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When Failure Is Not An Option: Trends in Modern Military and Aerospace Applications

This week’s podcast is all about military and aerospace designs! My first guest is Jake Braegelmann from New Wave DV. Jake and I discuss the advantages of PMC/XMC cards for modern warfare applications and the benefits that New Wave DV's Interface IP Cores and FPGA/Interface cards bring to these designs. … Read More → "When Failure Is Not An Option: Trends in Modern Military and Aerospace Applications"

The Art of the Process: How Sandbox Semiconductor is Accelerating Semiconductor Process Development

My podcast guest this week is Meghali Chopra, CEO and Co-Founder of Sandbox Semiconductor. Meghali and I investigate how Sandbox Semiconductor is empowering the semiconductor manufacturing industry with the help of user-friendly, domain-specific software solutions. Meghali and I also walk through the different components of their Sandbox Studio including their AI analysis and visualization application called Sandbox Oculus, the analytics provided by their platform, and Sandbox Envision which helps engineers to visually interact with their process models and data. Also, this week I take a closer look at the curious similarity between the memory processing of AI models and … Read More → "The Art of the Process: How Sandbox Semiconductor is Accelerating Semiconductor Process Development"

Better Tools and Faster Results: How Cadence is Redefining RTL Design

We are diving headfirst into the world of RTL design this week! Rob Knoth (Cadence Design Systems) and I chat about RTL design and implementation issues facing engineers today, the details of Cadence’s Joules RTL Design Studio and the role that artificial intelligence plays in this solution. Also this week, I check out the world’s first human brain-scale neuromorphic supercomputer.

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Have You Got the Spark? How SparkCharge is Changing the EV Charging Landscape

EV charging takes center stage in this week’s podcast! My guest Adam Urban (Director of Engineering – SparkCharge) joins me to chat about how SparkCharge is changing the EV charging landscape. We dig into the details of their Roadie mobile DC fast charger, what their SparkCharge Out of Charge (OOC) Program is all about, and where Adam sees EV charging heading in the future. Also this week, I investigate how the feathers of a eastern bluebird could help usher in advancements in battery technology.

 

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AI is My Copilot: How Flux is Revolutionizing PCB Design

My podcast guest this week is Mattias Wagner from Flux! Mattias and I investigate the role that AI plays in the Flux PCB design platform. We also delve into the details of the Flux Method, Flux Model and Flux Copilot, and discuss why working smarter not harder is cornerstone to the Flux mission. I also investigate why the discovery of phosphorus in the outer reaches of the galaxy could have major implications for the possibility of alien life. 

 

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Extremely Low Latency FPGAs and SmartNICs: How Achronix is Supercharging Networking Innovation

FPGAs take center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! But not just any field programmable gate arrays – I’m talking about the Speedster7t FPGAs! My guests Scott Schweitzer and Ron Renwick from Achronix and I chat about why Achronix’s FPGAs are particularly well suited for networking and SmartNIC tasks, the advantages of Achronix’s accelerated network infrastructure code and the details of their new FPGA-Powered accelerated automatic speech recognition.

 

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High Speed Communications, Optical Interfaces and the Future of Embedded Systems

This week’s podcast is all about high speed communication, optical interfaces for military and aerospace designs and 3D printing in space! My guest Patrick Mechin (Techway) and I discuss the trends in high speed communications, the benefits of optical interfaces for modern embedded systems, and how Techway is supporting innovation in this arena. Also this week, I check out how 3D-printed titanium dioxide foam could help us in our quest for space habitation.

 

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All About Sports! Sensors, Stats and Taking Performance Analytics to the Next Level

Let’s talk about sensor technologies in sports! In this week’s podcast, I investigate some super cool new applications in the sports arena with Peter Hartwell – Chief Technology Officer at InvenSense, Inc, a TDK company. Peter and I discuss the role that sensors will play in the upcoming Olympics, the benefits that InvenSense sensors bring to sports applications, and where Peter thinks sensing technologies are headed in the future.  Also this week, I examine a new brain implant that may be able to enable communication from thoughts alone!

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Making Embedded Systems Smarter: How ITTIA is Tackling the Challenges of Real Time Data Management

In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, ITTIA President Sasan Montaseri joins me to chat about the challenges of real-time data management, the best security practices when it comes to embedded IoT edge data management and how ITTIA can help you manage your embedded systems real-time data in a single database solution.

 

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The Freedom to Innovate: Arteris and the Rise of RISC-V

The adoption of RISC-V is spreading. Versatility and “freedom to innovate” are powering the ecosystem. In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, Frank Schirrmeister from Arteris and I explore how to enable better architecture optimization, manage different protocols with ease, and reduce interconnect area plus power consumption with network-on-chip IP.  Also this week, I check out new soft medical micro robots developed by a team of researchers from the University of Waterloo.

 

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