The quantum computer hypeI just realized the quantum computer hype reached a new level when preparing slides for a presentation I gave yesterday.Apr 49Apr 49
In honor of John Horton ConwayWhen John Conway died on 11 April 2020, I didn’t have a blog yet. Now I do, so I give this great mathematician the honor he deserves.Jan 78Jan 78
PQC handbook, second editionThe second edition of the PQC handbook is out. And this is actually worth noting.Dec 13, 20242Dec 13, 20242
On addition and multiplicationAddition and multiplication are more complicated than you were taught at school.Nov 26, 20245Nov 26, 20245
Prime numbers and algorithmsWhile I am working on a few articles that require a lot of research, an interesting news item made me write this short article.Oct 24, 20242Oct 24, 20242
How the first calculators computed functionsThe multifunctional CORDIC operation is even used todayAug 15, 20249Aug 15, 20249
Lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike failThe CrowdStrike crisis had more than one cause. Let’s investigate.Jul 30, 2024Jul 30, 2024
On Morse and floppy disksFascinated by encoding using variable length symbolsJul 25, 20246Jul 25, 20246
Another brilliant solution to an obsolete problemDecimal floating point can be useful in calculators, but is not much used in computers, unfortunately.Jul 1, 2024Jul 1, 2024
The hardest baking contest in the worldI went on a business trip to the Brussels office of my company Worldline, and I combined this with a trip to Leuven, which is nearby. I…Jun 3, 2024Jun 3, 2024
