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Embedded Executive Podcast
Each week, Embedded Computing Design’s EVP Rich Nass speaks to an executive in the embedded industry to understand what’s happening with the latest products, standards, and trends. The frank discussions reveal the real, behind the scenes issues, so the design community knows what’s coming down the pike. Topics covered in artificial intelligence, machine learning, embedded systems, internet of things, industrial automation, automotive applications, open source and more.
Episodes
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embedded world 2026 Podcast with Rambus
Systems are demanding more from their memory subsystems, and they can get it thanks to the latest controller from Rambus, as evidenced in the discussion…
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Embedded Executive: Dealing With the Massive Power Draw in Data Centers | Infineon
Industrial power conversion is somewhat of an obscure topic, but nonetheless, super-important for people designing any type of platform or equipment for the…
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embedded world 2026 Podcast with Axelera AI
Handling your AI off-chip is a great way to increase performance, which was the topic of the discussion between Axelera's Fabrizio DelMaffeo and Rich Nass of…
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embedded world 2026 Podcast with Tria Technologies
Editor Rich Nass interviews Alex Wood, Global Marketing Director, Tria Technologies, and Robert Thompson, Director Edge Processing Ecosystems, NXP, at embedded…
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Embedded Executive: Once Again, You MUST Implement Security | Thistle Technologies
You’ve heard it over and over—you must incorporate security into your design. And in most cases, that’s happening today. But the task can still be somewhat…
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Embedded Executive: embedded world in Germany is Nearly Here | Axel Sikora
T-minus six days for embedded world in Nuremberg. If you’ve been in the embedded space for any amount of time, you’re likely aware of embedded world, which is…
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Embedded Executive: Bluetooth and Industrial Are Joining Forces | Blecon
Bluetooth is everywhere, right? Until recently, I would have said “Almost everywhere,” since it hadn’t yet affected the industrial sector. However, according…
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Embedded Executive: LE-UWB Touts Low Power Plus High Bandwidth | SPARK Microsystems
Bluetooth claims to own the low-power wireless space with its Low Energy (LE) flavor. A newer, yet older entrant in the space wants to claim that throne. That…
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Embedded Executive: A Fresh Approach to AI | VSORA
There are many different ways to look at the tangled web of AI. For example, tackling from the inference perspective is one way of looking at the puzzle, as…
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Embedded Executive: The Latest On the Chips Act | PQSecure
The Chips and Science Act has been with us for a while now, and obviously, technology doesn’t stand still. To understand what’s going on with this important…
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Embedded Executive: Energy Harvesting Replaces Batteries/Traditional Power Sources | WePower Technologies
Kinetic energy can be harvested from very simple mechanical movements, like the push of a button or the turning of a knob. WePower Technologies has been able…
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Embedded Executive: AI’s Impact on Engineering | Avnet
Avnet recently surveyed part of its core audience, and the topic was AI’s Impact on Engineering. It doesn’t get much closer to home than that. To understand…
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Embedded Executive: Wireless Charging Just Got Faster | WPC
We’ve all seen the wireless charging devices; you set your phone down on the charger, come back after a while, and your phone is charged. If the charger…
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Embedded Executive: Everything You Need To Know About Wi-Fi | Infineon
It’s time for an update on Wi-Fi. On this week’s Embedded Executives podcast, we take a look at what’s the latest, what’s coming, what’s real, and what’s not…
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Embedded Executive: Are IoT Device Deployments Slowing Down? | Digi
There are lots of different ways that IoT devices can communicate. In some instances, that’s a good thing. But in other cases, it’s hindering the growth of IoT…
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Embedded Executive: The CSA Ushers in ZigBee 4.0 | CSA
There’s no moss gathering under the Connectivity Stands Alliance, as the group recently announced the latest rev of the ZigBee spec, version 4.0. This new…
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Embedded Executive: When Candidates Aren't Who They Claim | Webster
You’re likely aware of many of the great things AI can do for you. And I’m guessing you’ve seen many of the nefarious things it can be used for. I was just…
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Embedded Executive: RISC-V Works Great At Low Power Levels, Too | Upbeat Technology
Most of the RISC-V offerings that I’ve seen have been pushing very high performance, with lots of cores and lots of chips. Upbeat Technology is taking a…
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Embedded Executive: Commercial RTOS Goes Open Source | Micro Digital
It’s not the first time this has occurred, but it is the latest—a previously commercial real-time operating system is now being offered as open source. In this…
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Embedded Executive: Get All Your AI In One Place | Analog Devices
There are lots of semiconductor vendors that do a great job of providing AI hardware. But unfortunately, for many of them, their offerings end there, requiring…
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Embedded Executive: Matter Certification Just Got Easier | CSA
Every IoT device should comply with the Connectivity Standard Alliance (CSA) Matter standard, but we know that’s not the case. For some developers, doing that…
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Embedded Executive: Tune Your Compiler for ADAS | Solid Sands
Compilers and ADAS aren’t often used in the same sentence. For developers, that anomaly can represent a design challenge, as compilers in general are not…
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Embedded Executive: AI At the Endpoint | EMASS
AI at the endpoint gets yet another boost from EMASS, a fabless semiconductor company that recently emerged from stealth mode. Having your processing at the…
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Embedded Executive: The Same Level of Security Is Needed Whether You Have One Device or Millions | Infineon and CommScope
No matter what your end device is, be it a light bulb or a driver’s license, it needs to be secure. I don’t think we need to go through the reasons why it…
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Embedded Executive: Move AI to the Endpoint | Ambiq
AI is a technology that generally requires a significant amount of power and high compute performance. Hence, it’s typically relegated to the Cloud or to an…
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Embedded Executive: Manual Vs. Automated Code Generation | TeleCANesis
We’ve done podcasts in the past that discussed automating your code documentation. But we haven’t touched much on automating the code generation itself until…
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Embedded Executive: AI Is Hard. It’s OK To Ask For Help | CEVA
Designing a device that incorporates AI can be daunting, for a good reason—it’s very complex. When you push that design out to the Edge, it brings in even more…
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Embedded Executive: How Secure is Secure Enough | Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs recently announced an MCU that has achieved the highest level of security possible to date, which is PSA Level 4. The questions you may be asking…
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Embedded Executive: Quantum Cryptography Must Be Part of Your Vocabulary | Infineon
We’re in the era of quantum computing. That brings with it a lot of great things. But at the same time, it brings some not so good things. Once again, we’re in…
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Embedded Executive: Minimize Power in Today’s Data Centers | Point2 Technology
The boom coming from AI is requiring data centers to be built as fast as we can build them. To that end, there is a lot of discussion about the power that’s…
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Embedded Executive: Thermal Issues Continue to Propagate | Ventiva
For as long as we’ve been designing embedded computers and consumer electronics, we’ve had a problem figuring out how to handle the heat that’s created. Known…
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Embedded Executive: Proper Antenna Design Can Make or Break Your Product | Taoglas
While it may not be as intimidating as it once was, antenna design can still be a make-or-break aspect of your end product. Make the antenna too big, and the…
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Embedded Executive: TSMC Ends Its GaN Run | Infineon
TSMC recently announced its exit from the GaN space. Well, maybe “announced” is the wrong word, but they did let customers know that they will not be producing…
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Embedded Executive: Where To Place the Compute In a Car | NXP
Compute in the automobile is (again) moving toward consolidation and away from the discrete nature of multiple processors around the vehicle. Is this a trend…
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Embedded Executive: Your Devices Must Be Secure For a Long Time | Northern.tech
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a regulation designed to enhance cybersecurity for products mainly sold in Europe. It establishes common cybersecurity…
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Embedded Executive: AI Drives Autonomous Buses | Mozee
While most autonomous vehicle focus is on the automobile, Mozee is going in a slightly different direction, no pun intended. Mozee is focused on autonomous…
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Embedded Executive: AI and Space Travel | EdgeCortix
Two technologies seem to be barreling ahead at a rapid pace, and there is likely a convergence coming shortly, if it hasn’t already occurred. I’m referring to…
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Embedded Executive: Acquisition Eases AI/ML Into Wearables | Nordic Semiconductor
Designing wearables with integrated AI /ML just got one step easier with Nordic Semiconductor’s acquisition of Neuton.AI. While the two companies had already…
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Embedded Executive: Going From Prototype to Large-Scale Production | Sixfab
The line between a maker and a maker pro is quite fuzzy. In my opinion, the maker wants to build one of something, and likely won’t want to build more than…
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Embedded Executive: Get to Know ISO 8800 | Perforce
ISO 8800 is a standard aimed at functional safety in automotive applications, pertaining to artificial intelligence. It provides the guidelines for integrating…
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Embedded Executive: 20 Years and Still Going Strong | Eclipse Foundation
Here’s a walk down memory lane. The Eclipse Foundation dates back more than 20 years. Mike Milinkovich, the Foundation’s Executive Director, has held this role…
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Embedded Executive: AI Is an Energy Hog That We Have To Deal With | Empower Semiconductor
We talk about AI a lot here at Embedded Computing Design, and that’s a huge understatement. What we don’t talk about often is the power required to keep the…
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Embedded Executive: Hear From an Embedded Leader | Nordic Semiconductor
Nordic Semiconductor is certainly one of the leaders in the embedded space regarding microcontroller technology. Frankly, I feel like the company is one of the…
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Embedded Executive: Security Through Open Source | Tropic Square
Some “experts” in the embedded space will swear that systems based on open-source software or hardware can never be secure. At the same time, others will say…
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Embedded Executive: Move Your Processing to Your Memory Subsystem | PIMIC
In a typical SoC, you handle all your processing functionality within the processor core. Makes sense, right? What if you can handle your processing within the…
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Embedded Executive: Functional Safety Is a Must Have | PX5 RTOS
Functional safety is no longer a “nice to have” or “should have” in many applications, having moved to “must have” in spaces like automotive, industrial…
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Embedded Executive: Real Time Is a Misnomer | McObject
In programming jargon, the term “real time” is not used in its literal sense, which can be confusing. The literal definition means that when something happens…
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Embedded Executive: You Can Have Lots of Power or Performance, But Not Both | Micron
If system developers had unlimited power for their designs, they’d likely find a way to take advantage of it. And the same goes for performance. However…
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Embedded Executive: Minimize the Power in Your WiFi Network | Infineon
Low-power is the ultimate priority in some WiFi networks, especially when you’re designing a battery powered device. Cameras used in remote locations are prime…
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Embedded Executive: Chip Design Is Not Getting Easier | Siemens
Chip design has always been a complex process, and there is no end in sight. What has improved are the tools available to an IC designer. The chips are getting…
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Embedded Executive: Yes, You Can This With Bluetooth | Blecon
Just when you thought you’d done everything you could do with Bluetooth, along comes something new and unique. At a recent technical conference, I was witness…
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Embedded Executive: Consider Security Far Earlier Than You Think | NXP
We often say that designing secure systems means thinking about security early on in the design process. That means really early on, well before any pen is put…
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Embedded Executive: Hacks Are Still Happening | Digi
Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this before, because it needs to be repeated, again, and again. The embedded industry needs to take security more seriously…
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Embedded Executive: Simplify Edge AI | Tria
Edge AI is one of the popular topics amongst the embedded community. It’s the place where decisions are made, data is analyzed, etc. It’s also a place where…
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Embedded Executive: Develop an ASIC For Far Less Than $100K | Efabless
Common knowledge says that if you want to create an ASIC, you’d better have at least $1M in your bank account. The folks at Efabless say that my common…
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Embedded Executive: Simplify Designing Edge-Based AI | ClearBlade
From a developer’s perspective, Edge AI is anything but simple. Any tools, software, etc., that can simplify the process of integrating this technology into a…
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Embedded Executive: Your Industrial Application Needs an Industrial MCU, Infineon
Industrial platforms come with a specific set of design criteria. And the term “industrial” can be quite ambiguous, running the gamut from power tools to…
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Embedded Executive: The Evolution of a Wireless Standard, LoRa Alliance
At the LoRa Alliance, there’s a new sheriff in town. Alper Yegin is the group’s new CEO. LoRa, which stands for long range, allows transmissions to occur at…
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Embedded Executive: Develop Your Embedded Code on an Open Platform, Analog Devices
Open tools are becoming the norm in the embedded software development space. And that’s definitely the case for Analog Devices’ CodeFusion Studio tool. The IDE…
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Embedded Executive: A Banner Year for Z-Wave, Z-Wave Alliance
It’s been a very successful year for the Z-Wave Alliance. If you have any doubts about that statement, check out this week’s Embedded Executives podcast, where…