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A mountain of AI math, a few precious bytes

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Executive Summary

Co-authored by Phillip Torrone and Mikey Sklar. We once had a Trinket M0 build fail because the firmware was eight bytes too big. A lot of our CircuitPython build optimization is handling all the error strings and their translations. That is the scale we work at now folks, and now we have a way to […]

Open Silicon & Gate-Level Hardware Inspection

From a silicon and hardware engineering viewpoint: - **Interface Neutrality:** Mitigates dependency on proprietary BSPs, empowering open toolchains to address hardware directly. - **Supply Chain Verification:** Schematics and open pinouts allow deterministic audits against silicon errata. - **Lifecycle Decoupling:** Decouples physical hardware utility from commercial vendor end-of-life obsolescence.

Impact on the Open Ecosystem

Ensures that computational autonomy remains in the hands of the architect rather than closed silicon vendors.

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