Embedded Executive Podcast
by Rich Nass, Embedded Computing Design
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Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Dojo Five
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About this 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.
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- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Dojo Five · 7 minKen Briodagh and Joe Schneider of Dojo Five sit down to chat about custom-designed embedded solutions at embedded world North America 2026.
- Embedded Executive: They’re Way Smarter Than I Realized | Shelly · 10 minI’ve been working with Shelly for a while now, including a recent product review of a water sensor. I had a vision of what Shelly’s capabilities were, and what those products…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Boston Hardware Studios · 6 minRich Nass sits down with Chris Wardman of Boston Hardware Studios.
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Infineon · 7 minRich Nass and Marijana Vukicevic from Infineon chat about the show and post-quantum computing (PQC) at embedded world North America 2026.
- Embedded Executive: Develop PCIe Drivers | Jungo Connectivity · 17 minPCIe can be complicated to work with, especially when it comes to driver development. There are many things to consider, most importantly, the intended application and the…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Tech Teamz · 6 minRich Nass sits with Jon Smith, CEO of Tech Teamz, to discuss getting assistance for your development teams. Should you outsource, or keep it in-house? And where does AI fit into…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Finite State · 9 minKen Briodagh chats with Finite State's Doc McConnell at embedded world North America.
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: GlobalFoundries · 8 minEditor Ken Briodagh discusses ISO 8800 and AI/ML with Sandeep Kumar Bomthapalli, SMTS ASIC Digital Design - Functional Safety MIPS, by GF.
- Embedded Executive: Data Centers Are Coming, And They Need (Lots Of) Power | Infineon · 12 minWe know data centers consume loads (and loads and loads) of power, and these structures are going to be built somewhere. Is there anything our embedded industry can do to…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Wibu-Systems · 7 minEditor Ken Briodagh of Embedded Computing Design discusses Securing Embedded Systems for the Next Era of Cybersecurity with Marcellus Buchheit, President & CEO at Wibu-Systems…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: binho · 4 minKen Briodagh and Jonathan Georgino of binho and MIPS talk about I3C spec at embedded world North America 2026.
- Embedded Executive: Rethink How You Implement AI | Quadric · 15 minJust when you thought you’d heard all the different approaches to developing for AI, another one comes along. Quadric claims to have done just that with an architecture that the…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: AdaCore · 6 minRich Nass and Mark Hermeling of Adacore talk tech at embedded world North America 2026.
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Ansys, a part of Synopsys · 6 minKen Briodagh and Peter Anzelmo of Ansys, a part of Synopsys, sit down together at embedded world North America to discuss software, systems, and smart design.
- Embedded Executive: Think Optical, Not Copper for AI Applications | Lightelligence · 14 minUsing optical technologies to move data around is not new. What is new is using optics and photonics for AI applications, particularly at the chip level. Lightelligence has…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: brainchip · 6 minRich Nass and Steve Brightfield, Chief Product Officer at brainchip, talk tech at embedded world North America.
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Microchip · 9 minKen Briodagh and Pramit Nandy of Microchip talk robotics, Physical AI, and Edge at embedded world North America.
- Embedded Executive: AI With Less Power | Velaura AI · 15 minAI consumes a lot of power simply because it requires a lot of compute to handle AI calculations. If you could reduce the amount of compute that’s needed to handle those…
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Premio · 14 minKen Briodagh and Dustin Seeto of Premio talk tech trends at embedded world North America 2026
- Embedded Executive LIVE at embedded world North America: Everfocus · 4 minKen Briodagh of Embedded Computing Design finds out all about the machine vision and inspection systems from EverFocus at embedded world North America
- Embedded Executive: Behind the Scenes in Wireless | Z-Wave Alliance · 17 minYou are likely familiar with the Z-Wave Alliance, a standards development organization that is dedicated to developing and advancing Z-Wave wireless technology. What you may not…
- Embedded Executive: AI Doesn’t Work If You Can’t Power It Properly | GlobalFoundries · 15 minAI is front and center in so many conversations these days. However, we tend to focus on the processing element when it comes to AI. While that element is vital to the growth of…
- Embedded Executive: What’s Up With SDVs | Infineon · 14 minThe term software-defined vehicle (SDV) is not new, not even close. The technology has been around for a long time, and you could argue it has been in place and in use for a long…
- Embedded Executive: The Engineer’s Interview Process | Webster · 16 minMany engineers have been in their current positions for a long time. In many instances, that’s a great thing. But it could mean that you’re missing out on a great opportunity…
- Embedded Executive: Conversation Started With Memory, Led to Making Better Communities | Micron · 16 minJeremy Werner, the Senior VP and GM for the Core Data Center Business Unit of Micron, gave the Keynote Address at the recent Future of Memory and Storage conference. I was not…
- Embedded Executive: Embedded Application Development Needn’t Be Complicated | SEGGER · 17 minOne vendor, SEGGER Microcontroller Systems, can come up with a way to simplify the design of embedded applications, a term they’ve coined as EmApps. You can have Segger write the…
- Embedded Executive: No More Space To Update Your Device? Uh-Oh | Infineon · 14 minEmbedded devices get updates and patches on a regular basis. Those updates consist of bug fixes, security vulnerability updates, and lots of other stuff. But at some point…
- Embedded Executive: Another Long-Range Networking Standard | Last Mile Semiconductor · 18 minNR+, aka DECT-2020 NR, is a non-cellular 5G wireless technology standard that operates without cell towers or operator subscriptions. It offers private, highly scalable mesh…
- Embedded Executive: Moving Wireless Standards Forward | CSA · 18 minThe Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has a significant task in its hands. As a global body encompassing hundreds of companies, its goal is to create and promote open…
- Embedded Executive: Connect Your Low-Power Home Devices With Thread | Thread Group · 15 minWe’re seeing new life coming to the Thread standard. If you remember, Thread is part of the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless protocol and operates at very low power. But it doesn’t offer…
- Embedded Executive: Photonics Can Provide a Needed Boost For Data Centers | NLM Photonics · 11 minIt seems like nobody wants a data center in their backyard. In fact, they are starting to be banned completely by some states. But we need them if we are going to move AI…
- Embedded Executive: TinyML Could Get You Over the AI Hurdle | Shawn Hymel · 21 minTinyML is somewhat of a secret to embedded designers, but it shouldn’t be. It could be a relatively simple answer to a very complex problem. To understand why developers should…
- Embedded Executive: Keep Your Network Up To Date, Regardless of Its Age | Digi International · 13 minFor a host of reasons, it’s important to keep your network up to date. Those reasons include performance, reliability, security standards, and others. But what happens when your…
- Embedded Executive: The Race To Stay Ahead of the Bad Guys Armed With AI | Infineon · 18 minAs AI gets smarter, it raises the bar for the bad guys to do their bad things. We are in a constant race to stay ahead, and there is seemingly no end in sight. To understand what…
- Embedded Executive: The Supply Chain Is In Turmoil | Variscite · 13 minA lot is going on in the world these days that can disrupt the supply chain. From political issues to tariffs to the data center craze, some components are just difficult to…
- Embedded Executive: Support the IoT—Everywhere | Ayla Networks · 15 minIt would seem like a no-brainer to support IoT in various regions. But that’s not necessarily the case. And when you look at how many new applications are popping up, the waters…
- Embedded Executive: Understand the What, When, and How of Edge AI | Synaptics · 11 minEdge AI is exceeding the expectations that I had for the technology, at least at this early point in its ramp-up. I had expected it to take longer to reach fruition than it…
- Embedded Executive: Employing AI For Code Development | Perforce Software · 13 minShould you use AI to generate code? Or should it be limited to code review? From my research, it depends on who you ask. In this case, I asked Rod Cope, the Chief Technical…
- Embedded Executive: According To Its CEO, Altera Is Back | Altera · 16 minThose of us who have been around the embedded space for a while are pretty familiar with Altera’s history in the programmable logic space. Without going through the details, it’s…
- Embedded Executive: Helping Arm Get Silicon to Market | Synopsys · 19 minFor its full existence, Arm has primarily been an IP vendor. That has now changed. Arm will be producing silicon products, similar to many of its customers. Getting to that point…
- Embedded Executive: Understand Digital Transformation | NTX · 16 minDigital transformation, particularly in industrial equipment, has the ability to change the landscape of design. Really? Do you even know what digital transformation is? It’s a…
- embedded world 2026 Podcast with needcode · 4 minEmbedded Computing Design Editor, Ken Briodagh, talks with Bartek Kling, CEO of needcode, at embedded world 2026.
- embedded world 2026 Podcast with NXP · 7 minRich Nass interviews Julien Battiston with NXP at embedded world 2026 in Nuremberg.
- Embedded Executive: Intelligent/Smart Computing Vs. AI | Infineon · 12 minEnd devices are shipping with the AI box checked. In other words, OEMs are saying that their products are AI-enabled. But are they really, or is this just marketing spin? The…
- embedded world 2026 Podcast with PQ Shield · 7 minKen Briodagh of Embedded Computing Design interviews PQ Shield about post-quantum computing on the Embedded Executive podcast LIVE at embedded world 2026.
- embedded world 2026 Podcast with Texas Instruments · 8 minEditor-in-Chief, Ken Briodagh, interviews Vinay Argarwal, GM MSP Microcontroller, Texas Instruments, at embedded world 2026.
- Embedded Executive: “Autonomous” Goes Way Beyond Automobiles | Aptiv · 17 minAptiv makes a clear distinction between “intelligent mobility” and “autonomous drive.” It’s easy to see how the two terms can be used interchangeably, but Aptiv is applying the…
- embedded world 2026 Podcast with TASKING · 7 minKen Briodagh, Editor in Chief of Embedded Computing Design, sits down with Christoph Herzog, Co-CEO, CTO of TASKING, for a live embedded world episode of Embedded Executive.
- embedded world 2026 Podcast with AdaCore · 8 minKen Briodagh, Editor-in-Chief at Embedded Computing Design, interviews Jose Ruiz from AdaCore at Embedded World.
- embedded world 2026 Podcast with TeleCANesis · 5 minKen Briodagh, Editor in Chief at Embedded Computing Design, interviews Jonathan Hacker from TeleCAnesis at Embedded World!
