Podcast EP98: How Menta is revolutionizing embedded FPGA deployment

Podcast EP98: How Menta is revolutionizing embedded FPGA deployment
by Daniel Nenni on 08-05-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Yoan Dupret, the Managing Director and CTO of Menta – a leader in embedded FPGA IP cores for chips and smart sensors. Yoan explores the impact Menta’s embedded FPGAs are having on current designs. The reasons for Menta’s success and where the impact will be in the future are both discussed as well.… Read More


Podcast EP97: Unlocking the Future of Innovation with Graphene

Podcast EP97: Unlocking the Future of Innovation with Graphene
by Daniel Nenni on 08-03-2022 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Paul Hedges, CEO and co-founder of graphene and 2D materials specialists, Applied Nanolayers. Paul explains how wafer-scale integration of materials like graphene can be accomplished, unlocking new “more than Moore” applications such as biosensing and photonics. The applications Paul describes… Read More


Podcast EP96: The History, Reach and Impact of Accellera with Lynn Garibaldi

Podcast EP96: The History, Reach and Impact of Accellera with Lynn Garibaldi
by Daniel Nenni on 07-29-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Lynn Garibaldi, Executive Director, Accellera Systems Initiative. Lynn is the recipient of the Accellera 2022 Leadership Award. Dan and Lynn explore the history of Accellera, its beginnings and growth to a multi-standard organization and the impact of DVCon events around the world.

The views, thoughts, and … Read More


Podcast EP95: An Overview of Axiado’s Transformative Security Technologies

Podcast EP95: An Overview of Axiado’s Transformative Security Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 07-22-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Gopi Sirineni, the President & CEO of Axiado, a company that is spearheading unique security technologies with AI in hardware. He is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 25 years of successes in the semiconductor, software and systems industries.

Gopi explains what’s different about the Axiado approach… Read More


Podcast EP94: Wally Rhines Comments on the latest SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report

Podcast EP94: Wally Rhines Comments on the latest SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report
by Daniel Nenni on 07-15-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines, former CEO of Mentor Graphics, which is now Siemens EDA, and current CEO of Cornami. Wally is also the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report, which is the topic of this podcast.

Wally reviews the latest report, including the backstory of how the report is generated and… Read More


Podcast EP93: The Unique Role of EMD Electronics to Enable Technology Advances Across Our Industry

Podcast EP93: The Unique Role of EMD Electronics to Enable Technology Advances Across Our Industry
by Daniel Nenni on 07-08-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Jacob Woodruff, Head of Technology Scouting and Partnerships with EMD Electronics, where he works to find and advance external early stage and disruptive technologies in the semiconductor and display materials space. Dr. Woodruff is an experienced technologist, having managed global R&D groups developing… Read More


Podcast EP92: The Impact of a Specification-Driven Correct-by-Construction Approach on Design and Verification with Agnisys

Podcast EP92: The Impact of a Specification-Driven Correct-by-Construction Approach on Design and Verification with Agnisys
by Daniel Nenni on 07-01-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Anupam Bakshi, founder and CEO of Agnisys. Anupam has more than two decades of experience implementing a wide range of products and services in the high tech industry. Prior to forming Agnisys, he held various management and technical lead roles at companies such as Avid Technology Inc., PictureTel, Blackstone,… Read More


Podcast EP91: A Tour of Agile Analog’s Ground-Breaking Technology with its New CEO, Barry Paterson

Podcast EP91: A Tour of Agile Analog’s Ground-Breaking Technology with its New CEO, Barry Paterson
by Daniel Nenni on 06-30-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Barry Paterson, Agile Analog’s new CEO. Barry has held senior leadership, engineering and product management roles at Wolfson Microelectronics and Dialog Semiconductor. He has been involved in the development of custom mixed-signal silicon solutions for many of the leading mobile and consumer electronics… Read More


Podcast EP90: A Tour of Cadence’s Cloud Solutions with Mahesh Turaga

Podcast EP90: A Tour of Cadence’s Cloud Solutions with Mahesh Turaga
by Daniel Nenni on 06-24-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mahesh Turaga, VP of Cloud Business Development at Cadence Design Systems. Mahesh brings extensive customer-facing experience to Cadence in business development, strategy, pre-sales, and consulting. He provides an overview of the cloud solutions provided by Cadence. The various business models, technical… Read More


Podcast EP89: An Overview of NXP’s MCX MCU Products with CK Phua

Podcast EP89: An Overview of NXP’s MCX MCU Products with CK Phua
by Daniel Nenni on 06-22-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by CK Phua of NXP. CK joined Philips Semiconductors in 1993 and worked in various roles including quality, applications engineering, product engineering and technical marketing. After Philips, CK joined Freescale in 2012 and rejoined NXP through the Freescale merger. CK is now a Product Manager for Microcontrollers… Read More