https://essenceia.github.io/Recent content on Tales on the wireHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Julia DesmazesFri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/floating_dragon/Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/floating_dragon/Actually building floating point from scratch!https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/tentpole_projects/Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/tentpole_projects/Projects that expand the space of possibility.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/alibaba_cloud_fpga/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/alibaba_cloud_fpga/No documentation, no problem!https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/textures_of_growing_up/Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/textures_of_growing_up/Description of the texture of my formative years.https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/ai_acceleratos/Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/ai_acceleratos/On coping with the difficulties of seperating sincere instrests from fenzys.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/two_weeks_until_tapeout/Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/two_weeks_until_tapeout/Chronicles of a bad idea. Or how I designed a systolic array with in-silicon debug infrastructure from scratch in under two weeks, and taped it out on Global Foundry 180 nm though a Tiny Tapeout experimental shuttle.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/blake2s_hashing_accelerator_a_solo_tapeout_journey/Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/blake2s_hashing_accelerator_a_solo_tapeout_journey/BLAKE2s ASIC implementation targetting the SKY130A process, tapedout with Tiny Tapeout.https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/forgetting_mortality/Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/thoughts/forgetting_mortality/How giants vanish in silience.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/d2020_p2/Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/d2020_p2/No documentation, no problem - part 2https://essenceia.github.io/projects/top_tb/Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/top_tb/Top level testbench for the ITCH and MoldUPD64 modules.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/itch/Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/itch/Design of the ITCH module.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/dev_board/Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/dev_board/Designing a small stm32h750 development board as an anniversary presenthttps://essenceia.github.io/projects/pcs/Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/pcs/RTL implementation of the Ethernet Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) for 10Gb and 40Gb fiber optics.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/d2020_p1/Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/d2020_p1/No documentation, no problemhttps://essenceia.github.io/about/Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/about/https://essenceia.github.io/projects/moldudp64/Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/moldudp64/Discussing the design of the current MoldUDP64 module.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/aes/Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/aes/Learn more about me and why I am starting this blog.https://essenceia.github.io/projects/blake2/Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://essenceia.github.io/projects/blake2/Learn more about me and why I am starting this blog.