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EE Journal's Amelia Dalton breaks down each week's EE news in an informative, fun and engaging style.
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Jun 30, 2017
Jun 30, 2017
12 min
We all know that cybersecurity, software piracy, and IP theft are becoming bigger and bigger problems in today’s semiconductor industry. But what can we do about it? Dragging our heels and pretending that it’s not a problem isn’t really working out so well, and those cyber thieves are only getting more sophisticated. In this week’s Fish Fry, we welcome Ted Miracco (CEO of SmartFlow Compliance Solutions) and David Locke Hall, author of Crack 99 - The Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate. We investigate what the semiconductor industry can do to help stem the rising tide of Intellectual property theft on a global scale. Also this week, we take a closer look at Qualcomm’s new advanced fingerprint scanning and authentication technology.
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Links for June 30, 2017
More information about SmartFlow Compliance Solutions
Qualcomm Announces Advanced Fingerprint Scanning and Authentication Technology (Press Release)
Jun 23, 2017
Jun 23, 2017
16 min
If you have attended the Design Automation Conference in the last couple years, you will know that the scope of this event reaches far beyond your standard EDA tools of years past. Sure, we’re still talking about design automation software, but now there’s a whole slew of IP vendors (and their software compatriots), IC packaging companies, embedded FPGA fabric distributors, and more. This week’s episode of Fish Fry is going to be no different. We’re doing a little soup to nuts - DAC style. First, we discuss RTL verification with John Molyneux (President of Blue Pearl Software). Next, we get into embedding FPGA fabric as IP with Owen Bateman (Quicklogic). Lastly, we talk about the newest advancements in IC packaging with John Park (Cadence Design Systems).
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Links for June 23, 2017
More information about the 2017 Design Automation Conference
More information about Blue Pearl Software
More information about QuickLogic
More information about Cadence Design Systems Virtuoso XXX
Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017
15 min
How many smartphones have you purchased in the last decade? In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, MediaTek General Manager Finbarr Moynihan joins us to discuss how the smartphone revolution is facilitating new avenues of engineering experimentation. Finbarr and I investigate why form factors and feature sets are changing the engineering ecosystem, and how predictive technology, machine learning, and artificial intelligence will shape how we engineer the next generation of handheld devices. Keeping with our evolutionary theme this week, we also take a closer look at how the regenerative qualities of the planarian flatworm are changing our views of how space travel could affect our bodies.
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Links for June 16, 2017
More information about MediaTek
Jun 9, 2017
Jun 9, 2017
12 min
Want a little more Alexa in your life? The Amazon Alexa Voice Service takes center stage in this week’s episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry. A new development kit from Microsemi could be just what you need to get Alexa into your next M2M design. Shahin Sadeghi (Microsemi) joins us to discuss the details of the newly launched AcuEdge Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service. Shahin and I chat about what is included in this development kit, how you can get your hands on one, and the details of Microsemi’s Timberwolf DSP solution which lies at the heart of this new development kit. Also this week, we check out how you can equip your Alexa device to play Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry!
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Links for June 9, 2017
More information about Microsemi
Microsemi Delivers AcuEdge Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service
Podbean | How to Listen to Podcasts with Alexa
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Flyover: Not Just for Superheroes — Samtec Twinax FlyOver Solutions
Jun 2, 2017
Jun 2, 2017
17 min
In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re diving deep into the world of neural networks. Pulin Desai (Cadence Design Systems) joins us to discuss the future of implementation of neural networks in embedded systems and how the constantly evolving market of neural networking is driving the need for specialized DSP technology. Also this week, we take a closer look at a colorful new experiment by research scientist Janelle Shane that brought together AI, 7,700 Sherwin-Williams paint colors (along with their RGB values) and one interesting list of neural network-created colors.
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Links for June 2, 2017
May 26, 2017
May 26, 2017
12 min
Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Darrin Billerbeck, CEO – Lattice Semiconductor
Bill Neifert, CTO – Carbon Design Systems
Sean Dart, CEO – Forte Design Systems
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
Cees Links – GreenPeak Technologies
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
May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017
13 min
In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we’re talking about embedded power, COTS, the next generation of rail systems, intelligent cooling systems, and whether I need a witch doctor to cool my next chassis-based design. Justin Moll (Pixus Technologies) and I jump head first into the world of chassis cooling and electronics packaging, and Qianqian Shao (Artesyn Embedded Technologies) and I ride the rails to the to the next generation of rail systems. Also this week, we check out a new unique energy storage system called a "biological supercapacitor” that could revolutionize how we provide electricity to implanted medical devices.
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Links for May 19, 2017
More information about Pixus Technologies
More information about Artesyn Embedded Technologies
Article: Ultrathin Graphene–Protein Supercapacitors for Miniaturized Bioelectronics
May 12, 2017
May 12, 2017
17 min
The clock is ticking. The time to design in the next generation of vehicle-to-vehicle communication is now. In this week’s Fish Fry, we navigate through the twists and turns that V2V communications have in store for us. My guest Kim Rubin and I discuss how the issues surrounding security, privacy, and accuracy are going to be crucial to widespread V2V implementation in the next couple years. Keeping on track with our vehicular theme this week, we also check out new self-repairing asphalt technology (from Delft University in the Netherlands) that could charge our electric cars and fix our pothole problems at the same time.
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Links for May 12, 2017
More information about Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Implementation (NHTSA)
May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017
10 min
What do carbon nanotubes, electromagnetic waves, and solar cell technology have in common? This week’s episode of Fish Fry, of course! Please join me and NovaSolix Founder and CEO Lawrence Cooke as we bask in the glow of NovaSolix's new solar cell technology. Larry and I discuss how their technology can collect light as electromagnetic waves, the details of their carbon nanotubes that are used as antennas to absorb the entire spectrum of light, and how this unique technology will be able to produce more energy than previous solar cell technologies.
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Links for May 5, 2017
More information about NovaSolix
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Industrial IoT – Smart Factory
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Fish Fry Executive Interviews
Darrin Billerbeck, CEO – Lattice Semiconductor
Bill Neifert, CTO – Carbon Design Systems
Sean Dart, CEO – Forte Design Systems
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
Cees Links – GreenPeak Technologies
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
Apr 28, 2017
Apr 28, 2017
15 min
Get ready my friends. We’re heading into the middle of the desert, we’re diving to the bottom of the sea, and we’re even going all the way into space. Why? Because we can. Because we have the right enclosure for our next electronic design. A lot of you out there are developing designs that need to go into the harshest of environments, and we're here to help with a little assistance from a team at LCR Embedded Systems. We discuss the tricky bits of VPX bus configuration and how the right specialized packaging can get all of your components to play together nicely in one enclosure. Also this week, we check out a new Kickstarter campaign called UFO Cam Network. Put on your wetsuit, strap on your jetpack, and keep your pickaxe polished and poised...we’re going in!
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Links for April 28, 2017
Click here for more information about LCR Embedded Systems
Kickstarter corner: UFO Cam Network