Month: November 2019

[From the last episode: We saw what it means for an electronic system to sleep.] You’re on a phone call having a conversation, and you hear the sound that indicates that someone else is trying to call you. So excuse yourself to the person you’re talking to and quick take […]

[From the last episode: We looked at how legacy code can make it hard for newer processors to be successful, even if they’re “better.”] When you’re in your house, especially if you have a family, the house probably hums with activity. The lights are on, music is playing, one or […]

[From the last episode: we looked at how intellectual property helps designers reuse circuits.] Last week we saw that, instead of creating a new CPU, most chip designers will buy a CPU design – like a blueprint of the CPU – and then use that in a chip that they’re […]

[From the last episode: we looked at the differences between computing at the edge and in the cloud.] We’ve looked at the differences between MCUs and SoCs, but the one major thing that they have in common is that they have a CPU. Now… anyone can define their own CPU […]