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  • Lattice Launches CertusPro-NX

    Lattice Launches CertusPro-NX

    There is an interesting side effect of Moore’s Law’s relentless march, where some technologies atrophy even though they are still extremely relevant and applicable in…

  • Edge AI On The Cheap and Deep

    Edge AI On The Cheap and Deep

    There’s an old salesman’s adage that “confused customers never buy.” That’s why glossy sales brochures don’t have a lot of technical information, and why car…

  • The A, B, C of USB for Beginners

    The A, B, C of USB for Beginners

    I don’t wish to appear greedy, and I certainly don’t wish to boast (I pride myself on my humility), but I do flatter myself that…

  • Find Your Security in the Cloud

    Find Your Security in the Cloud

    Sometimes the biggest engineering challenge is overcoming NIH. The dreaded “not invented here” syndrome has derailed many a project, cost untold millions, wasted months, and…

  • Morpheus Processor Foils Attackers

    Morpheus Processor Foils Attackers

    Moving targets are always harder to hit. That’s the underlying premise behind Morpheus, a CPU designed to stop malware dead in its tracks. It’s not…

  • Creating Tiny AI/ML-Equipped Systems to Run at the Extreme Edge

    Creating Tiny AI/ML-Equipped Systems to Run at the Extreme Edge

    One of my favorite science fiction authors is/was Isaac Asimov (should we use the past tense since he is no longer with us, or the…

  • Startup Polishes Wi-Fi HaLow

    Startup Polishes Wi-Fi HaLow

    There’s nothing quite like getting in on the ground floor. The whole market is yours. You’ve got “first mover advantage.” You get to set the…

  • Growth Everywhere but at Intel

    Growth Everywhere but at Intel

    To quote a famous Scotsman, it’s a great day for America, everybody! The semiconductor industry’s Q1 results are in, and they’re good. Really good. The…

  • Modus Toolbox ML, TinyML, and the AIoT

    Modus Toolbox ML, TinyML, and the AIoT

    It’s a funny old life when you come to think about it. You never know when something is going to spring up to surprise and…

  • How to Handle x86 Inter-Task Communication

    How to Handle x86 Inter-Task Communication

    All modern x86 processors can handle task switching automatically in hardware. That’s one of their nice features. That doesn’t prevent you from coding up your…