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Launch startup Stoke Space rolls out software tool for complex hardware development

TechCrunch

Stoke Space , a company that’s developing a fully reusable rocket, has unveiled a new tool to let hardware companies track the design, testing and integration of parts. The new tool, Fusion , is targeting an unsexy but essential aspect of the hardware workflow. Brent Bradbury, Stoke’s head of software, echoed these comments.

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10 tips for de-risking hardware products

TechCrunch

Manufacturing real-life, tangible objects that you can touch is often a lot riskier than developing software. Once you’ve created 10,000 thingamajigs, it’s far harder to make changes to them than in the software world, where you can push an update if you want to tweak something. In other words, your potential customers.”

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From edge to cloud: The critical role of hardware in AI applications

CIO

All this has a tremendous impact on the digital value chain and the semiconductor hardware market that cannot be overlooked. Hardware innovations become imperative to sustain this revolution. So what does it take on the hardware side? For us, the AI hardware needs are in the continuum of what we do every day.

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Heterogeneous Hardware Needs Universal Software

DevOps.com

As hardware advances and diversifies, we’re entering what many see as a new golden age of computer architecture. The post Heterogeneous Hardware Needs Universal Software appeared first on DevOps.com. So many […]. So many […].

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Exafunction aims to reduce AI dev costs by abstracting away hardware

TechCrunch

But they share a common bottleneck: hardware. New techniques and chips designed to accelerate certain aspects of AI system development promise to (and, indeed, already have) cut hardware requirements. Emerging from stealth today, Exafunction is developing a platform to abstract away the complexity of using hardware to train AI systems.

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Mastering Hardware: My Nand2Tetris Journey Begins

Xebia

His death was a loss to the computer industry as he was considered one of the last people who truly understood hardware and software at a fundamental level. I have worked exclusively with software for my entire career, but I have always tried to expand my knowledge circle wider than my specific area of expertise.

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7 common pitfalls for hardware startups and how to avoid them

TechCrunch

You’ve likely heard that “hardware is hard”; mostly because hardware startups have to deal with things that software companies don’t really have to worry about. ” Hardware development is complex and challenging. Hardware development is inherently a lot more costly than cranking out software.

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