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What the FAQ are ASICs, ASSPs, SoCs, SOMs, etc.?

In my previous column — What the FAQ are CPUs, MPUs, MCUs, and GPUs? — we discussed the fact that the electronics industry is replete with acronyms, especially the three-letter variety. We also noted that we tend to learn a lot of things by osmosis, gradually (often unconsciously) assimilating nuggets of knowledge into a conceptual … Read More →

What the FAQ are CPUs, MPUs, MCUs, and GPUs?

by Max Maxfield

I’m sure you know what the terms CPU, MPU, MCU, and GPU stand for. I’d wager you think you know which functional blocks each of these terms embraces. But are you 100% certain? Would you bet on it? One of the problems we have in the electronics and computing industries is a surfeit of TLAs … Read More →

What the FAQ is the Edge vs. the Far Edge?

by Max Maxfield

In a recent Cool Beans column — What the FAQ are the IoT, IIoT, IoHT, and AIoT? – I introduced the concepts of the cloud, the fog, the edge, and the far edge. Since then, I’ve been talking to a few people, and I’ve come to realize that there’s quite a lot of confusion as … Read More →

Actel Presents Live Debate at ESC Silicon Valley

by Jim Turley

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) today announced it will sponsor the Standalone Processor vs. Processor in FPGA debate at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley in San Jose, Calif. The participants in this lively debate include Jim Turley, CEO of Silicon Insider and Max Maxfield, president of Techbites Interactive. Turley … Read More →

Actel Presents Live Debate at ESC Silicon Valley

by Jim Turley

Something M-azing This Way Comes

by Max Maxfield

I’m a simple man. It’s very kind of you to say that you agree with everything I just said, but I hadn’t fully finished my thought. What I was going to say was that I’m a simple man and I like a simple story. Sometimes I finish an interview with someone and—as soon as the video conference call closes—I burst into tears and/or maniacal laughter (figuratively, not literally, you understand… although sometimes it’s been a close call).

Will the Renesas RZ/V2H MPU Dominate Embedded AI Vision Applications?

by Max Maxfield

I grew up in the age of 8-bit microprocessor units (MPUs). Consider the MOS Technology 6502, which was introduced in 1975, for example. This was the year I graduated from high school. I was 18 years old, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and totally clueless as to the ways of the world (to know me was to love … Read More →

Controlling the World with Raspberry Pi

by Max Maxfield

I know I’ve mentioned this before, but on the off chance you’ve forgotten, I graduated from university in 1980. My degree was in Control Engineering. This was based on a core of math (oh, so much math), with “surrounding” subjects of electronics, mechanics, and hydraulics/fluidics. In those days, most of the control algorithms with which … Read More →

A Brief and Personal History of EDA, Part 1: DAC and the Big Bang

by Steven Leibson

I can tell you from the start, it’s impossible to capture a comprehensive history of the EDA industry in a few articles. However, I can’t find any sort of comprehensive history for the industry, so I’ve used multiple sources plus my own experience working for many EDA and EDA-related companies and covering the EDA industry … Read More →

A Brave New World of Emulation and Software Prototyping

by Max Maxfield

Like so many of the technologies we take for granted today, I managed to find myself embroiled in the very early days of hardware emulation. This refers to the process of imitating the behavior of one piece of hardware (typically a silicon chip you are in the process of designing) with another piece of hardware … Read More →

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