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  • SoCs for ML Inference

    SoCs for ML Inference

    The upshot: Trained AI models have to be adapted for specific inference implementations. New inference hardware was presented at Hot Chips by Intel, Xilinx, and…

  • Achronix and BittWare Accelerate Your Socks Off!

    Achronix and BittWare Accelerate Your Socks Off!

    Well, the hot news on the street this week — if you live on a street where people are scampering around performing hardware acceleration on…

  • Renesas Goes Mainstream

    Renesas Goes Mainstream

    “You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Renesas is a big company.…

  • Lattice CrossLinkPlus

    Lattice CrossLinkPlus

    Three decades ago – at the dawn of programmable logic technology – programmable logic devices such as CPLDs and FPGAs were primarily used for “glue…

  • Longer Wavelengths for Safer Ranging

    Longer Wavelengths for Safer Ranging

    The upshot: new NIL/SWIL sensing technology from Artilux uses longer-wavelength light, making ToF measurements safer and more accurate. Cameras flatten us all. We can see…

  • To the Stars with Microchip’s New RT PolarFire FPGAs

    To the Stars with Microchip’s New RT PolarFire FPGAs

    The hot news on the street — if you live on a street where people build satellites and space probes for a hobby — is…

  • Wind River Modernizes VxWorks

    Wind River Modernizes VxWorks

    “This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! …Bereft of life, he rests in peace!” – Mr. Praline Years ago, a General Motors…

  • SoCs for ML Training

    SoCs for ML Training

    Most of what I’ve covered in the past has been about machine-learning inference. For anyone newly wading into this space, machine learning has two phases.…

  • 5G Meets 50,000 Fans at Super Bowl 2025

    5G Meets 50,000 Fans at Super Bowl 2025

    Recently, I was basking in my comfy command chair relishing the adverts on television. They’re really the only thing worth watching since the Gilmore Girls…

  • ARM Dips Toe Into Configurability Pool

    ARM Dips Toe Into Configurability Pool

    “My ghast was flabbered.” – Anthony Grayling User-configurable microprocessors are a subject near and dear to me, so I was excited to hear that ARM,…