In some cases, AI can speed things up tremendously; in other cases, not so much. Take protein folding, for example. A highly simplistic view of the way things work is that human DNA contains roughly 20,000 protein-encoding genes, and the proteins encoded by these genes serve as the molecular machines that drive the chemistry of life.
As a reminder, each gene … Read More → "Addressing the Disconnect Between AI Speed and Wet Lab Reality"
Do you remember when you were a kid, and you were first taught that humans have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch? I remember how this all seemed so obvious when I first heard about it (no pun intended). It never struck me that my teachers might be lying to me, even if unintentionally or “lying by omission.”
… Read More → "Giving Physical AI Systems Better Hearing"
Artificial intelligence is moving faster than ever, but as AI models continue to grow in size and complexity, the challenges surrounding inference performance are becoming impossible to ignore. In this week’s podcast, ElastixAI CEO Mohammad Rastegari and I chat about how we can overcome those challenges and why a different approach to AI infrastructure is necessary for the next generation of AI innovation. We also explore the key … Read More → "Reconfigurable Hardware: ElastixAI and The Future of Fast, Efficient AI Inference"
When I was starting out in my career, I was blissfully unaware of the problems associated with cooling electronic systems down. This really wasn’t an issue with handheld and wearable devices because, except for electronic pocket calculators, such devices simply didn’t exist at that time.
For larger equipment like workstations, the designers simply threw a few heatsinks and … Read More → "Migrating State-of-the-Art Active Cooling from Data Centers into Our Pockets"
Just when I think I’ve seen everything, I find myself being introduced to an AI-powered hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing framework that lets any embedded design team build a fully automated pipeline on real hardware in a matter of hours.
I hail from the land before time and the days before embedded systems. This isn’t to say that embedded systems … Read More → "Reinventing the Embedded Firmware Ecosystem (Again)!"
When I decided to purchase a “for parts” copy of a Heathkit SM-2420 frequency counter from an eBay seller for $60 back in 2023, I had no idea what I was getting into. The unit was listed as not operable. Its line cord had been cut off, leaving a short and very sad looking pigtail. Nevertheless, it was a Heathkit frequency counter. I’d wanted one for decades. … Read More → "Saving Two Old Heathkit Frequency Counters"
