The excellent Electronics Weekly podcast, CHIIPS, is brought to you by our editor Caroline Hayes. You can hear interesting insights from a range of industry figures. Just click on an episode below to listen.
Full list of episodes
Simply click on the episode of interest from the full list below…
CHIIPs with Dr Rajan Bedi, Spacechips on AI in orbit
Wednesday March 25, 2026
In this episode, Rajan talks about AI in orbit to help predict emergency responses. He also covers his career developing from an interest in the early space missions to aerospace engineering. And then setting up Spacechips as company, which designs and develops space hardware.
CHIIPS with Cyril Hilsum, the pioneer of display & compound materials
Wednesday March 11, 2026
In this episode, Cyril Hilsum talks about his childhood and the start to his career just after WWII, and how he rose up the ranks. He mentions some long forgotten great names of UK technology and the “white heat of technology” boom.
CHIIPS with Thomas Andersen, Synopsys, on AI chip design and automation
Wednesday Feb 11, 2026
In this episode, Thomas Andersen, head of the AI and ML solutions group at Synopsys, talks with Caroline Hayes about Synopsys’ AI automation roadmap. And he also goes into how AI will make chip designers more productive and more sought after.
CHIIPS with Max Simmonds, Purple Parrot, on edge AI innovation
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
In this episode, Purple Parrot’s founder and CEO, Max Simmonds, talks about edge AI innovation and startup survival tips. And he also covers the baby monitor that works offline to protect family data and privacy.
CHIIPs with Dr Aaron Yeardley, Tunley Environmental, on sustainable design
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
In this episode, Tunley Environmental’s Dr Aaron Yeardley talks about how electronics designers and companies can assess a product for carbon reporting. And he also covers the 9Rs of sustainable design.
CHIIPs with Mateja Lampe Rupnik, Red Pitaya, on women and STEM
Wednesday Dec 16, 2025
In this episode, Red Pitaya’s Mateja Lampe Rupnik talks with Caroline Hayes about her interesting career path, women and STEM, and some exciting projects by customers at NASA and CERN.
CHIIPs with Jessica Gomez, Rogue Valley Microdevices on foundries, entrepreneurship and childcare
Wednesday Dec 04, 2025
In this episode, Jessica Gomez tells Caroline Hayes how she opted for job security by establishing her own foundry – which led to being recognised as Electronics Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 and why the company is investing in childcare facilities to retain staff.
CHIIPs with Jim Guzzo, Impinj, on the IoT and RFID
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
In this episode, Impinj’s Jim Guzzo discusses how RAIN technology can broaden the scope of the IoT. He also discusses how the company’s wafer technology is shrinking RFID tag chips for retail, healthcare, logistics and manufacturing.
CHIIPs with Fang Tuurnala, SiTime, on strong leadership
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
In this episode, SiTime’s Fang Tuurnala shares her thoughts on her journey from China and leading a MEMS facility in Helsinki. She also discusses Finland’s tech scene and gives her views on strong leadership.
CHIIPs with semiconductor industry insights from Joe Stockunas of SEMI Americas
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
In this episode, SEMI Americas‘ Joe Stockunas reflects on October’s SEMICON West, both its highlights and the move to Phoenix, Arizona. He also discusses what it says about the prospects for the semiconductor industry.
CHIIPs with Rasadhi Attale, Tessent Embedded Analytics, on chip design
Tuesday Oct 7, 2025
In this episode, Caroline Hayes talks to Rasadhi (Ras) Attale, an ASIC Verification engineer at Tessent Embedded Analytics, about her career path, adapting to the UK as an immigrant from Sri Lanka, designing chips to minimise cyberattacks and her involvement with Women in Techworks to support women across the electronics industry.
CHIIPs with Ed Kaste, GlobalFoundries on AI and semiconductor growth
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
In this episode, GlobalFoundries’ Ed Kaste considers how AI is driving the next phase of growth for the semiconductor industry, particularly at the edge and also explains the design challenges around efficiency and integration.
CHIIPS with Dr Kelly Scanlon, Global Electronics Association, on circularity, collaboration & sustainable manufacturing
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
In this episode, Caroline talks to Dr Kelly Scanlon, lead sustainability strategist at the Global Electronics Association – the new name for the IPC – and her work. They discuss the Evolve project, circularity and industry collaboration to deliver sustainable manufacturing around the world.
CHIIPs with Tim Phillips, Empower Semiconductor, on startup experience & AI power efficient processes
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
In this latest episode, Caroline asks Tim Phillips, co-founder of Empower Semiconductor about his startup experience and the role of power efficient processes for managing AI now and in the future.
CHIIPs with Ben White, Phlux Technology, on lidar, quantum-secure communications & free space optical links
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
In this episode, Caroline talks to Ben White, CEO and co-founder of Phlux Technology and learns how the avalanche photodiodes will help not just lidar but also quantum-secure communications, free space optical links and satellite-based data infrastructure. She also learns why Sheffield is the perfect place* for tech startup (*other cities are available!)
CHIIPs with Sree Ganesan, d-Matrix, on next-gen AI accelerators, AI startups & India
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
In this insightful episode, Sree Ganesan, VP of product at d-Matrix shares some memories about a supportive childhood in India to building next-gen AI accelerators at Silicon Valley startups. As well as exploring the company’s proprietary architecture to maximise energy efficiency, Caroline asks Sree about the exciting times of AI startups and her hopes for how AI can be constructively used.
CHIIPs with Dr Sakya Dasgupta, EdgeCortix, on neural computation, AI at the edge, & robotics
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
In this episode of CHIIPS, Caroline Hayes talks about neural computation, and AI at the edge with EdgeCortix’s Dr Sakya Dasgupta, a tech entrepreneur who is championing bridging the power-efficient neural processing with hardware-software co-design. He talks about DNA IP and Sakura processors for robotics, defence systems, and AI-powered automation and the company’s collaborative projects with NASA and the US Defense Innovation Unit and Japan’s semiconductor investment.
CHIIPs with Sumeet Kumar, Innatera, on brain inspired processing & smart device sensors
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Sumeet tells Caroline about the origins of this neuromorphic processing company which spun out of Delf University of Technology and the work it is doing with brain inspired processing and how it is used in sensors for today’s and future smart devices.
CHIIPs with Helen Hai Li, Duke University & chair of DAC 2025, on neuromorphic computing & brain implants
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
In this episode, you can hear Helen’s plans for this year’s DAC (they involve heterogeneous computing and AI with collaborative research technology, early careers and mentorship). She also tells Caroline about advances in neuromorphic computing and how close we are to a brain implant to control pain and read emotions.
CHIIPS with Alper Yegin, LoRa Alliance on smart cities, industry & agriculture
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
In this episode, Caroline Hayes talks to Alper Yegin, CEO of the LoRa Alliance, which this year is focused on awareness and education for the wireless technology’s capabilities. Caroline finds out how LoRaWAN differs from ZigBee, Bluetooth, 5G/5G and others and how it is used in smart cities, industry and agriculture around the world.
CHIIPs with Jan Peters, Katalytik, on engineering ideas & manufacturing troubleshooting
Wednesday May 21, 2025
Why do companies and engineers need to communicate and understand differences to build a strong, productive team? Jan Peters, was an applications engineer and former president of Women’s Engineering Society and today is director of Katalytik. She shares some ideas and tips on how she helps people understand and connect, turn engineering ideas into reality and about troubleshooting in manufacturing to help engineers listen and understand, share and explain to avoid roadblocks ahead.
CHIIPs with Rupert Baines and Dr Andy Sellars, on the UK’s semiconductor strategy
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Caroline Hayes gets together with Dr Andy Sellars and Rupert Baines to pick their brains about the UK’s semiconductor strategy. The co-chairs of the DSIT’s UKTIN semiconductors Expert Working Group, bring a wealth of experience to the discussion. (Andy is an adviser at Compound Semiconductor Catapult and strategy director at the University of Southampton’s Cornerstone silicon photonics rapid prototyping foundry and Rupert’s CV includes notable companies and is chair of Cambridge Tech Week 2025.
CHIIPS with Maggie Philbin, on her TeenTech charity helping youngsters explore STEM opportunities
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
In this episode of CHIIPs, TV personality, Maggie Philbin tells Caroline about her work today as co-founder of TeenTech, a charity that helps young people explore opportunities in STEM. Maggie is joined by two alumni of TeenTech who tell us about the technical and life skills they have developed through taking part in conferences and events. Maggie also looks forward to hosting Electronics Weekly’s Women Leaders in Electronics Awards which will be held in London (29 April).
CHIIPs with Ash Madni on electronics design & managing productive workplaces
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
In this episode of CHIIPs, industry insights are provided by Ash Madni, a former RF engineer and management consultant. He shares his advice for electronics designers and managers to ensure a diverse and productive workplace.
CHIIPs with Helen Duncan, Blueshift Memory, on career paths & non von Neumann technology
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
In this episode of CHIIPs (Caroline Hayes’ Industry Insights Podcasts) the CEO of Blueshift Memory discusses her career path, as an engineer and journalist, and how she is steering a company which introduced its non von Neumann technology to accelerate processing speeds and which is at the cusp of the AI revolution.
CHIIPs with Paulette Watson, Academy Achievers, on helping BME girls succeed in STEM careers
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
The dynamic founder of Academy Achievers talks to Caroline Hayes about her passion for helping BME girls succeed in STEM careers. After leaving a successful career in banking to study and teach STEM, she shares her enthusiasm for making sure everyone is able to follow their passion.
CHIIPs with Valerie Lynch & Nicola Thorn, AND Technology Research, on leading a company, from the 1980s & today
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
A family business, based in Essex, UK, provides design consultancy services to world famous electronics companies and startups. Valerie Lynch, the founder and chair of AND Technology Research joins Caroline with her daughter, ANDtr’s CEO, Nicola Thorn, to discuss the origins of the company in the 1980s and why today a diverse workplace and listening to engineers can advance more than just a design idea.
CHIIPs with Harriet Green, on leading major companies and educational programmes
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
In the first episode of Caroline Hayes’ Industry Insights Podcasts, business leader, Harriet Green describes how she led major companies (IBM Watson IoT and Premier Farnell) during times of disruption in the electronics industry and how today she leads educational programmes, in particular encouraging young girls and is a judge for Electronics Weekly’s Women Leaders in Electronics Awards.
