Podcasts about fpgas

Discover how Rackspace Spot is democratizing cloud infrastructure with an open-market, transparent option for cloud servers. Kevin Carter, Product Director at Rackspace Technology, discusses Rackspace Spot's hypothesis and the impact of an open marketplace for cloud resources. Discover how this novel approach is transforming the industry. TIMESTAMPS[00:00:00] – Introduction & Kevin Carter's Background[00:02:00] – Journey to Rackspace and Open Source[00:04:00] – Engineering Culture and Pushing Boundaries[00:06:00] – Rackspace Spot and Market-Based Compute[00:08:00] – Cognitive vs. Technical Barriers in Cloud Adoption[00:10:00] – Tying Spot to OpenStack and Resource Scheduling[00:12:00] – Product Roadmap and Expansion of Spot[00:16:00] – Hardware Constraints and Power Consumption[00:18:00] – Scrappy Startups and Emerging Hardware Solutions[00:20:00] – Programming Languages for Accelerators (e.g., Mojo)[00:22:00] – Evolving Role of Software Engineers[00:24:00] – Importance of Collaboration and Communication[00:28:00] – Building Personal Networks Through Open Source[00:30:00] – The Power of Asking and Offering Help[00:34:00] – A Question No One Asks: Mentors[00:38:00] – The Power of Educators and Mentorship[00:40:00] – Rackspace's OpenStack and Spot Ecosystem Strategy[00:42:00] – Open Source Communities to Join[00:44:00] – Simplifying Complex Systems[00:46:00] – Getting Started with Rackspace Spot and GitHub[00:48:00] – Human Skills in the Age of GenAI - Post Interview Conversation[00:54:00] – Processing Feedback with Emotional Intelligence[00:56:00] – Encouraging Inclusive and Clear Collaboration QUOTESCHARNA PARKEY“If you can't engage with this infrastructure in a way that's going to help you, then I guarantee you it's not up to par for the direction that we're going. [...] This democratization — if you don't know how to use it — it's not doing its job.”KEVIN CARTER“Those scrappy startups are going to be the ones that solve it. They're going to figure out new and interesting ways to leverage instructions. [...] You're going to see a push from them into the hardware manufacturers to enhance workloads on FPGAs, leveraging AVX 512 instruction sets that are historically on CPU silicon, not on a GPU.”

Colin O'Flynn returns to The Amp Hour for a 3rd time to talk about recent developments in security, FPGAs, small scale electronics manufacturing, and the world of academia.

In this Electropages podcast, host Robin Mitchell talks with Joe O'Hare, Senior Director of Marketing at Everspin Technologies, about MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory) and its role in ensuring system reliability for critical applications. Joe explains how MRAM delivers trillions of write cycles, radiation tolerance, and worry-free endurance—making it the go-to memory for aerospace, satellites, medical devices, and data storage. The discussion covers the evolution of MRAM, its use in commercial aircraft and lunar landers, and its integration with FPGAs for enhanced reliability. Learn why MRAM is becoming the preferred solution where data loss is not an option.

(2:40) - Cancer-on-a-chip technology advances our understanding of how cancer operatesThis episode was brought to you by Mouser, our favorite place to get electronics parts for any project, whether it be a hobby at home or a prototype for work. Click HERE to learn more about the role of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in the medical world! Become a founding reader of our newsletter: http://read.thenextbyte.com/ As always, you can find these and other interesting & impactful engineering articles on Wevolver.com.

In episode 8 of Open Source Ready, Brian and John sit down with Daniel Mangum, CTO of Golioth, to discuss his journey from distributed systems and Kubernetes to open source hardware. They explore the rise of RISC-V, the potential of decentralized social media, and how AI is shaping the future of computing. Plus, Daniel shares insights into FPGAs, the AT Protocol, and why open source innovation matters more than ever.

Send us a textIn this episode of Embedded Insiders, Winston Leung, Senior Product Marketing Manager at QNX, and Jay Thomas, Director of Field Development at LDRA join the podcast to discuss the fusion of robotics and automation in modern manufacturing, and how functional safety is shaping this transformative shift.Then, Rich and Vin are back with another Dev Talk featuring Steve Mensor, Vice President at Achronix Semiconductor. The three dive into the game-changing potential of embedded FPGAs and the benefits of blending the strengths of hardware and software.But first, Rich and Ken kick things off with a look at what's in store for embedded world 2025, and a recent announcement involving Apple's first custom modem chip for iPhones.For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

In this episode, we sit down with Skot, electrical engineer and creator of Bitaxe, the first open-source ASIC bitcoin miner. Skot shares his journey from IoT hardware development to designing hardware for bitcoin mining, including his early experiments with FPGAs in a university lab. We discuss the significance of open-source mining for bitcoin's future, the challenges of hardware and firmware development, and how Bitaxe compares to industry giants like Bitmain. Skot explains the potential for decentralized mining, the risks of centralization in mining hardware and pools, and why making mining accessible and transparent is critical. We also touch on the concept of incorporating miners into household devices and the role of small-scale miners in bitcoin's long-term resilience.SUPPORT THE PODCAST:→ Subscribe→ Leave a review→ Share the show with your friends and family→ Send us an email podcast@unchained.com→ Learn more about Unchained: https://unchained.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=TBF-podcast-description→ Book a free call with a bitcoin expert: https://unchained.com/consultation?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=TBF-podcast-description→ Buy bitcoin in an IRA—sign up today and get your first year free: unchained.com/frontierTIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Intro01:16 - Meet Skot, the mind behind Bitaxe02:34 - From IoT projects to bitcoin mining innovation05:20 - Skot's bitcoin origin story and the PayPal saga09:35 - Mining bitcoin with university lab FPGAs12:11 - Why Skot started the first open-source ASIC miner14:55 - The challenges of open-source bitcoin mining hardware19:59 - Bitaxe vs. Bitmain: efficiency showdown21:25 - Who's building Bitaxes and why?25:01 - The importance of open-source mining for bitcoin's future28:26 - Can Bitaxe become a significant part of bitcoin's hash rate?33:39 - The dream of decentralized mining in household devices41:02 - The future of bitcoin mining: big grids vs. home miners47:06 - Skot's take on mining centralization risks53:37 - How open-source mining could save bitcoinWHERE TO FOLLOW US:→ Unchained Twitter: https://twitter.com/unchainedcom→ Unchained LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unchainedcom → Unchained Newsletter: https://unchained.com/newsletter → Joe Burnett (Host) on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IIICapital→ Jose Burgos (Director of Media Production) on Twitter: https://x.com/DeFBeD→ Skot on Twitter: https://x.com/skot9000

Welcome to episode 285 of the Explain it to me Like I'm 5 Podcast, formerly known as The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! We've got a lot of news this week, including the last of our coverage from re:Invent, ChatGTP Pro, FPGA, and even some major staffing turnovers. Titles we almost went with this week: Throw $200 dollars in a fire with ChatGPT Pro Jeff Barr is wrapped up by Agentic AI The Tribble with Trilliums The Wind in the Quantum Willows  Rise of the dead instances FPGA and PowerPC Jeff Barr is replaced by Nova The Cloud Pod: Return of the dead instances types After 6 year Jeff Barr hands over the reigns to the CloudPod For our 6th birthday Jeff barr Retires For our 6th birthday jeff barr delegates announcements to the cloud pod 6 years of meaningless PR drivel 6 years of cloud news and we still don't know what Quantum computing is A big thanks to this week's sponsor: We're sponsorless! Want to get your brand, company, or service in front of a very enthusiastic group of cloud news seekers? You've come to the right place! Send us an email or hit us up on our slack channel for more info.  General News HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY!  2:00 HashiCorp at re:Invent 2024: Security Lifecycle Management with AWS Hashi is a big sponsor of re:Invent, so of course they had some news of their own to release.  HCP Vault Secrets auto-rotation is now generally available.  Dynamic secrets are generally available via HCP Vault Secrets. Secrets sync will help keep your secrets synced with AWS Secrets Manager. It still appears to be one direction, but you can now also view secrets in AWS Secrets Manager that are managed by vault.  HCP Vault Radar, now in beta, automates the detection and identification of unmanaged secrets in your code, including AWS infrastructure configurations 03:10 Matthew – “This qualifies under the category of things that I feel like we talked about so long ago, I just already assumed was GA. I’m surprised that it wasn’t.” 03:34 HashiCorp at re:Invent 2024: Infrastructure Lifecycle Management with AWS Terraform AWS provider is now at 3 billion downloads.  The

AWS Morning Brief for the week of December 16th, 2024, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon Bedrock Guardrails reduces pricing by up to 85%Amazon CloudWatch now provides centralized visibility into telemetry configurationsAmazon EC2 F2 instances, featuring up to 8 FPGAs, are generally availableAmazon SES now offers Global Endpoints for multi-region sending resilienceAWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code now includes Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live TailAccelerate your AWS Graviton adoption with the AWS Graviton Savings DashboardCapture data changes while restoring an Amazon DynamoDB tableUnderstand the benefits of physical replication in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Blue/Green DeploymentsHow AWS sales uses Amazon Q Business for customer engagementAWS Network Firewall Geographic IP Filtering launchIssue with DynamoDB local - CVE-2022-1471

Lattice Developers Conference Key Insights! What's the latest in Edge AI innovation from Lattice Semiconductor? Hosts Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead are joined by Lattice Semiconductor's CEO, Ford Tamer, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Esam Elashmawi, and CVP of Product Marketing and Planning, Dan Mansur, for a conversation on Lattice Semiconductor's strategic growth, key announcements, and unique market position in the Edge AI sector on this episode of Six Five On The Road at Lattice DevCon 2024. Highlights include ⤵️  Ford Tamer's insights and experiences since joining Lattice. Lattice's growth strategy and the strengths driving this growth. Key product announcements and solutions introduced at the DevCon. The unique position of Lattice FPGA's in the burgeoning Edge AI market. An introduction to Nexus 2 and continued investment in small FPGAs.  

Here are some of the things we talked about: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/seeing-around-objects/overview/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_field_camera Jiska's inactivity reboot research 404 Media Article about inactivity reboot Joe Grand's YouTube Ken Shiriff - https://www.righto.com/ John McMaster - https://siliconpr0n.org/ Piotr Esden-Tempski https://1bitsquared.com/ Ferrite for iOS Azeria - Arm book - https://azeria-labs.com/ https://x.com/fox0x01 https://leg-assembly.com/ Marcan Asahi linux Joe Fitz Foone Bunnie Huang - Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs is a Bad Idea Kill decision book by Daniel Suarez Maddie Stone Malware Unicorn POSEE Show stats as of December 1 2024: Title Release Date Unique Downloads duration_seconds duration_formatted 001 - Success! Aug 14, 2017 4,421 2567.41 0:42:47 002 - Cheap And Easy Aug 29, 2017 3,763 3300.19 0:55:00 003 - Barbies and Keyboards Sep 17, 2017 2,741 2025.26 0:33:45 004 - 0x0FF the Rails Oct 12, 2017 3,461 4142.3 1:09:02 005 - Circuits That Go Nowhere Nov 05, 2017 3,866 3439.2 0:57:19 006 - Marketing Via Stickers Dec 05, 2017 2,832 1029.78 0:17:09 007 - Candy Coated Jan 03, 2018 3,439 2767.85 0:46:07 008 - T0015! Part 0x1 Mar 09, 2018 3,600 1663.35 0:27:43 009 - T0015! Part 0x2: All Ur sigs R belong to uS. Apr 14, 2018 3,651 1710.66 0:28:30 010 - T0015! Part 0x3 - Debug Interfaces May 14, 2018 3,421 2127.58 0:35:27 011 - Making Too Many Assumptions Jun 03, 2018 3,199 2715.12 0:45:15 012 - Cheese vs. SDR Jun 29, 2018 3,218 3987.09 1:06:27 013 - It's Not Magic Jul 04, 2018 3,552 4965.74 1:22:45 014 - Ferrycast Jul 09, 2018 3,209 2419.78 0:40:19 015 - Updates! Aug 30, 2018 2,990 1172.03 0:19:32 016 - Supercon 2018 Part 1 Nov 10, 2018 2,731 2678.26 0:44:38 017 - Supercon 2018 Part 2 Nov 11, 2018 2,776 2866.56 0:47:46 018 - Ghidra Mar 15, 2019 3,433 1277.65 0:21:17 019 - It's Still Not Magic Apr 06, 2019 3,244 2701.62 0:45:01 020 - Hardwear.io CTF Interviews Jun 16, 2019 2,607 1747.3 0:29:07 021 - Silent Disco Wizards Jun 23, 2019 2,549 1616.32 0:26:56 022 - Bits Through the Microscope Jun 30, 2019 2,583 1455.57 0:24:15 023 - Magic Moonbeams Jul 08, 2019 2,599 1968.33 0:32:48 024 - Cars, Servers, and FPGAs! Jul 14, 2019 4,046 5272.64 1:27:52 025 - Opaque Magisterium Aug 14, 2019 3,418 5891.14 1:38:11 026 - You Can Lose in so Many Colors! Aug 30, 2019 3,768 7437.72 2:03:57 027 - The Box Sep 08, 2019 2,728 1978.28 0:32:58 028 - Everyone Has a Bag of Tricks Sep 15, 2019 3,326 4440.62 1:14:00 026a Easter Egg Extra Sep 21, 2019 6,666 78.3 0:01:18 029 - Old Timey Name Droppin' Oct 16, 2019 3,464 6108.44 1:41:48 030 - Supercon 2019 Dec 01, 2019 2,797 2193.4 0:36:33 031 - The Title Isn't DibbleDabble Dec 27, 2019 3,150 2691.97 0:44:51 032 - High Molarity Rants Feb 25, 2020 3,239 4232.96 1:10:32 033 - All Over the Place Apr 27, 2020 2,924 2725.33 0:45:25 034 - Mechanical RE Jun 22, 2020 2,715 5550.24 1:32:30 035 - Giving it all away (Listener Survery) Jul 04, 2020 1,936 379.36 0:06:19 036 - ADDVulcan - Hack-a-sat Part 1 Jul 20, 2020 2,406 3438.36 0:57:18 037 - 2020 Survey Results Aug 04, 2020 2,100 1856.98 0:30:56 038 - My Favorite Random Number is 5 Aug 22, 2020 2,892 4540.08 1:15:40 039 - Changing the Nature of Reality Sep 13, 2020 2,667 3678.39 1:01:18 040 - Uh-tastic Oct 03, 2020 2,405 1612.5 0:26:52 041 - What did you fail at this week? Nov 07, 2020 2,956 5504.59 1:31:44 042 - Diwali in the Morning Nov 24, 2020 2,612 3324.93 0:55:24 043 - Filling In Zeros Dec 21, 2020 2,599 4542.95 1:15:42 044 - Scots Army Knife Jan 03, 2021 3,355 6217.34 1:43:37 045 - Rizin and Cutter Feb 15, 2021 3,271 4879.4 1:21:19 046 - Never Reveal the Prestige Mar 18, 2021 2,903 5659.94 1:34:19 047 - The Sun, The Moon, The Stars May 16, 2021 2,650 3042.08 0:50:42 048 - A Bad Case of Kubernitis Jun 06, 2021 3,504 4561.54 1:16:01 049 - Reversing Your Childhood One Game At a Time Jul 10, 2021 3,117 3657.36 1:00:57 050 - Four Years In Aug 22, 2021 2,737 3182.26 0:53:02 051 - Collecting Students With Similar Names Oct 05, 2021 3,113 5296.86 1:28:16 052 - Twitter Is My Lab Notebook Oct 26, 2021 3,607 7612.66 2:06:52 053 - It's Hammer Time! Dec 16, 2021 3,678 6024.75 1:40:24 054 - It's A Calibration, Not An Update! Feb 11, 2022 3,816 4582.27 1:16:22 055 - Stacks Of Bricked Chips Mar 13, 2022 3,626 3716.49 1:01:56 056 - Listening to Jupiter Mar 16, 2022 3,981 4377.36 1:12:57 057 - I Did Not Expect Sharks! May 09, 2022 3,949 5855.03 1:37:35 058 - Technically Met the Specs Jun 15, 2022 3,424 5321.05 1:28:41 059 - Instant Nerd Snipe Jul 04, 2022 3,578 3736.53 1:02:16 060 - The Brie List Aug 12, 2022 3,504 3173.46 0:52:53 061 - A Case of the Sniffles Nov 09, 2022 3,185 3599.93 0:59:59 062 - Keymap Rain Dance Dec 30, 2022 3,581 4588.83 1:16:28 063 - I Read Online That It's Impossible Mar 26, 2023 4,054 4501.32 1:15:01 064 - MS-DOS Malware Chose Me May 21, 2023 3,317 4093.39 1:08:13 065 - Multitalented Grinch Jul 30, 2023 2,932 3831.25 1:03:51 066 - Use Your Scope! Dec 09, 2023 3,135 6012.58 1:40:12 067 - I Don't Know What I'm Doing Mar 02, 2024 2,021 927.97 0:15:27 068 - The Monkey Button Apr 07, 2024 2,458 4131 1:08:51 069 - Canned Cheese and Onion Rings Apr 17, 2024 2,576 4977.68 1:22:57 070 - I Have a DediProblem Jun 09, 2024 3,135 6972.11 1:56:12 071 - Snerd Niped Sep 07, 2024 4,077 5462.2 1:31:02 Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show , or email us at show@unnamedre.com . Music by TeknoAxe ( http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe )

Is it possible for a startup to compete with NVIDIA, the $1 trillion behemoth dominating AI hardware? Thomas Sohmers and his team at Positron are betting they can and they're moving at lightning speed to prove it. In this episode, Chris Saad sits down with Thomas Sohmers, founder and CEO of Positron, to explore how this ambitious startup is aiming to disrupt the AI chip market currently dominated by NVIDIA. In this episode, you will: Discover how Positron achieved working hardware in just 18 months, defying typical timelines for chip startups Learn about Positron's strategy for compatibility with existing AI frameworks like HuggingFace Understand the performance and efficiency advantages Positron claims over NVIDIA's offerings Explore how the team's deep industry experience from companies like Grok and F5 Networks gives them an edge Gain insights into Positron's innovative use of FPGAs for rapid iteration before moving to custom chips Hear about the company's funding journey and current Series A raise Uncover valuable lessons for founders on competing against industry giants Learn more about the startup Skyfire Website: https://www.positron.ai/  Follow Thomas Sohmers on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trsohmers/  The Pact Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please: Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app Subscribe to the TSP Mailing List at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thestartuppodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Secure your official TSP merchandise at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.tsp.show/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on YouTube at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@startup-podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following. Key links The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Vanta. Vanta helps businesses get and stay compliant by automating up to 90% of the work for the most in demand compliance frameworks. With over 200 integrations, you can easily monitor and secure the tools your business relies on. For a limited-time offer of US$1,000 off, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.vanta.com/tsp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Startup Podcast website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tsp.show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about Chris and Yaniv Work 1:1 with Chris: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://chrissaad.com/advisory/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Chris on Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Credits Editor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Justin McArthur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content Strategist: Carolina Franco https://www.linkedin.com/in/francocarolina/ Intro Voice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeremiah Owyang⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Antoine van Gelder spoke to us about making digital musical instruments, USB, and FPGAs.  Antoine works for Great Scott Gadgets, specifically on the Cynthion USB protocol analysis tool that can be used in conjunction with Python and GSG's FaceDancer to act as a new USB device.  While bonding over MurderBot Diaries was a given, Antoine also mentioned NAND2Tetris which Elecia countered with The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles, the book that covers the NAND2Tetris material. Memfault is a leading embedded device observability platform that empowers teams to build better IoT products, faster. Its off-the-shelf solution is specifically designed for bandwidth-constrained devices, offering device performance and product analytics, debugging, and over-the-air capabilities. Trusted by leading brands such as Bose, Lyft, Logitech, Panasonic, and Augury, Memfault improves the reliability of devices across consumer electronics and mission-critical industries such as access control, point of sale, energy, and healthcare. To learn more, visit memfault.com.

I'm always interested in what factors shape the design of a programming language. This week we're taking a look at a language that's wholly shaped by its need to support a very specific kind of program - audio processing. Anything from creating a simple echo sound effect, to building an entire digital instrument based on a 17th-century harpsichord.The language in question is Faust, and this week we're joined by Romain Michon, who works on and teaches Faust, as we look at how it's designed, what kind of programmers it's for, and how it does the job of turning audio-pipeline definitions into executable code.And one of the surprising parts of that compilation strategy is the decision to have it compile to multiple targets, from the expected ones like C and Rust, to the exotic destination of FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). FPGAs are like reprogrammable circuit boards, and Romain dives into Faust's attempts to go from a high-level description of an audio program, all the way down to instructions that tell a chip exactly how it should wire itself.So rather aptly for a technology podcast, we start this week with what your ear can hear and go all the way down to logic gates and circuit boards…–Try Faust in the Browser: https://faustide.grame.fr/Faust Online Course: https://www.kadenze.com/courses/real-time-audio-signal-processing-in-faust/infoFPGAs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_arrayVHDL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHDLVerilog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VerilogGrame: https://www.grame.fr/The (Strawberry Jam) Gramophone: https://www.grame.fr/articles/gramophoneGramophone Workshops: https://www.grame.fr/evenements/atelier-gramophones-65ca16b19fec4Support Developer Voices on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeveloperVoicesSupport Developer Voices on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@developervoices/joinKris on Mastodon: http://mastodon.social/@krisajenkinsKris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisjenkins/Kris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/krisajenkins

Field Programmable Gate Array and new opportunities and possibilities.

Dan is joined by Clay Johnson, CEO of CacheQ. Clay has decades of executive experience in computing, FPGAs and development flows, including serving as Vice President of the Xilinx Spartan Business Unit which was acquired by AMD. Clay discusses the changes occurring in system design to leverage AI/ML and technologies such as large… Read More

Bitluni joins Chris on The Amp Hour to discuss FPGAs, ESP32 projects, custom silicon, building around memes, and continually challenging yourself to learn something new.

Space & Satellite Business  Tourism, Communications, & Rockets   AZ TRT S05 EP25 (240) 6-23-2024    What We Learned This Week: ·         Business Model of Space is expanding, from Satellite delivery, to rockets, to space tourism, to future colonies on the Moon & Mars. ·         Satellite Communication and technology industries, expanding by the day ·         Long-term, both cell phones and Internet may be delivered worldwide via satellite ·         Space Aviation companies improving Rocket technology to put more satellites in the orbit at a lower cost       Notes:   Seg. 1   Rocket Lab Bio https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/rklb   https://www.rocketlabusa.com/updates/rocket-lab-usa-poised-to-change-the-space-industry/ US Aerospace company Rocket Lab is developing a world-first launch vehicle to deliver satellites into orbit cheaper and faster than ever before. Rocket Lab announced today its plan to revolutionize the global space industry with the creation of Electron, a lightweight, cost-effective rocket, making it easier for companies to launch small satellites into orbit. Rocket Lab is building the world's first carbon-composite launch vehicle at its Auckland, New Zealand facility. The development of Electron will reduce the price of delivering a satellite into orbit. At a cost of less than $5 million dollars, this represents a drastic cost reduction compared to existing dedicated launch services[1]. The lead-time for businesses to launch a satellite will also be reduced from years[2] down to weeks through vertical integration with Rocket Lab's private launch facility. Rocket Lab has already garnered strong commercial demand with commitments for its first 30 launches. Rocket Lab's principal funder is top-tier Silicon Valley venture firm, Khosla Ventures, which has a long track record of backing breakthrough technologies that revolutionize industries. Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, says it is exciting to see to the technology and innovation coming out of Rocket Lab. “We are thrilled to be investing in the next chapter of Rocket Lab's development as they drive down the cost of launch vehicles to provide greater access to space,” said Mr. Khosla. “The company's technical innovations will truly transform the space industry.”     About Rocket Lab Rocket Lab is an aerospace company founded in 2006 by New Zealander, Peter Beck. The company is focused on delivering innovative, high quality technologies to the space industry. Rocket Lab was created to cater to the growing requirement within the international market for fast, low cost methods of delivering payloads to space. Since inception, the company has successfully developed a number of leading rocket-based systems, from sounding rockets through to new advanced propulsion technologies. Rocket Lab is an American company with a subsidiary and head office in Auckland, New Zealand. Rocket Lab was the first private company to reach space in the southern hemisphere in 2009 with its Atea 1 suborbital sounding rocket. Following this success the company won contracts with aerospace giants Lockheed Martin, DARPA and Aeroject Rocket-dyne.   Who are rocket Labs' competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab USA include AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Hub Group (HUBG), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Matterport (MTTR), Joby Aviation (JOBY), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), ChargePoint (CHPT), Forward Air (FWRD), Park-Ohio (PKOH), and United Parcel Service (UPS)   Market Cap: Rocket Lab $2.2B vs. Hub Group $2.7B   SapceX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite communications company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and ultimately developing a sustainable colony on Mars. The company currently produces and operates the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets along with the Dragon and Starship spacecraft. The company offers internet service via its Starlink subsidiary, which became the largest-ever satellite constellation in January 2020 and, as of April 2024, comprised more than 6,000 small satellites in orbit.[8]       https://medium.com/how-do-they-make-money/how-does-spacex-make-money How does SpaceX make money?   SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk. The company's mission is to revolutionize space transportation and eventually enable the colonization of Mars.   One of the primary ways that SpaceX makes money is through contracts with government agencies and commercial customers for launches of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. SpaceX has a backlog of over 100 launches, with contracts from both government and commercial customers. The company's contracts with government agencies, such as NASA, have been particularly lucrative, with SpaceX receiving billions of dollars in funding to develop and launch rockets for various missions.   In addition to launch services, SpaceX also makes money through the production and sale of satellite hardware. The company manufactures a range of satellite products, including the Starlink satellite constellation, which is designed to provide high-speed internet to remote and underserved areas around the world. The Starlink constellation currently consists of over 1,000 satellites, with plans to eventually have over 12,000 in orbit. SpaceX generates revenue from the sale of hardware and services to customers that use the Starlink system.   Another way that SpaceX makes money is through research and development contracts. The company has received funding from the government and private organizations to develop new technologies, such as its Raptor rocket engine and its Starship spacecraft. These contracts provide SpaceX with a steady stream of revenue and help the company advance its goals of developing reusable rockets and enabling human spaceflight.   SpaceX also generates revenue from its launch facilities and other assets. The company operates launch sites at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, as well as a facility in Texas where it tests its rocket engines. SpaceX also owns a number of other assets, including a fleet of cargo ships and recovery vessels that it uses to support its launches and recover rocket boosters.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P.,[2] commonly referred to as Blue Origin[3] is an American aerospace manufacturer, government contractor, launch service provider,[4][5] and space technologies[6] company headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States. The company makes rocket engines for United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s Vulcan rocket and manufactures their own rockets, spacecraft, satellites,[7] and heavy-lift launch vehicles. The company is the second provider of lunar lander services for NASA's Artemis program and was awarded a $3.4 billion contract.[8] The four rocket engines the company has in production are the BE-3U, BE-3PM, BE-4 and the BE-7.[9] The organization was awarded the Robert J. Collier Trophy in 2016 for demonstrating rocket booster reusability with their New Shepard Rocket Program.[10] The award is administered by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and is presented to those who have made "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."[11]   https://www.strategyzer.com/library/space-as-a-business-model-arena Industry forces Here we can analyze our supply chain — the ISS. Not only will other governments be able to take a ride, but anyone with the budget and a business plan, could launch a business from the ISS. Other considerations: Competitors: Governmental Organizations such as NASA, ESA, and more than 9 countries have orbital launch capabilities. New Entrants: Private Companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Bigelow Aerospace, Stratolaunch, Rocket Lab, and Planetary Resources to name a few. Supply Chain: NASA recently announced that the International Space Station will be open for commercial business for an approximate cost of $52M. Starting in 2020, Astro-preneurs with deep pockets can use the ISS for off-earth manufacturing, research or tourism.   https://www.relativityspace.com/ A rocket company at the core, Relativity Space is on a mission to become the next great commercial launch company. With an ever-growing need for space infrastructure, demand for launch services is continuously outpacing supply. Our reusable rockets can meet this demand, offering customers the right size payload capacity at the right cost. Using an iterative development approach, we are strategically focused on reducing vehicle complexity, cost, and time to market. Our patented technologies enable innovative designs once thought impossible and unlock new value propositions in the booming space economy.     Seg. 2 Space Tourism https://apnews.com/article/virgin-galactic-tourist-spaceflight-branson-4c0904e4f222bd1aa4194c1a43777dd2 August 10, 2023 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean. The space plane glided back to a runway landing at Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, after a brief flight that gave passengers a few minutes of weightlessness. This first private customer flight had been delayed for years; its success means Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic can now start offering monthly rides, joining Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX in the space tourism business. “That was by far the most awesome thing I've ever done in my life,” said Jon Goodwin, who competed in canoeing in the 1972 Olympics. Goodwin, 80, was among the first to buy a Virgin Galactic ticket in 2005 and feared, after later being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, that he'd be out of luck. Since then he's climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and cycled back down, and said he hopes his spaceflight shows others with Parkinson's and other illnesses that ”it doesn't stop you doing things.” Ticket prices were $200,000 when Goodwin signed up. The cost is now $450,000.   https://finance.yahoo.com/video/5-space-stocks-investors-watch-183956447.html The 5 space stocks investors need to watch   Yahoo Finance - Mon, Jun 24, 2024 The space industry is counting down to lift off with major investments pouring into the sector from multiple superpowers. Many space-related companies have profited off this new space race, giving new avenues for investors to add this sector to their portfolios. So which space related stocks should investors at least be keeping their eye on right now for potential investment here? The first on the list is intuitive machines.  LUNR This is an infrastructure play. The company made history back in February, its commercial lander. Odysseus successfully landed on the moon. The stock had skyrocketed leading up to the landing, but subsequently crashed when the lander permanently faded with no chance of waking up on the moon. The landing paved the way for some future missions, including one slated for late this year. number two on the list is Iridium, a commonly viewed company as a satellite phone company with a network built for mobile applications. Iridium Communications Inc NASDAQ: IRDM   Whether that be on devices that people are using or the Internet of things, Iridium boasts that it's the only network that has 100% Earth coverage where it's delivered. The company is profitable as it's been around for more than 25 years. Number three on the list is Planet Labs, the company found by three NASA scientists. - Planet Labs PBC It designs, builds and operates the largest earth observation fleet of imaging satellites.It has over 1000 customers, including entities involved with agriculture, forestry, education and government agencies. Heightened security needs, increased sustainability and global climate risk are some of the trends that have been driving demand for their earth imaging. number four is spire global. SPIR This is a Data and Analytics company that uses satellites to collect information from space. Think whether ocean winds, shipping information and anything else that can be observed from space. The company has over 800 customers from about over 50 countries. About half are from governments.The other half come from commercial entities. number five on the list is Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) Stock The Rocket launch service company launched its 50th electron rocket in June. Electron has become the landing commercial small launch vehicle in Western countries, and the company remains on track for another year of record electron launches during Rocket Lab UH, it's their May earnings management mentioned. The company was awarded a second mission from the US Space Force for a space test programme that's carrying out research and experiments for the Department of Defence. space ETF UFO started in 2019, and that focuses on companies that are significantly engaged in the space industry. So it includes companies from around the world, not just the US, and its fund invests in at least 80% of its Net assets and those companies that derive at least half of their revenue or profit from space related businesses. Ark Invest Arc X that was started in March 2021 at the height of the market. The fund aims at providing exposure to companies involved in space related businesses like reusable rockets, satellites, drones and other sub or aircrafts. Large cap stocks are the most common holdings of that, ETF represented about 40 42% of the portfolio.Medium cap represents about 31% and the rest are small cap and then you've got the spider, S and P Aerospace and Defence X they are. It is an ETF focus on aerospace and defence, just like the name sounds it launched in 2011. And funds largest holdings include Arrow Environment, for example, a defence company that manufactures drones and unmanned vehicles.   https://investorplace.com/2024/04/lunr-stock-alert-intuitive-machines-nabs-nasa-contract/ LUNR Stock Alert: Intuitive Machines Nabs NASA Contract   By Larry Ramer, InvestorPlace Contributor Apr 4, 2024 Intuitive Machines (LUNR) stock is trending after NASA awarded the company a contract. Under the deal, Intuitive will help develop a Lunar Terrain Vehicle for an upcoming trip to the moon. The company successfully landed on the moon back in February, deploying “payloads and commercial cargo” on behalf of NASA.   Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) is trending on social media and business news websites as LUNR stock moves up today. Shares of the company are up almost 4% as of this writing. This comes after Intuitive Machines won a NASA contract to support the agency's efforts for a mission to the moon. Intuitive will be a “prime contractor” for NASA's Artemis campaign, which is slated to include human exploration of the moon. Intuitive Machines will receive an initial payment of $30 million as part of the contract.   LUNR Stock: Intuitive Machines' Contract From NASA Under the agreement, Intuitive Machines will help complete a “Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services Feasibility Assessment.” The LTV feasibility roadmap will also utilize Intuitive's Nova-D cargo-class lunar lander. The company will work on the LTV plans with a number of partners. These include Boeing (NYSE:BA), auto supplier Michelin (OTCMKTS:MGDDY) and huge defense contractor Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). NASA plans to spend a max total of $4.6 billion on the LTV. More About Intuitive Machines Intuitive Machines reports itself to be the “only United States commercial company to deliver science and technology data from the surface of the Moon.” On Feb. 23, the company successfully landed on the moon and deployed “five NASA payloads and commercial cargo.” Intuitive was first launched in 2012 by co-founder, President and CEO Stephen Altemus, who was previously the Deputy Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Meanwhile, co-founder and Chairman Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian previously “held numerous technical and management positions” at Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Ford Aerospace and Loral.   https://seekingalpha.com/article/4700964-rocket-lab-stock-weakness-is-opportunity Rocket Lab Stock: Weakness Is Opportunity Jun. 25, 2024 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) Stock   When it comes to investing in small companies successfully, investors need to be ready to go through periods where improvements to company fundamentals will yield little to no returns. Rocket Lab's stock has declined despite promising developments, including a $515 million government contract and a new deal with Synspective for 10 Electron launches. Rocket Lab's pipeline is strengthening with new contracts, and the company's Space Systems business is expected to drive growth. Rocket Lab's fundamentals are improving, with revenue expected to accelerate to over $430 million this year and high double-digit growth projected for the next five years, potentially leading to profitability by 2027.       Clips used from Past Shows in Seg 1:   Stock Investing Info from Earnings Hub w/ Hamid Shojaee   AZ TRT S05 EP23 (238) 6-9-2024    What We Learned This Week: Earnings Hub is a platform where you can find all the information on a company, when their earnings are coming out, & quarterly calls Earnings info for Public Co's is often hard to find, and the income for stocks is crucial to the price Hamid is a long term investor like Buffet, more of buy and hold of good stocks, only owns 8 stocks Concentration Builds Wealth – Diversification Preserves it. Looking for companies that can grow 10x over the next few years, and this is hard with massive companies worth $ trillions like Apple or Microsoft   Another company Hamid likes is called Rocket Lab. Stock is $4 and they have a Market Cap of $2 billion vs a competitor like SpaceX valued at $180 billion. Just like SpaceX, Rocket Lab will be putting satellites into orbit.   He's a big fan of Rocket Lab, which is in competition with SpaceX and its subsidiary Starlink providing satellite internet. This is all about putting satellites into space. Curious to see if Amazon Jeff Bezos space company, Blue Origin will be in the mix later.   Full Show: HERE       BRT S03 EP25 (124) 6-12-2022 – BRT in Space with Satellite Components by Spirit Electronics w/ Marti McCurdy   Things We Learned This Week •      Spirit Electronics is veteran and women owned tech company providing satellite components to Aerospace and Defense industries •      Satellites in Low Earth Orbit – need components built to resist extreme temperatures and still function as expected when built  - Radiation Testing – stress test, thermal, pressure •      Working with top Defense Contractors, Raytheon, Boeing, Lockhead Martin,   helping create products used in Government contracts •      Space is on a Comeback – from SpaceX, to Blue Orbit, Space Florida & Kennedy Space Center, now let's talk Space Junk, Satellite Crash, Launch Ops – launch at right time, right orbit, right space •      AZ is becoming a Tech Hub: Semiconductors, Aerospace, Defense, EV, Autonomous, AZ Tech Council to Tech Incubators   Guest: Marti McCurdy - CEO of Spirit Electronics https://www.linkedin.com/in/marti-mccurdy-1083a936/   https://www.spiritelectronics.com/about-us/   Marti McCurdy, owner and CEO of Spirit Electronics, is a veteran not only of the semiconductor business but also of the United States Air Force. Marti's focus as CEO is to serve the aerospace and defense industry for high reliability components. She exercises her engineering knowledge of space qualified flows and sophisticated testing to deliver flight class devices. Throughout her career as a business owner and most recent position as VP, Marti's goal is to bring her high standard of customer service and cultivated relationships to serve the aerospace sector she is so familiar with. Marti holds a current patent and is a published author in ultrasonic applications. Spirit Electronics is a certified veteran-owned, woman-owned value-added distributor of electronic components. Our product lines and value-added services offer power, memory, FPGAs, ASICs–everything you need to build out a high-reliability board that can perform in even the harshest environments. Spirit builds components for satellites, used in the aerospace and defense industries.   Notes: Spirit Electronics manufactures satellite components like Circuit boards Supply chains with defense and aerospace for components Invest idea – materials used in satellites *Low Earth orbit of satellite, not technically space sometimes Examples of co's do biz with: F35 Lightning ll program plane by Lockhead Martin Kyocera, EPC Space, Latham Industries   *Space EP (space enhanced plastics) – need to stress test to with stand high & low temps   Real World applications of satellites – Data collection by satellites of Earth locations – ie Disney Park Via satellite, get internet on phone while flying on a plane 5 year life span of satellites up in orbit   Full Show: HERE         Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech-Startup-VC-Cybersecurity-Energy-Science   Best of Tech: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=best+of+tech     Investing Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Investing-Stocks-Bonds-Retirement     ‘Best Of' Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Best+of+BRT     Thanks for Listening. Please Subscribe to the BRT Podcast.     AZ Tech Roundtable 2.0 with Matt Battaglia The show where Entrepreneurs, Top Executives, Founders, and Investors come to share insights about the future of business.  AZ TRT 2.0 looks at the new trends in business, & how classic industries are evolving.  Common Topics Discussed: Startups, Founders, Funds & Venture Capital, Business, Entrepreneurship, Biotech, Blockchain / Crypto, Executive Comp, Investing, Stocks, Real Estate + Alternative Investments, and more…    AZ TRT Podcast Home Page: http://aztrtshow.com/ ‘Best Of' AZ TRT Podcast: Click Here Podcast on Google: Click Here Podcast on Spotify: Click Here                    More Info: https://www.economicknight.com/azpodcast/ KFNX Info: https://1100kfnx.com/weekend-featured-shows/   Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the Hosts, Guests and Speakers, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent (or affiliates, members, managers, employees or partners), or any Station, Podcast Platform, Website or Social Media that this show may air on. 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Cale, Evan and Sujit have an insightful discussion with Niko Pamboukas and Siri Velauthapillai about the new Azure Boost feature that is being deployed into the Azure substrate for VMs. They explain the specialized FPGAs and ARM SoCs that provide extreme IOPs for storage and networking and almost no downtime for system upgrades.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode496.mp3 YouTube: https://youtu.be/4FPQCAmYrzw Resources: Learn more about Azure Boost at https://aka.ms/AzureBoost Learn about accelerated networking with Boost at https://aka.ms/MANA Learn about accelerated storage with Boost at https://aka.ms/NVMe   Other updates: Public preview: Azure Load Balancer now supports Admin State | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure   https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-bastion-premium/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/kubernetesmetadataandlogsfilteringpublicpreview/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-load-balancer-health-event-logs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-chaos-studio-supports-a-new-pause-process-fault-for-windows-virtual-machines/

In this episode of The Circuit, Ben Bajarin interviews Esam Elashmawi, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of Lattice, about the world of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). They discuss the basics of FPGAs, their unique capabilities, and their pervasiveness across various applications. They also explore the advantages of FPGAs over Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and the flexibility they offer in terms of customization and reprogramming. Esam highlights the role of FPGAs in different markets, such as communications, computing, industrial, and automotive, and how Lattice differentiates itself in the FPGA market. They also touch on the challenges of building an FPGA company and the potential of FPGAs in AI applications, both in data centers and at the edge.

Dive into the cutting-edge realm of neuromorphic computing with André van Schaik, a professor of electrical engineering at the Western Sydney University, and director of the International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia In this episode of Eye on AI, André unveils the capabilities of DeepSouth, an innovative brain-scaled neuromorphic computing system designed to simulate up to 100 billion neurons in real time. Discover how DeepSouth leverages spiking neurons and synapses to process information more efficiently than traditional AI models, and how this technology could transform our understanding of brain computation and unlock new AI architectures. The conversation explores the unique hardware setup of DeepSouth, utilizing FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) for a flexible, reconfigurable approach that mimics the asynchronous and spiking communication of biological neurons.  André discusses the initial testing phase focusing on balanced excitation-inhibition networks, reflecting common neural activities in the human cortex, and outlines the system's potential to facilitate large-scale simulations previously unachievable due to computational constraints. André's insights are invaluable for anyone interested in the intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and computational technology. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay updated on the latest breakthroughs and discussions in the world of artificial intelligence.     This episode is sponsored by Oracle. AI is revolutionizing industries, but needs power without breaking the bank. Enter Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): the one-stop platform for all your AI needs, with 4-8x the bandwidth of other clouds. Train AI models faster and at half the cost. Be ahead like Uber and Cohere. If you want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic - take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/eyeonai Stay Updated: Craig Smith Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigss Eye on A.I. Twitter: https://twitter.com/EyeOn_AI (00:00) Preview and Introduction (02:19) André van Schaik's background (03:39) What is neuromorphic computing? (05:45) Differences between Von Neumann and neuromorphic architectures (09:27) How DeepSouth simulates neurons (12:20) What are FPGAs? (16:42) Current status of DeepSouth (19:04) Running neural network architectures on DeepSouth (22:33) DeepSouth as an open source, commercial hardware (24:40) Potential for cheaper model training (28:35) Number of neurons and connections in DeepSouth (30:01) Power consumption comparison (34:21) Mimicking brain structures in DeepSouth (35:42) André van Schaik's background in neuroscience (39:12) Goals of understanding brain activity vs solving problems (41:44) Interest from AI research community (43:03) Summary of DeepSouth's goals  

Interview with Diane Tosetti of Microchip's FPGA Business Unit. The FPGA market is continuously growing and so is the demand for low power, reliability and security in FPGAs. In this podcast, Diane Tosetti, Senior Manager Business Development at Microchip, discusses the role of FPGA's in Intelligent Edge applications and the range of interesting applications the PolarFire FPGA and PolarFire SoC families are enabling.  Microchip FPGAs help overcome power, system size and security challenges across various applications like embedded vision, automotive, industrial automation, communications, defense and IoT systems. Find out more about Microchip's FPGA products here www.microchip.com/en-us/products/fpgas-and-plds   Time Stamps [01:29] – The role of FPGA's in Intelligent Edge [05:25] – How big is the FPGA market? [07:01] – The applications Microchip's FPGA's support [15:41] – Interesting examples of Microchip FPGA applications [18:48] – Collaboration across Microchip Business Units [20:32] – How to get started with FPGA's [22:54] – Takeaway – Microchip's exciting FPGA roadmap   Follow Diane Diane Tosetti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-wilson-tosetti-a47a962/   If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to our podcast for more discussions about Microchip's smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions and connect with us on social media to stay updated on upcoming episodes. We'd also appreciate it if you could leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.   Want more? Look out for more upcoming podcasts from Microchip: Beyond the Microchip So much of our daily lives are controlled or influenced by electronics. We rely on GPS to direct us, we hit "brew" on our coffee machines for our mornin' cup of Joe, we wave our hands over a sensor to get running water from a faucet, and press a button to open our garage doors.  But do we really know what's going on inside? Are we aware of the universe of technology and calculations going on right under our nose? Beyond the Microchip takes you inside the world of Embedded Control technologies to understand how the chips and sensors we can't see impact our lives in dramatic ways. They remind us why we have and embrace technology, to enhance the human experience.  Join us each episode as we look at an aspect of our daily lives that shapes what it means to be human and how we can empower the innovation that enhances that experience through Microchip Technology. Subscribe to Beyond the Microchip wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Bob Vampola, Vice President Aerospace and Defense at Microchip Technology Inc. As the No. 1 semiconductor supplier for Aerospace and Defense, Microchip understands the critical importance of building secure, robust and reliable electronic systems for aerospace and defense applications.  Microchip offers a range of power management, frequency and timing and RF and microwave products such as ASICs, FPGAs, mixed-signal ICs and MCUs. In our latest podcast, Bob Vampola, Vice President Aerospace and Defense at Microchip, outlines the sub-markets in the Aerospace and Defense sector, the importance of ‘Mission assurance' and the challenge of tackling radiation through testing. Find out more about Aerospace and Defense at Microchip here https://www.microchip.com/en-us/solutions/aerospace-and-defense   Time Stamps [01:15] – The 3 sub-markets in the Aerospace and Defense sector [02:12] –The Aerospace and Defense Business Unit approach [03:40] – No. 1 semiconductor supplier for the Aerospace and Defense market [06:55] – The importance of “mission assurance” at Microchip [09:14] – The future of Aerospace and Defense [11:35] – The challenge of radiation  [17:08] – New products and technologies in market – Ethernet in Space applications   Follow Bob Bob Vampola on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-vampola-aba77615/   If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to our podcast for more discussions about Microchip's smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions and connect with us on social media to stay updated on upcoming episodes. We'd also appreciate it if you could leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.   Want more? Look out for more upcoming podcasts from Microchip: Beyond the Microchip So much of our daily lives are controlled or influenced by electronics. We rely on GPS to direct us, we hit "brew" on our coffee machines for our mornin' cup of Joe, we wave our hands over a sensor to get running water from a faucet, and press a button to open our garage doors.  But do we really know what's going on inside? Are we aware of the universe of technology and calculations going on right under our nose? Beyond the Microchip takes you inside the world of Embedded Control technologies to understand how the chips and sensors we can't see impact our lives in dramatic ways. They remind us why we have and embrace technology, to enhance the human experience.  Join us each episode as we look at an aspect of our daily lives that shapes what it means to be human and how we can empower the innovation that enhances that experience through Microchip Technology. Subscribe to Beyond the Microchip wherever you get your podcasts.

Fun fact:  There are more vulnerabilities and exploits below the OS layer than above it! CPUs, BIOS, Firmware, embedded Linux, FPGAs, UEFI, PXE...  The list goes on an on.  What are we supposed to do about that? Allan asked Yuriy to come down to the 'Ranch to discuss this issue with him.  Yuriy is CEO at Eclypsium, member of the Forbes Technology Counsel, Founder of the open source CHIPSEC project, former head of Threat Research at McAfee, form Senior Principle Engineer at Intel…  He is uniquely qualified to discuss these issues. Full DISCLAIMER: Allan is CISO at Eclypsium.  Note that he asked Yuriy to come on the show, not the other way around.  Nobody knows this space like Yuriy and his team. Allan asks Yuriy about: The history of CPU exploits Unauthorized code in chips in network gear The various hacks available at this layer The role of SBOM in all this The open source CHIPSEC project It's an eye-opening show to say the least. Y'all be good now!

An airhacks.fm conversation with Juan Fumero (@snatverk) about: Juan previously appeared in the episode "#250 FPGAs, GPUs or Data Science with Java", using Tornado to run Java programs on GPUs/accelerators, integrating AI models with Java applications, potential of using Tornado and Project Babylon together, discussion around tensor types in Java, Paul Sandoz appeared in the episode "#277 Project Babylon", Heterogeneous Accelerator Toolkit by Gary Frost, TornadoVM and LLama port, Hybrid API for Deep Learning acceleration and the new Panama-based types: TornadoVM talk at JVMLS'23, TornadoVM 1.0 Release notes, Alfonso Peterssen ported llama to Java, Initial Java port from the GraalVM team, Java / AI startup: paravox.ai Juan Fumero on twitter: @snatverk

Tonight CG returns to discuss the HPE acquisition of Juniper along with news in the world of FPGA's. Interview begins at 01:00:40. Settle in as we begin the sixth season of Packets and Bolts with some headlins and a cocktail in this, the first episode of 2024 and the Year of the Dragon!   Email the show at packetsandbolts@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/SXnaRGs2aT Follow us on Mastodon: @PacketsAndBolts@ioc.exchange   ...   Packets and Bolts - Bringing AM radio to Podcasting since 2019...

oneAPI is an open standard for a unified API to be used across different computing accelerator architectures. This including GPUs, AI accelerators, and FPGAs. The goal of oneAPI is to eliminate the need for developers to maintain separate code bases, multiple programming languages, tools, and workflows for each architecture. James Reinders is an engineer at The post Building a Unified Hardware API at Intel with James Reinders appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

oneAPI is an open standard for a unified API to be used across different computing accelerator architectures. This including GPUs, AI accelerators, and FPGAs. The goal of oneAPI is to eliminate the need for developers to maintain separate code bases, multiple programming languages, tools, and workflows for each architecture. James Reinders is an engineer at The post Building a Unified Hardware API at Intel with James Reinders appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

oneAPI is an open standard for a unified API to be used across different computing accelerator architectures. This including GPUs, AI accelerators, and FPGAs. The goal of oneAPI is to eliminate the need for developers to maintain separate code bases, multiple programming languages, tools, and workflows for each architecture. James Reinders is an engineer at The post Building a Unified Hardware API at Intel with James Reinders appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

My podcast guest this week is Deepali Trehan, VP, Intel Programmable Solutions Group Product Marketing. Deepali and I are diving head first into the world of chiplets and FPGAs! We discuss why there is a big interest in chiplets lately, the biggest benefits that chiplets provide when it comes to the design and manufacture of programmable logic devices and where Deepali sees chiplet technology headed in the future!

Ryan Condron has been a Bitcoin miner for longer than a decade. He started out with a GPU rack, upgraded his rig to FPGAs, and then was one of the first people to run ASICs. Today, he aims to decentralize hashrate with Lumerin – a hashrate marketplace.

On this episode of Embedded Insiders, Paul Fischer, senior principal engineer in the Components Research Department at Intel, discusses the trends and challenges surrounding transistor scaling and backside power. So, ICYMI, these were some of the the top technical research breakthroughs Intel presented this year at IEDM. Then, Rich and Vin are joined by Lattice Semiconductor's Senior Director, Gordon Hands, to talk FPGAs. Specifically, today's landscape surrounding the mid-range market of FPGAs.But first, Rich and Ken are spilling their 2024 predictions... stay tuned. 

We're back for Episode 120! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news +  Battle Of The Systems: Money Puzzle Exchanger (Neo Geo Arcade) vs Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (Arcade) We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month. Episode Guide ---------------- 6:10 - Quick Questions 31:06 - Patreon Song 35:47 - Tea Time With Tim - Crash 1984 1:09:56 - Cody's Corner - Asteroids Recharged 1:25:38 - News 2:20:10 - Battle Of The Systems: Money Puzzle Exchanger (Neo Geo Arcade) vs Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (Arcade) News -     (cody) Received amico update!  Amico Home for Android https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/11/intellivision-admits-it-doesnt-have-the-funds-to-make-the-amico  (Tim) - ZX Spectrum Next from the second Kickstarter are shipping but to Europe first.    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2/comments  (Eric) Yeti Mountain Trailer (Commodore 64) - Also, RGN from Discord   RGN — 12/05/2023 11:27 PM Here is a sneak peak at the video trailer of Yeti Mountain for the C64 -  https://youtube.com/watch?v=-qMFeE-NgMc&si=Y-wKxztKM20P0zpe    (Tim) - Golf Monday! Another fantastic Pico8 release from Johan Peitz the creator or Cosmic Collapse. Played this quickly as it just came out. Seems excellent so far!  https://johanpeitz.itch.io/golf-monday  (Cody)  Free SMS Game Alert!  https://helpcomputer.itch.io/blast-arena  And a Free Gameboy Game! https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/11/the-melting-apartment-is-a-free-junji-ito-inspired-horror-game-for-game-boy  (Eric) - DOS_deck lets you play classic DOS games in your browser on PC or Steam Deck -   https://www.tomshardware.com/news/dosdeck-intro-and-deck-guide  (Cody) Evercade C64 Collection 3 https://bleedingcool.com/games/evercade-announces-new-cartridge-with-the-c64-collection-3/  (Cody) New 3DO Game for order?! https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/11/biofury-is-a-new-doom-inspired-fps-for-3do-now-available-for-pre-order  (Eric) - Crimbo AGA - Unofficial ZX Spectrum to Amiga conversion - https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/11/crimbo-aga-unofficial-zx-spectrum-to.html  (Tim) - Briley Witch Chronicles 2 is now available.  https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/briley-witch-chronicles-2-c64  (Eric) Indie Retro News: SERAPHIMA - An impressive looking game for the ZX Spectrum - https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/11/seraphima-impressive-looking-game-for.html#more  (Cody) C64 90 degree adapter from commore4ever https://www.commodore-4ever.com/?page=3  (Eric) Resell digital games - https://game8.co/articles/latest/steam-gog-and-others-must-allow-reselling-of-downloaded-games-in-eu  (Tim) - Sonic Drift Is Getting A New 16-bit Reimagining - a small team of developers are busy working on a free Mega Drive / Genesis-style tribute to the Sonic Drift series.  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/12/sonic-drift-is-getting-a-new-16-bit-reimagining-thanks-to-fans  (Cody) Amazing Looking New MSX Game available for PreOrder! https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/11/tiny-magic-high-quality-and-charming.html  And more MSX2 Love! https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/12/concrete-heart-is-a-promising-post-apocalyptic-rpg-coming-to-the-msx2  (Tim) - Rival Gangs EXT is a top-down, open world sandbox game for the ZX Spectrum 128K, taking influence from the original GTA games.  https://zxpresh.itch.io/rival-gangs-ext  (Eric) - Atari 50th additions  https://www.gamespot.com/articles/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-gets-a-few-more-forgotten-classics-today/1100-6519699/  (Cody)  More NEO GEO love? Cyborg Force https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/11/cyborg-force-is-a-new-run-n-gunner-for-neo-geo-psp-dreamcast-and-more  (Cody) New MANA Game? https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/12/the-mana-series-returns-with-visions-of-mana-coming-in-2024  (Eric) Software Emulators vs FPGAs https://youtube.com/watch?v=sMMiBEhnizE&si=bhbMVU7yykBZRVly  (Cody)  I totally forgot about these! https://www.timeextension.com/features/ive-just-resurrected-this-zelda-scratch-card-game-from-1989  NEWS OF THE WEIRD!  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/12/these-mega-drive-genesis-watches-cost-usd800-each  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/11/the-contra-rebirth-soundtrack-is-now-available-to-preorder-on-vinyl  (Cody) Atari News!   https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/12/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-adds-12-new-games-with-free-update  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/12/atari-taking-pre-orders-for-a-usd299-99-limited-edition-cartridge-set  Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts! 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On this episode of The Six Five – In the Booth, hosts Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead welcome Deepak Boppana, Sr. Director of Marketing at Lattice Semiconductor during the Lattice Developers Conference for an inside look at Lattice Semiconductor's latest Avant FPGAs, designed for advanced connectivity like datapath applications, and flexible interface bridging and optimized compute for system expandability. The demos include: A boot time demo, and how speed contributes to security and safety A low-power networking demo, and what types of applications benefit  A power consumption benefit demo A memory transfer demo and some real-world examples of how customers can benefit from the energy-efficiency aspects See more demos on the Lattice Semiconductor website.

FPGAs take center stage in this week's Fish Fry podcast! But not just any field programmable gate arrays - I'm talking about the Speedster7t FPGAs! My guests Scott Schweitzer and Ron Renwick from Achronix and I chat about why Achronix's FPGAs are particularly well suited for networking and SmartNIC tasks, the advantages of Achronix's accelerated network infrastructure code and the details of their new FPGA-Powered accelerated automatic speech recognition. 

Our 142nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI new. Apologies for this one coming out after a pause, episodes will resume being released regularly as of this week. Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai Timestamps + Links: (00:00) Intro / Banter Tools & Apps(03:00) Introducing PlayHT 2.0 Turbo ⚡️ - The Fastest Generative AI Text-to-Speech API (07:15) YouTube Music now lets you make your own playlist art with AI (09:23) Sick of meetings? Microsoft's new AI assistant will go in your place (11:54) Anthropic brings Claude AI to more countries, but still no Canada (for now)  Applications & Business(14:55) Humanoid robots face a major test with Amazon's Digit pilots (18:40) Figure 01 humanoid takes first public steps (22:31) AI-generating music app Riffusion turns viral success into $4M in funding (23:35) ChatGPT Creator Partners With Abu Dhabi's G42 in Middle East AI Push (25:00) AMD Scores Two Big Wins: Oracle Opts for MI300X, IBM Asks for FPGAs (26:38) Alibaba, Tencent among investors in China's rival to OpenAI with $341 million funding (30:35) AI companies drive demand for office space in tech hubs, new study finds (32:13) OpenAI is in talks to sell shares at an $86 billion valuation Projects & Open Source(35:00) Introducing Video-To-Text and Pegasus-1 (80B) (39:35) Adept Releases Fuyu-8B for Multimodal AI Agents (42:03) MiniGPT-v2: large language model as a unified interface for vision-language multi-task learning (44:53) Meta's Habitat 3.0 simulates real-world environments for intelligent AI robot training (48:22) DeepMind UniSim simulates reality to train robots, game characters  (49:13) Jina AI Launches World's First Open-Source 8K Text Embedding, Rivaling OpenAI (51:13) Llemma: An Open Language Model For Mathematics Research & Advancements(53:22) Eliciting Human Preferences with Language Models (57:23) New Nvidia AI agent, powered by GPT-4, can train robots (01:01:38) Unveiling the General Intelligence Factor in Language Models: A Psychometric Approach (01:04:48) AgentTuning: Enabling Generalized Agent Abilities for LLMs (01:09:51) Contrastive Prefence Learning: Learning from Human Feedback without RL (01:11:25) ‘Mind-blowing' IBM chip speeds up AI  Policy & Safety(01:14:57)  GM Cruise unit suspends all driverless operations after California ban (01:18:52) AI researchers uncover ethical, legal risks to using popular data sets (01:22:22) AI Safety Summit: day 1 and 2 programme (01:25:23) Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude is posting lyrics to popular songs, lawsuit claims (01:26:38) Mike Huckabee says Microsoft and Meta stole his books to train AI (01:27:10) Clearview AI Successfully Appeals $9 Million Fine in the U.K. (01:28:11) North Korea experiments with AI in cyber warfare: US official (01:30:17) OpenAI forms new team to assess ‘catastrophic risks' of AI UK poised to establish global advisory group on AI Synthetic Media & Art(01:32:22) This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (01:34:32) Amazon now lets advertisers use generative AI to pretty up their product shots (01:36:36) The Beatles: ‘final' song Now and Then to be released thanks to AI technology

On this episode of Embedded Insiders, we're discussing cyber resiliency with Eric Sivertson, VP of Security at Lattice Semiconductor, specifically highlighting how organizations can benefit from implementing a personalized data security plan and how FPGAs can help. Next, Rich and Vin are back with a DevTalk discussing the difference between emulation and simulation, and Vin deep dives into the background of how these meanings came to be.But first, The Insiders are here to talk about recent and upcoming trips. Rich is back from visiting with Infineon, NVIDIA, and Synaptics, and Ken is headed to the RISC-V Summit. 

When it comes to multi-discipline integration, simply designing FPGAs and handing them over to PCB engineers isn't simply effective! it's key to make sure that you're doing what you can to mitigate any redundant back-and-forth handoffs. I'm your host, Steph Chavez, a Senior Product Marketing Manager with Siemens. And here to join me is Gary Lameris, Technical Marketing Engineer with Siemens. He will help us understand the importance of FPGA/PCB co-design in the electronics industry. In this episode, you'll learn about the crucial role of FPGA/PCB co-design in modern electronics engineering and the importance of collaborative efforts between FPGA engineers and PCB designers. You will also hear more about tools like IO Optimizer and Xpedition Schematic Analysis, which are recommended to automate and streamline the co-design process, ultimately saving time and enhancing efficiency. What You'll Learn in this Episode: The need for collaboration between FPGA engineers and PCB teams. (01:11) Best practices for FPGA/PCB co-design (02:00) Tools like IO Optimizer and Xpedition Schematic Analysis to automate and streamline the co-design process (7:16) Roadblocks to implementing these best practices (09:16) The implementation of automation and AI  (12:12) Connect with Gary Lameris LinkedIn Connect with Steph Chavez LinkedIn

An airhacks.fm conversation with Juan Fumero (@snatverk) about: 8088 an IBM clone, joining a cross country running team at school, Zoran previously at "#169 Deep Learning with Modern Java Code", leaning Turbo Pascal, C and C++, working on particle detection at CERN , working on GraalVM to GPU compilation and optimization, using direct memory access to communicate with the GPU, vector types in Java, Apache Flink acceleration on FPGA and GPUs, working on FPGAs, using RTL for FPGA programming, transparent acceleration for Java, astrophysics analytics with Java, DeepNetts on tornadovm, the relation between TornadoVM and GraalVM, using Panama to access native memory GPU-less TornadoVM, contributing to TornadoVM Juan Fumero on twitter: @snatverk

On this episode of Data Driven, the focus is on hardware from AI optimized chips to edge computing.Frank and Andy interview Steven Orrin, the CTO of Intel Federal.Intel has developed new CPU instructions to accelerate AI workloads, and FPGAs allow for faster development in custom applications with specific needs. The speaker emphasizes the importance of data curation and wrangling before jumping into machine learning and AI, LinksWebinar: AI application benchmarking on Intel hardware through Red Hat OpenShift Data Science Platform. Register here: https://qrcodes.at/RHODSIntelBenchmarkingWebinarGet a free audiobook on us! http://thedatadrivenbook.com/Moments00:01:59 Hardware and software infrastructure for AI.00:07:18 AI benchmarks show importance of GPUs & CPUs00:14:08 Habana is a two-chip strategy offering AI accelerator chips designed for training flows and inferencing workloads. It is available in the Amazon cloud and data centers. The Habana chips are geared for large-scale training and inference tasks, and they scale with the architecture. One chip, Goya, is for inferencing, while the other chip, Gaudí, is for training. Intel also offers CPUs with added instructions for AI workloads, as well as GPUs for specialized tasks. Custom approaches like using FPGAs and ASICs are gaining popularity, especially for edge computing where low power and performance are essential.00:19:47 Intel's diverse team stays ahead of AI trends by collaborating with specialists and responding to industry needs. They have a large number of software engineers focused on optimizing software for Intel architecture, contributing to open source, and providing resources to help companies run their software efficiently. Intel's goal is to ensure that everyone's software runs smoothly and continues to raise the bar for the industry.00:25:24 Moore's Law drives compute by reducing size. Cloud enables cost-effective edge use cases. Edge brings cloud capabilities to devices.00:31:40 FPGA is programmable hardware allowing customization. It has applications in AI and neuromorphic processing. It is used in cellular and RF communications. Can be rapidly prototyped and deployed in the cloud.00:41:09 Started in biology, became a hacker, joined Intel.00:48:01 Coding as a viable and well-paying career.00:55:50 Looking forward to image-to-code and augmented reality integration in daily life.01:00:46 Tech show, similar to Halt and Catch Fire.Key Topics:Topics Covered:- The role of infrastructure in AI- Hardware optimization for training and inferencing- Intel's range of hardware solutions- Importance of software infrastructure and collaboration with the open source community- Introduction to Havana AI accelerator chips- The concept of collapsing data into a single integer level- Challenges and considerations in data collection and storage- Explanation and future of FPGAs- Moore's Law and its impact on compute- The rise of edge computing and its benefits- Bringing cloud capabilities to devices- Importance of inference and decision-making on the device- Challenges in achieving high performance and energy efficiency in edge computing- The role of diverse teams in staying ahead in the AI world- Overview of Intel Labs and their research domains- Intel's software engineering capabilities and dedication to open source- Intel as collaborators in the industry- Importance of benchmarking across different AI types and stages- The role of CPUs and GPUs in AI workloads- Optimizing workload through software to hardware- Importance of memory...

“It's really exciting for me to see the transfer from… what the best we could do was plugging in 800 FPGAs to our father-in-law's warehouse, to today where we're signing some of the largest energy contracts in America, we're building the backbone of our electric systems day by day, we're integrating across core human infrastructure. So, getting to build a business at the intersection of energy and money, it's the dream of a lifetime.”— Harry SudockTroy Cross is a Professor of Philosopher and Fellow at BPI, and Harry Sudock is Chief Strategy Officer at Griid. This interview was a live recording made at the Bitcoin 2023 Conference in Miami, where we discussed Bitcoin mining: the industry's rapid evolution, how it's optimising other markets, and why its relentless search for cheap energy will facilitate human flourishing. - - - - Bitcoin mining has been the subject of much controversy and debate in mainstream media. The infamous New York Times (NYT) article in April still casts a shadow over the industry: the piece characterised Bitcoin mining as an exploitative parasite feeding off cheap energy at the expense of local users and the environment. And yet, Bitcoin mining is the exact opposite. As Troy Cross states in this live interview, when people get to hear the truth about Bitcoin mining's impact on energy systems it “blows their minds!” Harry Sudock adds more colour by explaining how Bitcoin mining is a black hole that sucks in economic utility and spits it out in its most efficient form, making it a revolutionary tool for human flourishing. Both speakers criticize the media for pushing a biased agenda and cherry-picking data to fit a preconceived narrative. They argue that the truth about Bitcoin mining's impact on energy systems is more complex than the media portrays, but, this doesn't provide the clickbait media outlets are after. The irony is that the NYT's mission is “to seek the truth and help people understand the world.”However, we are optimistic that the tide will soon turn. With this show, both Harry and Troy have been on What Bitcoin Did now a combined 13 times (lucky for us!), and they continue to blow our minds with their tales of the possible worlds opened up by the race for cheap and abundant energy. The other side just doesn't have the calibre of persuasive, authentic and enthusiastic voices we have.- - - - This episode's sponsors:Iris Energy - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Ledn - Financial services for Bitcoin hodlersBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletWasabi Wallet - Privacy by defaultUnchained - Secure your bitcoin with confidence-----WBD668 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

You can join Elliot and Al as they get together to talk about their favorite hacks of the week. There's news about current contests, fake alien messages, flexible breadboards, hoverboards, low-tech home automation, and even radioactive batteries that could be a device's best friend. We have a winner in the What's that Sound competition last week, which was, apparently, a tough one. You'll also hear about IC fabrication, FPGAs, and core memory. Lots to talk about, including core memory, hoverboards, and vacuum tubes. Check out the links and tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!  

The tech world moves fast, and no one wants to get left behind. Emerging technologies like generative AI, large language models, and open-source platforms have the potential to completely transform individual businesses or even entire industries. Those who embrace them will profit, while those who don't will become irrelevant. Yet a "Hype Cycle" also tends to accommodate new technologies. Several new movements in the tech world that were believed to be the Next Big Thing turned out not to be. 3D printing and NFTs are recent examples. How should forward-thinking and growth-minded investors separate out the game-changers from the flashes-in-the-pan? What new technologies are actually gaining momentum, and which will never live up to their expectations? To answer those questions, we've brought in an expert. 7investing CEO Simon Erickson recently spoke with Howard Holton, the Chief Technology Officer of GigaOm. GigaOm brings the decision-making executives of progressive companies up-to-speed about emerging technologies and then helping to implement them across their organizations. (You can also  see last year's conversation with GigaOm CEO Ben Book here.) In Part 1 of their conversation, Simon and Howard first addressed the status quo of generative AI. AI is being used for 'fun' things today -- like creating lifelike images through MidJourney -- but even this requires significant computing power. Howard explains that innovative companies are already deploying AI at scale, but that they need appropriate data strategies and governance policies in order to maximize their success rate. This is similarly true for the flood of recent large language models; those that endure will require filters to curate the noisy flood of data from all across the internet is a way that is actually usable and trustable for businesses. One key advantage of AI over human beings is that it does not have the same biases as humans. The two then turned their sights on hardware, specifically the custom silicon being designed by hyperscalers like Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft. Chipmakers like AMD and NVIDIA will still have an endless runway of future demand, though niche applications will also continue to be served by customizable chips like FPGAs. In Part 2 (which we will publish on Thursday, April 27th), the cloud's Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure are finding that cloud computing is becoming more commoditized. Each of the Cloud Titans is looking to create a platform for developers, who are comfortable with their capabilities and eager to deploy what they're already familiar with at their organizations. Howard then also spoke in detail about the Metaverse. While intriguing in theory, he also believes it will be very difficult to moderate or to control offensive content, and that monetizing the Metaverse for any corporations' profit interests could be counter-productive to furthering the interests of its users. He and Simon do agree that digital advertising is a likely income stream that will result from the Metaverse; a next-evolution of the personalized advertising we've gotten used to in display ads on websites or video platforms. In the final segment, Howard discusses the importance of trust in the future of AI. While he believes several AI projects are likely overhyped and will eventually go bust, some that are well-designed and execute well could be incredibly valuable and profitable. Companies should hire a "Chief Trust Officer" who can verify the biases purposely imposed on AI models. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/7investing/message

Field programmable gate arrays take center stage in this week's Fish Fry podcast! Mid-range FPGAs to be exact!  Gordon Hands (Lattice Semiconductor) and I chat all about Lattice's new Avant Platform, the challenges this new platform is looking to solve, the details of Lattice Avant-E family, and why low power, form factor, interface availability are cornerstone to this new Avant FPGA Platform.  Also this week, I investigate new origami-inspired robots that can sense, analyze and act in challenging environments. 

In this two-part series exploring ZK Hardware, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) interviews various participants from the ZPrize competition, alongside the creator of ZPrize and co-host of this episode Alex Pruden (https://twitter.com/apruden08) from Aleo (https://www.aleo.org/). Throughout these interviews, they dig into the different types of hardware, such as GPUs and FPGAs, that can be used to accelerate ZKP computation. They also discuss the underlying mathematical techniques in ZKPs that can be optimized for and the tricks and strategies that ZPrize competitors used to achieve these optimizations. In Part 2 of the series, Anna and Alex first interview Hamid Salehi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsalehi) and Swati Gupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/swatiguptaa) from Xilinx AMD (https://www.amd.com/en/products/xilinx) who contribute insights from the perspective of an FPGA manufacturer. Alex and Anna then interview competitor Niall Emmart (https://www.linkedin.com/in/niall-emmart-0369384), previously from NVIDIA (https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/). They discuss his previous work and what went into winning both the MSM for GPUs and MSM for Wasm competitions in ZPrize (https://www.zprize.io/). Here is some additional information for this episode: Hardware/Board options: * Varium C1100 board (https://www.xilinx.com/products/accelerators/varium/c1100.html) (targeted at accelerating blockchain applications). This board has been used to accelerate the following: * Poseidon hash (used in the storage sealing process for Filecoin) * NTT acceleration at ZPrize * Startups are using this to explore NTT and MSM acceleration * Other boards (https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/alveo.html) The U55C (https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/alveo/u55c.html) in particular has been shown to provide a competitive and more power efficient alternative to GPUs for MSM acceleration in this study (https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/999.pdf) by Ingonyama called PipeMSM. There has been interest in U55C for NTT acceleration as well due to the high HBM capacity it provides (16GB). Research and documents on using FPGAs for ZK related implementation: * pipeMSM (https://xilinx.github.io/Alveo-Cards/master/debugging/build/html/docs/common-steps.html) * CycloneMSM (https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1396.pdf) * Hardcaml team's Zprize webpage (https://zprize.hardcaml.com/) Projects using the C1100 board (These can be a good starting point for getting familiar with the hardware and tools): * ZPrize (https://github.com/z-prize/2022-entries/tree/main/open-division/prize2-ntt) submissions in the NTT category * Poseidon hash implementation (https://www.hackster.io/datenlord/trident-a-hardware-implemented-poseidon-hasher-79025f) from the Adaptive Computing 2021 challenge conducted by Hackster.io Documentation on tools and boards: * Vitis (https://github.com/Xilinx/Vitis-Tutorials) unified software tutorial * Alveo debug (https://xilinx.github.io/Alveo-Cards/master/debugging/build/html/docs/common-steps.html) guide * Alveo (https://www.xilinx.com/developer/articles/acceleration-basics.html) usage documentation * Vitis for CUDA (https://www.xilinx.com/developer/articles/migrating-from-cuda-to-vitis.html) developers GitHub Repositories: * NVIDIA CGBN Labs GitHub (https://github.com/NVlabs/CGBN) * Xilinx Hyperledger Fabric GitHub (https://github.com/Xilinx/hyperledger-fabric) * ZPrize GitHub (https://github.com/z-prize) Check out the ZK Jobs Board here: ZK Jobs (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/). Ingonyama's (https://www.ingonyama.com/) mission is to improve the performance of Zero-Knowledge Provers by designing hardware optimized for ZK computation. They are proud to introduce their latest project, ICICLE. For ideas and discussion around the code, visit the ICICLE channel in the Ingonyama discord server (https://discord.gg/nBdDJ2H4), where team members and fellow developers await. If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on YouTube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/)

Beginning with her humble roots in Delhi, India, Deepali Trehan recounts her story of overcoming the odds to become a leader at one of the most respected technology companies in the world. Encouraged, supported, and even challenged by her family and influential teachers along the way, Trehan's remarkable journey is an inspiration for everyone from students thinking about engineering to teachers, leaders, and mentors looking to invest their time and energy into others. How can I build the mindset of embracing and learning from failures and setbacks and build that resilience? It's never a story of how you became successful. It's always a story of how many times you failed, and what did you learn from those failures to get to where you are today?  On the technology side, Trehan provides insights on several of the latest hardware advancements in Intel's Agilex FPGAs, structured ASICs, AI, and chiplets. She discusses how the latest technologies are increasing performance per watt by 2X over competing technologies as power consumption is becoming as important as execution speed.    We are thrilled that this episode is part of All About Circuits' coverage of women in engineering month. Yet, the advice and encouragement Trehan provides is valuable to everyone.  Listen in as she provides insights on: -Pushing the boundaries of your role when needed. -Never allowing anybody to write a job description that could limit you. Go write your own! -“Confidence is not, ‘I know it all.' Confidence is”...well, you will just have to listen to the episode to find out! Other highlights from this amazing interview with Deepali Treehan include: -Why you're never going to be 100% ready to take on the next role. -How to expect and embrace surprises, even knowing that some will be fun and great, while others will not. -The three sets of questions that help keep her and her team focused on the right things.

In this 2-part series exploring ZK Hardware, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) interviews various participants from the ZPrize competition, alongside the creator of ZPrize and co-host of this episode Alex Pruden (https://twitter.com/apruden08) from Aleo (https://www.aleo.org/). Through these interviews, they dig into the different types of hardware, such as GPUs and FPGAs, that can be used to accelerate ZKP computation. They also discuss the underlying mathematical techniques in ZKPs that can be optimized for and the tricks and strategies that ZPrize competitors used to achieve these optimizations. In Part 1 of the series, Anna and Alex first interview Luke Pearson (https://twitter.com/lukejdpearson) from Polychain Capital (https://polychain.capital/), who was an architect on the ZPrize. They then interview Ben Devlin (https://mobile.twitter.com/benj_nz) and Rahul Yesantharao (https://rahulyesantharao.com/about/) from Jane Street (https://www.janestreet.com/) who were members of one of the winning teams, Hardcaml. Here are some additional links for this episode: ZPrize.io (Zprize.io) Hardcaml ZPrize (https://zprize.hardcaml.com/) Episode 221: Funding the Next Wave of Zero Knowledge Tech (https://zeroknowledge.fm/221-2/) Zerocaf: Short ring signatures with Bulletproofs (https://dusk.network/uploads/zerocaf.pdf) PLONK: Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/953) PlonKup: Reconciling PlonK with plookup (https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/086.pdf) GZKP: A GPU Accelerated Zero-Knowledge Proof System (https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3575693.3575711) Pippenger's Multiproduct and Multiexponentiation Algorithms (https://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/techreports/2010/cacr2010-26.pdf) Tweet referenced in the interview with Luke about Hardware & Sum-checks (https://twitter.com/SuccinctJT/status/1608188142229811201?s=20) Check out the ZK Jobs Board here: ZK Jobs (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/). Ever wish you could use existing rust libraries in ZK? This is a friendly reminder from the team at RISC Zero (https://www.risczero.com/) that you can! To learn more, check out the RISC Zero video tutorials from the last ZK Hack (https://zkhack.dev/) at https://www.youtube.com/@risczero (https://www.youtube.com/@risczero). Follow them on twitter @risczero (https://mobile.twitter.com/risczero) to make sure you don't miss their upcoming 1.0 launch and the alpha launch of the Bonsai Network. If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on Youtube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/)

In this podcast, I interview Kavitha Prasad. She is Intel's VP  for Artificial Intelligence Strategy.  We started the conversation by defining the various  types of AI accelerators to deliver clarity. We move on to discuss the barriers to unlocking value from AI and  advice on how to improve AI implementations. We close the podcast with what's new and exciting in the space.Her bio.As an experienced Business and Technology leader across a wide range of system applications, system architecture, business development, and go-to-market strategies, she has delivered competitive solutions to Cloud, Enterprise and Embedded markets.Kavitha has a masterful track record of building high performance teams that consistently deliver high quality products at an aggressive cadence. As an established leader in the semiconductor industry, Kavitha's broad hardware and software proficiency enables her to deliver multiple successful products in ASICs, SOCs, FPGAs and servers across multiple process nodes.Best known for leveraging her passion for building authentic customer relationships and coupling it with her technical engineering expertise, Kavitha brings best-in-class AI and Machine Learning solutions in training and inference across edge to cloud.You can follow Kavitha here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavitha-prasad-2b38737/

Dimitris Giannakis AKA the Modern Vintage Gamer is here to fill us in on FPGAs and their rising role in the retrogaming/classic video gaming scene. Plus do video games have a negative impact on the mental health of players? And we fill you in on the latest Metaverse happenings.Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson, Dimitris Giannakis,  Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/dtns.