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June 2015

There were 8 posts published in June 2015 (this is page 1 of 1).

For the win.

Confession: I get really excited about hardware. I really go all out, mini-fist pump and everything.

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LG G2: one year later.

I bought my LG G2 smartphone in April 2014 because I had lost my previous phone (a Motorola RAZR i) on a trip abroad. After reading some online reviews, I decided that it was the best phone I could buy at the time for £300. The G2 had all the right features I was looking […]

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Bytesize 0x19 (2015).

I clicked, I read, I thought “Hm, that’s interesting.”

in Bytesize | 445 Words | Comment

The IP licensing business model. A love story.

Some months ago my colleague Rys Sommefeldt wrote an article offering his (deeply) technical perspective on how a chip gets made, from R&D to manufacturing. While his bildungsroman production covers a lot of the engineering details behind silicon production, it is light on the business side of things; and that is a good thing because […]

in Techspeak | 2,322 Words

When SoC met IP.

In this article I’d like to address a common misconception that I often see reprinted in many articles. When presenting the relationship between IP vendors and chip makers, an image of fierce competition is repeatedly (and wrongfully) painted in the media.

in Techspeak | 1,554 Words | 1 Comment

Ask me everything.

Two weeks ago, I ventured yet again into the crazy realm of reddit to host my first AMA on /r/hardware. There were some good questions overall and hopefully my answers lived up to expectations.

in Events | 152 Words | Comment

Bytesize 0x17 (2015).

I’m going keep this one short and sweet because I’m busy working on a much big(ger) piece; this week’s trail mix includes headlines from mobile, automotive and EDA.

in Bytesize | 619 Words | Comment

Be true to your school.

About a month ago, Imagination announced MIPSfpga, an initiative that gives universities free access to an unobfuscated, production-quality MIPS CPU.

in Techspeak | 384 Words | 3 Comments

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