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日本語(JA) GoogleのUSBアクセラレーターを独自ソフトで駆動、命令は4つのAIが解読 https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://fabscene .com/new/make/tinycoral-google-coral-edge-tpu-reverse-engineered-isa-ai-agents-t

AI agents reverse-engineer Google's Coral USB Accelerator

A project called tinycoral has successfully reverse-engineered Google's Coral USB Accelerator, enabling it to run without Google's proprietary software. German developer Frederik Rogalski developed the project, utilizing AI agents to write the code for chip instruction analysis, USB drivers, and a code generator. Rogalski used a MacBook to connect the approximately $60 Coral USB Accelerator, which features Google's Edge TPU for AI processing, and manually intervened by removing and reinserting the device when the chip stalled. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's capability in hardware reverse-engineering and driver development, potentially lowering barriers for custom hardware integration.

RANK_REASON Reverse-engineering of a hardware component using AI agents.

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AI agents reverse-engineer Google's Coral USB Accelerator

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    Google's USB accelerator driven by proprietary software, instructions decoded by four AIs https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://fabscene.com/new/make/tinycoral-google-coral-edge-tpu-reverse-engineered-isa-ai-agents-t

    GoogleのUSBアクセラレーターを独自ソフトで駆動、命令は4つのAIが解読 https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://fabscene .com/new/make/tinycoral-google-coral-edge-tpu-reverse-engineered-isa-ai-agents-tinygrad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tinycoral-google-coral-edge-tpu-reverse-engineered-isa-ai-agents-tin…