Episodes
![Model-Based Design and the Rise of Software Defined Vehicle Development](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_072624_wgqkpz_300x300.jpg)
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This week model-based design and software defined vehicles take center stage! My guest Jim Tung (MathWorks fellow) and I discuss the trends driving a push toward software defined vehicles, the benefits of model-based design for SDV development and the tools that engineers should consider for virtualizing vehicle behavior. Also this week, I investigate a new enhanced event camera developed by a team of researchers at the University of Maryland which could vastly improve how robots see and react to the world around them.
![Next Generation Wafers and the Future of Optical Connectivity](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/iStock-164901330_673e9j_300x300.png)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Next Generation Wafers and the Future of Optical Connectivity
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
This week Mark Benton (TE Connectivity) joins me to chat all about rugged optical transceivers. Mark and I discuss how these transceivers can enable flexible embedded solutions, the challenges of unbalanced input and output channel counts in military and aerospace designs, and the benefits that modularity can bring to these kinds of designs. Also this week, I check out how you can take a trip to the outer edge of the stratosphere with the help of a space balloon.
![It's Not Just About Protecting the Chip: How Amida is Enhancing Security throughout the Semiconductor Lifecycle](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_071224_5sz29p_300x300.png)
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
My podcast guest this week is Margaret Schmitt, General Manager of the Microelectronics Security Division at Amida. We discuss common security threats facing microelectronics devices today, the details of Amida’s flagship Achilles solution, the innovative ways that Amida is enhancing security throughout the semiconductor lifecycle, and where Margaret sees hardware security headed in the future.
![All Powered Up: EVs, Wide Bandgap, and Saving the World with Power Semiconductors](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_062824_cv8kys_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Are you powered up for today’s Fish Fry? I certainly hope so! My podcast guest Frank Heidemann (National Instruments) and I are diving into the world of power semiconductors. We chat about recent trends in the power semiconductor market, the benefits of wide bandgap power semiconductors and the role that power semiconductors will play for the future of electric vehicles. Also this week, I check out a new way to recover rare earth elements needed for green energy. (Spoiler alert: it involves egg shells!)
![Fish Fry Special Edition: International Women in Engineering Day](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_062624_pwgcxg_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Fish Fry Special Edition: International Women in Engineering Day
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
In honor of International Women in Engineering Day, I have an extra podcast episode this week! My guests are Dawn Vertz from Kohler Energy, Sarah Boen from Tektronix and Rosa Chow from TDK. I sat down with each of these esteemed engineers and discussed their journeys into the world of high tech, how the EE landscape has changed over the years and what they would like to see in the future of engineering.
![At Memory Compute: Advancements in AI Inference with Untether AI](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_062124_ikx3gj_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 21, 2024
At Memory Compute: Advancements in AI Inference with Untether AI
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
In my podcast this week Bob Beachler from Untether and I explore Untether AI's unique approach to AI inference acceleration. We also chat about their recent collaboration with Arm and the benefits this collaboration brings to autonomous vehicle applications, and where Bob sees the evolution of AI-driven devices headed in the future. Also this week, I investigate how new research from the University of Michigan could help us decode dog barks… with the help of AI.
![The Communication Connection: Time Sensitive Networking, SOSA and the Ethernet Revolution](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_061424_2_spjw9v_300x300.png)
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
This week my podcast guest is longtime friend of the show Nigel Forrester from Concurrent Technologies! Nigel and I chat about time sensitive networking, how TSN profiles are grouped, what kind of standards are being developed to support these profiles, and how ethernet will pave the way for innovation in real-time communications in the future. Also this week, I check out how you can fly your very own eVTOL starting next month with the world's first commercial eVTOL!
![A Sea Change in Analog RF Architectures: The Future According to Direct RF](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_060724_uhmcuw_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 07, 2024
A Sea Change in Analog RF Architectures: The Future According to Direct RF
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
What do Direct RF, next generation signal processing, and the acoustic wonder of spider webs have in common? This here podcast! Noah Donaldson (CTO - Annapolis Micro Systems) joins me this week to chat about why Direct RF is a game changer for signal acquisition and processing. We also discuss the challenges inherent with Direct RF, the biggest benefits of this technology, and where Noah sees Direct RF headed in the future. Also this week, I examine new research from Binghamton University that contends that spider web acoustic sensing could lend itself to great strides in high-sensitivity, long-distance sound detection.
![Adventures in Hybrid Processing: A New Approach for Today’s Multitasking World](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_053124_4pn9wz_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Hybrid processing technology takes center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! Aaron Frank (Curtiss-Wright) joins me to chat about the evolution of processing for embedded systems, the biggest benefits of hybrid processors, why a new processing approach is more important now than ever before, and what the future looks like for hybrid processing.
![Deep-Tech Disruption: How imec is Advancing Startup Innovation with Imec.DeepTechVentures](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog524723/AD_052424_vs4tw7_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Did you know that imec is celebrating its forty year anniversary this year? This week, Olivier Rousseaux (imec) joins me to chat all about how imec is encouraging start up innovation with its DeepTechVentures. We investigate how imec can help you with your deep tech startup, the steps included the Imec.DeepTechVentures research process, and some of Olivier’s favorite startups that have been supported by imec.