Hardware Podcasts

Back Into The Swing Of Things

The Amp Hour · 14 May 2017 · 1h 10m · Episode 344

What this episode covers

Hosts Chris Gammell and Dave Jones return to the podcast to discuss a wide range of topics, including Gammell's new Contextual Electronics course and Jones's hiring of a full-time employee. They analyze the rising costs of engineering education, the technical details of Nvidia's new Volta GPU for AI, and the shift in robotics from reverse kinematics to visual feedback. The conversation also covers the sale of the MIPS architecture, the success of RISC-V startup SiFive, and upcoming events like Maker Faire.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Contextual Electronics, EEV blog, Nvidia, TSMC, Imagination Technology, SiFive, Elikro
Chips
Volta, V100 Tesla, MIPS, RISC-V
Tools
Altium, KiCad
Also
Maker Faire

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