2011

March 31, 2011

Published by Gary Stringham at March 31, 2011

Football vs. Football

When I say “football,” what comes to your mind? If you live in the US, you are likely thinking of American football. If you live in Australia, you are likely thinking of Australian football. But for most of the world, the term football refers to association football which is also […]

February 28, 2011

Published by Gary Stringham at February 28, 2011

Is Your Safety Net an Afterthought?

At a recent DesignCon, I attended the panel, “The Same Chip Killers Keep Delaying Your Schedules – What Are You Doing About It?” consisting of Ed Sperling (Moderator/System-Level Design), John Busco (NVIDIA), Ravi Damaraju (Juniper Networks), Ramon Macias (NetLogic Microsystems), Sunil Malkani (Broadcom), and Bernard Murphy (Atrenta Inc.) Two of […]

January 31, 2011

Published by Gary Stringham at January 31, 2011

The Language Barrier

While living in Germany, I heard the following joke: Question: What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Answer: Trilingual. Q: What do you call someone who speaks two languages? A: Bilingual. Q: What do you call someone who speaks one languages? A: An American. If you were born […]