EP&T Podcast

For this podcast episode, EP&T sits down with Abby Rampal, founder and CEO of solid-state AI in Toronto. He will share his thoughts on why artificial intelligence alone may not be enough for engineering the physical world. Rampal will introduce Physics Enhanced Digital Twins (PeDT)—a next-generation approach that embeds the laws of physics directly into AI models. This isn’t incremental improv...

Sensors are becoming the backbone of today’s intelligent electronic systems — enabling everything from wearable health monitoring and industrial automation to smarter consumer and IoT devices. But as sensing technologies become more advanced, developers are also facing growing challenges around AI training, data collection, and system integration at the edge. For this podcast episode, we speak wit...

EP&T’s guest for this podcast is Dr. Scott Genin, Vice President of Materials Discovery at OTI Lumionics, which is a Toronto-based developer of advanced materials and manufacturing processes for OLED displays and lighting. The company specializes in creating materials for under-display cameras and sensors. Genin provides insights - in practical terms, what his team has achieved with the Iterat...

As AI-driven robots move from labs to the real world, trust is essential and failure is not an option. Building robotics systems that are safe, deterministic and secure enough for real-world deployment has become the defining hurdle for robotics. EP&T sits down with Winston Leung, senior strategic alliances manager at QNX Software Systems (a division of BlackBerry Ltd.) to discuss robotics mov...

Podcast Guests:   Udson Mendes,  Team leader in quantum technologies at CMC Microsystems in Sherbrooke QC. Janne Lehtinen , chief scientific officer and co-founder of SemiQon Technologies in Finland. In an agreement to advance silicon-based quantum processor technology, SemiQon has collaborated with CMC this spring. Under the terms of the deal, SemiQon will supply CMC with prototypes of...

In this podcast episode, Chris provides some insights to this Toronto-based artificial intelligence semiconductor start-up. The firm is currently developing a powerful new AI chip that eliminates the data movement bottleneck that costs energy and performance in traditional architectures. While elaborating on the real-world applications of Untether AI's technology, Chris explains how his firm’s ene...

Podcast Guest: Qaiser Habib, director of engineering and Toronto site lead at Snowflake. In this podcast episode, Habib shares his thoughts on why Toronto is poised to be a central hub for data innovation, along with emerging application trends that Canadian businesses can expect to see. He also touches on how Canadian businesses can benefit from embracing the data economy. From a software enginee...

Founded in 1984, CMC Microsystems Corp. is a not-for-profit organization that operates by helping researchers and industry across Canada’s National Design Network. The group’s work involves lending assistance in the development of innovations in microsystems and nanotechnologies. In conversation with EP&T Editor Stephen Law, Gord Harling touches on a number of projects and initiative...

As most are aware, supply chain issues and semiconductor shortages have been all over the news in the past two years, with many automotive manufacturers announcing line stoppages and losses in revenue as a result. But, just how serious did things get? What has been the impact of the shortages so far? To help us delve into this subject further, Avnet Silica recently analysed the public financi...

In order to be successful, electronic part makers of all sizes need to excel in many different and often complex, areas of their business. Today’s challenges, ranging from global logistics to product compliance, challenges can be very daunting to designers because the industry moves so quickly and supply chains are increasingly global in nature. Missy Hall of Digi-Key Electronics explains some of...

Embedded systems is fundamental to every electronic design, as well as the consumer end-user experience, yet they often get overlooked in most discussions around security. In conversation with EP&T, Toronto-based Rob Wood of NCC Group explains why embedded systems do not get enough attention in cybersecurity coverage, at least not as much as applications. Wood leans on his career experience in...

Frustrated with the complications and time constraints of prototyping a printed circuit board through traditional means, Voltera CEO & co-founder Alroy Almeida got the brainchild to build a printer that could do it on his desktop. Today, Voltera supplies major OEMs and CEMs, as well as leading educational institutions with its V-One pcb printer product. Headquartered in the Kitchener/Waterloo...

Founded in 1984, CMC Microsystems is a not-for-profit organization that operates by helping researchers and industry across Canada's National Design Network. The group’s work involves lending assistance in the development of innovations in microsystems and nanotechnologies. Our guest is Gord Harling, an R&D veteran with telcom and semiconductor firms in Canada, he also has more...

With billions of new IoT devices coming online, there is a growing need for security at the network edge. IoT security provider Sequitur Labs is monitoring progress in this area and provides updates on recent advancements that are strengthening IoT security. Today's more sophisticated hacks are occurring in edge devices, targeting different stages of their lifecycle, using over-the-air firmware up...