Episodes
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
This week’s podcast is all about military and aerospace designs! My first guest is Jake Braegelmann from New Wave DV. Jake and I discuss the advantages of PMC/XMC cards for modern warfare applications and the benefits that New Wave DV's Interface IP Cores and
FPGA/Interface cards bring to these designs. Also this week, Mike Walmsley from TE Connectivity joins me this week to chat about recent trends in video processing and the video protocols needed to support high resolution imaging. To finish things up, Billy Rhea from Airborn and I discuss connectors for rugged applications, what special design requirements are needed for these kinds of applications, and what plating materials are best for rugged designs.
Friday Jan 05, 2024
How Sandbox Semiconductor is Accelerating Semiconductor Process Development
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
My podcast guest this week is Meghali Chopra, CEO and Co-Founder of Sandbox Semiconductor. Meghali and I investigate how Sandbox Semiconductor is empowering the semiconductor manufacturing industry with the help of user-friendly, domain-specific software solutions. Meghali and I also walk through the different components of their Sandbox Studio including their AI analysis and visualization application called Sandbox Oculus, the analytics provided by their platform, and Sandbox Envision which helps engineers to visually interact with their process models and data. Also, this week I take a closer look at the curious similarity between the memory processing of AI models and the hippocampus of the human brain.
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Better Tools and Faster Results: How Cadence is Redefining RTL Design
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
We are diving headfirst into the world of RTL design this week! Rob Knoth (Cadence Design Systems) and I chat about RTL design and implementation issues facing engineers today, the details of Cadence’s Joules RTL Design Studio and the role that artificial intelligence plays in this solution. Also this week, I check out the world's first human brain-scale neuromorphic supercomputer.
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
EV charging takes center stage in this week’s podcast! My guest Adam Urban (Director of Engineering – SparkCharge) joins me to chat about how SparkCharge is changing the EV charging landscape. We dig into the details of their Roadie mobile DC fast charger, what their SparkCharge Out of Charge (OOC) Program is all about, and where Adam sees EV charging heading in the future. Also this week, I investigate how the feathers of a eastern bluebird could help usher in advancements in battery technology.
Friday Dec 08, 2023
AI is My Copilot: How Flux is Revolutionizing PCB Design
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
My podcast guest this week is Mattias Wagner from Flux! Mattias and I investigate the role that AI plays in the Flux PCB design platform. We also delve into the details of the Flux Method, Flux Model and Flux Co-pilot, and discuss why working smarter not harder is cornerstone to the Flux mission. I also investigate why the discovery of phosphorus in the outer reaches of the galaxy could have major implications for the possibility of alien life.
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
This week’s podcast is all about high speed communication, optical interfaces for military and aerospace designs, and 3D printing in space! My guest Patrick Mechin (Techway) and I discuss the trends in high speed communications, the benefits of optical interfaces for modern embedded systems, and how Techway is supporting innovation in this arena. Also this week, I check out how 3D-printed titanium dioxide foam could help us in our quest for space habitation.
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, ITTIA President Sasan Montaseri joins me to chat about the challenges of real-time data management, the best security practices when it comes to embedded IoT edge data management and how ITTIA can help you manage your embedded systems real-time data in a single database solution.
Friday Nov 03, 2023
The Freedom to Innovate: Arteris and the Rise of RISC-V
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
The adoption of RISC-V is spreading. Versatility and “freedom to innovate” are powering the ecosystem. In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, Frank Schirrmeister from Arteris and I explore how to enable better architecture optimization, manage different protocols with ease, and reduce interconnect area plus power consumption with network-on-chip IP. Also this week, I check out new soft medical micro robots developed by a team of researchers from the University of Waterloo.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Embedded to the Future: Smaller, Faster, Denser
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Longtime friend of the show Matt Burns joins me this week to discuss the future of embedded design. We investigate the role that PAM4 will play in this arena, the benefits that SoMs and CoMs bring to the embedded design ecosystem and why faster data rates and increased functionality will be driving forces in the future of embedded applications.