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Physical AI Robotic Ships on Patrol!

I recently received an email that essentially said something like, “Interested in physical AI, agentic AI, robotic ships, autonomy, maritime, offshore, subsea, security, ocean science… [the list went on]? If so, get in touch!”

Let’s take a step back before we race forward. Someone recently asked me how my “triage process” works for people pitching potential articles to me. I’d never really thought about this … Read More → "Physical AI Robotic Ships on Patrol!"

FPGAs Beating GPUs at LLM Inference: Say What?!?

Once again, my world has been turned upside down. Until recently, I’ve been gasping in awe at the myriad “you won’t believe your eyes” numbers flaunted by proponents of the latest and greatest GPUs, like Nvidia’s H200, which boasts nearly four petaflops of AI compute… at least, on paper. So, you can only imagine my surprise to discover that these high-end GPUs can be outperformed by … Read More → "FPGAs Beating GPUs at LLM Inference: Say What?!?"

Driving the Code: Where the Rubber Meets the Software-Defined Road

In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, we’re casting our line into one of the most transformative shifts happening in the automotive industry today: the rise of  software-defined systems!  Nitish Rao from MathWorks and I take a closer look at which vehicle functions are best handled by AI-driven systems, and which still depend on the reliability of traditional control software and how virtual ECUs and … Read More → "Driving the Code: Where the Rubber Meets the Software-Defined Road"

Three Companies, One Toolchain: The Rise of TASKING 3.0

I don’t like change. I know I’m starting to sound like an old codger, but that’s OK because I am an old codger (I know the secret handshake and I have the ceremonial undergarments T-Shirt to prove it). For example, I remember going to the Design Automation Conference (DAC) year after year throughout the 1980s. The same companies were there each time, but it … Read More → "Three Companies, One Toolchain: The Rise of TASKING 3.0"

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Introduction to Bare Metal AVR Programming — Microchip and Mouser Electronics  Bare metal AVR programming is a great way to write code that is compact, efficient, and easy to maintain. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Ross Satchell from Microchip and Amelia Dalton dig into the details of bare metal AVR programming. They take a closer look at the steps involved in this kind of … Read More → "Introduction to Bare Metal AVR Programming — Microchip and Mouser Electronics"
Automated Benchmark Tuning — Synopsys   Benchmarking is a great way to measure the performance of computing resources, but benchmark tuning can be a very complicated problem to solve. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Nozar Nozarian from Synopsys and Amelia Dalton investigate Synopsys’ Optimizer Studio that combines an evolution search algorithm with a powerful user interface that can … Read More → "Automated Benchmark Tuning — Synopsys"
Tackling Automotive Software Cost and Complexity — Mouser Electronics and NXP  With the sheer amount of automotive software cost and complexity today, we need a way to maximize software reuse across our process platforms. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Daniel Balser from NXP take a closer look at the software ecosystem for NXP’s S32K3 MCU. They investigate how real-time drivers, a … Read More → "Tackling Automotive Software Cost and Complexity — Mouser Electronics and NXP"
10X Faster Analog Simulation with PrimeSim Continuum – Synopsys  IC design has come a very long way in a short amount of time. Today, our SoC designs frequently include integrated analog, 100+ Gigabit data rates and 3D stacked DRAM integrated into our SoCs on interposers. In order to keep our heads above water in all of this IC complexity, we need a unified … Read More → "10X Faster Analog Simulation with PrimeSim Continuum – Synopsys"
Solutions for Heterogeneous Multicore — Siemens   Multicore processing is more popular than ever before but how do we take advantage of this new kind of processing? In this episode of Chalk Talk, Jeff Hancock from Siemens and Amelia Dalton investigate the challenges inherent in multicore processing, the benefits of hypervisors and multicore frameworks, and what you need to consider … Read More → "Solutions for Heterogeneous Multicore — Siemens"
Software and Automotive Safety — Siemens  In the realm of automotive designs, safety must reign above all else. But the question remains: how can we innovate within the constraints of today’s safety standards? In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Rob Bates from Siemens about the role ISO 26262 plays when it comes to COTS and open … Read More → "Software and Automotive Safety — Siemens"