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Whenever we talk to potential customers about Stratus HLS, we usually mention that many users get better quality of results (QoR) with a Stratus HLS flow than they did simply writing RTL by hand. Often, we are greeted with looks of skepticism or downright disbelief. We are usually asked the honest question:

Can Stratus HLS really achieve better QoR than we can get using traditional RTL coding?

I assure you that it can…

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett completes the story of the evolving von Neumann computer architecture and the adaptations driven by recent cloud computing challenges. The effort to overcome these challenges has led to the development of a new industry standard called the Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators (CCIX).

https://youtu.be/D8pzVq4uJ-E

We’re going to take a wild guess and say you’ve been in a meeting before. Maybe it was a virtual meeting—but those never really feel the same in person, do they? Attending a virtual meeting can feel cold and impersonal, especially since you can barely see everyone else. Everyone is there except you—and even then, saying you’re “there” is a bit of a stretch.

Nowadays, though, there…

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett traces the evolution of the von Neumann computer architecture through a series of adaptations intended to bypass processing bottlenecks that appeared as more and more demands were placed on computing systems.  This provides a historical lens with which to view the recent development of the CCIX interconnect standard.

www.youtube.com/watch

Here’s something to chew on:

Syntiant is an AI startup involved in deep learning technology and semiconductor design. Their goal is to create exceptionally low-power designs for always-on devices, like those used in speech detection.

Syntiant went from empty air to tapeout in six months.

That sounds hard to believe, but it’s true. They got their first venture-capital funding in October of 2017, taped out initial…