Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry

Open source is the name of the game this week! Arun Gupta from Intel and I investigate the many ways that open source initiatives can foster innovation. We also chat about Intel’s history in the open source community, the evolution of Intel’s open source strategy and the progressive open source initiatives Intel is working on right now. Also this week, I check out the details of an open source tool from MIT's Senseable City Lab that can help people measure air pollution cheaply from anywhere.

 

This week’s Fish Fry podcast is all about photonic-electronic integration! My guest Dr. Adam Carter (CEO - OpenLight Photonics) and I discuss why there is a growing need for greater photonic-electronic integration, the role that PICs and on-chip optical amplification play in LiDAR applications, and the details of OpenLight’s open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers. Also this week, I investigate a new experimental laser therapy that was able to boost short term memory.

In this week’s podcast, my guest is DAC60 Engineering Tracks Program Chair Ambar Sarkar. Ambar and I chat all about this year’s Design Automation Conference including the new aspects of this year’s exhibition and conference, the RISC-V zone, what you can expect from this year’s visionary talks and keynotes, and the details of the DAC60 Celebration Panel called Designing the Future. Also this week, I investigate how AI coupled with the of 233 different primate species could help us unlock the mysteries of disease-causing genetic mutations in humans.

 

How about an automotive themed Fish Fry podcast to start your Friday? My guest this week is Sandeep Krishnego from Infineon and we are investigating the world’s first LPDDR flash memory. We investigate the benefits of this new memory solution and how it will drive innovation in the next generation of automotive designs. Also this week, I check out a hidden culprit found in automotive emissions. (Spoiler Alert: it's not coming out of the tailpipe.)

Physically aware network-on-chips take center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! Andy Nightingale from Arteris and I investigate the role that network-on-chips have played in the development of SoC designs. We also discuss the details of Arteris' FlexNoC 5 Physically Aware Network-on-Chip IP, and how a physically aware NoC can not only help you address your PPA goals but also get you to physical convergence faster. Also this week, I investigate a newly discovered exoplanet called LP 791-18d. 

This week’s Fish Fry podcast is all about AI-driven verification! Matt Graham (Cadence Design Systems) and I examine the what, why, and how of Cadence’s new Verisium AI-driven verification platform. We investigate applications included in this platform and why this platform is a huge shift away from single-run, single-engine algorithms to algorithms that leverage big data and AI across multiple runs of multiple engines throughout the SoC verification lifecycle.

 

Field programmable gate arrays take center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! Mid-range FPGAs to be exact!  Gordon Hands (Lattice Semiconductor) and I chat all about Lattice’s new Avant Platform, the challenges this new platform is looking to solve, the details of Lattice Avant-E family, and why low power, form factor, interface availability are cornerstone to this new Avant FPGA Platform.  Also this week, I investigate new origami-inspired robots that can sense, analyze and act in challenging environments. 

The man, the myth, the legend Giovanni De Micheli (Nanni) joins me this week! Recently honored with the 2022 Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic System Design, Nanni has been a powerhouse in the world of EDA for a very long time. His work has expanded the fields of Network-on-Chip (NoC), high-level synthesis, and logic synthesis. In this episode, Nanni and I talk through what excites him about EDA today, what he thinks the next big innovation in EDA will be, and what he considers to be his greatest accomplishment so far. Also this week, I investigate new biosensor technology developed at the University of Technology Sydney that will allow you to operate devices using only thought control.

You scream for IP. I scream for IP. We all scream for IP! In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, Manmeet Walia (Synopsys) and I investigate the evolution of IP and the role that IP will play in the future of multi-die systems. We also discuss why a shift in the semiconductor ecosystem is pushing a movement toward ASIC and COT models, the benefits of an ASIC model for IP, and how standards are helping accelerate innovation in multi-die systems.

 

I’m serving up a meaty podcast for your listening pleasure this week! My guest Josh Rensch (2023 U.S. DVCon program chair) gives us a sneak peak into this year’s Design and Verification Conference and Exhibition. Josh and I also discuss the details of this year’s DVCon keynote address, who should attend this conference, and how he got involved making custom bacon. Also this week, I investigate how a team of scientists at the University of California San Francisco were able to use artificial intelligence to create original proteins from scratch.