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AI with Sally Ward-Foxton presents a variety of deeply technical, but concisely explained topics covering cutting-edge AI accelerator chips, software, systems, algorithms, neural networks, companies and many other subjects related to artificial intelligence and machine learning as it affects the semiconductor industry.

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    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES
    • 2 SEASONS


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    Latest episodes from AI with Sally Ward-Foxton

    Mark Wade: ‘Silicon Photonics was Deeply Unpopular'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 45:27


    Optical I/O company Ayar Labs is 10 years old this month. In this podcast, Sally speaks to Ayar CEO Mark Wade about how the company started and where it is headed.

    Automating NoC Design Masters SoC Complexity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 29:14


    Today, we're diving into the critical role of network-on-chip (NoC) design in modern system-on-chip (SoC) architectures. Designing efficient interconnects has become a major challenge as SoCs grow more complex, especially with the increasing integration of AI workloads. NoCs now account for a significant portion of silicon area, making it essential to get them right. Michal Siwinski, Chief Marketing Officer at Arteris, will join us in discussing how their FlexNoC tool is revolutionizing NoC design through automation. We'll explore why this is crucial for today's chips, how it addresses the growing demands of AI, and what the future holds for NoC technology. 

    Hardware Security in the Age of AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 36:51


    In this podcast, Sally chats with Arm's chief architect Richard Grisenthwaite about how AI is changing the security landscape, and whether AI is both a threat and a solution to security issues.

    Anaflash and Legato Logic Merge Forces

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 13:54


    Welcome to another episode of AI with Sally, an EE Times podcast that brings you inside my conversations with luminaries in the AI chip industry. Today's episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Anaflash. Silicon Valley startup Anaflash announced that it acquired another startup, Legato Logic, a few weeks ago. Anaflash uses nonvolatile memory for its computer memory based AI microcontroller chip and its IP offerings

    Three Key Features to Bring Edge AI to Mainstream in 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 27:45


    Welcome to another episode of AI with Sally, an EE Times podcast that brings you inside my conversations with luminaries of the AI chip industry. Today's episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Infineon Technologies. 

    What the Google and Synaptics Collaboration Means for Edge AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 26:18


    Welcome to a brand new season of AI with Sally, an EE Times podcast that brings you inside my conversations with luminaries of the AI chip industry. Today's episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Synaptics. Synaptics has recently partnered with Google to add an open-source AI accelerator core that Google developed to Synaptics' next generation of its Astra line of IoT chips. 

    The Memory That Breathes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 25:20


    In this episode, Sally Ward Foxton sits down with 4DS' Chief Strategy Officer, Peter Himes, to discuss their ReRAM technology referred to as the memory that breathes.

    How Much Compute Will AI Need, And Where Will It Come From?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 45:33


    In this podcast, Sally talks to Lemurian Labs CEO Jay Dawani about closing the gap between supply and demand for AI compute using hardware, software and model efficiencies. 

    SensiML Open-Sources TinyML Auto ML Tools

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 39:52


    In this podcast, Sally chats with SensiML CEO Chris Rogers about the state of TinyML today and the company's decision to open source a big chunk of its TinyML toolchain.

    Automotive AI: ADAS, Functional Safety and Chiplets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 31:11


    In this podcast, Sally chats with Untether's Bob Beachler about the company's automotive roadmap, the demand for AI in automotive, AI workloads in the car and the dawn of automotive chiplets. 

    Sima.ai CEO: Software Is The Company

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 43:19


    In this episode, Sally chats with Sima.ai CEO Krishna Rangasayee about the company's software-centric approach, the company's SoC with homegrown AI accelerator, and why they rely on Arm cores ahead of RISC-V.

    Winbond CUBE in Edge AI Computing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 21:21


    In this podcast, Sally talks to Winbond's Omar Ma to find out about CUBE, the company's 3D-packaged memory concept that puts the memory die in the middle of the sandwich, rather than on top.

    BrainChip Second-Gen Architecture: Transformers, TENNs and STDP

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 47:12


    In this podcast, Sally interviews BrainChip CMO Nandan Nayampally about the company's second-generation architecture for spiking neural network acceleration, which now includes hardware support for transformer networks like ViT.

    Generative AI Is Coming To Mobile Phones

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 30:44


    In this podcast, Sally chats to Qualcomm's Vinesh Sukumar about the company's demos of generative AI running on Snapdragon mobile phone processors and the future of generative AI at the edge, as well as some of the tricks up Snapdragon's sleeve for AI acceleration.

    The Future of LLMs, Compute Democratization and Open-Source Models

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 38:28


    In this podcast, Sally speaks to SambaNova CEO Rodrigo Liang about how the success of ChatGPT and other LLMs is impacting businesses, what this means for compute democratization and open-source approaches, and how big LLMs can get.  

    The First Market for Neuromorphic Processing: Toys

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 29:02


    In this podcast episode , Sally speaks to SynSense's Dylan Muir about the company's design win for its neuromorphic processor in a toy robot that recognises gestures, the company's two processors and the differences between them, as well as the synergies between dynamic vision sensor cameras and neuromorphic processors.

    Silicon Labs adds AI acceleration to wireless IoT chips

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 27:32


    In this podcast, Sally speaks to Silicon Labs' Matt Maupin and Dan Kozin about the company's wireless IoT chips with AI acceleration, what use cases need this capability, how the accelerator fits into the device's deep sleep modes, and how AI works with the company's software stack. 

    NXP Switches to In-House IP for On-Chip NPUs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 31:34


    In this episode, Sally speaks with NXP's director of AI, Ali Ors, about the decision to move to in-house IP for NPUs in NXP's microcontroller and application processor lines. We also discuss NXP's NPU roadmap, software stack, and new AI model watermarking feature. 

    Event-Based Vision, plus Compressing Activations with Perceive's Steve Teig

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 22:29


    On this podcast: One of event-based vision's founding fathers, a sneak preview of GrAI Matter Labs' image processing AI chip, and Perceive's Steve Teig on a new way to compress activations

    World's Biggest GPU, plus Software-First AI Chip Design with SiFive's Chris Lattner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 31:21


    On this podcast: GPU giants battle it out, plus a conversation with SiFive's Chris Lattner on developing AI chips software-first.

    AI Everywhere, Plus Andrew Feldman on Brain-Sized AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 38:07


    On this podcast: a recap of the keynotes from our AI Everywhere conference, plus a conversation with Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman on brain-sized AI, algorithmic bias, and more

    Data Center Hot Chips, Plus Aart de Geus on AI in Chip Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021


    A roundup of some big data center AI chips from Hot Chips, plus an interview with Synopsys CEO on chips designed by AI

    AI With Sally: Why is Sound Recognition So Hard?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020


    Artificial Intelligence: In this pilot episode of the AI podcast, we ask: Why is recognising sounds so hard? Could we build an artificial brain out of chips? And what has Graphcore been up to lately?

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