Archives: Fish Fry

  • Inching Along

    Inching Along

    Sometimes it feels like we’re just inching along toward innovation. Sometimes it feels like we’re flying by the seat of our pants toward the future without…

  • Biobots, Raspberry Pi, and Design Verification

    Biobots, Raspberry Pi, and Design Verification

    This week’s Fish Fry has it all – remote-controlled cockroaches, Raspberry Pis, and some design verification thrown in for fun. I dig into the details…

  • Sending Mixed Signals

    Sending Mixed Signals

    This week we’re talking mixed signals. My guest is Mladen Nizic (Cadence) and we’re talking about a brand new book published just a couple weeks ago…

  • Priming The Pump

    Priming The Pump

    Get your motor runnin’ folks, we’re talking verification this week. In a special Fish Fry interview double-header, I chat with Brett Cline (Forte Design Systems)…

  • Patently Obvious

    Patently Obvious

    Patent litigation – can’t live with it, can’t survive without it. This week we’re checking out some recent rumblings in patent litigation. We’re even bringing in…

  • Let’s Get Flexible

    Let’s Get Flexible

    What do you think of when I say the word “flexibility?” Yoga? Bendy straws, maybe? Perhaps a Slinkyâ„¢? I’m going to guess you probably didn’t…

  • Toolin’ Around

    Toolin’ Around

    Tools are the name of the game this week. From Synopsys’s acquisition of Taiwanese EDA company SpringSoft to the remarkable debugging capabilities of Vennsa Technologies. This…

  • Robots, Emulators and Even More Mega Fun

    Robots, Emulators and Even More Mega Fun

    Have you ever been sitting back in your cube, resting and having a coke after lunch thinkin’ “Hey, I really should get into the emulation…

  • Three Rings of EE Fun

    Three Rings of EE Fun

    Welcome to the Big Top of EE Fun, ladies and gentlemen! We’ve got Black Hat hackers, GPS spoofers, and in the center ring, a serious…

  • IP Standards, Price-Fixing, and the LCD Cartel

    IP Standards, Price-Fixing, and the LCD Cartel

    We’re talking standards this week — from the LCD Cartel “standardizing” the prices of their TFTs (otherwise called “price-fixing”) to the standards we all need…