In a previous post I argued that machine-readable specifications are the foundation for AI-augmented hardware design. This post digs into a specific tool for that job: TLA+ and its procedural fron...

Every hardware team has lived this: a 400-page PDF spec says one thing, the RTL says another, and the testbench assumes a third. The bug that falls out is nobody’s fault and everybody’s problem. ...

Architectural decisions for a high-performance I/O-memory fabric should be grounded in data, not gut feel. It sounds obvious, but in practice the pressure to “just pick something reasonable” is re...

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