by David Brooks on Oct 18, 2018 | Tags: Emerging Technology, Industry, Programmability, Specialization
It isn’t every day that a major company throws in the towel on Moore’s Law, so it is worth noting the announcement by GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) to halt development of the 7nm process node. With this announcement, there are now only three major vendors —...
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by Srilatha Manne on Oct 5, 2017 | Tags: Advice, Industry
In academia, your teachers/advisor lays out well defined goals: Get an A in the class to prove your knowledge of the material; Publish in top tier conferences or journals to prove your research capabilities. Finish all the required classes and/or publish the requisite...
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by Srilatha Manne on Jun 8, 2017 | Tags: Accelerators, Architecture, Hardware, Industry
All hardware companies face a conundrum. Should they build a riskier product that has a higher probability of failure, or should they continue the evolutionary trend of their current products? The safe thing to do, and one that many customers may ask for, is the...
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