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Model-Based Design and the Rise of Software Defined Vehicle Development

This week model-based design and software defined vehicles take center stage! My guest Jim Tung (MathWorks fellow) and I discuss the trends driving a push toward software defined vehicles, the benefits of model-based design for SDV development and the tools that engineers should consider for virtualizing vehicle behavior. Also this week, I investigate a new enhanced event camera developed by a team of researchers at the University of Maryland … Read More → "Model-Based Design and the Rise of Software Defined Vehicle Development"

Open-Source AutoML for Edge AI/ML Development

I was just cogitating and ruminating on the futuristic technologies to which I was exposed when “Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS)” first graced our television screens in 1966. Things like the flip-open communicators, which predated the launch of the world’s first flip phone by 30 years.

Also, there was artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) of a form. However, … Read More → "Open-Source AutoML for Edge AI/ML Development"

Building A Semiconductor Fab? I Have Awesome News (Exclamation Mark)

I’ve been informed by the punctuation police that I am no longer allowed to employ exclamation marks in my column titles. That’s like asking me to write while hopping up and down on one leg with one arm tied behind my back, but I’ll try to be brave and soldier on. Suffice it to say that for anyone building a semiconductor fab who wants … Read More → "Building A Semiconductor Fab? I Have Awesome News (Exclamation Mark)"

Ceva-Waves Links Multi-Protocol Wireless Connectivity IP

I’m afraid that (what I laughingly refer to as) my mind is wandering (as is its wont). It knows it’s supposed to write about multi-protocol wireless IP, but it’s been beguiled by thoughts of headphones equipped with the latest and greatest in 3D spatial audio boasting state-of-the-art headtracking resulting in a new level of immersive experience.

What … Read More → "Ceva-Waves Links Multi-Protocol Wireless Connectivity IP"

A Last Embedded Dance with Jack Ganssle

I’ve known embedded system guru Jack Ganssle for four decades. He and I both started designing embedded systems in the 1970s, when the early 8-bit microprocessors and microcontrollers were so primitive that you could easily call some of them brain dead. In fact, that’s exactly the term Ganssle used to describe the Intel 8051 in a keynote speech given at the recent Embedded Online Conference, which … Read More → "A Last Embedded Dance with Jack Ganssle"

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