October 9, 202621 min
Extreme Edge AI Efficiency with RISC-V
In this episode, Sally talks to Manoj Koul about how workload-first, programmable platforms are reshaping compute for Physical AI.
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Oct 2026
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About the show
AI with Sally Ward-Foxton presents a variety of deeply technical, but concisely explained topics covering cutting-edge AI accelerator chips, software, systems, algorithms, neural networks, companies and many other subjects related to artificial intelligence and machine learning as it affects the semiconductor industry.
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October 2, 202621 min
Scaling AI with Wide, Parallel Interconnects
As AI clusters scale, network reliability is becoming critical. In this episode, Credo’s Don Barnetson explains to Sally why the company is pursuing a “wide and slow” optical architecture, how its 2D emitter arrays could deliver 100× scalability, and how Active Light Cables could bridge the gap between copper and optics.
September 25, 202634 min
Can Disaggregated Memory Reshape AI Inference?
In this podcast, we chat with to Majestic Labs’ Sha Rabii about why AI's shift toward inference, long context, and agentic workloads could require a fundamentally different compute-memory architecture.
September 11, 202616 min
AI in the Software Defined Vehicle
In this podcast, Sally talks to Amir BarNiv, VP of Strategic Marketing for Automotive Ethernet at Infineon. As AI becomes an increasingly important part of the software defined vehicle, a different architecture is needed in the car. So what does the AI-powered vehicle actually look like—and why is the industry moving toward centralized computing and zonal architectures?
August 28, 202626 min
When AI Meets Hardware Security
In this podcast, Sally discusses how AI is lowering the barriers to finding security vulnerabilities, and how hardware could be the next frontier, with Arteris’ Andreas Kuehlmann.
August 14, 202641 min
Sameer Wasson: AI Is Flipping Chip Design Upside Down
MIPS CEO Sameer Wasson explains why AI workloads should drive silicon design, and how MIPS, ARC and GlobalFoundries aim to lower the barriers to custom AI hardware.
July 24, 202628 min
What It Takes to Build an AI Chip Startup in Europe
On Axelera's fifth anniversary, CEO Fabrizio del Maffeo discusses funding, talent, RISC-V, edge AI and why Europe needs to think bigger.
July 10, 202646 min
How Tensordyne Built an AI Accelerator Around Logarithmic Math
In this podcast, Tensordyne’s Gilles Backhus explains why the company abandoned conventional arithmetic in pursuit of dramatically more efficient AI inference with the logarithmic number system.
June 26, 202626 min
Lightmatter CEO: AI's Next Scaling Challenge Is Interconnect, Not Compute
In this podcast, Sally chats with Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris. As copper reaches its physical limits, Harris explains why photonics is moving from niche technology to AI infrastructure necessity, and why Lightmatter is expanding from optical interconnects into lasers to build the next generation of AI systems.
June 12, 202641 min
Why AI Needs to Move Beyond the Kernel
In this podcast, Lemurian Labs CEO Jay Dawani explains why system-level compilation, not faster chips alone, may determine the future of AI infrastructure.
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