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Can You Hear Me Now (With My 21st Century Studio-Quality MEMS Microphone)?

In England in 1969, what’s now known as British Telecom (BT) didn’t exist. In those days of yore, UK telecommunications (including telephones, exchanges, wiring, and equipment) were operated by the Post Office Telecommunications Department, which was part of the General Post Office (GPO).

The unabridged story of how the Post Office ended up in charge of telephones is wonderfully Victorian and slightly bonkers. To cut a … Read More → "Can You Hear Me Now (With My 21st Century Studio-Quality MEMS Microphone)?"

How to Stop Bad Actors Reverse Engineering Your ASICs/SoCs and FPGAs

Bad actors aren’t just reverse-engineering software; they’re tearing into the silicon itself. From peeling ASICs/SoCs like onions to extracting FPGA bitstreams, the hardware battlefield is heating up. Happily, some brain-bogglingly clever hardware obfuscation techniques can be deployed to flip the script. … Read More → "How to Stop Bad Actors Reverse Engineering Your ASICs/SoCs and FPGAs"

Upscale AI: Unleashing Innovation with Open, High-Performance Networking

My podcast guest this week is Barun Kar, CEO of Upscale AI. Barun and I chat about the issues hindering the adoption of AI, the role that open standards will play in the trajectory of AI innovation and where Barun thinks AI infrastructure is headed in the future. Also this week, I check out a new chip that uses light to boost AI performance while reducing power consumption.

< … Read More → "Upscale AI: Unleashing Innovation with Open, High-Performance Networking"

Meet the Power-Delivery Chiplets That May Save 50% of Your AI Power

If you’d tried to start a power-related conversation with me just a few short years ago, I’d probably have shrugged my shoulders in disinterest. These days, however, it seems the subject of power is on everybody’s lips. It’s a hot topic, if you’ll forgive the pun (and even if you won’t).

I remember the mainframe computer we were working on in 1980. … Read More → "Meet the Power-Delivery Chiplets That May Save 50% of Your AI Power"

AI at the Edge? Meet Wi-Fi in Microwatts

I’ve just been introduced to a technology that has the potential to revolutionize battery- and ambient-powered AI-enabled sensors using Bluetooth or WiFi while consuming only 1/1000th the power of regular Bluetooth and WiFi implementations. Intrigued? Read on!

Before we plunge into the fray with gusto and abandon, indulge me, if you will. I read a lot of science fiction. One of the … Read More → "AI at the Edge? Meet Wi-Fi in Microwatts"

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