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  • Upmem’s Processor-In-Memory Accelerates AI

    Upmem’s Processor-In-Memory Accelerates AI

    “A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.” – Steven Wright It’s a DRAM module, right? Well, that’s only partially correct. It…

  • Loading Software on the Fly: AppStreamer

    Loading Software on the Fly: AppStreamer

    “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”  – George Santayana I swear, people are trying their hardest to resurrect the…

  • Ultimate Guide to Switch Debounce (Part 4)

    Ultimate Guide to Switch Debounce (Part 4)

    Previously, as they used to say at the start of a new episode in a TV series, we discussed the history behind the use of…

  • Machine Learning For a Few Dollars

    Machine Learning For a Few Dollars

    “We have to be very prissy about how we tell computers to do things.” – Richard P. Feynman Alpha, beta, gamma, delta… something, something… lambda……

  • Cache Coherent Chaos

    Cache Coherent Chaos

    We are at the dawn of the biggest change in decades in our global computing infrastructure. Despite the slow death of Moore’s Law, the rate…

  • Is the End of Email Coming?

    Is the End of Email Coming?

    Picture this typical quotidian activity: You reply to an email sent by a colleague in a different company. Your reply makes it clear that you’re…

  • Ultimate Guide to Switch Debounce (Part 3)

    Ultimate Guide to Switch Debounce (Part 3)

    In Part 1 of this miniseries, we introduced the concept of switch bounce; that is, when we open (deactivate) or close (activate) a switch, it…

  • Centaur Produces Nine-Headed, Two-Species Monster

    Centaur Produces Nine-Headed, Two-Species Monster

    “A great man is… an inspiration and a prophecy.” – Robert Green Ingersoll  If a centaur is supposed to be a combination of two separate…

  • Ultimate Guide to Switch Debounce (Part 2)

    Ultimate Guide to Switch Debounce (Part 2)

    As we discussed in Part 1 of this miniseries, when we operate a switch, it may bounce multiple times before coming to rest in its…

  • Promoting Design Hygiene

    Promoting Design Hygiene

    “Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.” – George Carlin In economic terms, you always want to give the easiest jobs…