AI (CLIPs) is a functional programming system and a mathematical intelligence basis, not yet developed to the point of full capacity. It needs to be as free as any language or programming system. At this time, it is being developed…
Below is my conversation with ChatGPT about the issues that ChatGPT continually said were issues, but that we did not define as issues. These are not hallucinations; this is decision-making that the program, the algorithm, does not understand, and knows…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science A more capable embedded display does not always require a larger processor. STMicroelectronics’ TouchGFX 4.27 update shows why the way an application uses memory can be just as important to the interface a user…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science A future muon collider would require researchers to solve tightly connected accelerator, detector and engineering problems. A new AI4MuC workshop report maps where AI could accelerate that work while keeping physical validation at the…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science The environmental discussion around AI often begins with the construction of more computing capacity. MIT’s recent profile of Christina Delimitrou points to another engineering question: how effectively are data centers using the systems already…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science A neural network that performs a task well does not necessarily explain how a biological brain learns. New research highlighted by MIT examines whether simple local rules can produce a network’s own learning machinery,…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science Generating a hardware description is a different achievement from completing a design that satisfies an engineering workflow. A recent AI Hardware Design League preprint makes that distinction visible by reporting participation, progression and physical-design…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science A semiconductor company combination becomes an engineering story when it changes the choices and support available to design teams. Skyworks’ October 5 announcement that it completed its combination with Qorvo makes those customer questions…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science An AI workload does not become economical simply because it runs on the newest accelerator. Intel’s OCP 2026 agenda puts the placement of work across different computing resources at the center of its infrastructure…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science The transition to a larger wafer format is a manufacturing program before it becomes an advantage in a finished power device. Infineon’s October 15 agreement with Wolfspeed provides a concrete development to examine as…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science A connected product needs more than a working radio before it can join a trusted ecosystem. STMicroelectronics’ September MatterConnect update focuses on the certificates and keys that must reach the right device through a…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science A smaller motor-control assembly still has to meet the same mechanical task and electrical demands as the equipment it replaces. STMicroelectronics’ STSPIN9P announcement addresses that tension with a family of compact high-current drivers. ST…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science A vehicle instrument cluster must deliver information dependably as well as present it attractively. Infineon’s TRAVEO T2G CYT4EN announcement offers an MCU-based approach to display applications often associated with more complex computing platforms. Infineon…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science An AI server power architecture needs a defined response when equipment is connected, disconnected or develops a fault. Infineon’s new XDP8HD40S-1 brings digital control and event information to that protection problem. Infineon introduced the…
Leading AI researchers warn that growing capability and autonomy can make systems harder to control. Their concerns point to concrete engineering safeguards rather than assumptions about consciousness or inevitable catastrophe. Hinton, Bengio and Russell emphasize control, objectives and safeguards from…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science The computing capacity of an AI installation is only useful when the surrounding system can move information reliably. TI’s LMK6B announcement highlights a less visible part of that infrastructure: the timing source. TI presents…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science Moving AI infrastructure toward higher-voltage distribution changes the questions engineers must ask about connection, interruption and fault containment. TI’s LMI800PS announcement puts an integrated isolated hot-swap controller at the center of that discussion. TI…
Stephen A. Vicinanza | Embedded Science An AI server can fail because of an electrical event that never appears in its average operating measurements. Texas Instruments’ October 12 announcement of the ADC34DSO75 directs attention toward those brief disturbances and the…