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Neural Networks for Scalable Temporal Logic Model Checking in Hardware Verification
Ensuring the correctness of electronic designs is critical, as hardware flaws are permanent post-production and can compromise software reliability or the safety of cyber-physical systems. Verification is central to digital circuit engineering, with FPGA and IC/ASIC projects dedicating 40% and 60% of their time, respectively, to this process. While testing approaches, such as directed or…
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DeepMind’s JetFormer: Unified Multimodal Models Without Modelling Constraints
Recent advancements in training large multimodal models have been driven by efforts to eliminate modeling constraints and unify architectures across domains. Despite these strides, many existing models still rely on separately trained components such as modality-specific encoders and decoders. In a new paper JetFormer: An Autoregressive Generative Model of Raw Images and Text, a Google…
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Startups Begin Geoengineering the Sea
If you search up Hawaii’s Keāhole Point on Google Maps, center it on your screen, and then zoom out until you can see the edges of the globe, one thing will become abundantly clear: The Pacific Ocean is very, very big. In a few months, on this volcanic headland on Hawaii’s Big Island, marine-tech startup…
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The best iRobot vacuums of 2024: Expert tested and reviewed
We tested the most popular Roomba models to help you choose the best iRobot vacuum for your cleaning automation needs.
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The Top 8 Computing Stories of 2024
This year, IEEE Spectrum readers had a keen interest in all things software: What’s going on in the tumultuous world of open-source, why the sheer size of code is causing security vulnerabilities, and how we need to take seriously the energy costs of inefficient code. The ever-growing presence of artificial intelligence also made itself known…
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The Best Tested and Reviewed Mesh Wi-Fi Routers of 2024
Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested multiroom mesh systems will get you online in no time.
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Samsung HW-Q990D Review: Atmos Tested, Gamer Approved
Samsung’s celebrated flagship soundbar does just enough to beat out the rest of its Dolby Atmos competitors.
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Beyond Meat Says Being Attacked Has Just Made It Stronger
The plant-based-meat company’s CEO, Ethan Brown, credits a series of attack ads with prompting a potentially sector-saving change of plan.
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The Year Villainy Won
Villains were everywhere and more relatable than ever. Across pop culture, social media, and IRL, the phenomenon went full-on main character.
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The Worst Hacks of 2024
From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever.