Podcast EP271: A Tour of SiLC’s LiDAR Technology and Its Broad Impact with Mehdi Asghari

Podcast EP271: A Tour of SiLC’s LiDAR Technology and Its Broad Impact with Mehdi Asghari
by Daniel Nenni on 01-24-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by SiLC Technologies CEO Mehdi Asghari. Mehdi is one of the early pioneers of the silicon photonics industry with over 25 years of commercialization experience in this space. SiLC is his third Silicon Photonics start-up focusing on advanced imaging solutions. His previous startups, Kotura and Bookham, both enabled… Read More


Bouncing off the Walls – How Real-Time Radar is Accelerating the Development of Autonomous Vehicles

Bouncing off the Walls – How Real-Time Radar is Accelerating the Development of Autonomous Vehicles
by Jeffrey Decker on 04-01-2021 at 6:00 am

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In the race to get people out of the driver’s seat, the developers of autonomous vehicles (AV) and advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) have gone off road and into the virtual world.

Using simulation to design, train and validate the brains behind self-driving cars — the neural networks of sensors and systems that perceive… Read More


Virtuoso Adapts to Address Cyber Physical Systems

Virtuoso Adapts to Address Cyber Physical Systems
by Tom Simon on 07-29-2019 at 2:00 pm

LIDAR is a controversial topic, with even Elon Musk weighing in on whether it will ever be feasible for use in self driving cars. His contention is that the sensors will remain too expensive and potentially be unreliable because of their mechanical complexity. However, each of the sensors available for autonomous driving have … Read More