Tricky Bits with Rob and PJ Rob Wyatt and PJ McNerney

Enjoying the show? Hating the show? Want to let us know either way? Text us!Microsoft recently introduced its CoPilot + PCs as a fully integrated lineup...based on ARM processors (Qualcomm's Snapdragon specifically), unified memory, and requirements around the onboard TPUs.Hmm...sound very Apple-like, no?With an apparent revitalized push back into the consumer space, what does this mean for the future of the hardware? Specifically, the Wintel era meant infinite flexibility, configurability, a...

Enjoying the show? Hating the show? Want to let us know either way? Text us!Hype is all around around the tech stories that are out there....Apple has a terrible ad for a thinner iPad!Google is leaving San Fran and moving jobs overseas!Announcements around AI that is going to revolutionize everything!!!Tech companies are acting like big corporations!!!Maybe it is just us...but does anyone get the impression that tech news is actually a bit boring right now? Perhaps we are just exhausted ...

Enjoying the show? Hating the show? Want to let us know either way? Text us!CPUs have been around for forever as the heart of computers....then came GPUs to enable cool real time graphics...and later bitcoin mining...then some clever folks figured out how train AIs on them...which leads to a new explosion of processing units tuned specifically for AI development (see Google's TPUs, Apple's Neural Engines, Meta's MTIAs).Why do we have them all? And what the heck do they all mean? And why shoul...

Enjoying the show? Hating the show? Want to let us know either way? Text us!In the arms race of computational performance gains and big market splashes...security issues can pop their ugly head, something going all the way down to the hardware level...and when they happen, they can be brutal.In this episode of Tricky Bits, Rob and PJ discuss a recent article and research on hacking into the M-series chips, using clever attacks to extract data that is, ideally, supposed to be kept secret.&nbsp...

Enjoying the show? Hating the show? Want to let us know either way? Text us!Ever wondered why a virtual rollercoaster can leave your stomach in knots, despite never leaving your living room? Strap in and brace yourself as we unpack the enigma of VR-induced nausea with the expert insights of Nemanja Milosavljevic from Neurosync Labs. Our latest episode of Tricky Bits zooms in on the battle between our eyes and our inner ear when diving into the digital deep end, bringing to light the vestibula...

Enjoying the show? Hating the show? Want to let us know either way? Text us!Hardware is where the digital meets up with physical reality.In the modern world, software can be developed and deployed worldwide in timescales measured in minutes....but despite advances in development, consumer hardware at scale still presents many difficult challenges.Although there are many modern avenues to prototyping hardware solutions, making the leap beyond RPi, Arduino, ESP level projects into mass market d...