As usual, my mind is buzzing with hitherto unthought thoughts. The topic du jour is emotion-aware conversational AI that combines speech recognition with paralinguistic understanding. Ha! I thought that would get your attention and give your excitement juices a bit of a stir.
It’s not so long ago that the ability to communicate with tools like smart assistants and say things like “Alexa, turn on the … Read More → "Meet the AI That Doesn’t Just Hear What You Say—It Hears What You Mean!"
I never used to think about power when I was younger. Actually, there are many things I didn’t think about when I was younger (and I’m getting even better at not thinking about things as I grow older), but power was certainly around the top of the list. When I was a kid in the UK circa the 1960s, most things (televisions, radios) plugged into the wall. … Read More → "Sustainable Power for an Increasingly Intelligent World"
In this week’s Fish Fry, I’m excited to welcome back Rob Knoth from Cadence Design Systems! Rob and I dive into a major shift in electronic design automation: the direct integration of artificial intelligence into the design workflow. Rob and I discuss the details of Cadence’s newest innovation – the ChipStack AI Super Agent and Cadence’s overarching strategies of ‘design for AI’ and ‘AI for design. … Read More → "ChipStack AI Super Agent: Cadence’s New Era for Silicon Verification"
It’s funny how casually we use the word “connectivity” these days, as though it’s always been part of the conversation. However, speaking as someone who was a small (but perfectly formed) lad in the 1960s, I can assure you that it most certainly wasn’t.
Back then, things didn’t “connect” in the way we think of today—they were simply connected. Our … Read More → "The Day “No Signal” Died: 5G Meets Satellites"
When I was 10 years old, my parents decided I was old enough and responsible enough to catch the bus to school (silly parents). This was in England in the 1960s. We didn’t have dedicated school buses (unlike the bodacious yellow beauties in America); instead, we used standard buses with regular passengers and school kids all jumbled together.
I rode with my friend Jeremy Douglas, who lived … Read More → "High-Performance Ultra-Low-Power AI MCUs Running at Only 0.3V (Eeek!)"
