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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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Monday Nov 02, 2015
Monday Nov 02, 2015
What has your power supply done for you lately? In this week’s Fish Fry, we take a closer look at a revolutionary new technology that's taking power supplies by storm. My guest is Michael Freeman (CEO/CTO - Semitrex) and he’s here to introduce us to the power of the muxcapacitor and unveil how Semitrex plans to stem the tide of the world’s energy consumption...one power supply at a time. Also this week, we take a closer look at the newest rumors surrounding Intel's buyout of Altera.
More information about Semitrex
Recent Blog Post by Bryon Moyer: Switching Power Supplies Revamped
Feature Article by Kevin Morris: Intel and Altera – Eleven-Figure Chicken
Recent Blog Post by Kevin Morris: Intel/Altera Agreement (Partially) Tells the Tale
Friday Sep 18, 2015
Friday Sep 18, 2015
As engineers we have the power to change the world. We have the ability to spark change (and blue smoke occasionally) and help cure the ills that plague our society. Did you know that according to a study published by the New York Times, brain trauma affects one in three players in the National Football League? My guest Sagar Jethani (element14) is here to introduce us to Element14's Sudden Impact Challenge, a design contest intended to help stem the tide of undiagnosed on-field injuries. In this week’s Fish Fry, we take a closer look at the Sudden Impact Design Contest winners and examine why contests like this one are so vital to our engineering community as a whole. Also this week, we check out Cadence’s new Indago Debug platform (spoiler alert: your printf days may be over for good).
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Links for September 18, 2015
More information about Element14's Sudden Impact Design Challenge
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Announcing Indago Debug Platform
Friday Sep 11, 2015
Friday Sep 11, 2015
In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re tackling another side of the multi-sided IoT die - industrial internet. My guest Brian Bedrosian (Broadcom) is here to chat with us about the industrial internet movement, and where Industrial IoT is headed. He’ll also tell us what he thinks the odds look like for another Golden State Warrior NBA title championship next season! Also this week, we take a closer look at a new patent recently granted to Boeing that may make our long sought dreams of a “real” transformer to life.
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Links for September 11, 2015
More information about Broadcom's IoT product portfolio
Fresh Byte: Boeing patents a drone that turns into a submarine
United States Patent for Rapid Deployment Air and Water Vehicle
New episode of Chalk Talk: Stratus™ High-Level Synthesis
Friday Sep 04, 2015
Friday Sep 04, 2015
Gather 'round makers, it’s innovation time! In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re checking out the Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge North America Design Contest with Steve Lyle from TI. Steve introduces us to this year’s super cool winning entries including an advanced new synthesizer that will change how the physically disabled create music, a new wearable that will help the hearing impaired communicate with others, and a full flight control system designed for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles that could change how unmanned search and rescue missions are carried out. Also this week, we look into a new IoT product launched by Project Overlord (yes, really).
Links for September 4, 2015
More information about the Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge North America Design Contest
More information about Seven Deadly Synths: A non-contact synthesizer
More information about Real-time American Sign Language wearable device
More information about Hercules Autopilot
Friday Aug 28, 2015
Friday Aug 28, 2015
It slices, it dices, it juliennes, and it doesn't care which way you plug it in - it's USB type C. Coming soon to a consumer electronic design near you, this new interface is bound to take the electronics world by storm. Well, that might be overstating things a bit. USB type C may not be the electronics equivalent of sliced bread, and it may not revolutionize the world of CE, but it will be pretty darn cool to start using in our designs (and our everyday lives). This week we're taking a closer look at the design challenges surrounding USB type C and how you can get it up and running in your next design. My guest is Gervais Fong and we're discussing all of this... and the wonder of BBQ too.
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Links for August 28, 2015
More information about DesignWare USB-C PHY IP
Friday Aug 21, 2015
Friday Aug 21, 2015
In this week’s Fish Fry we’re looking for pearls in the the deep waters of EDA. My guest is Scott Bloom from Blue Pearl Software. Scott and I chat about RTL debugging with formal technology, multi-trace technology, and what it’s like to crash land a plane and survive. Also this week, we investigate some serious power-related issues that your signal integrity tool may not be equipped to handle.
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Links for August 21, 2015
More information about Blue Pearl Software
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Top 10 Reasons Real Signal Integrity Engineers Demand Power-Aware SI Technology
Friday Aug 14, 2015
Friday Aug 14, 2015
It’s time for the FinFET rubber to meet the road. In this week’s Fish Fry, we look into the issues surrounding FinFET design today. My guest this week is Swami Venkat (Synopsys) and we chat about FinFET adoption (or lack thereof), the specific needs of FinFET design from an EDA point of view, and timing analysis in FinFET designs. Also this week, we check out how and why Performance-per-watt will play an increasingly more larger (and more important) role in our FinFET designs.
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Links for August 14, 2015
More information FinFET solutions from Synopsys
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Performance-per-Watt with FinFET-Based All Programmable Architectures
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
Big data: can’t live with it, can’t do anything without it. In this week’s Fish Fry, we look at the growing challenges and opportunities of big data in EDA. My guest is Michael Munsey (Dassault Systemes) and we discuss the future of big data and analytics in EDA, where the biggest big data pain points can be found (and how design tools can help), and why there are so many musicians in electronic engineering. Also this week, we celebrate a kickstarter campaign that brings monthly subscription box services to a whole new “maker” level.
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Links for August 7, 2015
Thursday Jul 30, 2015
Thursday Jul 30, 2015
In this week’s Fish Fry, we examine the future of cloud-based computing in electronic engineering. My guest Mojy Chian (CEO - Silicon Cloud) and I discuss the benefits of cloud-based computing in the engineering world, what the Silicon Cloud Design Enablement Cloud is all about, and why there is still resistance against cloud-based EDA tools. Also this week, we take a closer look at a brand new startup called Tortuga Logic that looks to solve our most critical hardware security problems with their unique technology, expertise, and design tools.
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Links for July 31, 2015
Friday Jul 24, 2015
Friday Jul 24, 2015
Welcome to the Fish Fry commune my friends. This week we're bringing zen to your IoT verification process. My guest is John Koeter from Synopsys and we are taking a closer look at holistic ways to verify our IoT designs. John and I discuss verification in IoT, the unique challenges of IP in IoT, and the best places for foodies in the Bay Area. Also this week, we check out how you can lower your BOM bottom line (that might not be obvious by simply looking at component costs) and we're giving everyone another chance to win an Odyssey MAX® 10 FPGA and BLE Sensor Kit.
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Links for July 24, 2015
More information about Synopsys’ DesignWare IP for the Internet of Things
New Episode of Chalk Talk: 10 Secrets to Getting a Lower BOM Cost
More information about the Odyssey MAX® 10 FPGA and BLE Sensor Kit
Mpression Odyssey Kit Example Applications: Track Rover and Quadcopter