Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry

A New Era for Test and Measurement

We’re talking about test and measurement in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! My guest is Ritu Favre - President of Emerson Test & Measurement. Ritu and I explore the biggest trends in test and measurement today, the challenges of creating tests for systems newly incorporating AI into their designs, and what advice Ritu would give to engineers just starting off their careers.  

DVCon 2025: Everything You Want to Learn about Design and Verification

In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, I discuss design and verification with Tom Fitzpatrick - General Chair of DVCon 2025. Tom and I explore this year’s expo and conference, the motivation behind the creation of the second DVCon keynote, the details of the Poster Warrior session and why Tom is especially excited about this year’s conference. I also check out new magnetic microrobots developed by researchers in South Korea that work together like ants to achieve monumental feats.

Open Standards and the Rise of Embedded Ecosystem SoMs

My podcast guest this week is longtime friend of the show Matt Burns from Samtec! Matt and I chat about the trends driving the adoption of high performance, small form factor open standard SoMs. We also discuss the details of the PCI Express 7 specification and the newest endeavors being developed by the Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies. 

Hyper-Scan Fiber-Sensing: A Revolution in Infrastructure Monitoring with Prisma Photonics

My podcast guest this week is Eitan Elkin, director of marketing at Prisma Photonics. Eitan and I discuss how optical fiber sensing can make a huge impact in infrastructure monitoring. We explore the details of the solution at the heart of Prisma Photonics: Hyper-Scan Fiber-Sensing, the applications that could take advantage of this technology including extreme weather events and detecting wildfires in real-time, and where Eitan sees this innovative technology headed in the future.

OpenVPX and the Next Generation of Space Applications

My guest this week is Ralph Grundler from Aitech and we are chatting all about OpenVPX in space! Ralph and I discuss the increasing role that open standards are playing in space applications, how OpenVPX supports a systems-based approach for these types of designs, and how OpenVPX can also be used to support a variety of AI applications in space. 

Chip to Cloud Security and Thwarting Future Adversaries: How Crypto Quantique is Changing the IoT Security Landscape

Device security and cryptography takes center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! My guest is Shahram Mossayebi, Founder & CEO at Crypto Quantique. Shahram and I chat about how Shahram’s expertise in academia and IoT security vulnerabilities encouraged the creation of Crypto Quantique, the variety of device and IC security solutions offered by Crypto Quantique and how their software-based IoT security platform called QuarkLink helps help developers ensure compliance with connected device legislation.

The Future According to AI: GenAI and The Rise of AI-Based Reduced Order Models

We are jumping head first into the world of AI to start 2025! My guest this week is Lucas Garcia, Principal Product Manager for Deep Learning at MathWorks. Lucas and I discuss the biggest challenges surrounding generative AI, the need for verification and validation for AI, the trends surrounding AI-based reduced order models and how AI can transform the world of control design.

A New World for Semiconductors: How Pragmatic is Changing the IC Landscape with Thin Film FlexICs

My guest this week is David Moore, CEO of Pragmatic Semiconductor. David and I discuss the details of Pragmatic Semi’s ultra-low-cost, ultra-thin, flexible integrated circuits called FlexICs. We explore how these thin film ICs will revolutionize the semiconductor industry, the details of Pragmatic Semiconductor’s environmentally friendly manufacturing process and what their Fab-in-a-Box is all about. 

AI-based Anomaly Detection: From Conceptualization to Integration

AI-based anomaly detection takes center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! My guest is Rachel Johnson from MathWorks and we explore how AI can work in tandem with engineers to reduce the incidence of defects and optimize maintenance schedules and the steps involved in designing and deploying an AI-based anomaly detection system; from conceptualization and data gathering to deployment and integration.

Managing the Massive Data Throughput: AI-Based Designs and The Value of NoC Tiling

My podcast guest this week is Andy Nightingale, Vice President Product Management & Marketing at Arteris. Andy and I chat about the key challenge faced by SoC designers when building NoC interconnects for AI based designs, the details of NoC interconnect IP soft tiling and some real world examples of AI based designs that benefit from NoC IP soft tiling. Also this week, I check out how odor detection by the silkworm moth could improve localization technologies in robotics.