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
353 episodes
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 between Rambus' Bart Stevens and Embedded Computing Design's Rich Nass.
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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 Embedded Computing Design
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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 industrial space. At the top of that list, and the application that’s respo...
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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 world 2026.
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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 daunting. That’s where a vendor like Thistle Technologie...
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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 the annual global meeting place for the industry. On this week’s
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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 to Simon Ford, the Founder of Blecon...
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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 would be Low Energy UWB, or LE-UWB. And now you understand the reference to newer-old...
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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 not everyone is doing that. One vendor, who may have a leg up, is
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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 act, I spoke to Reza Azarderakhsh, the Founder and CEO of
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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 to do more with that small amount of power than I exp...
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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 how the survey was conducted and, more importantly, what the resul...
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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 manufacturer followed the standard set forth by the
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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 so real, all as it...
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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 devices. And that’s a problem, at least according to Mike Rohrmoser, a Vice Presiden...
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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 version enhances the security efforts from the previou...
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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 brought up to speed on one of the latter items, and it’s something you should be aware o...
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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 different tack by looking at very low power levels. In my discussion with Jerry...
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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 case, it’s SMX from
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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 developers to source software and tools from multiple sources. It’s no secret that d...
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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...
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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 designed for this particular application, which also happens to be at the top of the safet...
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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 endpoint presents a few significant challenges, namely the amount of proces...
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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 needs to be secure. How you do that is becoming increasingly more difficult. And you may ...
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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 Edge-based computer.Performing AI at the endpoint has not been feasible for thos...
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