus Diversity

    There once was a time when every company had its own unique CPU architecture. Then there was a time when pretty much everyone used the…