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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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One EDA Tool, One Giant Leap for Hardware: How JITX is Reshaping Circuit Board Design

This week my guest is JITX Co-founder and CEO Duncan Haldane. Duncan and I discuss the challenges of board design and how the benefits of software reuse encouraged the development of JITX, why holistic system design is cornerstone to the JITX software-defined electronics platform, and how you can improve your productivity with the JITX cookbook.

 

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There’s More Than One Way to Become an Engineer (Part 2)

As we discussed in the initial installment of this 2-part extravaganza, some people pursue a predictable path on their way to engineer-hood (where “-hood” comes from the Middle English “-hode,” which itself comes from the Old English “-hād,” meaning “state of being”). Others, like your humble narrator, end up taking a more circuitous route, which may involve Lady Luck finagling the dice in their favor (I … Read More → "There’s More Than One Way to Become an Engineer (Part 2)"

Apple’s iPhone 15 debunks the “full-line” semiconductor supplier myth

From time to time, I’ll get a presentation from a company announcing a new product, usually a new chip, that includes a statement like this:

“We’re the only semiconductor maker with a full line of FPGAs, from the smallest, most cost-efficient devices to the most advanced, leading-edge devices.”

or this:

“We’re the … Read More → "Apple’s iPhone 15 debunks the “full-line” semiconductor supplier myth"

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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"
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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"
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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"
Shift Left Block/Chip Design with Calibre — Siemens EDA   In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and David Abercrombie from Siemens EDA explore the multitude of benefits that shifting left with Calibre can bring to chip and block design. They investigate how Calibre can impact DRC verification, early design error debug, and optimize the configuration and management of multiple jobs for … Read More → "Shift Left Block/Chip Design with Calibre — Siemens EDA"