# MEMS: Fun, Fun, Fun in the Future | The Linley Conference | The Flakiest AI Startup

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2019-11-08
- Length: 37m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-11-08-mems-fun-fun-fun-in-the-future-the-linley-conference-the-flakiest-ai-startup
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/51660312/

## Summary

Kevin Crewell of Taurus Research reports on the Linley Conference, highlighting the dominance of AI accelerator startups and Intel's new Tremont core for low-power applications. Sally Ward Foxton interviews Groq CEO Jonathan Ross about the company's secretive 'software-defined hardware' approach and their recent high-profile conference no-show. Finally, Peter Hartwell, CTO of TDK InvenSense, discusses the future of MEMS, including ultrasonic sensing, optical sensors, and the vision of invisible, companion-like IoT devices.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-11-08-mems-fun-fun-fun-in-the-future-the-linley-conference-the-flakiest-ai-startup#t=0) Introduction and Linley Conference Overview
- [1:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-11-08-mems-fun-fun-fun-in-the-future-the-linley-conference-the-flakiest-ai-startup#t=91) AI Startups and Intel's Tremont Core at Linley
- [13:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-11-08-mems-fun-fun-fun-in-the-future-the-linley-conference-the-flakiest-ai-startup#t=800) Groq's No-Show and Software-Defined Hardware
- [21:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-11-08-mems-fun-fun-fun-in-the-future-the-linley-conference-the-flakiest-ai-startup#t=1263) Peter Hartwell on MEMS, Ultrasonics, and Future Sensors
- [32:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-11-08-mems-fun-fun-fun-in-the-future-the-linley-conference-the-flakiest-ai-startup#t=1953) Historical Tech Trivia and Sign-off

## Topics

- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Linley Conference (other)
- Groq (company)
- Intel (company)
- Tremont (product)
- RISC-V (chip)
- Sci-Fi (company)
- Ada Compute (company)
- Brainchip (company)
- Mythic (company)
- TDK InvenSense (company)
- Chirp (company)
- Google Pixel 4 (product)
- Amazon Echo (product)
- UNIVAC (product)

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