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IBM Unveils 127-Qubit Quantum Computer
On November 16, during its online Quantum Summit, IBM announced that it had successfully completed initial development of the 127-qubit (quantum bit) Eagle quantum computer.…
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Are We Poised to Turn the Optical Computing Corner?
I remember seeing articles circa the mid-1980s proclaiming that optical computers were “just around the corner.” What they failed to say was that the corner…
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Want to Rule a Robot Empire? InOrbit Can Help!
I’ve long been interested in the concept of humanoid robots boasting general artificial intelligence (AGI), which is the hypothetical ability of an intelligent agent to…
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Who needs a Raspberry Pi Microcontroller Chip? Maybe You
Many semiconductor vendors including TI, NXP, STMicroelectronics, Microchip, and others play in the microcontroller market. As with nearly every semiconductor niche, microcontrollers have been getting…
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Contactless Hand Biometric for ID Security
How do you know that the person with whom you are interacting is who he or she says they are? The reason I got to…
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I Saw Santa’s Thermal Simulation Demo at DAC
Just before Christmas, at DAC 2021, as I walked the nearly empty exhibit hall, Santa Claus leaned out of his booth and asked me if…
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Meet the World’s Smallest, Most Integrated 3D Ultrasonic Sensor
The concept of age is much on my mind at the moment. Well, yes, theoretically I will be turning 65 in a few months’ time,…
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Dropping the Ball and Casting Aspersions (Part Deux)
A few months ago, I posted a couple of columns — Dropping the Ball and Casting Aspersions and Metrology Maketh the Man (and Woman, and…
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Happy 50th Birthday to the Signetics 555 Timer IC
Signetics announced the NE555 timer/oscillator IC in 1972, 50 years ago. Over five decades, this simple 8-pin chip has consistently sold in the billions, each…
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BotFactory: All-In-One PCB Printing and Assembly
If you are anything like me, you dream of having the ability to create and automatically populate your printed circuit board (PCB) prototypes in the…