I remember “ye olden days” when we (humans) designed electronic products by hand—conceiving circuits, selecting components, drawing schematics, laying out printed circuit boards (PCBs)… Can you imagine instead just telling an AI, “Make me a [your product here] for consumer use,” and it actually does it? Well, that day has arrived.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll doubtless say it … Read More → "Make It So: Agentic AI Comes to Flux"
I’ve said it before, and I’ll doubtless say it again—I’m constantly amazed by how the metaphysical theme of the “interrelatedness of all things” that permeates the Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams manages to manifest itself in my own humble journey through the cosmos.
For example, just a few weeks ago (at the time of this writing), I was … Read More → "Is It Time to Bring PCB Assembly (PCBA) In-House?"
MLCommons, in collaboration with AVCC, the Autonomous Vehicle Compute Consortium, recently released the ML Perf Auto 0.5. benchmark suite. The suite is intended to compare the performance of different AI engines in real-world vision/perception applications for ADAS and autonomous driving.
Will it live up to that ambitious goal? Let’s go back a few years…
Early in my career, … Read More → "Lies, Damn Lies, Benchmarks and ML Perf Auto?"
The purpose of this column is to waffle (as is my wont) about some super System-on-Module (SOM) units that recently leaped onto the center of the stage with a fanfare of flügelhorns (once heard, never forgotten), but first…
As usual, my poor old noggin is raucously reverberating with new nuggets of knowledge and tempting tidbits of trivia. I know from experience that … Read More → "Polish Logic Meets Silicon Magic: Say Hi to Grinn’s GenioSOM-700"
Hold onto your hippocampus because the latest neuromorphic marvels are firing on all synapses. To ensure we’re all tap-dancing to the same skirl of the bagpipes, let’s remind ourselves that the term “neuromorphic” is a portmanteau that combines the Greek words “neuro” (relating to nerves or the brain) and “morphic” (relating to form or structure).
Thus, “neuromorphic” literally means “in the … Read More → "Bodacious Buzz on the Brain-Boggling Neuromorphic Brain Chip Battlefront"
It just struck me that we are rapidly approaching the end of 2025. In turn, this means we’re poised to plunge headfirst into 2Q 21C, which is a notation I’ve just invented to indicate “The second quarter of the 21st century.” Feel free to share this nugget of knowledge and tidbit of trivia with your family and friends (you’re welcome).
