Episodes
Friday Dec 06, 2019
All of the Information: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Did you know that over a hundred devices are connected to the internet every second? In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we take a closer look at the challenges facing us as we develop the next generation of connected devices. Tom Doyle (CEO - Aspinity) joins me to discuss the details of Aspinity’s innovative RAMP (Reconfigurable Analog Modular Processor) platform, the "deal breakers" as he sees them when it comes to IoT designs, and why the answer to our always-on, always-sensing power challenges is architectural. Also this week, we check out Kickstarter’s Make 100 campaign and a new kind of high-performance multilayer piezo speaker from TDK called PiezoListen.
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Avoiding IoT Purgatory
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
“Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore” - Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz
We’ve all been there. We’ve lost of our way and the road ahead is more than just a bit fuzzy. In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, I sit down with Lou Lutostanski (Avnet) and chat about why IoT projects are so challenging and what we can do if we find ourselves stuck in “IoT Purgatory.” Keeping with our IoT theme, we also investigate how Purdue University is looking to protect our smart implanted devices with electro-quasistatic human body communications and how a new kickstarter campaign called “Fromaggio” is taking the IoC (Internet of Cheese) to a whole new level.
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Honey, I Shrunk the Semiconductor
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we are headed to the smallest of the small process geometries: 2nm! My guest Ruben Molina (Synopsys) and I are talking about how exactly we are going to get started with these tiny process nodes and how technical advisory boards are driving the charge toward standardization and process architecture specification. Also this week, we take a closer look at the world’s first mobile skin bioprinting system unveiled by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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Links for March 8, 2019
Industry Leaders Collaborate with Synopsys on Modeling Standards to Address Design Down to 2nm
Mobile Bedside Bioprinter Can Heal Wounds (Wake Forest School of Medicine)
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Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Dave Kleidermacher, CTO – Green Hills Software
Michiel Ligthart, COO – Verific
Adnan Hamid, CEO – Breker Technologies
Simon Davidmann, CEO – Imperas
Ted Miracco, CEO – SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
Jessica Gomez – Rogue Valley Microdevices
Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative
Kevin Bromber, CEO – myDevices
Daniel Hansson, CEO – Verifyter
Dr. Steven LeBoeuf, President – Valencell
Allan Martinson, COO – Starship Technologies
Zhihong Liu, Chairman and CEO – ProPlus Solutions
Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon
Kapil Shankar, CEO and Director – AnDAPT
Lawrence Cooke, Founder and CEO — NovaSolix
Gregg Recupero, CTO — Performance-IP
Carl Alberty, Vice President – Cirrus Logic
Maximilian Odendahl, CEO — Silexica
Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek
Sanjay Pillay, CEO — Austemper
Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire
Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro
Jake Janovetz, President – Opal Kelly
Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA
Bob Smith, Executive Director - ESD Alliance
Rick O'Connor, Executive Director - RISC V Foundation
Naveed Sherwani, CEO and Yunsup Lee, CTO/Founder- SiFIve
Doug Letcher, CEO and President – Metrics Technologies
Friday Nov 02, 2018
On Your Mark, Get Set, MEMS!
Friday Nov 02, 2018
Friday Nov 02, 2018
This week’s podcast is coming to you from the land of vineyards, grapevines, and MEMS magnetic field sensors -- Napa Valley, California! In this episode of Fish Fry, we have an interview with each of the entrants of this year’s MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress Technology Showcase (think of it like a mini "Shark Tank" for MEMS stuff). We've got the skinny on a new wearable continuous blood glucose monitor, a new wearable brain impact monitor, new "smart" skates, and more!
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Links for November 2, 2018
More information about the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress
More information about the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress' Technology Showcase
More information about Alertgy
More information about Scorched ICE
More information about SportFitz
More information about N5 Sensors
Asset Tracking Demo: Track the journey of a package using Motion Sensors
Follow EE Journal’s Live Coverage of the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress
Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Dave Kleidermacher, CTO – Green Hills Software
Michiel Ligthart, COO – Verific
Adnan Hamid, CEO – Breker Technologies
Simon Davidmann, CEO – Imperas
Ted Miracco, CEO – SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
Jessica Gomez – Rogue Valley Microdevices
Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative
Kevin Bromber, CEO – myDevices
Daniel Hansson, CEO – Verifyter
Dr. Steven LeBoeuf, President – Valencell
Allan Martinson, COO – Starship Technologies
Zhihong Liu, Chairman and CEO – ProPlus Solutions
Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon
Kapil Shankar, CEO and Director – AnDAPT
Lawrence Cooke, Founder and CEO — NovaSolix
Gregg Recupero, CTO — Performance-IP
Carl Alberty, Vice President – Cirrus Logic
Maximilian Odendahl, CEO — Silexica
Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek
Sanjay Pillay, CEO — Austemper
Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire
Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro
Jake Janovetz, President – Opal Kelly
Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA
Bob Smith, Executive Director - ESD Alliance
Rick O'Connor, Executive Director - RISC V Foundation
Naveed Sherwani, CEO and Yunsup Lee, CTO/Founder- SiFIve
Doug Letcher, CEO and President – Metrics Technologies
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! -- Audrey Hepburn
In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we take a closer look at how Avnet and Not Impossible Labs are collaborating on a new a category of vibratory wearables. Kevin Sellers (Avnet) joins us to discuss how these new wearable technologies will improve quality of life for people affected by motor-related issues and help the deaf to experience live music. Kevin and I also discuss Avnet's role in The Not Impossible Awards and what the future looks like for this unique collaboration. In this week’s News You May Have Missed, we investigate how Leti is hoping to change smart glasses as we know them - with a little help fro some holographic images that are projected directly into our eyes.
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Links for October 12, 2018
More information about Avnet and Not Impossible Labs
Avnet and Not Impossible Labs Enable the Deaf to Experience Live Music
New Display Design Could Make Lightweight, Compact Smart Glasses a Reality (The Optical Society of America)
See-through holographic retinal projection display concept (Whitepaper)
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Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Dave Kleidermacher, CTO – Green Hills Software
Michiel Ligthart, COO – Verific
Adnan Hamid, CEO – Breker Technologies
Simon Davidmann, CEO – Imperas
Ted Miracco, CEO – SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
Jessica Gomez – Rogue Valley Microdevices
Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative
Kevin Bromber, CEO – myDevices
Daniel Hansson, CEO – Verifyter
Dr. Steven LeBoeuf, President – Valencell
Allan Martinson, COO – Starship Technologies
Zhihong Liu, Chairman and CEO – ProPlus Solutions
Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>
Kapil Shankar, CEO and Director – AnDAPT
Lawrence Cooke, Founder and CEO — NovaSolix
Gregg Recupero, CTO — Performance-IP
Carl Alberty, Vice President – Cirrus Logic
Maximilian Odendahl, CEO — Silexica
Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek
Sanjay Pillay, CEO — Austemper
Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire
Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro
Jake Janovetz, President – Opal Kelly
Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA
Friday Jul 27, 2018
The Challenge of Systemic Complexity
Friday Jul 27, 2018
Friday Jul 27, 2018
We’re tackling the multi-faceted challenges of embedded software development in this week’s episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry. Simon Davidmann (CEO - Imperas) joins us to discuss how familiar debug environments can make all the difference in complex designs and why RISC-V architecture is gaining traction in the EE ecosystem. Next up, Rupert Baines (CEO - UltraSoC) joins us to chat about the details of their “Smart Monitor” IP blocks and how they can oversee all the “moving” parts of your design (and keep them all playing nicely together). Also this week, we check out a new wearable skin sensor developed at Stanford University that can detect stress levels through sweat.
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Links for July 27, 2018
More information about Imperas
More information about UltraSoC
New Episode of Chalk Talk: MLCC Alternatives
Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Darrin Billerbeck, CEO – Lattice Semiconductor
Dave Kleidermacher, CTO – Green Hills Software
Michiel Ligthart, COO – Verific
Adnan Hamid, CEO – Breker Technologies
Jeff Waters, VP and General Manager – Altera
Simon Davidmann, CEO – Imperas
Ted Miracco, CEO – SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
Jessica Gomez – Rogue Valley Microdevices
Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative
Kevin Bromber, CEO – myDevices
Daniel Hansson, CEO – Verifyter
Dr. Steven LeBoeuf, President – Valencell
Allan Martinson, COO – Starship Technologies
Zhihong Liu, Chairman and CEO – ProPlus Solutions
Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>
Kapil Shankar, CEO and Director – AnDAPT
Lawrence Cooke, Founder and CEO — NovaSolix
Gregg Recupero, CTO — Performance-IP
Carl Alberty, Vice President – Cirrus Logic
Maximilian Odendahl, CEO — Silexica
Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek
Sanjay Pillay, CEO — Austemper
Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire
Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro
Jake Janovetz, President – Opal Kelly
Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA
Friday Jan 12, 2018
If I Only Had a Brain-1
Friday Jan 12, 2018
Friday Jan 12, 2018
"I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."
-- Scarecrow - The Wizard of Oz)
In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we set our sights on open source hardware design. Jake Janovetz (President - Opal Kelly) introduces us to a brand new crowdfunding campaign called the Brain-1. Jake and I discuss the the details of Brain-1, why they chose crowdfunding to launch this project, and what their new SYZYGY interconnect standard is all about. We also take a closer look at world’s smallest wearable sensor called UVSense rolled out this week at the Consumer Electronics Show. We check out how this sensor technology (which is a collaboration between cosmetics company L’Oreal and Northwestern University) could how we measure harmful UV ray exposure.
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Links for January 12, 2018
More information about Opal Kelly
More information about the Brain-1 Crowdfunding Campaign
Feature Article by Kevin Morris: A New Standard for FPGA Peripherals --
Opal Kelly Announces SYZYGY
Researchers develop world's smallest wearable device
Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Darrin Billerbeck, CEO – Lattice Semiconductor
Paul Kocher, President – Cryptography Research Inc.
Dave Kleidermacher, CTO – Green Hills Software
Michiel Ligthart, COO – Verific
Adnan Hamid, CEO – Breker Technologies
Jeff Waters, VP and General Manager – Altera
Simon Davidmann, CEO – Imperas
Ted Miracco, CEO – SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
Jessica Gomez – Rogue Valley Microdevices
Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative
Kevin Bromber, CEO – myDevices
Daniel Hansson, CEO – Verifyter
Dr. Steven LeBoeuf, President – Valencell
Allan Martinson, COO – Starship Technologies
Zhihong Liu, Chairman and CEO – ProPlus Solutions
Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>
Kapil Shankar, CEO and Director – AnDAPT
Kim Rowe, Founder and CEO — RoweBots
Lawrence Cooke, Founder and CEO — NovaSolix
Gregg Recupero, CTO — Performance-IP
Carl Alberty, Vice President – Cirrus Logic
Maximilian Odendahl, CEO — Silexica
Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager -- MediaTek
Sanjay Pillay, CEO — Austemper
Harold Blomquist, CEO - Helix Semiconductor
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders - Maker Faire
Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder - Menlo Micro
Friday Mar 17, 2017
GPGPUs, Molecule Robots, and UAVs! Oh MY!
Friday Mar 17, 2017
Friday Mar 17, 2017
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! This week’s episode of Fish Fry has absolutely nothing to do with Ireland or St. Patrick, but has everything to do with molecular robots programmed with DNA, general purpose computing on GPUs, and featherweight systems for unmanned aerial vehicles. We start things off with a closer look at the creation of a new amoeba-like molecular robot by a team of researchers in Japan. This robot that can continuously change its shape, propel itself with cell-like motion, and can be controlled by DNA signals that respond to light. Also this week, we delve into the world of GPGPUs with Doug Patterson from AITech. Doug and I discuss the challenges GPGPUs were created to solve and where general purpose computing on GPUs is headed from here. We also dig into the details of a new featherweight system created by AITech and ADLINK developed for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Links for March 17, 2017
Micrometer-sized molecular robot changes its shape in response to signal molecules (Article)
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Less Silicon, More Brain
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Friday Nov 11, 2016
It all started in 1976 with a pressure control sensor in an automotive design. The sensor revolution began, and we had no idea that in forty short years we would be looking at sensors and MEMS-enabled systems that would drive around thirty million connected devices. In this week’s Fish Fry, we bring you the coolest innovations and groundbreaking designs from this year’s MEMS Executive Congress in Scottsdale Arizona. We’ve got a selection of interviews from the Technology Showcase including a new always-on piezoelectric MEMS microphone, a biometric gaming application that uses real-time biometric data, the world’s first SmartCase with built-in microprocessing technology, and much more.
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Links for November 11, 2016
More information about the MEMS and Sensors Executive Congress
More information about Valencell
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Accuracy in Motion
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Friday Aug 12, 2016
We all want to trust that our wearable device is measuring our health and fitness accurately, but what does that truly mean? In this week’s Fish Fry, Dr. Steven LeBoeuf (President - Valencell) and I discuss the forces driving the wearable market today, what the future holds for wearable technology, and why he thinks inaccuracy and “death by discharge” are two of the biggest design challenges facing wearable technology designers today. Also this week, we check out how you can enter the MEMS & Sensors Technology Showcase at this year's MEMS Executive Congress and how Cadence Design Systems' new Virtuoso ADE Product Suite can address the different requirements and challenges for your team's analog design tools.
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Links for August 12, 2016
More information about Valencell
More information about the 2016 MEMS Executive Congress
Enter your design in the MEMS & Sensors Technology Showcase
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Introduction to the New Virtuoso ADE Product Suite