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EE Journal's Amelia Dalton breaks down each week's EE news in an informative, fun and engaging style.

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#522
Friday · 17 min
Fish Fry 700: Photon-Powered Nanobots, Synthetic DNA Memristors and Minuscule Nanolasers
To celebrate the 700th episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry, we’re diving big into the world of microscopic tech! Tune in to discover light-powered microbots capable of hunting down bacteria, innovative memristors combining synthetic DNA and semiconductor technology for ultra-low-power computing, and breakthrough nanolasers that promise to halve energy consumption in next-generation processors.
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#521
September 18 · 17 min
Nanosecond Decisions for a Crowded Spectrum: Inside VectorWave's RF Neuromorphic Chip
My podcast guest this week is VectorWave CTO and Founder, Dr. Ron Davis. Ron and I discuss the details of VectorWave’s neuromorphic analog compute platform, how it differs from traditional digital processing, and what it really means to build AI-native connectivity rather than simply adding AI features onto existing wireless systems. We also talk about the challenge of getting more bandwidth out of an increasingly crowded spectrum while consuming less power, and look ahead to where this technology could have the biggest impact.
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#520
September 11 · 29 min
From Transistors to AI: The Chiplet Revolution with Ramune Nagisetty
My podcast guest this week is a powerhouse of the semiconductor industry: Ramune Nagisetty. Ramune, best known for developing the chiplet-based system-in-package architecture concept, joins me this week to discuss her foundational work on chiplet-based system-in-package architectures, the current reality of chiplet interoperability, and the role of artificial intelligence in semiconductor design and manufacturing. We also chat about her leadership at PDF Solutions and her music career in my hometown of Portland, Oregon.
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#519
September 4 · 13 min
Bio-Inspired AI: How The Biological Computing Co. is Using Living Neurons to Supercharge Generative Models
My podcast guest this week Alex Ksendzovsky, co-founder of The Biological Computing Co. Alex and his team are doing something that sounds straight out of science fiction: they’re extracting computational principles from living neurons and translating them into software that runs on standard silicon. Alex and I chat about The Biological Computing Co. is bridging the gap between biological tissue and GPU-accelerated algorithms, explore how this approach is making foundational models faster and more efficient and where Alex sees this ground breaking technology headed in the future.
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#518
August 28 · 15 min
From Lab to Battlefield: Navigating Hardware, TRLs, and the Edge in Defense
My podcast guest this week is David Jedynak, Vice President of Strategic Planning at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions. David and I chat about the complexities of "New Defense" innovation and what founders must understand about translating tech to the tactical environment. We also examine the similarities and differences between the defense sector and the tech industry at large and what investors need to think about when they are navigating the notorious "Valley of Death”.
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#517
August 21 · 39 min
From Digital Twins to Confidence Engineering — A Deep Dive with Keysight Chief Technologist Jonathan Wright
This week we’re diving into a challenge that’s becoming increasingly important: how do we make sure our engineering workflows, software, data, and AI can all work together reliably? My guest is Jonathan Wright, Chief Technologist at Keysight. Jonathan and I chat about the industry’s shift toward multi-physics and application-specific workflows and how that evolution is changing the way engineering teams tackle system complexity. We also explore the biggest 'hidden' risks engineering teams face today and delve into that "AI Assurance" void that is slipping under the radar of so many engineering teams today.
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#516
August 14 · 20 min
Fighting Fire with AI: Technosylva and The Future of Wildfire Prediction
In this week's podcast, we're talking about a problem that is increasingly difficult to ignore: wildfires and extreme weather. My guest is Indran "Indy" Ratnathicam, Chief Growth Officer from Technosylva, a company whose tagline says it all: “We fight fire and extreme weather with science.” Indy and I chat about about Technosylva's dedicated wildfire supercomputing system, how AI fits into the architecture, what kinds of high-resolution data are required to model fire behavior, and why hyper-local modeling is so important when a wildfire is involved.
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#515
August 7 · 21 min
Grounded AI: Making Agentic AI Work for Complex Engineering Systems
My podcast guest this week is Jason Ghidella, Sr. Principal Technologist at MathWorks. Jason and I discuss what breaks when you try to use agentic AI in complex engineering systems, where today’s agentic AI tools tend to fall short for engineering teams, and why AI must integrate with simulation, verification, and deterministic tools to produce repeatable, traceable evidence.
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#514
July 31 · 24 min
Math-First AI: How Kodamai Embeds Verification and Trust
My podcast guest this week is Dr. Maha Achour, CEO and Founder of Kodamai. Maha and I chat about the shifting landscape of AI and how we can move beyond cloud and centralized data centers to a more distributed, agentic future. We discuss why governance must 'travel' with AI agents, what it means for trust to be architectural rather than procedural, and how Kodamai’s 'math-first' approach is helping engineers build verified, auditable AI systems that can thrive in the real world.
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#513
July 24 · 14 min
Drone-in-a-Box Revolution: Inside Birdstop’s Autonomous Aerial Innovation
In this week's podcast, we're diving into the future of autonomous aerial infrastructure Doug Muhlbauer from Birdstop. Doug and I chat about the challenges of building 'drone-in-a-box' systems, check out what real-world industry adoption looks like, and explore the critical roles that reliability and regulation play in this space and what the future looks like for this innovative drone company. Also, this week, keeping with our drone theme, I check out how drones are now being used to determine the ages of dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park!
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#512
July 17 · 16 min
Securing the Silicon: The Seismic Shift to Hardware Security
My podcast guest this week is Jason Oberg from Arteris. Jason and I discuss this profound transition toward hardware security, explore how Cycuity's integration into Arteris is changing the game for system-level security and discuss how teams can address the emerging risks in our era of distributed systems, chiplets, and constant data movement.
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#510
July 10 · 19 min
Inside NTT’s Photonics Breakthroughs: A Roadmap to Light-Based Computing
Let’s talk about Photonics! My guests are esteemed scientists Tim McKenna and Ryo Yanagimoto, from the Physics & Informatics Laboratories at NTT. Tim and I chat about balancing theoretical physics with real-world applications at NTT, his most exciting photonics projects, and the primary obstacles to replacing traditional electronics with photonic technologies. Ryo and I dig into the game-changing potential of NTT’s programmable photonic chips. We discuss how their unique reconfigurability is shaking up traditional hardware manufacturing, facilitating a move from power-hungry electrical processing toward light-driven computation, and even allowing chips to self-correct for environmental shifts.
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#509
June 26 · 22 min
The Power of RAIN RFID: Building a Physical Intelligence Layer for AI and IoT
RAIN RFID takes center stage in this week's podcast!My guest is Matt Branda, Vice President at Impinj! Matt and I explore the vital role of RAIN RFID in the modern digital landscape. We break down what this technology actually is and the importance of Impinj’s contributions to the RAIN RFID ecosystem. We also chat about how RAIN RFID is shaping autonomous, data-driven operations and how it can serve as the physical intelligence layer that fuels the next generation of AI and IoT systems.
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#508
June 23 · 39 min
Fish Fry Special Edition: 2026 International Women in Engineering Day
Welcome to our third annual International Women in Engineering Day Fish Fry podcast! My special guests are Laura Mirkarimi from Adeia, Angelica Davila from Penguin Solutions, and Madison Ecklund from Texas Instruments. In this special episode of Fish Fry, we discuss their journeys into the world of high tech, examine how the EE landscape has changed over the years and what they would like to see in the future of engineering.
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#507
June 19 · 22 min
How We Can Leverage Digital Twins and AI for Next Generation Model-Based Systems Engineering
In this week's podcast, I explore the evolution of model-based systems engineering with Becky Petteys from MathWorks. We chat about how high-fidelity digital twins help teams catch issues early, the growing importance of data science in modern design, and the practical ways AI is transforming MBSE workflows today.
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#506
June 12 · 19 min
Reconfigurable Hardware: ElastixAI and The Future of Fast, Efficient AI Inference
Artificial intelligence is moving faster than ever, but as AI models continue to grow in size and complexity, the challenges surrounding inference performance are becoming impossible to ignore. In this week's podcast, ElastixAI CEO Dr. Mohammad Rastegari and I chat about how we can overcome those challenges and why a different approach to AI infrastructure is necessary for the next generation of AI innovation. We also explore the key bottlenecks limiting inference performance, how ElastixAI is tackling these issues, and why FPGAs are emerging as a compelling platform for accelerating large language model inference.
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#505
June 5 · 18 min
From IQSat to Artemis II: Aitech's Vision for Intelligent Spacecraft
Let’s go to space!!!! This week, we're diving into the cutting edge of AI in space with Pratish Shah of Aitech. Pratish and I discuss Aitech's IQSat - the world's first AI-enabled picosatellite constellation platform, and how the shift to AI in space computing is changing the economics and timeline for collecting and analyzing data beyond Earth. We'll also cover the immense challenges of integrating high-performance AI into a harsh environment, the emerging capabilities from constellations like IQSat, and Aitech’s essential role in NASA’s Artemis II mission.
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#504
May 29 · 23 min
Democratizing Large-Scale AI: The Future of AI Hardware with Andy Hock from Cerebras
My podcast guest this week is Andy Hock, Chief Strategy Officer at Cerebras. Andy and I are discuss the the revolutionary details of the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE). We also explore where the next major competitive frontier lies for AI hardware, how the latest WSE addresses the critical latency and energy efficiency challenges of deploying massive AI models for inference and Cerebras' role in democratizing access to large-scale AI research and deployment.
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#502
May 22 · 17 min
From Robotics to Remote Mining: How Private 5G Unlocks Physical AI
In this week’s podcast, we’re diving deep into the technology that is driving the next wave of enterprise digital transformation: Private 5G. My guest is Parm Sandhu, Group Vice President of Enterprise 5G Products and Services at NTT DATA, Inc. Parm and I chat about how NTT is tackling the biggest misconceptions businesses have about Private 5G today and what key considerations you need to keep in mind for a successful deployment. We also explore the crucial role of Private 5G connectivity in laying the groundwork for 'physical AI' and the strategic partnerships that are speeding up its deployment across industries.
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#503
May 15 · 13 min
AI in Safety-Critical Embedded Development: TASKING's New Approach to Verification and Validation
This week we're talking all about the future of embedded software development with TASKING Co-CEO Christoph Herzog. Christoph and I explore how Large Language Models and agentic AI are moving from novelty to necessity, directing external agents within the TASKING toolchain to automate critical verification and validation tasks. We also discuss the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it helps maintain adherence to strict industry standards.
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