#PDF slides from 02023 introducing Transformers (for #AI #neural-networks) and #autodiff
"GateMate", a new (well, since 02020) #FPGA that supports #Yosys etc., made in 28nm at GlobalFoundries Dresden. They’re using 2-LUTs but have a 2×2-bit multiplier in each 8-input logic block. #hardware #electronics
new #LiDAR #electronics #hardware sensor
This is unsurprising but bad for #human-rights. Using BlueTooth, Wi-Fi, and license plates:
“An Integrated Signal Intelligence System
“Identify Suspects by the Electronic Devices They Use
“#ELSAG "SignalTrace" is a groundbreaking software system for law enforcement, designed to identify suspect people or vehicles, even when a license plate number is not known. This system integrates seamlessly with the ELSAG Enterprise Operations Center, our standard data management and analysis software.
“SignalTrace is designed to help law enforcement identify people of interest by the signals emitted from their electronic devices they travel with, such as fitness trackers, smartwatches, RFID tags, and local signals from their mobile phones.
“(...) while 70 cars in 100 may contain iPhones, only one will have an iPhone 13rev2, an Audi radio, a pair of Bose headphones, a Garmin sports watch, a key finder, and the license plate ABC-1234.”
Their defense against accusations of #privacy invasion: “Respects individuals’ privacy rights (does not decrypt or read content from devices).” But they’re doing dragnet data collection on innocent people: “The SignalTrace system simply stores data until a specific request is made of the system by an investigator. It allows an electronic signature to be alerted on once it has been identified in the process of an investigation, and only in a case where a crime occurred.” They show a photo of one mounted on a utility pole with a couple of panel antennas.
Hannah Ravensloft’s #PDF schematics of the #GateMate #FPGA #hardware design. #electronics
Hannah Ravensloft on #Mastodon (actually Sharkey)
#video #toread about #CH32V003 #microcontrollers. #electronics #hardware