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Due to size, efficiency, power, and cost constraints, embedded hardware is characterized by limited resources (CPU, program space, and RAM).

— In our words · Source: Tiny Machine Learning QuickStart (Simone Salerno)

[Use when]

Use when someone argues "just use a bigger chip" as if cost and power were free.

[Why it matters]

The envelope is the forcing function: fixed mass, fixed power, fixed link budget means every subsystem trades against every other — constraint is what turns a wish list into a design.

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