Embedded Executive Podcast

Ken Briodagh, editor of Embedded Computing Design, interviews Scott Turnbull with fidus.

Ken Briodagh, Editor-in-Chief, Embedded Computing Design, interviews Nicolas Demoulin, Senior Marketing Manager, Microchip Technology at embedded world 2026.

Ken Briodagh, Editor-in-Chief of Embedded Computing Design, interviews Joao Pereira, Embedded Market EMEA with QNX at embedded world 2026

If you were not aware, you need to be: we are in a memory crisis.  Most systems developers either can’t get the memory they need today, or they are being quoted exorbitant prices for that memory. And “systems” fall into just about every application. The crisis has a lot to do with the huge capacities needed for artificial intelligence, but there are other reasons as well.  To understand what this...

Lattice Semiconductor's Esam Elashmawi sits with Embedded Computing Design's Rich Nass to talk about the company's latest programmable devices.

Systems are demanding more from their memory subsystems, and they can get it thanks to the latest controller from Rambus, as evidenced in the discussion between Rambus' Bart Stevens and Embedded Computing Design's Rich Nass.

Industrial power conversion is somewhat of an obscure topic, but nonetheless, super-important for people designing any type of platform or equipment for the industrial space.  At the top of that list, and the application that’s responsible for changing our designs seemingly overnight, is the data center. Efficiently powering these data centers is key because they consume lots of power, and they ar...

Handling your AI off-chip is a great way to increase performance, which was the topic of the discussion between Axelera's Fabrizio DelMaffeo and Rich Nass of Embedded Computing Design

Editor Rich Nass interviews Alex Wood, Global Marketing Director, Tria Technologies, and Robert Thompson, Director Edge Processing Ecosystems, NXP, at embedded world 2026.

You’ve heard it over and over—you must incorporate security into your design. And in most cases, that’s happening today. But the task can still be somewhat daunting. That’s where a vendor like Thistle Technologies comes into play. They can make the integration far easier than you might have expected.  Hear why and how from the company’s Founder and CEO, Window Snyder, who has seen far more than mo...

T-minus six days for embedded world in Nuremberg. If you’ve been in the embedded space for any amount of time, you’re likely aware of embedded world, which is the annual global meeting place for the industry.  On this week’s Embedded Executives podcast , I was able to corral Axel Sikora, the Chairman of the conference’s technical committee. We walked through some of the highlights of the upcoming...

Bluetooth is everywhere, right?  Until recently, I would have said “Almost everywhere,” since it hadn’t yet affected the industrial sector. However, according to Simon Ford, the Founder of Blecon , Bluetooth has now entered that final frontier. It’s done so for obvious reasons, like power, performance, and ubiquity, and a few other reasons.  Hear what Simon has to say on this week’s Embedded Execu...

Bluetooth claims to own the low-power wireless space with its Low Energy (LE) flavor. A newer, yet older entrant in the space wants to claim that throne. That would be Low Energy UWB, or LE-UWB. And now you understand the reference to newer-older.  UWB has been around for many years, but the LE variant is relatively new. In addition to lower power, it also offers a much higher bandwidth than Bluet...

There are many different ways to look at the tangled web of AI. For example, tackling from the inference perspective is one way of looking at the puzzle, as not everyone is doing that.  One vendor, who may have a leg up, is VSORA , who claims to "make AI more accessible, efficient, and sustainable than ever.” That sounds like a tall order, but a great move to reaching that goal is to bring al...

The Chips and Science Act has been with us for a while now, and obviously, technology doesn’t stand still.  To understand what’s going on with this important act, I spoke to Reza Azarderakhsh, the Founder and CEO of PQSecure Technologies . Reza introduced this act to our audience about a year ago , so this serves as a great update. We also dive into the related security issues developers need to s...

Kinetic energy can be harvested from very simple mechanical movements, like the push of a button or the turning of a knob. WePower Technologies has been able to do more with that small amount of power than I expected.  For example, they can power a transceiver to turn a light on or off simply by pushing a button or power the mechanical mechanism in a door lock by turning a knob 90 degrees. This wo...

Avnet recently surveyed part of its core audience, and the topic was AI’s Impact on Engineering . It doesn’t get much closer to home than that.  To understand how the survey was conducted and, more importantly, what the results showed, I spoke to Alex Iuorio, Avnet’s Senior Vice President for Global Supplier Development.  Alex and I discussed the results, what they mean, and what the future looks...

We’ve all seen the wireless charging devices; you set your phone down on the charger, come back after a while, and your phone is charged. If the charger manufacturer followed the standard set forth by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), that scenario would play out. If they didn’t follow the standard, then you may come back to an uncharged device.  Recently, the WPC released the latest version of...

It’s time for an update on Wi-Fi. On this week’s Embedded Executives podcast , we take a look at what’s the latest, what’s coming, what’s real, and what’s not so real, all as it pertains to Wi-Fi.  To get answers to these questions, I spoke with Sivaram Trikutam, Senior Vice President of Wireless Products at Infineon Technologies. Sivaram and I went through the latest protocols to understand how t...

There are lots of different ways that IoT devices can communicate. In some instances, that’s a good thing. But in other cases, it’s hindering the growth of IoT devices. And that’s a problem, at least according to Mike Rohrmoser, a Vice President at Digi .  In this week’s Embedded Executives podcast , Mike explains how protocols are evolving and what needs to occur to ensure interoperability betwee...

There’s no moss gathering under the Connectivity Stands Alliance , as the group recently announced the latest rev of the ZigBee spec, version 4.0. This new version enhances the security efforts from the previous generation, and also takes a hard look at smart energy in the latest devices.  One of the keys, as you’ll hear, is the backward compatibility that’s been maintained. Faisal Bhaiyat, the Co...

You’re likely aware of many of the great things AI can do for you. And I’m guessing you’ve seen many of the nefarious things it can be used for. I was just brought up to speed on one of the latter items, and it’s something you should be aware of as well.  In my discussion with Marcus Webster, the Founder and President of Webster and Webster Associates, I learned that people are using AI to help th...

Most of the RISC-V offerings that I’ve seen have been pushing very high performance, with lots of cores and lots of chips. Upbeat Technology is taking a different tack by looking at very low power levels.  In my discussion with Jerry Chen, Founder and CEO of Upbeat Technology, he explains the reasons for that approach, and, as you’ll hear, he tells it like it is and explains why the company partne...

It’s not the first time this has occurred, but it is the latest—a previously commercial real-time operating system is now being offered as open source. In this case, it’s SMX from Micro Digital .  If you’re wondering, like I was, where the company would choose to go this route, check out this week’s Embedded Executives podcast with Ralph More, the Founder and President of Micro Digital.

There are lots of semiconductor vendors that do a great job of providing AI hardware. But unfortunately, for many of them, their offerings end there, requiring developers to source software and tools from multiple sources. It’s no secret that designing a system with AI is complex enough. Having to go to different vendors for different pieces just adds multiple layers of complexity.  Analog Devices...