A SMALL WONDER – ON YOUR FINGERTIP

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MSPM0C1104 – the world’s smallest microcontroller. It is a machine that measures just 1.38mm2 in its WCSP package, roughly matching a flake of black pepper

Grok 3: The Name Says It All

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Computer scientists and engineers have never had to work too hard, or search too far to find catchy names for technologies and products.

Poem: The Protagonist

Poem on martyrdom and suffering

The one who sets in motion strange, impossible/Works, that once begun/
will stretch forth into space and time,/towards a history yet unborn,

Poem: A Silent Night

poem silent night

The night is silent; but is it holy?/The night’s freezing, the hour ungodly!/’Tis the hour when evil shapes/slink out of their filthy lair/and flit amongst the shadows

Poem: The Mother

poem moon

A horned owl hooted in derision across/the dark, putrid air (which was strange/because an ochre sun still glowered/on the horizon),/But no crickets chirped.