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He’s Just Not That Into You
My phone bill payment was late. They were threatening to cut off my service for nonpayment. But it wasn’t my fault. Honest. Here’s the deal.…
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Sheep’s Clothing
For most of the history of FPGAs, the mental model of marketers has been “ASIC replacement,” since FPGAs were designed in the same way as…
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New Spin on a Gyro
Patents seem to have different effects in different industries. In the IC business, the history is rife with big companies having fundamental patents that are…
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A Tiny Pocket of Space
Verification is the science (and art) of asking the question, “What could possibly go wrong?” If you’ve done a good job – you think –…
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Alternative Research
Strange how things in life come together. Two weeks ago I was listening to a presentation about medical technology and microelectronics, and one of the…
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Weighing UltraScale
In the ongoing marketing battle to see who can out-confuse the competition, Xilinx has just fired an impressive salvo. Strapped safely into the cockpit of…
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ECO Systems
“OK people, let’s do this. I called this meeting because we have a problem. I know, you might think that tales of what goes on…
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We’re the People’s Front of Judea!
Is it better to remain philosophically pure, or to tolerate outsiders in your midst? That’s the question posed by noted computer scientist David May in…
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The Artist and the Engineer
My wife is an artist. I am an engineer. She walks into a room full of abstract paintings and can immediately say, “I like that…
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A Better Measure of Your Breath
“I’m totally fine to drive.” You’ve heard that before… You’ve probably said that before. I know I have. And, for the most part, I’ve been…