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NASA Recruits Microchip, SiFive, and RISC-V to Develop 12-Core Processor SoC for Autonomous Space Missions
NASA’s JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) has selected Microchip to design and manufacture the multi-core High Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC) microprocessor SoC based on eight RISC-V…
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Who Needs a Network-on-Chip (NoC)? Everyone!
Ever since I started reading science fiction as a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed young lad, I was exposed to the concept of robots that could “think”…
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Why Will Tomorrow’s Cars Be Like Today’s Smartphones?
I remember reading a quote by a famous actor whose name I no longer recall (that’s how famous they were). It might have been Errol…
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RISC-V Foundation’s Chairman says: “All Your Cores Are Belong to Us”
When RISC-V International’s chairman of the board Krste Asanović took the stage to report on the state of the RISC-V union at last month’s RISC-V…
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Mysteries of the Ancients: Binary Coded Decimal (BCD)
I love learning how logic designers of the past solved tricky problems with innovative solutions. The more I delve into this sort of thing, the…
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Intel Introduces Two Monolithic Agilex FPGA and SoC Families, Part 2: Sundance Mesa is now the Agilex 5 E-Series
Last September, I published an article on EEJournal.com that described two new Intel Agilex FPGA and SoC device families, the Agilex 5 D-series and an…
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DeGirum Has the Best Edge AI Story Ever!
I sometimes feel like I’m listening to a broken record when a company calls to tell me about the wonders of their new artificial intelligence…
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Is Omnitron Poised to Disrupt the MEMS Industry?
Rarely does a day go by without my taking a few moments to reflect on how wonderful I am. I’m not talking about my outrageously…
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MIPS Rolls Out Its First RISC-V Processor Core – It’s a Big ‘Un
Even though the company had telegraphed its big move, MIPS’s adoption of the RISC-V ISA for its future processor cores hit me like a ton…
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Developing the World’s First Commercially Available RF Device with an Open-Source Chip
Good Grief! I can’t believe it’s 2023. I’m not ready. I haven’t got a speech prepared and I don’t have a thing to wear. I…