DevTalk with Rich and Vin

Feb 25 2025 18 ep. 18 mins 4

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The DevTalk with Rich and Vin podcast features Rich Nass, EVP of Embedded Computing Design, and Vin D’Agostino, veteran embedded systems designer. Each episode tackles a different aspect of embedded system design, from the hardware to the software to the tools. It’ll also look at some higher level market issues, but only as it impacts the engineer/developer. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, embedded systems, machine learning, industrial automation and much more.

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DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Embedded FPGAs with Achronix

Feb 25 2025 26 mins

Theoretically, you can do whatever functions you require in hardware or software. The most efficient way to complete those functions is with the proper mix of hardware and software. The important question is how you determine what gets implemented in hardware versus what’s in software. What if you can do a quasi-hardware-software mix? That’s what is available through embedded F

DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Steve Sanghi

Nov 21 2024 31 mins

Most people in our embedded industry are familiar with Steve Sanghi, who has been the CEO of Microchip for more than thirty years. Steve took over the company in its not-so-successful early days and brought it to the great heights we know today, as a multi-billion dollar semiconductor powerhouse. Steve stepped down from the CEO role a few years ago and is now doing lots of philanth

DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Maher Matta, President, Infineon Americas

Oct 31 2024 24 mins

Maher Matta, the President of the Americas division of Infineon Technologies agreed to join Rich and Vin on this episode of the podcast. The audience will likely relate to the route taken by Maher, as he came up through the engineering ranks, starting as a bench engineer. As you might expect, there were some bumps and bruises along the way. If you subscribe to the theory that the p

DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Buckle Your Seatbelt, We’re Going to Mars

Oct 11 2024 24 mins

The space program has come quite far in the last decade when it comes to sending people to Mars and building a colony there. If you’re wondering what it would take to accomplish that, check out the book Colonizing Mars by Frank Norris. Or, take the easy way out and check out the latest DevTalk with Rich and Vin podcast, where we invited Frank on as a guest.

DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Requirements-Management Tools

Aug 21 2024 23 mins

As the complexity of our embedded systems has exploded, particularly in the automotive space, a requirements-management tool has moved into the “must-have” category. With the volume of people, the humongous code base, and the geographically disparate design teams, it’s nearly impossible to maintain and track every aspect of a design. With all that said, Rich and Vin talk abou

DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Test Early and Often

Aug 06 2024 14 mins

Engineers know how important it is to test their prototypes. What they don’t seem to get is that the testing process needs to start at the beginning of the design process, not at the end. And testing must continue all the way through the entire design process. The reasons for this are what Rich and Vin go through on this episode of DevTalk with Rich and Vin.

DevTalk with Rich and Vin (and SiLabs CEO)

May 24 2024 32 mins

In this episode of DevTalk with Rich (Nass) and Vin (D’Agostino), Matt Johnson, the CEO of Silicon Labs joins us. It’s a lively discussion, starting in rural Maine, and ending with “Should engineers be concerned that AI will take their jobs?” Listen in for some interesting responses.

DevTalk with Rich and Vin (and Digi CEO)

Apr 25 2024 21 mins

Welcome to a slightly different version of our DevTalk with Rich and Vin podcast. In addition to doing our traditional tech talks, which you’ve clearly told us that you enjoy, we will be producing discussions with CEOs. But we won’t be going through the usual company blah, blah, blah. We’re going to dig a little deeper and find out what really drives these individuals, who ar

DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Chiplets

Feb 08 2024 11 mins

Chiplets are quite in vogue these days. But are they the solution to all your problems? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t understand what they are, how they work, and how you can implement them in your design. Check out this installment of DevTalk with Rich and Vin and you’ll at least have a baseline understanding of this technology.

DevTalk with Rich and Vin: What Was Supposed to Happen in 2023 That Didn’t

Jan 19 2024 12 mins

This is the time of year for predictions: What do you think will happen in 2024? As you might expect, Rich and Vin take a different approach. They look at the things that were predicted for 2023, but didn’t actually pan out. Is AI the panacea that we expected? Maybe not. It’s likely that more partnerships must occur for this technology to match the hype. Tune in and let us know