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Alternate Roads to Flexible Electronics
“Set goals but be flexible.” — Clemantine Wamariya How flexible is flexible? Marketing people describe their products as “robust and flexible.” Then there are flexible…
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Hap, Hap, Haptics 101
“Anything that keeps me off balance is vital.” – Brie Larson The dictionary defines haptics as “the use of technology that stimulates the senses of…
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Meandering Musings on Metastability
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in my Why, Hello FPGA and AI — How Nice to See You Together! column, on May…
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ARM Cortex-X1 Launches High-Performance Line
“And now for something completely different.” – John Cleese In its latest bid for world domination, ARM has announced two new high-end Cortex processor designs.…
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Renting vs. Buying Software
“An item on your Steam wishlist is on sale!” They’re toying with my affections. Or affecting my toys. Either way. We don’t buy software anymore,…
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Using MEMS to Thrash COVID-19
I don’t know about you, but I’m becoming a mite frustrated with the current state of affairs regarding COVID-19. My brother and I have just…
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The Interconnect Arms Race
“You can never be too rich or too thin.” – Wallis Simpson In keeping with this week’s theme of glorified wires, I spoke with a…
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Endpoint AI FPGA Acceleration for the Masses
Let’s face it. Just about anybody can throw a few billion transistors onto a custom 7nm chip, crank up the coulombs, apply data center cooling,…
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Even the Batteries Get Smarter
“Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.” – Erma Bombeck Back in my day, we connected…
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Why, Hello FPGA and AI — How Nice to See You Together!
I love science and technology. I also love beer and bacon sandwiches, but that’s nothing to do with this column, so don’t try to distract…