In many ways, I wish we lived in a simpler world. I’m not talking about regressing to an Arcadian lifestyle, as tempting as that may be. What I’m contemplating is a world in which everyone is kind and honest, and the thought of taking anything that wasn’t theirs simply would not cross their minds. A world, in short, in which we didn’t need … Read More → "Flash Memory with a Secure Twist"
If you have anything to do with the design and deployment of FPGA-based products and systems, then this is your lucky day because I’m poised to tell you about a new FPGA-centric conference and exhibition that’s heading your way. With events scheduled in both the UK and the US, this bodacious beauty will focus solely on FPGA designers and developers. No executive daydreaming, corporate fairy … Read More → "New FPGA Conference and Exhibition Coming to the UK and USA"
On the off chance you were wondering, the city of Sheffield in England boasts two main seats of learning: Sheffield University (a.k.a. the University of Sheffield) and Sheffield Hallam University. The latter was formerly known as Sheffield Polytechnic. This was deep in the mists of time when I wore a younger man’s clothes and studied for my degree at that august establishment.
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The older I get, the more I recall how new technologies made their way onto the market and into the collective consciousness when I wore a younger man’s clothes. Paradoxically, it also seems that the older I get, the more I forget, but since I don’t remember what I’ve forgotten, this really doesn’t prey, play, or weigh on my mind.
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I know… I know… everywhere we turn these days, we’re presented with yet another story focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning (ML). Do we really need one more? Well, since I’m poised to pen one, I’d have to say “Yes” (otherwise, I’d have to go back and start again, and that’s a future I’m not prepared to embrace).</ … Read More → "Is AI Poised to Run Amok (Part 1)?"