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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…