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August 19, 2014

It’s time to saddle up and ride into the semiconductor sunset! Whether you’re hitchin’ your wagon to a young whipper-snapper node, or lassoin’ a long-in-the-tooth workhorse process, the time it takes to get your IC design up and out of the corral may depend more on the software you use to verify your design than on the silicon itself. In this week’s Fish Fry, Mary Ann White (Synopsys) and I get down to the very heart of semiconductor design: process geometries. We have ourselves a good ol’ time chatting about challenges of FinFET designs, the tricky … Read More → "A Horse of a Different Color"

Driving Innovation

Model-based Design and Physics-based Acceleration

by Amelia Dalton

August 15, 2014

In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re taking the wheel, putting the pedal to the metal, and riding off into the EE sunset. My first co-pilot in the Fish Fry bucket seat is Noam Levine. Noam navigates us to a special place called Model-based Design. We discuss how this design methodology can help move your next design into the fast lane where you might even bypass a prototyping stage or two. Next up in our fast flying EE road trip is a saunter down Semiconductor Lane with Tom Flynn of Coventor. Tom and I investigate physics-based … Read More → "Driving Innovation"

Lean Green Energy Harvesting Machine

PMICs and Biofuel Micro Trigeneration

by Amelia Dalton

August 5, 2014

In the venerable words of Kermit the Frog, “It’s not that easy being green“, but in this week’s Fish Fry we’re going to show you that being green may be getting a whole lot easier. We examine a new Micro Trigeneration Prototyping system coming out of the University of Newcastle that aims to cool, heat, and provide electricity to your home using unprocessed plant oils. Tom Sparkman (Spansion) and I also explore Spansion’s super green new … Read More → "Lean Green Energy Harvesting Machine"

FPGA Fiesta!

Lattice's iCE40 Ultra and Xilinx at
X-fest 2014

by Amelia Dalton

August 1, 2014

Bienvenido a Fish Fry! Welcome to this week’s field programmable Fish Frying festivities. First to join the podcastin’ party is Joy Wrigley from Lattice Semiconductor. Joy and I discuss how FPGAs are breaking into the IoT scene and why low power will make all the difference in tomorrow’s mobile designs. Joining the fun next is Barrie Mullins from Xilinx. Barrie and I chat about how Vivado is playing a bigger role in this year’s X-fest and why this conference isn’t just for FPGA designers.

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From the Cradle to the Cloud

Education Meets High Tech

by Amelia Dalton

July 24, 2014

This week Fish Fry is all about technological innovation in education. From kindergarten to college, from Malaysia to Texas, we look into recent technological advances that aim to even the educational playing field in the United States and across the globe. My first guest is Scott McDonald (Rorke Global Solutions). Scott unveils Rorke’s new digital learning system and discusses with me how Rorke was motivated to break ground on this high tech education revolution. (We also throw in some basketball trash talk.) Keeping with our education theme, Silicon Cloud International CEO Mojy Chian … Read More → "From the Cradle to the Cloud"

Don’t Pass Me By

Project Ara Dev Boards and the Internet of Moving Things

by Amelia Dalton

July 16, 2014

The pedal is to the metal, our motor is running, and Fish Fry is hitting the open road. At the wheel this week is mCube CEO Ben Lee. Ben and I discuss the future of the IoT market, the details of mCube’s super tiny accelerometers, and where you can find a truly unique golf course where you play above the clouds. Also joining our Fish Fryin’ caravan this week, is an exciting update from the folks at Google’s Project Ara (and you won’t want to miss this!) Last but certainly not least, we round … Read More → "Don’t Pass Me By"

X Marks the Spot

Thwarting Pirates with AI and X-fest 2014

by Amelia Dalton

July 11, 2014

At Attention Ye Salty Dogs! Hoist the mizzen mast, Fish Fry is ready to set sail! This week Jim Beneke comes aboard our mighty Fish Fryin’ ship to plot a course to X-Fest – the yearly how-to training sessions from Avnet and Xilinx for FPGA, DSP, SoC and embedded systems designers. Join us as we dig into X-Fest’s treasure trove of deep tech seminars, trainings, and much more. Then, in keeping with our pirateous parade, we delve into the details of a new pirate-busting radarrrr called WatchStander, and check out how artificial intelligence plays … Read More → "X Marks the Spot"

chipKITs™ and JPEGs

IP in Space and Open Source Board Buildin’

by Amelia Dalton

July 4, 2014

It’s time to break out the sparklers, an arc welder or two, and your best space suit – Fish Fry is here to celebrate! We’re ringing in Fish Fry’s 100th podcast episode with an ode to two of our favorite subjects: open source embedded system development and photos from from the Mars Rover. First up, Marc McComb (Microchip) introduces us to the chipKIT™ Platform. Marc and I jump feet first into the chipKIT™ platform ecosystem and check out what this open source platform is all about. Also this week, Fish Fry … Read More → "chipKITs™ and JPEGs"

Replicated Food and Configurable Analog

Adventures for a New Day

by Amelia Dalton

June 27, 2014

Fish Fry: the Final Frontier. In this episode, we journey to a world where our analog is programmable (ok, configurable) and our food is replicated (complete with a full serving of your nutritional needs). First, we delve into the bits, bobs, and ADCs of Maxim’s new PIXI configurable analog with Martin Mason. Martin and I discuss the details of this new configurable analog, and why the PIXI is better (and more flexible) than a big ol’ pile of discreet components. Also this week, we check out Nestlé’s new “Iron Man” program that aims to reshape our kitchens … Read More → "Replicated Food and Configurable Analog"

Fun With Microcontrollers

Atmel’s Tech on Tour and Super Awesome Sylvia

by Amelia Dalton

June 19, 2014

In honor of the first annual National Day of Making, Fish Fry is headed into the delight-filled world of Maker Faires, microcontrollers, and watercolor painting robots. Andreas Eieland (Atmel) starts off the excitement by giving us a tour of Atmel’s Tech on Tour 18 wheeler. Andreas and I also discuss the disconnect between the growing number of IoT devices and the declining number of engineers in the world, and how Maker Faires can be instrumental in filling this void.

Also this week, Fish Fry is proud to welcome the one … Read More → "Fun With Microcontrollers"