Microchip is...

Microchip is...

Explore the circuit less traveled with “Microchip is”—the podcast that reveals the full spectrum of Microchip Technology’s product lines. Covering Aerospace and Defense, Clock and Timing, SiC, PoE, Power and Analog, FPGA, Automotive and Innovative Touch. Company experts reveal Microchip’s approach to innovation and customer service, showing how it has developed its products into a comprehensive and highly flexible portfolio designed to empower your innovation.

Episodes

December 10, 2025 19 mins

Interview With Tim Morin, Technical Fellow at Microchip Technology Inc. 

Tim Morin, technical fellow at Microchip, discusses the growing importance of security in FPGA design. 

Tim shares how the rise of the Internet and the Internet of Things (IoT) has made security a universal concern, extending far beyond defense applications. He emphasizes the need for a layered security strategy to protect systems against an increasingly sophi...

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Interview With Baljit Chandhoke, Product Marketing Manager at Microchip Technology Inc. 

Baljit Chandhoke, product marketing manager at Microchip, joins the Microchip Is… podcast to discuss the vital role of RF amplifiers across a wide range of applications - from satellite communications and 5G to aerospace and defense systems. 

Baljit explores advancements in phased array beamforming, the impact of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite...

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November 26, 2025 23 mins

Interview With Amit Gole, Product Marketing Manager at Microchip Technology Inc. 

Amit Gole, product marketing manager for Power Modules at Microchip, joins the podcast to discuss the role of Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) power modules - essential components in contemporary power electronics.  

With over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Amit shares his insights on the relevance and applications of IG...

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November 19, 2025 21 mins

Interview With David Sroka, USB Product and Strategic Manager at Microchip Technology Inc. 

Dave Sroka, USB Product and Strategic Manager at Microchip Technology, draws on over 25 years of USB experience to discuss the company’s extensive USB portfolio and its impact across industries. 

He highlights Microchip’s long-standing role in the USB market, emphasizing interoperability, compliance, and the importance of in-house labs that ...

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Interview With David Bail, Director of Oscillator Products at Microchip Technology Inc. 

David Bail, Director of Oscillator Products at Microchip Technology, discusses the role of microchip timing in space and the significant changes occurring in the space market. 

David explains how the space industry has evolved over the past couple of decades, shifting from a focus on high reliability and government contracts to a more commercia...

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November 5, 2025 18 mins

Interview With Nitesh Satheesh, Senior Technical Staff Engineer at Microchip Technology Inc. 

Nitesh Satheesh, Senior Technical Staff Engineer at Microchip Technology, explores the role of power packaging in shaping the design and performance of power modules used across industries, including automotive, aerospace, and industrial systems. 

Nitesh highlights key aspects of power packaging, including thermal management, parasitic eff...

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Interview With Vivek Tyagi, Product Marketing Manager for Industrial Touch ICS at Microchip Technology Inc.

Vivek Tyagi, Product Marketing Manager for Industrial Touch ICS at Microchip joins the podcast to discuss the intricacies of rugged outdoor touchscreens.

Vivek provides insights into the challenges faced when designing touchscreens for outdoor environments, which must endure extreme weather conditions, such as heavy rain, int...

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October 22, 2025 29 mins

Interview With Iman Chalabi, Senior Product Marketing Engineer at Microchip Technology Inc.

Iman Chalabi, Senior Product Marketing Engineer at Microchip Technology, joins the podcast to discuss the role of battery management systems (BMS) in modern battery-powered devices.

Iman explains how a BMS monitors critical parameters, such as voltage, current, and temperature, ensuring the safety and reliability of various applications, fro...

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October 15, 2025 19 mins

Interview With Evan Alexander, Senior Product Marketing Engineer at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this episode of the Microchip Is... podcast, we speak with Evan Alexander, Senior Product Marketing Engineer at Microchip, about the critical role of timing in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and how Microchip is addressing the challenges of reliable GNSS technology.

Evan highlights the importance of precise timing in satelli...

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June 17, 2025 16 mins

Interview With Matthias Karcher, Associate Director of Marketing for Wired Networking at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Matthias Karcher, associate director of marketing for wired networking at Microchip, about how Microchip is working on the development and deployment of industrial Ethernet solutions.

As industries continue to evolve toward smarter, more connected systems, Ethernet has become the backbone o...

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June 10, 2025 20 mins

Interview With Bill Rollender, Senior Manager of Product Marketing at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Bill Rollender, senior manager of product marketing at Microchip, about the changing demands of data center storage. From RAID controllers to SSDs and CXL memory controllers, Bill shares how Microchip is driving innovation and supporting the growing need for high-performance, secure, and scalable storage solu...

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June 3, 2025 24 mins

Interview With Barry Blixt, Director of Memory Marketing & Applications at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Barry Blixt, director of memory marketing and applications at Microchip, about how his team handles Microchip’s standalone memory products from design and development to manufacturing.

The electronic systems we use today require some form of memory for storing data and software. As a leading supplier...

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Interview With Kevin Speer, Technology Director – SiC Power Solutions at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Kevin Speer, technology director of SiC power solutions at Microchip, who discusses Microchip’s Silicon Carbide (SiC) solutions to support data centers through Smart Energy and how they are making delivering power to the systems in a rack, and to the rack itself, smarter and more efficient.

From designing ...

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May 20, 2025 20 mins

Interview With Shakeel Peera, Vice President FPGA Business Unit – Marketing, Strategy, Customer Applications at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Shakeel Peera, vice president of Microchip’s FPGA business unit, about Edge AI applications and how customers are using Microchip’s products and solutions to apply intelligence at the edge.

Running Artificial Intelligence (AI) models on the edge involves processing da...

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December 18, 2024 22 mins

Interview With Wayne Liang, Automotive Segment Sales Manager at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Wayne Liang, automotive segment sales manager about his role at Microchip connecting with customers in the Electric Vehicle (EV) industry to understand their needs and stay ahead of trends in the market.

The automotive industry is moving toward a more sustainable future, as the industry introduces increasing number...

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December 11, 2024 22 mins

Interview With Dean Leo, Industrial Marketing Segment Leader at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Dean Leo, industrial marketing segment leader about Microchip’s industrial market solutions from industry 4.0, to smart factories and edge computing.

We discuss the benefits of edge computing rather than processing in the cloud, the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) technology at th...

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December 4, 2024 21 mins

Interview With Martin Klewe, Senior Staff Segment Manager Automotive Europe at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast, we speak to Martin Klewe, senior staff segment manager of automotive in Europe about how his team works to understand various verticals and applications to define the right solutions and products for customers; earning Microchip’s reputation as a trusted supplier of embedded control solutions to the automotive i...

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November 27, 2024 17 mins

Interview With Christine Freseman, Marketing Manager for Development Systems at Microchip Technology Inc.

Microchip is dedicated to making design experiences effortless through its wide range of development tools that span multiple product lines from microcontrollers & microprocessors, or FPGA and SoC Ecosystems to Analog Development Ecosystems such as ICE, compilers, debuggers and hardware/embedded designs. Microchip also offe...

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Interview With Bill Hutchings, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microchip Technology Inc.

As senior product marketing manager in the high-performance microcontroller (MCU) business unit at Microchip, Bill Hutchings works to define, develop and release new products in the 32-bit MCU space.

In this podcast Bill discusses how Microchip’s 32-bit MCUs meet the requirements of countless applications including general-purpose embedded ...

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August 29, 2024 23 mins

Interview With Jason Tollefson, Global Wireless Marketing Manager at Microchip Technology Inc.

In this podcast episode, we speak to Jason Tollefson, global wireless marketing manager at Microchip, to learn more about Wireless, including how Microchip helps clients incorporate connectivity into their designs with wireless ICs, modules, software and development kits that make connecting effortless for their customers.

Microchip’s wir...

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