Tag: OSDDI

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CRU: Digital FOSSils, RISC-V Growth, Embench Benchmark, and More

AB Open’s Open Source Digital Design Insights (OSDDI) series has expanded with the launch of its first long-form article: Digital FOSSils, a look at the storied history of the free and open-source silicon movement. Today, while the term “free and open source silicon” might not be heard around every water… Read More

CRU: Circumference, the Pi 3 B+, El Correo Libre, SDR, and More

Ground Electronics, AB Open’s manufacturing division, today unveils a new “datacentre-in-a-box” platform targeting software development, testing, and education: the Raspberry Pi-powered Circumference. Presented to the public for the first time today ahead of a crowdfunding campaign launch in the coming weeks, Circumference is designed to offer all the functionality of… Read More

CRU: RISC-V, LoRa, Movidius, and More

The rise of low-power long-range radio technologies like LoRaWAN has been a boon for the Internet of Things (IoT), but working in radio brings unique challenges – as demonstrated by Embedded.com’s new guide to optimising the performance of embedded radios. Written by Chris Lamb and Rod Williams, the guide… Read More

CRU: PULP Interview, HiFive Unleashed, 3D Printed Sensors, and More

The IoT and sensor network focused Parallel Ultra Low Power (PULP) platform is described as a “silicon-proven parallel platform for ultra-low power computing targeting high energy efficiencies,” and project lead Davide Rossi has been kind enough to walk us through it in our latest Open Source Digital Design Insights… Read More

CRU: RISC-V Growth, FPGAs, Radio, and More

Microsemi has announced it is to help push RISC-V adoption through Mi-V, a new ecosystem which gives those developing on the open architecture full tier-one vendor support from the top down. “As a leader in RISC-V, we are pleased Microsemi is the first tier one vendor to build out a… Read More