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Data Centers on Wheels: The Need for Key Foundational Technologies for Software Defined Vehicles

Software defined vehicles take center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! John Heinlein (Sonatus) and I chat about the historical development of automotive software, the role that over the air updates play in SDVs, how Sonatus is encouraging innovation in this space and where John thinks software defined vehicles are headed in the future. Keeping with our automotive theme this … Read More → "Data Centers on Wheels: The Need for Key Foundational Technologies for Software Defined Vehicles"

From Thought to Circuit in Record Time with AI

Thus far, if the truth be told, I’ve had mixed experiences with large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as personified by ChatGPT. I started, as many people do, by asking ChatGPT questions about things I knew nothing about, receiving responses that appeared to be reasonably impressive.

The reason for my emphasizing the word “appeared” in the previous … Read More → "From Thought to Circuit in Record Time with AI"

Secure and Protect: Sotero’s Unique Approach to Data Security

This week’s podcast is all about data security and robotic decision making. Purandar Das (CEO and Co-Founder – Sotero) joins me to discuss Sotero’s all-in-one data security platform, the biggest challenges surrounding cloud data security today, and the benefits of Sotero’s ransomware solution. Also this week, I check out a new method developed by a team of researchers at MIT … Read More → "Secure and Protect: Sotero’s Unique Approach to Data Security"

Thanks for the Memories: 4DS New Resistive Random Access Memory and the Everlasting Memory Crystal

My podcast guest this week is Peter Himes, CSO of 4DS Memory. Peter and I explore the challenges of the AI market today, the details of the physical make-up of the 4DS cell called PCMO, and how this new ReRAM memory technology can help develop more energy and processor efficient solutions for big data and neural net applications. … Read More → "Thanks for the Memories: 4DS New Resistive Random Access Memory and the Everlasting Memory Crystal"

Operation eVTOL: System Design Challenges for Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft

This week’s podcast is all about electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft! Matt McAlonis from TE Connectivity and I explore the biggest design challenges for eVTOLs, strategies for managing power effectively within eVTOL systems, complexities of complying with new eVTOL certification requirements, and what Matt thinks it will take for eVTOL aircraft to become mainstream.

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MEG-Array® and M Series – Amphenol Communications Solutions and Mouser  In this episode of Chalk Talk, Jeremy Ellis from Amphenol Communications Solutions and Amelia Dalton chat about the benefits of Amphenol’s MEG-Array® and M-Series connector solutions. They also investigate the tooling configurations available for these solutions and how Amphenol’s ball and socket BGA interface can simplify board routing, eliminate press-fit constraints on via and … Read More → "MEG-Array® and M Series – Amphenol Communications Solutions and Mouser"
ECK Series DC Contactors — TE Connectivity and Mouser ElectronicsIn this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and John Hamilton from TE Connectivity chat about the what, where, and how of DC Contactors. They also explore the benefits that these solutions can bring to a variety of e-mobility, warehouse automation and battery management applications, and how you can get started using a TE Connectivity … Read More → "ECK Series DC Contactors — TE Connectivity and Mouser Electronics"
How to Implement Protection and Power Management ICs for Super Capacitors — Littelfuse and Mouser  Many super capacitor applications require protection and power backup. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Pete Pytlik from Littelfuse explore the benefits of protection and power management ICs for super capacitor applications. They also investigate how these IC solutions compare with discrete solutions, and the advantages that Littelfuse protection and power … Read More → "How to Implement Protection and Power Management ICs for Super Capacitors — Littelfuse and Mouser"
Vector Funnel Methodology for Power Analysis from Emulation to RTL to Signoff – Synopsys  The shift left methodology can help lower power throughout the electronic design cycle. In this episode of Chalk Talk, William Ruby from Synopsys and Amelia Dalton explore the biggest energy efficiency design challenges facing engineers today, how Synopsys can help solve a variety of energy efficiency design challenges and how the shift left methodology … Read More → "Vector Funnel Methodology for Power Analysis from Emulation to RTL to Signoff – Synopsys"
Versatile S32G3 Processors for Automotive and Beyond — NXP and Mouser Electronics  In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Brian Carlson from NXP investigate NXP’s S32G3 vehicle network processors that combine ASIL D safety, hardware security, high-performance real-time and application processing and network acceleration. They explore how these processors support many vehicle needs simultaneously, the specific benefits they bring to autonomous drive and ADAS … Read More → "Versatile S32G3 Processors for Automotive and Beyond — NXP and Mouser Electronics"
Accelerating Tapeouts with Synopsys Cloud and AI — Synopsys  In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Vikram Bhatia from Synopsys explore how you can accelerate your next tapeout with Synopsys Cloud and AI. They also discuss new enhancements and customer use cases that leverage AI with hybrid cloud deployment scenarios, and how this platform can help CAD managers and engineers reduce … Read More → "Accelerating Tapeouts with Synopsys Cloud and AI — Synopsys"