Tribute to Open Source Software

Satu Thoughts

What if there was no free and Open Source Software? What if all software applications and therefore electronic devices would cost thousands of euros? Would we then be so glued to our tablets browsing Facebook updates or tweeting to our followers? I went to school in the 1980’s and I must admit I didn’t grow up in the world of …

Some questions answered

Satu Thoughts

It’s been a hectic and fruitful week. After publishing our idea of SiroHub to a wider audience, we’ve received a lot of attention most of which has been very positive. Thank you for that. There were also relevant comments and questions that we feel deserve answers in this or in coming posts. Those who already are familiar with microchip development know …

SiroHub – The Environment Where Work Is Fun

Satu Thoughts

We’ve been explaining what SiroHub is about to many kinds of audiences, over and over. And yes, it is difficult to squeeze the message in. Old colleagues and people working with microchips have a privilege to get the point quicker, but how to approach an audience that doesn’t know that microchips even exist (even though they are using them every …

SIROIC – microchips for everyone

Satu Thoughts

It was 2007 when the world stopped for the first time. Nokia, the biggest mobile phone company in the world, decided to stop designing their own ASICs. We were not kicked out but sold. A short relief. In 2012 we, who thought to have done excellent job in creating the most competing mobile system ASICs, had to go. Many old …

Trend toward mass collaboration

petri Thoughts

Everyone knows the exploded growth in the game and software business in general. Especially gaming industry is hyped so that even the education is skewed towards games and software development. Who would have guessed that Universities of applied sciences educate engineers for Gaming industry. What enabled the explosion of software business? Some of the biggest contributors are Open Source communities …