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The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated with various legends, but one of the most famous is the story of Chang’e and Hou Yi. The Legend of Chang’e and Hou Yi Long ago, there were ten suns in the sky, scorching the earth and causing great suffering. Hou Yi, a skilled archer, shot down nine of the suns, saving the world. As a reward, he received an elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West. However, Hou Yi did not want to become immortal without his beloved wife, Chang’e, so he left the elixir with her. One day, while Hou Yi was away, a greedy apprentice named Pang Meng tried to steal the elixir. To protect it, Chang’e drank the elixir and was lifted to the moon, where she became the Moon Goddess. Heartbroken, Hou Yi displayed the fruits and cakes that Chang’e loved, hoping to show her that he missed her. Moved by their love, the Mother of the Moon allowed Chang’e to reunite with Hou Yi once a year on the full moon of the eighth lunar month, ...

  The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duan Wu Jie in Chinese, has a rich history. One popular theory suggests it originated from the commemoration of a great patriot poet, Qu Yuan. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan served in the court of Emperor Huai. His fight against corruption led to his exile. In despair over the decline of his mother country, Chu State, he drowned himself in the Miluo River. Legend says that people raced their boats to search for his body and dropped rice into the river to prevent fish from feasting on it. Since then, dragon boat races, zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings), and other activities are held annually on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to honor Qu Yuan’s memory. #dragonboatfestival #端午節 #konijndesignstudio

  Power outages can have severe financial consequences for industrial facilities, some of which include: 1. Production Losses: One of the most significant financial consequences of power outages is production losses. When the power goes out, industrial processes are often disrupted, leading to missed deadlines and lost production. These losses can result in reduced productivity and lost revenue for the facility. Some industrial facilities may find it challenging to make up for lost production once power is restored, resulting in longer-term financial impacts. 2. Increased Costs: Power outages can increase the operating costs of industrial facilities. Facilities may need to purchase temporary generators or other equipment to restore power and maintain operations during the outage. These additional expenses can add up quickly, leading to increased production costs. 3. Equipment Damage: Power outages can also damage sensitive industrial equipment. When the power goes out and comes bac...

For those of you new to RISC-V, it is an open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that began as a 2010 project of UC Berkeley’s Parallel Computing Laboratory and is now ushering in a new era of chip design and innovation. As the adoption of RISC-V accelerates, it will be used to support a plethora of devices and products, from automotive to 5G and wireless networking, to data centers and beyond. We are seeing new RISC-V architectures that are, for example, designed to deliver new capabilities for pre-silicon development, allowing new ways for SoC (System-on-Chip) architects and system software developers to define new products. This enables organizations to quickly prototype a product, including products for automotive with safety packages. (an excerpt from “Driving the Future of Chip Innovation: Top Three Reasons to Adopt RISC-V” by Desi Banatao) As a RISC architecture, the RISC-V ISA is a  load–store architecture . Its floating-point instructions use  IEEE 754 ...

  Ushering in a new year comes with tons of excitement, anticipation and, of course, setting up new goals to be completed. Whether you’re choosing to ring in 2023 with a resolution to boost your business or to start a new venture, chances are you can take a few cues from Konijn Design Studio where we have mentored and guided hundreds of start-up companies and well-established corporations. To focus on a business direction, it can be helpful to: Clearly define your goals and objectives. Conduct market research to understand the needs and wants of your target audience. Identify the unique value proposition of your business and how it differentiates from competitors. Develop a detailed business plan outlining the steps you will take to achieve your goals. Prioritize and execute on the most important tasks and activities that align with your business direction. Continuously evaluate and adjust your strategy as needed based on market conditions and customer feedback. Stay disciplined an...