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Send us Fan Mail The Insiders attended the second annual RISC-V Summit in San Jose earlier this month, and brought back some significant opinions about the show, the technology, and the direction of the RISC-V Foundation. Is SiFive too powerful?  Where are all the big semis?  How does open hardware relate to Amazon, Apple, Google, and other tech giants building their own chips? And what does that...

Send us Fan Mail The Embedded Insiders discuss 6SigmaET and how it increases reliability of thermal simulation, as it improves production and device performance. Alix Paultre also spoke with Future Facilities ’ Chris Altham on how this principle helps people in the design community overcome their thermal management issues. Tune in for more.  For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan Mail The industry is coming to a place where shrinking silicon geometry is encountering the problems of physics, especially in the context of memory compute and power electronics. Developers in the semiconductor manufacturing space are coming out with new solutions that are helping to move some of these architectures forward. Tune in to find out how.   For more information, visit embed...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Embedded Insiders, they welcome Peter Rogerson of Power Integrations, who talked about the company’s migration to wide-bandgap technology with galium nitride, instead of silicon, in their switching configurations. It underscores the expansion of wide-bandgap in the marketplace. What does this mean for the power industry going forward? Tune in for more. For more...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Embedded Insiders, we discuss a technology that’s rapidly gaining popularity in the embedded and IoT technology sector – Containers. This enterprise software tool increases flexibility, especially in systems that need to be updated periodically over time. However, it has some design implications for embedded systems that engineers need to get familiar with. Tune...

Send us Fan Mail The Embedded Insiders ask the ultimate question: why can’t we replace analog circuitry with new digital material that’s far superior to anything in analog? At the very component circuit level, you still have to move electrons around and you can’t change the law of physics. We will always try to take a signal from the real world and turn it into something digital; wouldn’t that alw...

Send us Fan Mail A recent embedded industry report indicates that chip content in systems is projected to drop by 25 percent in 2019. Huh? As more and more every day objects are electrified and digitized, that doesn't make much sense - unless you consider that perhaps more and more discrete semiconductors are now being packaged into fewer and fewer highly integrated yet more powerful devices....

Send us Fan Mail With every passing day, the US-China trade war is having a greater and greater impact on the electronics market. Not only is it disrupting existing supply chains and manufacturing operations, it's also damaging long-lasting business relationships between tech companies on both sides of the Pacific. In most cases, these relationships were often difficult to build, and are bein...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, the Embedded Insiders reminisce on the moon landing that occurred on July 20, 1969 and how it has impacted today’s technology and the advancements made in research for aerospace and aeronautical equipment. They also discuss advanced timing solutions and the atomic clock’s role in sophisticated applications. For more information, you can also read Alix Paul...

Send us Fan Mail The Embedded Insiders attended a couple of respective sensors conferences, one in the U.S. and one in Europe. Tune in to find out what they saw, how the tchotchkie index of both shows compared and the announcement of our Best in Show winners.  For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan Mail The RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) has garnered a lot of attention amongst academia and startups. But, being so new, there has been a limited amount of RISC-V IP that one would classify as "production-ready", and, of course, even less silicon. However, a new industry organization, the OpenHW Group, is looking to take open-source hardware technologies like RISC...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the Embedded Insiders talk to Chris Jacobs, VP of Autonomous Transportation and Automotive Safety at Analog Devices as he divulges where the automotive industry is headed in terms of autonomy, safety and sensor technology. We also cover some news that came out of TU-Automotive Detroit. Tune in for more.   For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the Bleeding Edge. What is it? What does it mean for the future of semiconductors? Is it actually conceivable or can we put it in the category of science fiction? Tune in to find out.  For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Embedded Insiders, we delve into the difference between smart and intelligent devices. What makes a device smart? Furthermore, what makes a device intelligent? Is it indeed possible to distinguish the two? Will the technological advancements in intelligent devices put humans out of commission? Tune in as we discuss.     For more information, visit embeddedcomput...

Send us Fan Mail Embedded Insiders’ Rich Nass interviews industry consultant and analyst Vin D’Agostino of D’Agostino Industries to get his take on what’s been happening in the IoT world as far as RTOS acquisitions go. Alix Paultre offers his experience at PCIM and reviews the show’s edible tchotchkie index. We also highlight the Best in Show winners from IoT World. Tune in to hear about all the b...

Send us Fan Mail With the recent news of Microsoft acquiring Express Logic, the Embedded Insiders parse whether large tech conglomerates buying software companies is good for anyone involved. Special guest Rob Oshana, VP of Software Engineering R&D at NXP joins to give his thoughts on what the FreeRTOS and Express Logic acquisitions will mean for developers. Tune in for more! For more informat...

Send us Fan Mail There seems to be a foundation/association for just about everything in our space these days. Are such institutions necessary? Do they wear out their usefulness? I asked that question of Mike Milinkovich, the Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation . Of course, he defended his group, but his reasoning was quite interesting. Check out this week’s Five Minutes With…discussion....

Send us Fan Mail The Embedded Insiders briefly review the results of an IoT developer survey from the Eclipse Foundation, which found that two-thirds of engineers are currently or plan to launch an IoT project in the next 18 months ( https://iot.eclipse.org/iot-developer-surveys/ ). Given the pervasiveness of IoT, does that even mean anything anymore? Afterward, the Insiders slide into a discussio...

Send us Fan Mail When it comes to things like embedded computing systems and advanced solutions and circuits, people tend to overlook basics in the system, even though some of those basics can actually be force multipliers for their logic systems. One important factor in high-performance computing is how you actually manage the power to it, and whether you're optimizing the performance of the...

Send us Fan Mail The IoT is just starting to embrace AI and neural nets. While previously a Cloud-based application, such algorithms are migrating to the Edge, thanks to the latest and greatest microprocessors. One of those processor vendors who continue to exhibit expertise in the IoT ecosystem is Intel, and as such, became the subject of this week’s Five Minutes With…discussion. Specifically, I...

Send us Fan Mail The Embedded community is closely tied to Linux (yes, that’s an understatement). I thought it would be a good idea to interview someone from the Linux Foundation to get a handle on where the organization stands and what projects are coming down the pike. So, without any further ado, here’s Michael Dolan, Vice President of Strategic Programs for the Linux Foundation in week’s Five...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Embedded Insiders are joined by Steven Crouch, CTO of Blackmore Lidar, who discusses FM lidar and its impact on the automotive market. We also recap what went on at the GPU Technology Conference this year. Tune in for more. For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan Mail Boards and systems designed around an Nvidia processor are becoming more commonplace. But where they haven’t made much of a mark—until now—is in the mil/aero industries. The architecture seems like a natural fit due to its ability to do video processing capabilities, but is just starting to make a (very small) dent. In this week’s Five Minutes With…podcast, I spoke to Doug Patters...

Send us Fan Mail Join Rich Nass, Brandon Lewis, Alix Paultre and Laura Dolan as they deliberate what’s been happening with Boeing’s 737 Max planes that have been recently grounded due to two tragic crashes. They beg the question, is this a software issue? Tune in for a more in depth discussion. For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Send us Fan Mail This is the Embedded Insiders’ first video broadcast. Join Rich Nass, Brandon Lewis, Alix Paultre and Laura Dolan as they discuss Alix’s latest adventures at APEC and what the future holds for power electronics. Not to mention Alix’s Tchotchke Index. What is it? And what can show-goers glean from what you pass out at trade shows? Tune in to learn more! For more information, visit...