Amelia&#39;s Weekly Fish Fry

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek

Louis Parks, CEO – SecureRF

Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire

Mike Wisart, CEO – efabless

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro

Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA

Ethan Plotkin, CEO – GDCA

Friday Apr 20, 2018

Free is a Very Good Price!

Friday Apr 20, 2018

When I was a kid, a local furniture mogul gave away free haircuts to entice customers into his showroom. The haircuts were all the same, and on Monday mornings at school it was easy to tell whose mom went furniture shopping over the weekend. Free is an interesting price point. It can mean incredible savings for some really cool stuff, or it can mean a buzz cut that made you look suspiciously like the owner of the local furniture store.

In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we take a closer look at Ultra Librarian - the world’s largest library of verified EDA symbols, footprints, and 3D models, and we'll find out why EMA Design Automation has made their robust EDA library free of charge. Also this week, we'll look at a new pyroelectric energy conversion prototype unveiled by the University of California Berkeley that could transform waste heat into a renewable source of energy.

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Links for April 20, 2018

More information about EMA Design Automation

EMA Provides Free Access to Ultra Librarian–the World’s Largest Library of Verified EDA Symbols, Footprints, and 3D Models

Fish Fry: It's Getting Hot In Here - New Technologies for Energy Harvesting and Thermal Management

New Episode of Chalk Talk: AVX Hi CV SMD Capacitor Solutions

Friday Apr 13, 2018

Security Sea Change

Friday Apr 13, 2018

Security takes center stage in this week’s episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry. Nigel Forrester (Concurrent Technologies) joins us to discuss the benefits of a holistic approach to embedded security, the details of their Guardian Security platform, and the curious connection Concurrent Technologies shares with the “Father of Electricity”. Also this week, we check out a new method to protect our ports - with a swarm of autonomous robots!

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Links for April 13, 2018

More information about Concurrent Technologies

More information about Aquabotix SwarmDiver System

New Chalk Talk: Integrating Schematic Integrity Analysis Into Any Design Flow

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Fish Fry Executive Interviews

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek

Louis Parks, CEO – SecureRF

Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire

Mike Wisart, CEO – efabless

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro

Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA

Ethan Plotkin, CEO – GDCA

Friday Apr 06, 2018

Optics All Around: Light on Board and Waves in the Ground

Friday Apr 06, 2018

This week we investigate embedded optical modules with Gerry Persaud from Reflex Photonics - The Light on Board Company. Gerry and I discuss the benefits of their chip-sized embedded optical modules and why Reflex Photonics stands out in the optical module ecosystem. We also check out a research study at Stanford University that demonstrates how optical fiber cables embedded under our streets can sense seismic activity and how they could provide a new earthquake early detection system.

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Links for April 6, 2018

More information about Reflex Photonics

Earthquakes analysis using data recorded by the Stanford DAS array

New Chalk Talk: Passive Infrared Sensors

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Fish Fry Executive Interviews

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager — MediaTek

Louis Parks, CEO – SecureRF

Harold Blomquist, CEO – Helix Semiconductor

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders – Maker Faire

Mike Wisart, CEO – efabless

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder – Menlo Micro

Jerry Gipper, Executive Director – VITA

Ethan Plotkin, CEO – GDCA

Friday Mar 30, 2018

RISC-V and The New Frontier of Microprocessors

Friday Mar 30, 2018

What has RISC-V done for you lately? In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we chat with Rick O’Connor (executive director of the RISC-V Foundation) about the history of RISC-V, the evolution of the standards being developed within the foundation, and why Rick thinks that RISC-V is the most interesting thing to happen in the microprocessors in the last decade. Also this week, we investigate a new galaxy discovered by a group of scientists at Yale called NGC1052-DF2 and why this new discovery may change how we view matter, Newton’s laws of motion, and the universe itself.

Links for March 30, 2018

More information about the RISC-V Foundation

A Galaxy Lacking Dark Matter (Nature)

New Episode of Chalk Talk: ANSI/VITA 57.4-2016 FMC+ — The New Frontier of FPGA Expansion Cards

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Fish Fry Executive Interviews

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders - Maker Faire

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder - Menlo Micro

Jerry Gipper, Executive Director - VITA

Ethan Plotkin, CEO - GDCA

Friday Mar 23, 2018

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and GraspIO Cloudio Break New Ground

Friday Mar 23, 2018

In honor of pi Day, we’re serving up some Raspberry pi goodness! First up, Peter Wenzel (element14) dishes about the features of the newly launched Raspberry pi 3 Model B+. Peter and I chat about the Model B+ modular compliance certification, the details of a new Raspberry pi starter kit, and how power over ethernet is coming to the Raspberry pi ecosystem. In the second part of our pi coverage, Hari Kalyanaraman (element14) brings us the goods on GraspIO Cloudio - a new Raspberry pi expansion board with a mobile platform for end-to-end IoT development and deployment. In this week’s Kickstarter corner, we take a look at a new innovative way to clean up the Chicago River. (Spoiler Alert: It involves video games and remote-controlled boats!)

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Links for March 23, 2018

More information about Raspberry pi 3 Model B+

Newark element14 announces the launch of the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

Newark element14 launches GraspIO Cloudio – A Raspberry Pi expansion board with a mobile platform for end to end IoT development and deployment

More information about Grasp.io Cloudio Smart Development Board, Add-On for Raspberry Pi, IoT Development and Prototyping

Kickstarter Corner: Trash cleaning robot controlled by you.

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Fish Fry Executive Interviews

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders - Maker Faire

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder - Menlo Micro

Friday Mar 16, 2018

Real World ATCA and SWAP-C, a Revolution in Gaming, and Bathtub Drones

Friday Mar 16, 2018

Welcome my electronic engineering compatriots! We’ve got quite a line up for you this week. First up, Rob Persons (Artesyn Embedded Technologies) joins us to discuss the details of a real world AdvancedTCA application that utilizes SWAP-C called DASCAN (Dynamically Adaptive Secure Computing Area Network) and how AdvancedTCA applications compare with more traditional server-based applications in battlefield environments. We also discuss how Artesyn has collaborated with Gamestream and Intel to create a cloud-based platform for a brand new video game streaming service. In a special segment of News You May Have Missed, we check out how a couple intrepid engineers from Germany are flippin’ the script on drone technology as we know it - one bathtub at a time!

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Links for March 15, 2018

More information about Artesyn Embedded Technologies

Artesyn and Gamestream to Cut the Cost of New Gaming-as-a-Service by More Than Half with the Latest Intel® Processors

Embedded Tech Trends Conference: SWAP-C Solution Using ATCA A Real World Application

More information about The Real Life Guys (Youtube Channel)

The Real Life Guys (Patreon Funding Site)

Fish Fry Executive Interviews

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders - Maker Faire

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder - Menlo Micro

Friday Mar 09, 2018

Robbing from Your Future to Service Your Past

Friday Mar 09, 2018

The design cycle drum beats on. Your research and development team have been stressed for months. The constant push for "the next big thing" keeps you up at night. We’ve all been there. In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we look at how the ever-growing life cycles of our embedded designs affect our product portfolio profitability. Ethan Plotkin (GDCA - CEO) joins us to discuss the details GDCA’s holistic approach to obsolescence, how counterfeit parts play a role in the embedded design ecosystem, and why long term support is the key to keeping our heads above water. Also this week, we check out a new AI robotic assistant called CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN) created to help astronauts with their everyday tasks on the International Space Station.

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Links for March 9, 2018

More information about GDCA

"Hello, I am CIMON!"Airbus is developing the CIMON astronaut assistance system for the DLR Space Administration

New Episode of Chalk Talk: Mixed-Signal Digital Complexity Explosion

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Fish Fry Executive Interviews

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders - Maker Faire

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder - Menlo Micro

Friday Mar 02, 2018

Reality is Not Linear

Friday Mar 02, 2018

At what point in the creation of a chip does physical design actually begin? (Spoiler Alert: answers may vary.) In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, Dave Stratman and I discuss the ongoing challenges of the physical design process, why convergent design flows are critical for today’s ever shrinking process nodes, and how form factor and the environment around the end customer affects physical design. We also check out the details of the world’s first 3nm test chip rolled out by Imec and Cadence Design Systems this week.

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Links for March 2, 2018

More information about Digital Design and Signoff (Cadence Design Systems)

Imec and Cadence Tape Out Industry’s First 3nm Test Chip

Fish Fry Executive Interviews

Shishpal Rawat, Chairman – Accellera Systems Initiative

Taher Madraswala, CEO and President – Open-Silicon>

Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss, Co-Founders - Maker Faire

Chris Giovanniello, SVP and Co-Founder - Menlo Micro

Friday Feb 23, 2018

It's Getting Hot in Here

Friday Feb 23, 2018

We know that energy is all around us, but how exactly do we harness it? To start things off this week, we take a closer look at an interesting new energy harvesting technology developed at MIT called a “thermal resonator.” By utilizing the gradual ambient temperature changes that occur over the course of a day, this technology can literally pull electricity out of the thin air. We check out how this “thermal resonator” works and what sets it apart from other thermoelectric applications found on the market today. Keeping with our thermal theme, we also chat with Thierry Wastiaux (Interface Concept) about the best practices for thermal management in HPEC VPX Systems.

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Links for February 23, 2018

System Draws Power from Daily Temperature Swings: Technology Developed at MIT Can Harness Temperature Fluctuations of Many Kinds to Produce Electricity

More information about Interface Concept

New Episode of Chalk Talk: Enabling IoT Applications with Bluetooth 5 and Thread

Fish Fry Executive Interviews