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Is Crowd Computing the Next Big Thing?
The upshot: Neocortix can muster smartphones to act as cloud computing resources. From where we all sit, we see lots of cloud computing – either…
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What the FAQ are ASICs, ASSPs, SoCs, SOMs, etc.?
In my previous column — What the FAQ are CPUs, MPUs, MCUs, and GPUs? — we discussed the fact that the electronics industry is replete…
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Bipolar Bear: Surface Pro X Tries Again, Fails Again
“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” – Robert A. Heinlein Microsoft is still a software…
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In-Memory Computing
The upshot: Memories can be arranged such that an “access” becomes a multiply-accumulate function. Storing weights in the memory and using activations as inputs saves…
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What the FAQ are CPUs, MPUs, MCUs, and GPUs?
I’m sure you know what the terms CPU, MPU, MCU, and GPU stand for. I’d wager you think you know which functional blocks each of…
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Imagination Technologies Rents Talent
“I don’t want my personality to overshadow my talent.” – Cardi B What is the IP business, really? You’re buying a product, albeit an intangible…
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Passwords Rent Asunder
The upshot: The Tide Organization tested password splintering and, in one study, found an increase of 14,064,094% in security as compared with “conventional, centralized alternatives.”…
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What the FAQ is the Edge vs. the Far Edge?
In a recent Cool Beans column — What the FAQ are the IoT, IIoT, IoHT, and AIoT? – I introduced the concepts of the cloud,…
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High-End FPGA Showdown – Part 3
In part 1 of this series, we looked at new high-end FPGA families from Xilinx, Intel, and Achronix and discussed their underlying semiconductor processes, the…
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Windows Rediscovers the 1970s
“It’s like déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra Dude, this is so trippy. It’s like a flashback to the 1970s. Where’s my TTY…