Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry
220 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsEE Journal's Amelia Dalton breaks down each week's EE news in an informative, fun and engaging style.
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Plotting a Course to Functional Safety
November 01, 2019 10:07 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBThere are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere. - Robert Zoellick Security is not implemented overnight. Standards don’t create themselves. And our design lives won’t get easier if security and standards aren’t addressed at every step of the game. In this week’s podcast, Brent Sherman (Intel), Adam Sherer (Cadence) and I chat about the challenges of security characterization within IP implementation and delivery in a functional safety flow and why Accelera...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SI (But Were Afraid to Ask)
October 25, 2019 10:40 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThe Man, The Myth, The Legend of Everything SI - the one and only Dean of the Teledyne LeCroy Signal Integrity Academy Eric Bogatin joins Fish Fry this week. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Eric at this year’s AltiumLive and we talked about a wide variety of signal and power integrity issues including the downsides of open source designs, what signal integrity noise and rogue waves have in common, and why designing return paths is like a scene in the movie GhostBusters.
Pixelated Perfection
October 18, 2019 10:34 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBWhat makes your pocket-sized screen picture perfect? There is a good chance Pixelworks has something to do with it. In this week’s podcast, Peter Carson (Pixelworks) and I dig into the details of innovative Pixelworks’ image processing platform and why the preservation of artistic intent is cornerstone to the Pixelworks vision. Also this week, we take a closer look at a new neural network training technique called deep reinforcement learning developed at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon Universi...
It's ALive
October 11, 2019 10:15 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBComing to you from AltiumLive 2019, this week’s podcast is all about hacking, PCB design, and how sharing information can inspire innovation big and small. AltiumLive 2019 keynote speaker Joe Grand (Grand Idea Studio/L0pht Heavy Industries) and I discuss how hacking and engineering can collide in today’s EE ecosystem. We also discuss the origins of the legendary hacking group L0pht Heavy Industries and Joe shares a couple of his favorite hacking creations. In our second interview this week,...
Get Smart(er)!
September 27, 2019 10:45 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBWork smart. Get things done. - Susan Wojcicki What’s smarter than smart? This week’s episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry! Tim Ramsdale (CEO - Agile Analog) reveals how Agile Analog is changing the landscape of analog IP and why their unique design methodology sets their analog IP away from the rest of the pack. In our second interview this week, Tom Yates (Product VP - Nubix) joins us to discuss the current state of edge computing and how is Nubix helping embedded designers get the most out...
The Acceleration Situation
September 20, 2019 10:31 - 16 minutes - 15 MBIn this week’s episode of Fish Fry, Clay Johnson (CEO - CacheQ) joins us to discuss the history of processor performance demands and why today's designs require a variety of different technologies to increase compute performance. Clay and I also chat about the details of their QCC platform and how their platform is helping software developers leverage the benefits of heterogeneous distributed compute environments. Also this week, we investigate the details of a new whale-shaped nanorobot spe...
Up Up and Away
September 13, 2019 11:18 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB“I think everybody understands how important the cloud is.” - Marc Benioff They say every cloud has a silver lining but does every silver lining have a cloud? In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, Craig Johnson (Cadence Design Systems) joins us to discuss a variety of cloud strategies. We investigate how priorities and usage models should influence our choice of cloud models and why different clouds for different folks is always the way to go. Also this week, we check out how a group of research...
FPGA Fiesta
September 06, 2019 13:33 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBWe’re serving up a double helping of field programmable goodness in this week’s episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry podcast. Dianne Kibbey (element14) and I dish about this year’s Path II Programmable design series. We discuss the details of this innovative program and how you sign up to participate in this FPGA-based program. Also this week, Geoff Tate (CEO - Flex Logix) and I chat about the history eFPGAs and the motivations behind the launch of their new nnMAX™ Inference Acceleration Arch...
The Internet of Many Things
August 30, 2019 11:27 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBThe Internet of Things takes center stage in this week’s episode of Fish Fry. First up, we investigate a new sensor platform developed at Stanford University called BodyNet and how this new device can track both the pulse and rate of respiration by detecting the expansion and contraction of skin. Also this week, Mark Milligan and I discuss the future of the internet of things and how the Enlighted platform is looking to redefine what a smart building can be.
PCB Village Square
August 23, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this week’s episode of Fish Fry, Judy Warner gives us a special sneak peek into this year’s AltiumLive PCB Design Summit. Judy and I discuss the details of this third annual PCB design conference, how the goals of this conference have evolved over the years, and why Judy hopes this event will become the PCB Village Square of the EE industry. Also this week, we investigate a new Kickstarter campaign that hopes to cure cancer - with a little help from the International Space Station.
Survival of the Fittest
August 16, 2019 13:01 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBEvolution takes center stage this week’s episode of Fish Fry! To start things off, I investigate how a baby ostrich and a robotic dinosaur on a treadmill might have just helped solve the mystery of the evolution of avian flight. Next, I chat with Rob Persons (Artseyn Embedded Technologies) about the evolution of tactical systems and the role encryption will play in the future of battlefield communications. To wrap things up this week, I sit down with at Cat Brandis and Rich Selfridge (Amphe...
From Chip to City and Back Again
August 09, 2019 11:05 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB"Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard. The transportation is here. Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are." - Talking Heads In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we investigate the complexities of data processing in coming age of 5G. Wade Smith (ANSYS) joins us to discuss the challenges of 5G and edge computing and why multi-physics analysis will be crucial to the development of 5G systems. Also, don’t forget to stick around for this week’s special ...
Seeing is Believing
August 02, 2019 17:07 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBWhat has SLAM done for you lately? If you are working on a vision processing application, quite a lot most likely! In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we welcome Pulin Desai from Cadence Design Systems. Pulin and I chat about the trends driving the need for more vision processing, the current challenges associated with SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and when he thinks it is best to use an AI accelerator in your next vision of artificial intelligence design. Also this week, we c...
Swimming in the SoC
July 26, 2019 12:41 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we are swimming in SoCs! Randy Fish (UltraSoC) joins us to discuss the deep waters of embedded analytics and AI platform debug. Ramsay Allen (Moortec) and I chat about the rising tide of advanced chip node designs and the benefits of in-chip monitoring IP. Finally, Rob van Blommestein (OneSpin) and sail through the choppy waters of IC verification.
Accelerating AI at the Edge
July 19, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBWhat do robotic beehives, FPGAs, and AI at the edge have in common? This week’s episode of Fish Fry of course! First up, we chat with Sammy Cheung CEO of Efinix. Sammy and I explore the challenges of launching a new FPGA company today and why artificial intelligence applications at the edge are perfect for their Trion™ FPGA silicon platform. Also this week, we take a closer look at BeePi - a kickstarter launched by Utah computer science professor Vladimir Kulyukin. We investigate how this un...
EDA Escapade
July 12, 2019 11:11 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBI hope you have your sunscreen and sunglasses packed my friends because we’re going on an EDA escapade this week! First up, we head down the IP interstate with Neil Robinson (Cadence Design Systems) who is giving us a grand tour of LiDAR, radar, 5G and the Tensilica ConnX B20 DSP. Also this week, Bob Smith (Executive Director - Electronic System Design Alliance) joins us to discuss the details of this year’s ES Design West and why the Design Automation Conference will be co-located with SEMI...
The Next Generation of Engineering
June 28, 2019 11:35 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB“Man’s relationship with technology is complex. We always invent technology, but then technology comes back and reinvents us” ― Atul Jalan In this week’s episode of Fish Fry, we investigate the complex role of machine learning in the future of design automation. Norman Chang (ANSYS) joins us to discuss how machine learning will not only change the course of the evolution of EDA but also how we deal with design for reliability and FinFET degradation. Also this week, we check out a newly dis...
Up Where We Belong
June 21, 2019 10:28 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBFish Fry is flying high this week! We start things off with a little News You May Have Missed where we investigate the technology behind Glasgow, Scotland-based Kite Power Solutions. We take a closer look at out how they plan to make kite energy a commercial reality by 2025, and why their high-flying wind energy plans just got a big boost from the Imperial Department of Aeronautics and the UK’s National Wind Tunnel Facility. Also this week, Joe Sawicki (Mentor Graphics) and I are chatting up...
Help One, Help Many
June 14, 2019 07:57 - 18 minutes - 17 MBIn this week’s Fish Fry, we are celebrating the winners of this year’s Not Impossible Awards with Kevin Sellers from Avnet. Kevin and I chat about how Avnet, Hackster i.o and Not Impossible Labs are facilitating a new era of groundbreaking technology that is not only good business - but also good for people. We take a closer look at each of this year’s award-winning designs that include the Butterfly iQ - the world’s first handheld whole-body ultrasound system, a new hands-free device to con...
DAC At It (Again)
June 07, 2019 10:13 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBThe intrepid EE Journal team is back (and taking no prisoners) at this year’s Design Automation Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. First up, we chat with the DAC Monday keynote speaker Galen Hunt (Microsoft - Distinguished Engineer and Managing Director, Microsoft Azure Sphere). Galen and I chat about the seven properties of secure devices and why he thinks IOT isn’t a technology revolution. Next up, we discuss the inclusion of The Design Infrastructure Alley with Derek Magill (HPC Pros) and I...