2014 element14 Community Awards: Technology

element14 Community Awards 2014

The nominees for the 2014 element14 Community Technology of the Year category represent the eclectic nature of the content, discussions and products featured on the element14 Community. You can learn more about this years nominees here.

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johnbeetem over 10 years ago +1

I voted for FPGAs, natürlich . But then, FPGAs are always my Technology of the Year. For most people, FPGAs are at best the Technology of a Future Year, kind of like "GNU/Linux on the Desktop" 2014 was…
vsluiter over 10 years ago +1

I voted FPGA because Zynq is not in the list, and it IS the new enabler for size and performance in new projects. IoT is some marketing term that's being overused by everyone.

tekmeister over 10 years ago

I would argue "Wearables" is actually the technology of the year. I suppose strictly, it's not a "technology" per se, but it is as much a movement as IoT.
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vsluiter over 10 years ago

I voted FPGA because Zynq is not in the list, and it IS the new enabler for size and performance in new projects. IoT is some marketing term that's being overused by everyone.
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johnbeetem over 10 years ago

I voted for FPGAs, natürlich. But then, FPGAs are always my Technology of the Year. For most people, FPGAs are at best the Technology of a Future Year, kind of like "GNU/Linux on the Desktop"

2014 was a particularly good year for getting FPGAs into the hands and minds of the masses, with great boards becoming available from ValentF(x), Gadget Factory, Hackaday, Scarab, Olimex, and others. It also saw general recognition that current FPGA software has an unnecessarily steep learning curve, which is holding back FPGA potential. My Flavia project is one of several efforts addressing this issue.
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