Why does AI suck at making clocks?

AI isn’t just bad at making clocks; it’s also bad at reading them. A 2025 study by technologist Alek Safar suggests that ...

Lego's high-tech Smart Brick is dividing its adult fanbase

Love it or hate it, Lego's Smart Brick has elicited strong reactions from its adult fanbase as they process the analog ...

Silanna Semiconductor Adds Feature-Rich DSPs to Configurable Plural ADC Family

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES, January 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Silanna Semiconductor today announced it has integrated a feature-rich DSP into its Plural™ family of high-speed, low-power ADCs. All ...
IEEE

Have Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) Really Learned to Tell the Time on Analog Clocks?

Multimodal Large Language Models which can answer complex questions on an image struggle to tell the time on analog clocks. Reading the time on an analog clock requires identifying the hands, their ...
IEEE

Design Techniques for Energy-Efficient Analog-to-Digital Converters

Abstract: The energy efficiency of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) has improved steadily over the past 40 years, with the best reported ADC efficiency improving by nearly six orders of magnitude ...