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M. Tim Jones is a veteran embedded firmware architect with over 30 years of architecture and development experience.  Tim is the author of several books and many articles across the spectrum of software and firmware development.  His engineering background ranges from the development of kernels for geosynchronous spacecraft to embedded systems architecture and protocol development. 


Edge Security in an Insecure World
On May 21, 2021 in All, Computing, Security by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
Security is often an afterthought in edge device design. Edge devices can be secured when you understand how they can be exploited. In this blog, we'll explore access security, data security, and manageability as the means to ensure your edge device doesn't become the next security incident headline.
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Tagged With: attack surface, edge computing, exploit, iot, security
Deep Learning Spearheaded by GPUs
On December 11, 2020 in All, Computing, EIT 2020: The Intelligent Revolution by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
As AI shifted to a focus on artificial neural networks, hardware accelerators soon followed to address power-hungry servers as well as power-efficient embedded devices. Even custom hardware has appeared illustrating the popularity and power of deep learning.
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Tagged With: accelerators, applications, computation, deep learning, deep learning optimization, gpu, gpus, intel, learning, machine, smartphone
Languages Evolve to Support AI Development
On November 18, 2020 in All, Computing, EIT 2020: The Intelligent Revolution by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
Programming languages were born from AI and evolved to meet the growing demand of AI applications. And as AI algorithms advanced, so did the languages to support new statistical methods and the toolkits that expanded these language’s machine learning capabilities.
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Tagged With: ai, deep learning, languages, learning, lisp, machine, machine learning, programming, python, r language, tensorflow
How IoT Developers Can Build Users' Trust
On June 30, 2020 in All, IoT by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
The Internet of Things could represent a technology that benefits us in enumerable ways or it could evolve into a dystopian future that we would fear. Here, we'll look at how IoT can be our worst fear and what IoT developers can do to build users' trust.
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Tagged With: data, developers, device, devices, gdpr, hackers, iot, privacy, security, users
Blockchain Benefits IoT Security in Many Ways
On June 3, 2020 in All, IoT, Security by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
Blockchain is the enabling technology for Bitcoin, but it also has various uses in Internet of Things technology. Here, we'll explore blockchain and how it can benefit IoT.
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Tagged With: blockchain, data, devices, images, IoT, metadata, security, transactions, trust
IoT Developers Must Consider Design and Security
On May 18, 2020 in All, IoT, Security by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
The landscape of technology for connected device development has exploded recently. A considerable number of challenges are associated with Internet of Things development and deployment, which means designers should consider interoperability, security and data protection, and data fatigue.
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Tagged With: devices, firmware, hackers, internet, interoperability, IoT, management, security
How to Scale Various IoT System Levels
On April 22, 2020 in All, IoT by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
Scaling means many things in the Internet of Things (IoT). Here we explore the idea of scaling at the various levels of an IoT system.
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Tagged With: cloud, device, gateway, IoT, scaling
Machine Learning Playing Key Roles for IoT
On April 14, 2020 in All, IoT by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
Machine learning is the future of the Internet of Things (IoT), but not all problems require resource-heavy deep-learning implementations. Let’s explore how other machine learning approaches can be used in today’s IoT devices.
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Tagged With: IoT, Machine Learning
Data Analysis Adds Insights Into IoT
On April 8, 2020 in All, IoT by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
Devices are the focus of the Internet of Things (IoT), but the data that these devices generate and the ability to analyze the data are the real value. But what about analytics for the IoT, the challenges it brings, and why is it the core of the IoT?
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Tagged With: analytics, apache, cloud, IoT
Keeping Edge Devices Secure in Process Setups
On March 27, 2020 in All, Industrial, IoT, Security by M. Tim Jones
M. Tim Jones
Modern processor architectures include security building blocks that can help you design secure edge devices. Here, we'll explore some of the most important features for edge computing and the security measures that will help keep your device and its data secure.
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Tagged With: insructions, TPM, virtualization, application partitions, crypto-processor, Edge device, security

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