Wouldn't it be great if I could transmogrify the PC to become an intelligent network of specialized components? The goal would be to create a much more efficient computation system marrying critical software…
Contact-less payments and NFC
Since you're reading this blog, it's fairly likely you're technically minded and would've heard of contact-less payment cards. These smart-chip enabled cards promise to speed checkout for…
The Road from Smartphone to Meta-Self "“ a Phone That Truly Knows Me
I've always wanted a Smartphone that can be an abstraction of me. This is driven by my belief that there are people who like writing diaries and those who do not. I've been waiting for a device for…
Travels of the ARM Powered Android LEGO Rubik's Speedcuber: ESC SV 2010
As you may be aware, my ARM-Powered LEGO robotic Rubik's Cube solver "Speedcuber" was demonstrated live at Mobile World Congress '10 in Barcelona in February this year (actually it almost…
How I Created the ARM Powered Android LEGO 7x7x7 Cube Solving Robot
After the video of my most recent Arm-powered Android LEGO Speedcuber robot became so popular, I thought that it would be a while before I was involved in creating another. I should have learned from previous…
Why Maturity and Cost Make 180nm the 'hot node' again
The 180nm node of today is nothing like the 180nm node of 2004. In fact the market opportunity for the 180nm node is bigger today than at any time in the past.
MediaTek MT8135 SoC - Heterogeneous big.LITTLE Processing for Mainstream
One of the key challenges faced by the semiconductor industry today is balancing the growing, yet conflicting demand for mobile devices featuring both high performance and long battery life. Last week…
Walking in the Desert or Drinking from a Fire Hose? HW/SW Verification
You don't need a graphic like this one to know that multi-core SoC designs are here to stay. This one happens to be based on ARM's AMBA® 4 ACE architecture, which is particularly effective…
Software Optimization: Four real-life Streamline use cases (Part 4)
System-level Analysis with Performance Counters - This is my last post of this series (see Timeline analysis, Smart software profiling and Benchmarking if you missed previous posts), and you would expect…