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Intel’s Blue Genie Pat Gelsinger Wants to Bring Andy Grove’s Spirit Back from the Dead
Pat Gelsinger officially became the new Intel CEO on February 15, 2021. He arrives at a time when Intel is facing numerous monumental challenges from…
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Is It Embedded ReRAM’s Time to Shine?
I was just chatting with the chaps and chapesses at Weebit Nano regarding their embedded ReRAM (resistive random-access memory) technology, which may be poised to…
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Two Decades in Silicon Valley: Hats I’ve Worn, Jobs I’ve Had, Lessons Learned
Two and a half decades after deciding that I wanted to live in Silicon Valley, the opportunity to move there finally presented itself. I’d been…
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Dropping the Ball and Casting Aspersions
In my previous column, Metrology Maketh the Man (and Woman, and Silicon Chip), I made mention of the fact that the human race has occasionally…
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Metrology Maketh the Man (and Woman, and Silicon Chip)
Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. The ability to measure things helps in locating and identifying problems and weak spots in production lines and…
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Xilinx Launches Versal HBM
It’s no secret that we are drowning in data. Today’s applications and algorithms require almost incomprehensible amounts of data, and that means the bandwidth requirements…
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Quadric CPU Combines AI with Conventional Code
Another day, another new microprocessor architecture. There was a time in the Nineties when everyone and his dog was designing a new processor. They were…
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How Many Computers Are in Your Computer?
It’s computers all the way down. We know about recursion in software, but it’s surprising to find it occurring in hardware. How many computers are…
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If You Can’t Trust TrustInSoft, Who Can You Trust?
If you are a hardware design engineer, you are doubtless familiar with the concept of formal verification as it applies to hardware design, but have…
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Bluetooth AoA, AoD Find the Way Indoors
I’m sure Harald Gormsson (ca. 910–985) never saw this coming. The wireless specification that bears his nom de guerre has been extended, amended, and adapted…