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Will 2024 Really Be Intel’s Year to Retake the Lead in Semiconductor Process Technology?
Way, way back in my high school senior English class, I learned about the six critical components of a news story: who, what, when, where,…
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Can Isotopically Pure Silicon Chips Switch 1,000X Faster?
I was just introduced to a company that has developed an affordable, clean, efficient way to separate out the isotopes of elements, including silicon and…
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Seagate’s 30Tbyte Exos Hard Drive Writes Large
Thirty Terabytes. These two words don’t ordinarily go together to describe the capacity of a hard drive, but Seagate has just introduced a 3½-inch hard…
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Altera: The Once and Future FPGA Supplier, Part 2
The FPGA supplier known as Intel PSG (the Programmable Systems Group, formerly named Altera) will be announcing its new name and mission on February 29…
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From Architecture to PCB Schematic in 60 Seconds!
Are you ready to meet the world’s first deterministic AI that helps electronic teams go from architecture to schematic in 60 seconds? We’re talking about…
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Altera: The Once and Future FPGA Supplier, Part 1
Well, you made it to February. Congratulations! This is the leap month of a leap year. If you’re following the news, Kathy Ireland calendars from…
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AI Boldly Goes Behind the Beyond
I used to love the title sequence at the beginning of each episode of Star Trek: The Original Series starring William Shatner as Captain James…
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AMD discontinues CoolRunner and XC9500 CPLDs and Spartan-II and -3 FPGAs. Buy ‘em while you can!
AMD issued an End of Life (EOL) notice for several older CPLDs and FPGAs on January 1. The notice states that AMD will accept final…
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R U Going to Attend the Second Annual Chiplet Summit?
As I pen these words, only a few days remain until the start of the biggest, bestest, and most bodacious second annual Chiplet Summit, which…
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Niklaus Wirth: Computer Language Pioneer and Educator, 1934-2024
Niklaus Wirth, a potent force in the development of programming languages since the 1960s, passed away on January 1. The programming languages that Wirth either…