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7 common pitfalls for hardware startups and how to avoid them

TechCrunch

You’ve likely heard that “hardware is hard”; mostly because hardware startups have to deal with things that software companies don’t really have to worry about. ” Hardware development is complex and challenging. Hardware development is inherently a lot more costly than cranking out software.

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EnCharge AI emerges from stealth with $21.7M to develop AI accelerator hardware

TechCrunch

EnCharge AI , a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge , today emerged from stealth with $21.7 Speaking to TechCrunch via email, co-founder and CEO Naveen Verma said that the proceeds will be put toward hardware and software development as well as supporting new customer engagements.

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Simplify debugging to reduce the complexity of embedded system development

TechCrunch

The complexity associated with the development of embedded systems is increasing rapidly. Today, every piece of hardware is driven by software and most hardware is composed of multiple electronic boards running synchronized applications. Thankfully, there are practical ways to reduce the complexity of debugging embedded systems.

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Nomod raises $3.4M seed to allow merchants accept payments without hardware

TechCrunch

One, most of them are excluded from various payment ecosystems globally due to their size, and two, getting hardware from providers can be expensive. . based fintech Nomod allows these businesses to bypass the card terminal by providing a platform to accept card payments on their phone with no extra hardware. The company has raised $3.4

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Seekr finds the AI computing power it needs in Intel’s cloud

CIO

The company needs massive computing power with CPUs and GPUs that are optimized for AI development, says Clark, adding that Seekr looked at the infrastructure it would need to build and train its huge AI models and quickly determined that buying and maintaining the hardware would be prohibitively expensive.

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Facts about System Testing: 2021

Openxcell

Testing ensures that the software is free of faults and fits the requirements. In any software development project, testing is essential. The fundamental purpose of software testing is to ensure that the software in testing generates the correct result for a given input. Testing does not automatically repair the software.

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Facts about System Testing: 2021

Openxcell

Testing ensures that the software is free of faults and fits the requirements. In any software development project, testing is essential. The fundamental purpose of software testing is to ensure that the software in testing generates the correct result for a given input. Testing does not automatically repair the software.

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