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Using USB4? Require ReTiming? Kandou Can-Do!

OMG! I only just got used to the idea of USB 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2, and now I find that something called USB4 is barreling our way like a runaway freight train. USB4 supports signals with such high speeds that they need a special form of conditioning called ReTiming. Fortunately, the folks at Kandou have … Read More →

Is It Embedded ReRAM’s Time to Shine?

by Max Maxfield

I was just chatting with the chaps and chapesses at Weebit Nano regarding their embedded ReRAM (resistive random-access memory) technology, which may be poised to leap onto the center of the NVM (non-volatile memory) stage accompanied by a frenzied fanfare of flügelhorns.

Dropping the Ball and Casting Aspersions

by Max Maxfield

In my previous column, Metrology Maketh the Man (and Woman, and Silicon Chip), I made mention of the fact that the human race has occasionally dropped the metaphorical ball on the technology front. The example I used was of Hero of Alexandria, who failed to invent the steam engine 2,000 years ago. Now, you might … Read More →

Metrology Maketh the Man (and Woman, and Silicon Chip)

by Max Maxfield

Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. The ability to measure things helps in locating and identifying problems and weak spots in production lines and processes. I was just introduced to a new molecular sensor for semiconductor metrology that may be poised to take the chip fabrication process by storm, but first… When we look … Read More →

If You Can’t Trust TrustInSoft, Who Can You Trust?

by Max Maxfield

If you are a hardware design engineer, you are doubtless familiar with the concept of formal verification as it applies to hardware design, but have you ever considered how formal verification might relate to software and the developers thereof (bless their little cotton socks)? Life can be a rum old thing, and no mistake. When … Read More →

Got FPGA? Got Test!

by Max Maxfield

I was just chatting with the chaps and chapesses at Testonica. These little scamps offer a wide range of services, including test and measurement (T&M) and design for test (DFT) analysis, FPGA-based development, embedded software development, and electronics hardware design. The thing that really caught my attention, however, is their technology to use a board’s … Read More →

I See Zebus and Zebras Everywhere!

by Max Maxfield

It’s funny how, the older you get, things seem to increasingly circle around. You start off thinking you are heading in a new direction, and then you suddenly find yourself back where you started. I don’t know about you, but just re-reading the previous sentence reminds me of the lyrics to Time by Pink Floyd … Read More →

The A, B, C of USB for Beginners

by Max Maxfield

I don’t wish to appear greedy, and I certainly don’t wish to boast (I pride myself on my humility), but I do flatter myself that I know more than my fair share of Bobs (that is, people called Bob, not the hair style of the same moniker). I could start naming names, but (a) they … Read More →

Creating Tiny AI/ML-Equipped Systems to Run at the Extreme Edge

by Max Maxfield

One of my favorite science fiction authors is/was Isaac Asimov (should we use the past tense since he is no longer with us, or the present tense because we still enjoy his writings?). In many ways Asimov was a futurist, but — like all who attempt to foretell what is to come — he occasionally … Read More →

Are We Ready for Human Brain-Scale AI?

by Max Maxfield

My poor old noggin is currently full of ideas ricocheting around like corn kernels in an over-enthusiastic popcorn machine. As a tempting teaser, are you aware that: “Tachyum is enabling human brain-scale AI and advancing the entire world to a greener era by delivering the world’s first universal processor”? If not, then I will be … Read More →

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