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  • Notes from Probabilistic Robotics

    Probabilistic Robotics by Sebastian Thrun aimed to teach me how to model uncertainty in robot perception and control using probabilistic techniques.

  • Notes from Intro to RL

    This is a summary from my understanding of reinforcement learning, based on the book Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction by Sutton and Barto, and supplemented with the YouTube series.

  • How FPGA lost to the AI race

    A post on how FPGA lost to NVIDIA. Not written by me.

  • Flash Attention on Tenstorrent Hardware

    Trying to understand how Flash Attention works on Tenstorrent and how it compares to CUDA

  • Understanding RISC-V

    If you’ve ever looked into processors, you’ve probably heard of big names like Intel, AMD, or ARM. But let me introduce you to **RISC-V**, a bold and open alternative that’s changing how CPUs are designed, built, and used.

  • The History of Compact Discs (CDs)

    A tale of technological innovation, corporate collobation, and mass adoption.

  • Understanding AdaNorm

    Understanding Adaptive Layer Normalization. First introduced in the DiT paper

  • Video Codecs

    What are video codes, their evolution, and how to work with them

  • Understanding Squared attention

    Just a brief explanation of how attention mechanism works. As well as the quadratic scaling of attention.

  • Unfulfilled Dream

    A reflective poem about identity, the tension between dreams and reality, and the struggle between belief and self