I feel like an old fool (but where are we going to find one at this time of the day?). Almost everything I hear on the technology front these days causes me to have a knee-jerk reaction along the lines of, “Things have certainly changed since those far-off days when I was a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, newly-minted engineer!”
As I’ve mentioned before, I … Read More → "Want Automated, Certification-Level RISC-V Verification Coverage?"
As we discussed in the initial installment of this 2-part extravaganza, some people pursue a predictable path on their way to engineer-hood (where “-hood” comes from the Middle English “-hode,” which itself comes from the Old English “-hād,” meaning “state of being”). Others, like your humble narrator, end up taking a more circuitous route, which may involve Lady Luck finagling the dice in their favor (I … Read More → "There’s More Than One Way to Become an Engineer (Part 2)"
I was born in 1957. If you are on the younger side of things, I bet you’re thinking something along the lines of, “Wow! That’s AGES ago!” You’re right. It is. That’s why it’s taken me such a long time to get from then to now (I took the scenic route).
Along my rambling (some may … Read More → "There’s More Than One Way to Become an Engineer (Part 1)"
I remember when the first FPGA waved a cheery hello to the world back in 1985. (I know I’ve talked about this before, but there are always new members to the EE Journal Community who weren’t around when many of the technologies we now take for granted originally appeared on the scene.) This little scamp was the Xilinx XC2064, which boasted an 8×8=64 array of configurable logic … Read More → "GOWIN’s “Golly Gosh” Low-Cost High-Performance FPGAs"
I’m not sure if I’m growing to be incredibly old, or if it’s just that everyone around me is getting to be incredibly young. The reason I’m ruminating over this is because a young engineer recently asked me why I occasionally add “where no one can hear you scream” after using the word “space.” When I replied “Alien” in a dark, foreboding, … Read More → "Welcome to Silicon-to-Systems Space (Where No One Can Hear You Scream)"
