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High Speed Converters, Nanowires, and our Smarter Life

March 26, 2014

This week’s Fish Fry is a feast of EE awesomeness but don’t just take our word for it. Pull up a chair and dig in! First, we’ll whet your appetite with some unique research from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science. We check out how a team of researchers from KAIST hope to stem the tide of counterfeit parts, one silver nanowire fingerprint at a time. Next, we toast the winners of Newark element14’s Smarter Life Challenge with Dianne Kibbey (element14). Dianne tells us about the winning projects from this years contest and … Read More → "High Speed Converters, Nanowires, and our Smarter Life"

Design Services and Smarty Pants Toasters

by Amelia Dalton

March 21, 2014

In this week’s Fish Fry in-depth executive interview, I sit down with Synapse design CEO Satish Bagalkotkar. Satish and I chat about how today’s rocky global economic climate has affected the electronics industry and how he sees the role of design services changing in the future. Also this week, we investigate a new Addicted Products toaster that may change the face of intelligent devices forever.

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A Tale of Two Tools

by Amelia Dalton

March 14, 2014

It was the best of tools, it was the worst of tools, it was the age of verification, it was the age of RTL power estimation. As we navigate through these tumultuous times of electronic design, we need a design tool compass to help show us the way and Fish Fry is here to set the course. Frank Schirrmeister (Cadence Design Systems) and I hunt for the deep dark secrets of ARM-based design verification and examine how Cadence’s Palladium Emulation system fits into the verification landscape. Norman Chang (VP – Ansys) … Read More → "A Tale of Two Tools"

The Softer Side of Life

Fish Fry Meets Software Freedom Conservancy

by Amelia Dalton

March 7, 2014

Once in a while, we all need some help. When the vast landscape of our next software project makes our head hurt, we need a place to go to hang out and throw our ideas around. So – where do we go? Software Freedom Conservancy, that’s where. My guest this week is Read More → "The Softer Side of Life"

Bitcoin Blitzkrieg

Uniquify and the Bitcoin Boom

by Amelia Dalton

February 28, 2014

Get out your pickaxes, canaries, and a high-powered ASIC or two – we’re going mining! In this week’s Fish Fry, we venture deep into the Bitcoin caves with Bob Smith (VP – Uniquify). Bob and I chat about how the Bitcoin mining race is heating up (literally) and how Uniquify is using their ASIC expertise to create super-powered machines mining today’s hottest (and most controversial) virtual commodity. Also this week, I unveil a new unique Amelia-alternative to the current … Read More → "Bitcoin Blitzkrieg"

Adventures in Verification Land

Rolling the Dice and Spinning the Wheel

by Amelia Dalton

February 21, 2014

Take two steps forward and three steps back. Not all parts of our design process are created equal. In this week’s Fish Fry, we examine one of the most painful, frightening, and frustrating parts of our design process – verification. My first guest is Tom Anderson (Breker Verification Systems), and we chat about formal verification, what Breker’s new verification technology TrekSoC-Si is all about, and where you can the best vinyl in Silicon Valley. Then, continuing the formal V theme – we go to Vigyan Singhal, CEO … Read More → "Adventures in Verification Land"

For the Love of Analog Components, Cold Storage and IDEs

by Amelia Dalton

February 11, 2014

In this week’s Fish Fryin’ electronic engineering podcast we’re talking about love – the love of cold storage, the love of analog components, and the love of integrated design environments. First, we get comfy and cozy with cold storage and open computing with Scott MCDonald (Rorke Global Solutions). Next, we revel in our desire for analog components and sensor-based applications with Sean Long of Maxim Integrated Products. Finally we round out today’s EE love-a-thon with a look into our continuing infatuation with integrated design environments. Come join us for this week’s Fish … Read More → "For the Love of Analog Components, Cold Storage and IDEs"

Higher Ground

Cadence Acquires Forte

by Amelia Dalton

February 5, 2014

Here at Fish Fry, when big news breaks, we swim to it. When the EE landscape changes, we evolve, lose our gills, begin breathing air, and start walking on land. This is one of those weeks. When we got wind that Cadence was in the process of acquiring Forte, we jumped on the chance to get the goods on this groundbreaking news story. My guest this week is Craig Cochran (Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Cadence Design Systems) and we discuss the growing adoption of high level synthesis and how Forte plays into the … Read More → "Higher Ground"

DesignCon and Beyond

Fish Fry Takes on DesignCon 2014

by Amelia Dalton

January 31, 2014

The lights: Fluorescent. The carpet: Padded. The lanes: Routed. Where in the world could Fish Fry be? DesignCon 2014, of course. In this special DesignCon episode of Fish Fry, we launch ourselves into the multi-faceted world of electronic design with a couple of interesting interviews. My first guest is none other than Kilopass CEO Charlie Cheng. Charlie and I get down to the nuts and bolts of non-volatile memory, and Charlie gives me his take on where he thinks the technology is headed over the next few years. Next, I chat with Mark Toth (CadSoft) about … Read More → "DesignCon and Beyond"

Tiny Turbines, Real Superhero Powers, and Servers-on-Chip

by Amelia Dalton

January 15, 2014

One part server-on-chip, two parts green energy – with a heavy sprinkling of superhero powers – this week’s Fish Fry takes on advances in connectivity. We investigate the University of Texas at Arlington’s unique collaboration with WinMEMS to create a new way to harness the wind to power your cellphone. Next, we chat with Mike Major (AppliedMicro) about how AppliedMicro is connecting the data center dots with some faster lines and finally, I’ll tell you how you might be able to get yourself some real superhero powers – using ultrasound.

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