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System Designer Lets You Try Every Part with Michael Gielda

The Amp Hour · 24 Mar 2025 · 1h 11m · Episode 691

What this episode covers

Michael Gielda, co-founder of Antmicro, discusses the company's open-source tools including the Renode simulator, the Zephyr RTOS, and the new System Designer portal. He explains how Antmicro uses automated CI pipelines to run thousands of Zephyr binaries in Renode to validate hardware support across hundreds of platforms. The conversation covers the use of simulation for space and automotive systems, the Kenning AI framework for edge deployment, and the Chips Alliance's Calyptra root-of-trust project.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Antmicro, Chips Alliance, Analog Devices, Nvidia, Nordic
Products
Calyptra
Chips
Jetson Orin, ESP32, STM32, NRF9160
Tools
Renode, System Designer, Kenning, KiCad, VS Code
Also
Zephyr

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