Embedded Executive Podcast

For a host of reasons, it’s important to keep your network up to date. Those reasons include performance, reliability, security standards, and others. But what happens when your network is ancient, in technological terms?  That’s something many in the embedded space struggle with, as it’s not unusual for embedded platforms to be in the field for a decade or more.  To understand what can be done in...

As AI gets smarter, it raises the bar for the bad guys to do their bad things. We are in a constant race to stay ahead, and there is seemingly no end in sight.  To understand what this means and what can be done to (hopefully) stay ahead of the curve, I spoke to Steve Hanna, a Distinguished Engineer from Infineon, on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast .

A lot is going on in the world these days that can disrupt the supply chain. From political issues to tariffs to the data center craze, some components are just difficult to obtain. Thankfully, there are ways around the issues and different ways to deal with them.  To get a little insight into these issues, I spoke to Ohad Yaniv, the CEO of Variscite , who deals with them daily. He's this wee...

It would seem like a no-brainer to support IoT in various regions. But that’s not necessarily the case. And when you look at how many new applications are popping up, the waters get even muddier. And don’t even get me started on what happens when you try to go wireless.  Someone who is much closer to the issues/hurdles than I is John Grady, the CEO of Ayla Networks , who joined me on this week’s E...

Edge AI is exceeding the expectations that I had for the technology, at least at this early point in its ramp-up. I had expected it to take longer to reach fruition than it actually has, although you could probably argue that it hasn’t come close to reaching even the beginnings of its potential.  To understand where Edge AI stands today, where it’s going, and when it could potentially get there, I...

Should you use AI to generate code? Or should it be limited to code review? From my research, it depends on who you ask.  In this case, I asked Rod Cope, the Chief Technical Officer at Perforce Software . Rod has a great deal of experience in this space, and he was my guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast .

Those of us who have been around the embedded space for a while are pretty familiar with Altera’s history in the programmable logic space. Without going through the details, it’s a fairly rocky past.  The company now claims that we should put the past in the rearview mirror and focus not just on what the company is offering today, but what’s on its roadmap. They feel that the relationships they’ve...

For its full existence, Arm has primarily been an IP vendor. That has now changed. Arm will be producing silicon products, similar to many of its customers. Getting to that point required an assist from some of its partners, including Synopsys .  To understand what an “assist” consists of and what the longer-term outlook looks like, I spoke to Frank Schirrmeister, the Executive Director of Product...

Digital transformation, particularly in industrial equipment, has the ability to change the landscape of design.  Really? Do you even know what digital transformation is?  It’s a term that Doug Cougle, the SVP of Operations and Business Development at NTX Embedded, used in a recent conversation. He said it with such conviction that I thought, “Maybe this is something I should learn more about.” I...

Embedded Computing Design Editor, Ken Briodagh, talks with Bartek Kling, CEO of needcode, at embedded world 2026.

Rich Nass interviews Julien Battiston with NXP at embedded world 2026 in Nuremberg.

End devices are shipping with the AI box checked. In other words, OEMs are saying that their products are AI-enabled. But are they really, or is this just marketing spin?  The first response is that it depends on how you define AI. The second is that some of the features being implemented really are doing so with AI, but there might be other (simpler?) ways to handle the same functions.  To make t...

Ken Briodagh of Embedded Computing Design interviews PQ Shield about post-quantum computing on the Embedded Executive podcast LIVE at embedded world 2026.

Editor-in-Chief, Ken Briodagh, interviews Vinay Argarwal, GM MSP Microcontroller, Texas Instruments, at embedded world 2026.

Aptiv makes a clear distinction between “intelligent mobility” and “autonomous drive.” It’s easy to see how the two terms can be used interchangeably, but Aptiv is applying the former to many platforms that are not automobiles. And because of the company’s experience in the automotive space, it can do so in a big way.  To understand the difference between the two terms and the impact that Aptiv ca...

Ken Briodagh, Editor in Chief of Embedded Computing Design, sits down with Christoph Herzog, Co-CEO, CTO of TASKING, for a live embedded world episode of Embedded Executive.

Ken Briodagh, Editor-in-Chief at Embedded Computing Design, interviews Jose Ruiz from AdaCore at Embedded World.

If you’re building an Edge-based device, you need to be concerned about power consumption. If you’re building an Edge-based device that’s running on a battery, power consumption rockets to the top of the priority list.  One vendor that has a lot of say in where power levels reside is GlobalFoundries. Along with its customers, the company sets many of the rules when it comes to power.  To see what...

Ken Briodagh, Editor in Chief at Embedded Computing Design, interviews Jonathan Hacker from TeleCAnesis at Embedded World!

Rich Nass interviews Greg Sheridan and Eric Welsh with Octavo Systems at embedded world 2026.

When the discussion of “AI everywhere” comes up with the folks at onsemi, they know that there’s far more to the design complexity than massive amounts of processing. They help designers deal with the massive amount of power that’s required to drive these systems. Embedded Computing Design’s Rich Nass sat with onsemi’s Felicity Carson to understand how the company is working with designers to maxi...

Digital twins, a virtual representation of a physical product, can simplify your development process. To me, doing something that sounds quite complex can’t actually make something easier. However, as Marc Serughetti, the Vice President of Product Line Management for the Synopsys Systems Design Group , explains to me, that’s really how it works.  Hear it from the expert on this week’s Embedded Exe...

Ken Briodagh, Editor in Chief at Embedded Computing Design, interviews Jeff Baldwin from Sealevel Systems at Embedded World!

Haydn Povey of SCI Semiconductor discusses the world's most secure microcontroller with Rich Nass, from Embedded Computing Design.

If you weren't able to attend embedded world in Nuremberg, Germany, a few weeks ago, you’ll love this recap of the event featuring David Sandys, the Senior Director of Technical Enablement and Engagement at DigiKey .  While it’s not possible to see everything at a show as large as embedded world, David and I pull out many of the highlights.  Check out this week’s Embedded Executives podcast ....