Episodes
146
July 30, 2021
Intel on Getting Its Mojo Back
This week’s podcast: Our guest is Intel SVP Sanjay Natarajan. There are only three companies in the world that can make the most advanced ICs possible —TSMC, Samsung, and Intel — and lately, people have been wondering about Intel. Intel just announced a roadmap that will take it to 2025 and (the company says) regain its position as the leading IC manufacturer. We talk with Natarajan about Intel “getting its mojo back.”
146
July 30, 2021
Intel on Getting Its Mojo Back
This week’s podcast: Our guest is Intel SVP Sanjay Natarajan. There are only three companies in the world that can make the most advanced ICs possible —TSMC, Samsung, and Intel — and lately, people have been wondering about Intel. Intel just announced a roadmap that will take it to 2025 and (the company says) regain its position as the leading IC manufacturer. We talk with Natarajan about Intel “getting its mojo back.”
146
July 30, 2021
Intel on Getting Its Mojo Back
This week’s podcast: Our guest is Intel SVP Sanjay Natarajan. There are only three companies in the world that can make the most advanced ICs possible —TSMC, Samsung, and Intel — and lately, people have been wondering about Intel. Intel just announced a roadmap that will take it to 2025 and (the company says) regain its position as the leading IC manufacturer. We talk with Natarajan about Intel “getting its mojo back.”
145
July 23, 2021
Life, the Universe, and Power ICs
This week’s podcast: The advantages of making power ICs in materials like gallium nitride instead of silicon are rapidly snowballing. We talk with guest Doug Bailey, marketing VP and applications engineering with Power Integrations, about what the evolution from Si to GaN means for engineers and how they design products, and also about some very tangible consequences for consumers.
145
July 23, 2021
Life, the Universe, and Power ICs
This week’s podcast: The advantages of making power ICs in materials like gallium nitride instead of silicon are rapidly snowballing. We talk with guest Doug Bailey, marketing VP and applications engineering with Power Integrations, about what the evolution from Si to GaN means for engineers and how they design products, and also about some very tangible consequences for consumers.
145
July 23, 2021
Life, the Universe, and Power ICs
This week’s podcast: The advantages of making power ICs in materials like gallium nitride instead of silicon are rapidly snowballing. We talk with guest Doug Bailey, marketing VP and applications engineering with Power Integrations, about what the evolution from Si to GaN means for engineers and how they design products, and also about some very tangible consequences for consumers.
144
July 16, 2021
Whither Semiconductors? The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round and ‘Round
This week’s podcast: As the semiconductor sector evolves, we tend to scrutinize the evolutionary steps – the new technologies, the mergers and acquisitions. That elides the big question: what is the industry evolving toward? A discussion with Tirias Research analyst Jim McGregor on where this bus is heading.
144
July 16, 2021
Whither Semiconductors? The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round and ‘Round
This week’s podcast: As the semiconductor sector evolves, we tend to scrutinize the evolutionary steps – the new technologies, the mergers and acquisitions. That elides the big question: what is the industry evolving toward? A discussion with Tirias Research analyst Jim McGregor on where this bus is heading.
144
July 16, 2021
Whither Semiconductors? The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round and ‘Round
This week’s podcast: As the semiconductor sector evolves, we tend to scrutinize the evolutionary steps – the new technologies, the mergers and acquisitions. That elides the big question: what is the industry evolving toward? A discussion with Tirias Research analyst Jim McGregor on where this bus is heading.
143
July 9, 2021
To Walk Again: the SAM Suit Saga
This week’s podcast: A few years back, engineers created the SAM car, a vehicle that enabled quadriplegic former Indy racer Sam Schmidt to drive again. Now they’ve followed with the SAM suit, an exoskeleton that let Schmidt dance with his daughter at her wedding. Sam, the SAM car, and the SAM suit, with Arrow Electronics chief marketing officer Victor Gustaf Gao.
143
July 9, 2021
To Walk Again: the SAM Suit Saga
This week’s podcast: A few years back, engineers created the SAM car, a vehicle that enabled quadriplegic former Indy racer Sam Schmidt to drive again. Now they’ve followed with the SAM suit, an exoskeleton that let Schmidt dance with his daughter at her wedding. Sam, the SAM car, and the SAM suit, with Arrow Electronics chief marketing officer Victor Gustaf Gao.
143
July 9, 2021
To Walk Again: the SAM Suit Saga
This week’s podcast: A few years back, engineers created the SAM car, a vehicle that enabled quadriplegic former Indy racer Sam Schmidt to drive again. Now they’ve followed with the SAM suit, an exoskeleton that let Schmidt dance with his daughter at her wedding. Sam, the SAM car, and the SAM suit, with Arrow Electronics chief marketing officer Victor Gustaf Gao.
141
June 25, 2021
Safe 5G for the Post-Smartphone Era
This week’s podcast: An interview with former NSC member Brigadier General (ret.) Robert Spalding, now the CEO of a company that just emerged from stealth mode with a technology that will not only battle-harden modern 5G networks, it’ll help pave the way to the post-smartphone world. The world is courting disaster by making more and more of everyday life reliant on 5G systems that are vulnerable to cyberespionage.
141
June 25, 2021
Safe 5G for the Post-Smartphone Era
This week’s podcast: An interview with former NSC member Brigadier General (ret.) Robert Spalding, now the CEO of a company that just emerged from stealth mode with a technology that will not only battle-harden modern 5G networks, it’ll help pave the way to the post-smartphone world. The world is courting disaster by making more and more of everyday life reliant on 5G systems that are vulnerable to cyberespionage.
141
June 25, 2021
Safe 5G for the Post-Smartphone Era
This week’s podcast: An interview with former NSC member Brigadier General (ret.) Robert Spalding, now the CEO of a company that just emerged from stealth mode with a technology that will not only battle-harden modern 5G networks, it’ll help pave the way to the post-smartphone world. The world is courting disaster by making more and more of everyday life reliant on 5G systems that are vulnerable to cyberespionage.
130
April 9, 2021
A Call to Arm’s Version 9
This week’s podcast: Ten years ago, Arm introduced its v8 architecture of its processor cores, which turned out to be a pretty big deal. The company just revealed v9. The announcement was light on details, but details were available if you just looked for them. Tirias analyst Kevin Krewell looked for them. We talk with him about what he found.
130
April 9, 2021
A Call to Arm’s Version 9
This week’s podcast: Ten years ago, Arm introduced its v8 architecture of its processor cores, which turned out to be a pretty big deal. The company just revealed v9. The announcement was light on details, but details were available if you just looked for them. Tirias analyst Kevin Krewell looked for them. We talk with him about what he found.
130
April 9, 2021
A Call to Arm’s Version 9
This week’s podcast: Ten years ago, Arm introduced its v8 architecture of its processor cores, which turned out to be a pretty big deal. The company just revealed v9. The announcement was light on details, but details were available if you just looked for them. Tirias analyst Kevin Krewell looked for them. We talk with him about what he found.
129
April 2, 2021
A Disaster Waiting to Happen | Get Up, Stand Up
This week’s podcast: Every year, the automotive industry is offering vehicles with increasingly autonomous capabilities. There is a problem in how it describes its progress that is already undermining vehicle safety. This week: the trouble with Level 3. Also, workers at an Amazon facility are voting on whether or not to unionize. A look at the nature of work in the high tech industry.
129
April 2, 2021
A Disaster Waiting to Happen | Get Up, Stand Up
This week’s podcast: Every year, the automotive industry is offering vehicles with increasingly autonomous capabilities. There is a problem in how it describes its progress that is already undermining vehicle safety. This week: the trouble with Level 3. Also, workers at an Amazon facility are voting on whether or not to unionize. A look at the nature of work in the high tech industry.
129
April 2, 2021
A Disaster Waiting to Happen | Get Up, Stand Up
This week’s podcast: Every year, the automotive industry is offering vehicles with increasingly autonomous capabilities. There is a problem in how it describes its progress that is already undermining vehicle safety. This week: the trouble with Level 3. Also, workers at an Amazon facility are voting on whether or not to unionize. A look at the nature of work in the high tech industry.