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Axelera’s artificial intelligence processing unit is akin to the neural processing units (NPU) and are designed to handle AI inferencing while using very little power. Their quad core Metis AIPUs delivers 214 TOPs at under 4 W. It is available as a chip as well as on boards like their M.2 module. The company's latest Europa delivers up to 629 TOPs and can handle even more streams. Alexis Crowell,...

In this episode of the Inside Electronics podcast, we explore how modern industrial automation relies on robust, well designed power supplies to keep demanding systems running reliably. Host Alix Paultre, Editor-at-Large of Electronic Design, speaks with Mike Swenson, Marketing Manager for TRACO North America, about why industrial environments are among the toughest places for electronics, from el...

For our 100th Inside Electronics podcast we decided to get some of the Electronic Design editors together to discuss a range of topics addressing technology trends in 2026. In this episode we touch on topics that the editors chose from processing hardware to power transistors. We hope you enjoy it. Stay tuned for more on Inside Electronics.  

Presented as the most compact 8-channel oscilloscope with MSO, generator, and a large (11.6-inch) display, the R&S MXO 3 Series puts a lot of functionality in a small package. In this episode, Alix Paultre and Rohde & Schwarz's Noha Ibrahim discusses the company's latest oscilloscope.

While at least a dozen companies offer excellent solutions to deliver the ultra-high currents required to power modern GPUs, Ferric developed a unique capability to integrate thin-film magnetic power inductors within their devices’ packages that eliminates the need for bulky external components. As a result, they can create chip-scale power converters that integrate interface, telemetry, feedback...

There are all kinds of  virtual machines (VM) available and many are being employed in embedded applications. Platforms like the Java virtual machine (JVM) are used on servers and embedded applications with features like garbage collection. Unfortunately, these can have a lot of overhead making them less desirable for small, microcontroller-based systems. Rolf Segger, Founder of  Segger Microcontr...

The cloud and IoT are growing and expanding in complexity in a variety of ways as the core technologies behind the devices and related infrastructure evolve and mature. In this episode, we talk to Nebu Philips, Senior Director, Strategy & Business Development at Synaptics, about where we are and where we want to go with edge computing, AI, and the Cloud. 

IoT empowers intelligent machines to provide advanced functionality to society, but it isn’t easy to get there from here. Key aspects of development include the importance of creating tools that empower others, the role of the market ecosystems in driving adoption, and the challenges in the infrastructure needed to bring connected technologies to the market. We talk to Alistair Fulton, CEO of IoT...

Industrial subsystems are distributed so communication between these subsystems needs to preserve this information and deliver it in a timely fashion. This is where  time sensitive networking (TSN) comes into play. We talk to Mark Geisler, Marketing Manager at  Analog Devices , about the future of TSN in plug-and-play industrial networks as well as the technical and organizational challenges that...

The  PCI-SIG  PCI Express Gen 7 standard is now available but work has not stopped there. PCIe Gen 8 is on the horizon and with a planned doubling of the bandwidth to 256 GT/s. This will be challenging from a number of perspectives from support copper connections at this speed to advancements in the protocol.  

In this episode, Electronic Design talks to Karl Wachswender, Senior Principal System Architect at  Lattice Semiconductor . Lattice is well known for its power efficient FPGAs that support artificial intelligence (AI) applications . They also address  post-quantum cryptography , and are found in  demanding applications like automotive . 

Nanusens   creates nanoscale sensor structures inside the CMOS layers using standard CMOS processes within the same production flow as making the control electronics on the same chip. This approach reduces the size and cost as it benefits from the vast economies of scale of using giant CMOS fabs. The resulting single chip solution has a packaged size of 0.5 mm³. This episode delves into the techno...

Christian Bornschein, Manager of Marketing & Sales at  Port Industrial Automation , talks about how Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is employed in industrial automation. We also discuss some real-world examples and how TSN enables simpler, more effective industrial control product development. 

RAID , redundant array of independent disks, uses redundancy to provide a more robust disk drive array capable of operation even with the loss of a drive. RAID 1 replicates data with a 50% overhead. RAID 5 and 6 are more common in larger arrays with less overhead as more drives are added to the mix but with a tradeoff in performance.   Mark Anthony, Product Line Manager at  Microchip Technology ,...

AI workloads and other advanced computing applications continue to expand, pressuring the development community with the dual challenges of performance and manufacturability. Traditional SoCs are approaching their limits in terms of size, yield, and cost, and one solution lies in chiplet-based architectures. In this episode, we talk to Larry Zu, CEO at Sarcina Technology , and how the company is d...

Synaptics is well known for their touch technology, but they do a lot more including their new Astra SL2610 family of system-on-chip (SoC) that incorporates Google’s open source, Coral artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator. Synaptics’ Vikram Gupta talks about the Synaptics' continuing push for edge AI and how that is tied into their other offerings that touch on everything from wireless connect...

Wide-bandgap semiconductors like silicon carbide (SiC) have changed the landscape of electronics and have fomented a revolution in power conversion. In this podcast, we talk to Adam Barkley, VP, Power Technology Development at Wolfspeed , about the state of the industry in silicon carbide and where the industry is going.

We can simulate everything very exactly, but when it comes to that analog interface between the system and reality, you must be very careful because sometimes things don't behave in the analog realm the way they're predicted to. In this episode, we talk to Dermot O'Shea, CEO of Taoglas , about the state of the cloud and IoT and the challenges in developing products to operate well within it. 

The world of test and measurement is getting more complex and challenging in many ways. There are multiple factors impacting the T&M industry, from materials to new topologies to smaller form factors with even higher levels of integration and power density. In this episode, we talk to the CEO of Liquid Instruments , Daniel Shaddock, about the current situation in the test and measurement indus...

Spiking neural networks (SNN) , also known as neuromorphic computing , are one way to implement artificial intelligence/machine learning models. It has significant advantages over the more popular digital deep neural networks (DNN) like convolutional neural networks (CNN), including very low power operation.   Innatera’s CEO, Sumeet Kumar, taks about how the company's new, ultra low power microcon...

Siemens provides a wide range of design tools for developing hardware and software including ones targeted at software defined vehicles (SDVs). In this episode, David Fritz, Vice President of Hybrid and Virtual Systems at Siemens, talks about SDV and the need for advanced tools and simulation support to meet the safety requirements while providing the functionality of higher SAE levels.

Piezoelectric-based MEMS have been used for sensors, but they can also be used as actuators to do things like move air and fluids. One thing that can be done is to implement a tiny speaker using this technology.   In this episode,  xMEMS Labs ’ Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Mike Housholder, talks about his company's device. You can also watch the demos in our video, Making...

This is the first of a series of Inside Electronic podcasts addressing time sensitive networking (TSN) . TSN is a set of IEEE 802.1 standards managed by the TSN Task Group . In this episode, Dave Cavalcanti, Principal Engineer at the Edge Computing Group at Intel and President of Avnu Alliance. He talks about TSN in general as well as important issues like interoperability that this common standar...

Supporting artificial intelligence's (AI) insatiable need for compute and storage is why SNIA put together the  Storage. AI project . This webinar introduces the project's goals and the standards it will encompass.  Storage. AI will help deliver efficient data services related to AI workloads. How AI workloads utilize storage impacts cost, power, and performance. This discussion touches on the urg...

The plethora of smart, connected devices has created a variety of new opportunities for how we work, live, and interact, but has also introduced data privacy and security risks. Security has been an issue in society ever since people had things of value to protect, and finally, most people now recognize the critical need for safety in the Internet and cybersecurity. In this episode, we talk to Den...