Have you heard tell of the Rust programming language and how it is growing to be a serious contender in embedded space (where no one can hear you scream)? If not, then make yourself comfortable, “O my Best Beloved,” and I shall babble, blabber, and blather on this topic, as is my wont, but first…
If you are a non-programmer (or even if … Read More → "Rust Rules! (Programming Language-Wise)"
Starting with the development of the world’s first single-chip DSP, the Bell Labs DSP1, Jim Boddie devoted his long career to expanding the world of digital signal processing. His early work in developing signal-processing algorithms on minicomputers with attached array processors led him to cutting-edge signal-processing research at Bell Labs. That work resulted in the development of the DSP1, which AT&T successfully deployed in … Read More → "In Memoriam: James Boddie, DSP Pioneer"
Welcome to the first ever (perhaps only) annual FPGA awards – the Fibbies. This year, 2025, marks the 40th year of the FPGA’s appearance in the electronics industry, when Xilinx introduced its first FPGA, the XC2064. The Fibbie awards celebrate actual and dubious achievements in the FPGA market during 2024. I got the idea for these awards after seeing a video for the … Read More → "The First Annual FPGA Awards – the Fibbies – celebrating 40 years of FPGAs"
My guest this week is Ralph Grundler from Aitech and we are chatting all about OpenVPX in space! Ralph and I discuss the increasing role that open standards are playing in space applications, how OpenVPX supports a systems-based approach for these types of designs, and how OpenVPX can also be used to support a variety of AI applications in space.
… Read More → "OpenVPX and the Next Generation of Space Applications"
On the one hand, the overly enthusiastic predictions for fully autonomous automobiles have, thus far, fallen somewhat behind schedule (sad face). On the other hand, it now looks like we will see fully autonomous trucks barreling down our interstate highways circa 2027 (happy face).
The idea of autonomous automobiles has been around for longer than most people might think. For example, the concept of … Read More → "Autonomous Trucks are Trucking Our Way!"
While Altera and AMD continue to hammer away at the higher end of the FPGA spectrum – for example, see “AMD ups the ante in the RF-enabled FPGA poker game with the Versal RF family” – Lattice Semiconductor’s recent introduction of the Nexus 2 FPGA platform reconfirms the company’s commitment to smaller FPGA devices. Although the Nexus 2 platform employs … Read More → "Lattice Semiconductor’s Nexus 2 platform brings significant performance benefits to low-end FPGAs"
