# DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Embedded FPGAs with Achronix Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-6365690/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-embedded-fpgas-with-achronix Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-6365690/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-embedded-fpgas-with-achronix.md Podcast: [DevTalk with Rich and Vin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-6365690) Published: 2025-02-25T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2168843/episodes/16684211-devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-embedded-fpgas-with-achronix.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2168843/episodes/16684211-devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-embedded-fpgas-with-achronix.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-6365690/episodes/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-embedded-fpgas-with-achronix Duration seconds: 1566 ## Resource Theoretically, you can do whatever functions you require in hardware or software. The most efficient way to complete those functions is with the proper mix of hardware and software. The important question is how you determine what gets implemented in hardware versus what’s in software. What if you can do a quasi-hardware-software mix? That’s what is available through embedded FPGAs. To understand this technology far better than Vin or I can, we invited Steve Mensor, a Vice Preside... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-6365690/episodes/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-embedded-fpgas-with-achronix/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-6365690/devtalk-with-rich-and-vin-embedded-fpgas-with-achronix.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.