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Cooperation and Competition Behind the Scenes in the RISC-V Community

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutes
Over the course of his fascinating career, Mark Himelstein has worked on several significant computing technologies at historic companies like MIPS and Sun Microsystems. He has also worked as a consultant in various roles that include architect, VP of engineering, and advisor. However, RISC-V ma...

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At Silicon Labs, Wireless IoT is Only The First Step in Rethinking Product Design

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes
Daniel Cooley started his career in RF chip design at Silicon Labs and now leads technology and product development at “the number one wireless supplier” for the Internet of Things. In this thoughtful interview, Cooley explains why adding wireless connectivity is only the first step to completel...

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Pragmatic Semi is Breaking the Rules and Bending Silicon Electronics

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes
While Moore’s Law scaling has driven incredible advancements in computing, AI, and smartphones, many applications don’t need or benefit from the most advanced semiconductor nodes. From its inception, Pragmatic Semiconductor’s goal has been to take a…well, pragmatic…approach to develop an ultra l...

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State of the Industry: Semiconductor Insiders Discuss the Ambitions and Realities of the CHIPS Act

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes
The chip shortage made us all think about the precarious semiconductor supply chain. In response, the US government has moved to bolster the domestic industry. The CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law in August 2022, but we are still waiting to see its impact on US semiconductor manufacturi...

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Leading the RISC-V Revolution, SiFive Aims to Take the Computing Industry Throne

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - February 27, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour
During his fascinating career, Jack Kang has had the opportunity to work on iconic, massively successful products like the Microsoft Xbox Kinect and Nintendo Switch. Today, as one of the founding members of SiFive, Kang works alongside several of the creators of the RISC-V ISA to bring new produ...

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Quantum Computing: Sci-Fi Technology Requires Real-World Engineering

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - February 13, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes
A decade after demonstrating the first entanglement of semiconducting spin quantum bits, or qubits, Oliver Dial and IBM Quantum are developing the ICs, cryogenic systems, error mitigation techniques, and software tools that will identify solutions to problems beyond the scope of classical comput...

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Energizing the Future: Real-Time Precision in Renewable Energy Management

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - January 30, 2024 11:00 - 58 minutes
Optimizing energy generation and consumption requires accurately measuring currents and voltages. In addition, to maximize overall efficiency, that data must be shared in real-time or near real-time. The highlights of this conversation between Henrik Mannesson of Texas Instruments and host Dan...

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Stepping Outside the Metaverse to Discuss Next-Gen Hardware Development

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - January 16, 2024 11:00 - 59 minutes
About three decades after the term “metaverse” was coined, Facebook rebranded as Meta as they increased their focus on building virtual and augmented reality platforms. Today, Agustya Mehta helps lead Meta’s development of the next generation of XR products in his role as their Director of Syste...

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Sean Doyle | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 13

Circuit Talk - December 19, 2023 17:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Semiconductors are a key driver of the global economy, with far reaching impact touching all aspects of government, industry, and our every day lives. Recent shortages in the semiconductor market have brought about the looming threat of a supply chain crisis, meaning now is the time for collabora...

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Gayathri Radhakrishnan | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 11

Circuit Talk - October 04, 2023 15:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Gayathri Radhakrishnan, Partner at Hitachi Ventures, joins John Cole in this episode of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. Through the corporate venture arm of Hitachi, Radhakrishnan helps create partnerships with start-ups, forging relationships with companies ready to scale and deliver value ...

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Tom Leahy | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders

Circuit Talk - October 04, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Tom Leahy, Head of Aerospace & Defense Business Development at SiFive, joins John Cole for this episode of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. Leahy speaks at length about the critical work that SiFive is doing in the semiconductor industry; work that is not going unnoticed by both the public an...

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Tom Leahy | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 12

Circuit Talk - October 04, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Tom Leahy, Head of Aerospace & Defense Business Development at SiFive, joins John Cole for this episode of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. Leahy speaks at length about the critical work that SiFive is doing in the semiconductor industry; work that is not going unnoticed by both the public an...

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Asif Bhatti | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 10

Circuit Talk - August 24, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Asif Bhatti, Head of Strategy and Innovation at America’s Frontier Fund (AFF), joins John Cole for the most recent episode of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. Bhatti shares his perspective on the future for advanced technology in America, and how AFF determines how to inject their resources i...

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Asif Bhakti | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 10

Circuit Talk - August 24, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Semiconductors are a key driver of the global economy, with far reaching impact touching all aspects of government, industry, and our every day lives. Recent shortages in the semiconductor market have brought about the looming threat of a supply chain crisis, meaning now is the time for collabora...

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Sam Salama | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 10

Circuit Talk - July 27, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Sam Salama, CEO of Hyperion Technologies, joins John Cole for this newest episode of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. With a focus on advanced packaging, Hyperion Technologies is operating at the forefront of one of the most critical aspects of semiconductor technology. The CHIPS Act specific...

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Sam Salama | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 9

Circuit Talk - July 27, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Sam Salama, CEO of Hyperion Technologies, joins John Cole for this newest episode of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. With a focus on advanced packaging, Hyperion Technologies is operating at the forefront of one of the most critical aspects of semiconductor technology. The CHIPS Act specific...

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Marveling at MEMS: The New Superheroes of The Silicon World

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - July 11, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes
Silicon transistors naturally get most of the attention. However, delicate silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with movements that are often measured in angstroms are making some noise of their own (metaphorically, because you won’t be able to hear those tiny vibrations!). By focusin...

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AI or 5G? EdgeQ Asks, “Why Not Both?” While Building a Wireless Base Station-on-a-Chip

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - June 27, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes
It all began with a love of mathematics. Adil Kidwai loved mathematics. That initially led him to a career focused on analog and RF design. After many years working on RF technology leading efforts in cellular communication, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, Adil had a chance to move into the AI field. Wh...

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Mohamed Kassem | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 9

Circuit Talk - June 23, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Mohamed Kassem, co-founder and CTO of efabless, joins John Cole in this week’s Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. Beginning with a brief but informative history of his position within the industry, Kassem dives into what he feels are the most pressing issues facing the semiconductor industry. F...

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Mohamed Kassem | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 8

Circuit Talk - June 23, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Mohamed Kassem, co-founder and CTO of efabless, joins John Cole in this week’s Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders. Beginning with a brief but informative history of his position within the industry, Kassem dives into what he feels are the most pressing issues facing the semiconductor industry. F...

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Getting Out of the Weeds with John Deere’s Revolutionary AI Technology

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - June 13, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes
Imagine 1500 laptops strapped to a 120 foot (36 m) wide sprayer being pulled behind a tractor. That gives you a rough understanding of the compute power inside the John Deere See & SprayTM that targets herbicide to the weeds, not the crops. These might be “the smartest agricultural machines in t...

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VC-Backed Hardware Design Collaboration is the (All) Spice of Life

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - May 30, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes
In this unique episode of the Moore’s Lobby podcast, we get to hear from not only the technologists and executives behind the company but the investor who is helping them make their dreams a reality. As an electrical engineer, Chrissy Meyer had spent years working in product design on large pr...

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Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon’s Peter Wawer

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - May 16, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes
Engineering careers, even very successful ones, don’t always progress in a nice orderly manner. In this episode of Moore’s Lobby, Peter Wawer, Division President of Green Industrial Power at Infineon Technologies, retraces a fascinating technical and business career that is still going strong.  ...

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Burning Man Maker, Music Mogul, and PCB Revolutionary—Flux CEO Matthias Wagner

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - May 02, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour
Matthias Wagner learned early in his career that not everything is like an engineering “marketing video…all so streamlined and perfect.” Sometimes you have to dive into a project with no documentation and no roadmap and “figure it out now.” That fearless, can-do attitude has led him on a circuit...

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Alon Raphael | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 8

Circuit Talk - April 20, 2023 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Semiconductors are a key driver of the global economy, with far reaching impact touching all aspects of government, industry, and our every day lives. Recent shortages in the semiconductor market have brought about the looming threat of a supply chain crisis, meaning now is the time for collabora...

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Alon Raphael | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 7

Circuit Talk - April 20, 2023 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Semiconductors are a key driver of the global economy, with far reaching impact touching all aspects of government, industry, and our every day lives. Recent shortages in the semiconductor market have brought about the looming threat of a supply chain crisis, meaning now is the time for collabora...

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From Apple to OpenLight: Silicon Photonics and Integrated Lasers with Dr. Tom Mader

Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits - April 18, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes
I’ll bet that you didn’t know that the original concept for what became the Apple Thunderbolt interface involved optical communication. Well, in this fascinating podcast with Dr. Mader, you will learn that intriguing backstory and much more.  Mader also provides a helpful introduction to silic...

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Dan Marrujo | Circuit Talk: Speaker Series

Circuit Talk - April 12, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Dan Marrujo, President and Managing Director at Trusted Strategic Solutions, LLC joins MITRE Engenuity Chief Technologist Raj Jammy to discuss the impact of semiconductor innovation on national security. Long time friends and collaborators, Marrujo and Jammy enjoy a robust conversation ranging f...

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Shahin Farshchi | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders

Circuit Talk - April 06, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Shahin Farshchi, General Partner at Lux Capital, joins John Cole for episode six of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders to talk about the important ways that a semiconductor startup can differentiate themselves to garner game-changing investment. Farshchi goes into detail about how Lux Capital de...

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Shahin Farshchi | Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders | Ep. 6

Circuit Talk - April 06, 2023 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Shahin Farshchi, General Partner at Lux Capital, joins John Cole for episode six of Circuit Talk: Funders and Founders to talk about the important ways that a semiconductor startup can differentiate themselves to garner game-changing investment. Farshchi goes into detail about how Lux Capital de...