# System Designer Lets You Try Every Part with Michael Gielda

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2025-03-24
- Length: 1h 11m
- Episode: 691
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/691-system-designer-lets-you-try-everything-with-michael-gielda/

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=0) Introduction and Zephyr Overview
- [7:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=440) Renode Simulation and CI Scale
- [13:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=809) Space and Automotive Use Cases
- [20:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=1221) RSD Format and Time Acceleration
- [27:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=1663) Kenning AI and AutoML
- [39:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=2357) System Designer Portal Demo
- [51:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=3101) Chip Selection and Vendor Openness
- [1:04:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-03-24-system-designer-lets-you-try-every-part-with-michael-gielda#t=3889) Chips Alliance and Calyptra

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Antmicro (company)
- Renode (tool)
- Zephyr (other)
- System Designer (tool)
- Kenning (tool)
- Chips Alliance (company)
- Calyptra (product)
- Analog Devices (company)
- Nvidia (company)
- Jetson Orin (chip)
- ESP32 (chip)
- STM32 (chip)
- Nordic (company)
- NRF9160 (chip)
- KiCad (tool)
- VS Code (tool)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Renode with Michael Gielda](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2023-09-26-renode-with-michael-gielda) (The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast)
- [433: Getting Mad About Capes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2022-11-03-433-getting-mad-about-capes) (Embedded.fm)
- [266: Drive off the End of the Universe](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-11-01-266-drive-off-the-end-of-the-universe) (Embedded.fm)
- [274: Swiss Knife of Embedded Systems](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2019-01-18-274-swiss-knife-of-embedded-systems) (Embedded.fm)
- [Buzzword Bingo (or: which modern technologies make sense for embedded?)](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2024-11-13-buzzword-bingo-or-which-modern-technologies-make-sense-for-embedded) (The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast)

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