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Handling Radiation in SRAM-Based FPGAs (Part 1)
Radiation in its various forms has long been the bane of the designers of electronic systems. Unfortunately, the effects of radiation become more insidious and…
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Video Ergo Sum – Perceive’s AI Breakthrough in TOPS/Watt
With literally dozens of chip startups working on edge AI inference these days, it’s easy to get caught up in a blur of marketing hype…
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An Epic Feat of Reverse Engineering
“It’s just 1s and 0s. How hard can it be?” Here’s the ultimate debugging challenge. You’re presented with a string of 20,000 binary bits and…
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Two New Ways to Program Your AI
“Some people have a way with words, and other people, uh, not have way.” – Steve Martin The scariest part of moving to a new…
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I Just Created my First AI/ML App! (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this two-part mini-series, we noted that there are trillions of dollars’ worth of equipment in factories around the globe. Also, that…
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Winbond: The Biggest Little Memory Company
“The true art of memory is the art of attention.” – Samuel Johnson There’s a sign over the main street of Reno, Nevada that proclaims…
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Wallowing in 68K Nostalgia
“I don’t like nostalgia unless it’s mine.” – Lou Reed If the phrase “DTACK grounded” means anything to you, welcome, friend. You are officially a…
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I Just Created my First AI/ML App! (Part 1)
I’m currently scampering around my office with a great big beaming smile plastered all over my face because I just created my very first artificial…
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Interview: RISC-V CTO Mark Himelstein
“One man’s constant is another man’s variable.” – programmers’ wisdom Most engineering firms have a CTO. The Chief Technical Officer sets the technical direction, guides…
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SSDs Aren’t Just Faster Hard Disks
“But it’s all right. I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash. It’s a gas, gas, gas.” – Keith Richards/Mick Jagger A new hard disk controller. Ho-hum, yawn. But…